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Participant Info

First Name

Biddy [Bridget]

Surname

Burke [Bourke]

Native Place

Sligo

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Lady Kennaway (Melbourne1848)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write; empl. Mrs Fulton Melbourne £8 6 months; sister of Catherine & Ellen also on this ship - all daughters of Brian Burke & Honor Gilmartin - see their entries. Married Peter Galway 12 Feb 1852 Presbyterian Melbourne; 7 children; moved to Corowa NSW where later children born; Biddy died 1876 aged 44 at 'Greenfields', Corowa; Peter died at Gladesville Hospital, Sydney.

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