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Participant Info

First Name

Elizabeth (Eliza)

Surname

Sharkey

Native Place

Omagh, Tyrone

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Diadem (Melbourne Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, read & write. Empl. John English, Melbourne, £10, 6 months. Eliza's history in Australia is a difficult one to unravel; married 1) John Middleton 1851 in Melbourne, 0 children; married 2) James Watts 1853, 1 child; married 3) William Garment 1855, 9-10 children; died 1916 at Bathurst after living in Geelong, Victoria & Hobart, Tasmania.

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