Details Page

Participant Info

First Name

Catherine (Mary Ann)

Surname

Shurkey (Sharkey)

Native Place

Dublin, Dublin

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

New Liverpool (Melbourne 1849)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write; first empl as Mary Ann, Catherine crossed out, by John English at Little Portland?, £7, 3 months, cancelled, then to M Connolly, Belfast [Port Fairy], £10, 12 months, same man as her sister Ellen also on New Liverpool.

Story