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Participant Info

First Name

Celia

Surname

Edwards

Native Place

Gorey, Wexford

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

New Liverpool (Melbourne 1849)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, reads & writes; per 'Raven' to Portland. Empl. by W Thompson, Belfast [Port Fairy] ₤6, 12 months; One family story is that she was employed by Jelli family of 'Tahook', near Warrnambool, Victoria: one son James by Robert Jelli; married John Baxter, a widower, on 7 Jun 1854 in Warrnambool; Son James married grand-daughter of Eliza Doyle who was also an orphan per 'New Liverpool'. Celia died 8 May 1898, buried Warnambool.

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