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Participant Info

First Name

Jane

Surname

Givins (Givin)

Native Place

Amagh [Omagh], Tyrone

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Diadem (Melbourne Jan 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write; Barefoot & Pregnant, Vol 2, p.359 notes her as Givin or Devins from Ginn, Armagh; empl. Terence O'Hern, Merri Creek, £8, 3 months; married John Barron 1850 at St Francis RC, Melbourne; ignored the ‘gold fever’ of 1850s, settled Morang, north of Melbourne in Yan Yean, Whittlesea area of Victoria; 12 children, only 2 survived her; husband, John pre-deceased her in 1874 at the Whittlesea; Jane died 1904, was living with son, William, at Morang, buried Yan Yean Presbyterian Cemetery.

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