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Participant Info

First Name

Mary Ann

Surname

Bohan (Bohen, Bowen)

Native Place

Roscrea, Tipperary

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Pemberton (Melbourne 1849)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, reads & writes. Empl. Mary King, Melbourne, £7, 6 months; Mary Ann married John Dinan in 1849 [40745] at St Francis, Melbourne; definitely 6 children and possibly 9; John died 28 Dec 1865 from aneurism of aorta & bronchitis when aged 40; buried Ballarat two days later [E1-Sect 09 - Row 2, Grave 15]; uncertain what happened to Mary Ann after her husband died but there are a number of Dinan families in Victoria and WA, but all seem to be from County Clare

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