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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

McCann

Native Place

Enniskillen, Fermanagh

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Diadem (Melbourne Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads; Enniskillen PLU PRONI BG14/G/5 (1803) Ballyreagh, deserted, entered workhouse 12 Jun 1849, out 3 Oct 1849, was in workhouse with sisters, Susan 13, Margaret 10, Hanah 8 & Ellen 6. Empl. Michael Cochran, 5 Elizabeth St., Melbourne £5, 1 year, apprentice; sister Mary Ann also on Diadem; other sister Susan came to Australia on 'Ocean Monarch' in 1855; Catherine married Thomas Kelly, 1854; at least 7 children in the Maryborough & Majorca area.

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