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Participant Info

First Name

Johanna (Susannah, Susan)

Surname

Wright

Native Place

Downpatrick, Down

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Derwent (Melbourne Feb 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads & writes; Downpatrick PLU PRONI BG12/G/2 (562) Susan Wright? aged 15 Downpatrick, houseless, into workhouse 30 Sep 1849, left 25 Oct 1849; went to a Mr Ritchie at Richmond; as Susan Wright married John Wright in Melbourne, 1852, daughter Ann b.20 Mar 1853, father carpenter at time, at least 7 more children by 1880, mostly in the Bealiba & Avoca areas.

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