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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Maher

Native Place

Not recorded

Age On Arrival

no record

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)

Details

Not on shipping lists but an alleged Adelaide prostitute CO 13/70 per Inconstant; court incident in Sep 1851 with shipmate Eliza Ingram when their bonnets were torn off in an attempt by disgruntled lodge-owner to get the 12s they owed him, court said they were entitled to protection and should not be ill-treated; possibly married Dennis Breen in 1856 at St Patrick’s RC Adelaide, was aged 24 & her father noted as William Maher; at least 9 children located born Magill & Woodforde, 1857-75; Dennis died 1904 and Mary in Feb 1919; both buried RC section of Magill Cemetery

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