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First Name
Rebecca
Surname
Thomas (Thompson)
Native Place
Dublin
Age On Arrival
[14]
Parents
Not recorded
Religion
Roman Catholic
Ship Name
Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)
Details
selected from the North Dublin workhouse (BG78/G/3 No.14640) as Rebecca Thompson, 10 years, 8 months when admitted on 3 Mar 1846 from North City Dublin, RC, orphan, in fever hospital sometime during her stay; ‘sent to Australia’, discharged 7 Feb 1849; in list of passengers South Australian Register, 9 Jun 1849; married 1) James Robb, aged 26, on 7 Aug 1854 at St George Church, Woodforde, Adelaide; 6 children; husband died 1873; married 2) Edwin Reveleigh 12 Sep 1877 at his residence at Macdonnell Bay, SA; a daughter b.1876; on 18 Sep 1878 she was charged with being a ‘dangerous pauper lunatic unfit to be at large’ and sent by steamer to the Lunatic Asylum; died Dec 1903; buried Williamstown, Victoria on 8 Dec 1903.
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