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Participant Info

First Name

Eliza

Surname

Gregory

Native Place

Not recorded

Age On Arrival

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)

Details

On list of passengers in 'South Australian Register', 7 Jun 1849; possibly married Robert Purser [not located] - two daughters born to them in 1853 at Port Adelaide & 1855 at Nairne; another daughter died in Adelaide aged 6½ and a son died aged 10 weeks in Victoria in 1874; Robert Purser at butcher at Nairne in at least 1854-55; he was beaten in a brawl at Nairne showground in Sep 1855 [Adelaide Times, 26 Sep 1855] from which he never fully recovered, being left partially deaf and with impaired sight and his business suffered severely; family moved to Victoria; he declared bankrupt in 1867 and went downhill until admitted to Ballarat hospital in 1874, moved to mental institution in Oct 1878 and died in Dec 1978. Eliza not located.

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