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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

O'Hara

Native Place

Galway

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lady Kennaway (Melbourne1848)

Details

Shipping: housemaid, cannot read or write; empl. by Mrs & Mr Norman, brewer, Melbourne £12, 6 months; reported in Ballina Chronicle, 28 Nov 1849 on of 24 from Ballina Workhouse; married John Richard Bermingham 9 Aug 1849, St Patricks, Melbourne; 12 children; descendant research indicates she was from Crossmolina, Mayo despite Galway as native place on shipping list.

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