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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Egha [Egan]

Native Place

Kings [Offaly]

Age On Arrival

no record

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)

Details

On list of passengers in 'South Australian Register', 7 Jun 1849; several Catherine Egans but this one fits best; Mrs Frankpitts at the Mount Barker depot noted that Catherine Egan had to leave her employment and had run away from Mount Barker, Rev O’Brien having counselled her to leave her employment because Mr Gracehawk was ‘interfering with her religion’; on 17 May 1864 Catherine Egan, aged 30, a Catholic servant, born in Kings County, Ireland, who had been in the colony 8 years was admitted to the Norwood hospital, Adelaide where she died on 2 Nov 1864.

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