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Participant Info

First Name

Alice

Surname

Sweeny (Sweeney)

Native Place

Enniscorthy, Wexford

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

New Liverpool (Melbourne 1849)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write; Empl. Michael Conroy, Melbourne £5, 12 months; Alice bap 24 May 1831, St Aidan's RC Enniscorthy; married 1) Robert Crompton in 1850 in Melbourne (1 child), then had a long-term relationship with Williams Burns & they were in the Armidale area, NSW where he worked on 'Gostwick Station (3 children); married 2) Henry Rutledge in 1857 (8 children), he died 1877 3) married Kilkenny man, Edward Davis in Mar 1879; In April 1879 Catherine was charged with cruelty to her infant; from, 1888 to 1892 she was charged with vagrancy 8 times, sometimes serving some months hard labour; Finally in Oct 1906 Alice was arrested for having no visible means of support & sentenced to 4 months light labour in Armidale Gaol, where she died on 11 Nov 1906.

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