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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

Burns

Native Place

Blacklim [Blacklion], Fermanagh

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Derwent (Melbourne Feb 1850)

Details

Blacklion border village in west Co Cavan, across border from Fermanagh village of Belcoo in Enniskillen PLU; Shipping: nursemaid, reads. Empl. Daniel Fox, Queen St., Melbourne £10, 3 months; may have married Joseph Henry Collins, Williamstown, c.9 children; husband a master mariner; she died 3 Jan 1908??

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