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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine [Katherine]

Surname

Brackin [Bracken]

Native Place

Offaly [Kings], Leamonaghan [Lemanaghan]

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 - appears twice, as Catherine Brackin and Katherine Brackin, but we suspect it is the same girl; married 1) William Robinson in 1851 at Mount Barker; 3 sons born Salt Creek, 1852-4; William Robinson, owner of a shanty, Traveller’s Rest, was murdered in Jun 1856 apparently by local mailman Malachi Martin who was having an affair with his wife; marriage 2) Malachi Martin Jun 1858 at St Patrick’s, Adelaide; 1 daughter, Theresa b.1860; Malachi, a convicted murderer, was hanged on 24 Dec 1862 at Adelaide Gaol, buried Adelaide Gaol Cemetery; marriage 3) George Ingham 1871, her father’s name noted as Michael Brackin; 2 daughters b.1869 & 1870; Catherine died1915. George Ingham died 1918. See attached story, written by Karen Semkin. book, Murders & Mayhem at Salt Creek' by descendant Dawn Ralfe & available via Amazon

Story

Bracken, Catherine per Inconstant to South Australia