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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Quirk

Native Place

Enniscorthy, Wexford

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

New Liverpool (Melbourne 1849)

Details

Shipping: house servant, reads; sister, Ellen, also on New Liverpool. Left the Immigration Depot 20 Sep 1849. Empl. William Carty, Kilmore £12, 6 months [Employment for Mary Quirk & Mary Quinn reversed on one list and she may have been empl. by John Kruse of South Yarra £8 pa for 3 months as a nursemaid - unsure which is correct](Disposal Lists VPRS); married James O’Brien in 1852 [Vic RGO 1267] at St Mary of the Angels, Geelong; at least two sons (James & Edward).

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