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Participant Info

First Name

Judy (Judith, Julia)

Surname

Pound

Native Place

Roscrea, Tipperary [see notes]

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Pemberton (Melbourne 1849)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write; per 'Raven' to Portland; marr James Booth 1851 at Warrnambool; husband probably convict per 'Norfolk' to Launceston 1835, then to Victoria in 1845 in response to Bellarine Peninsula Bounty Scheme organised by landowners to attract labour from VDL; in 1851 at Hopkins River Warrnambool; also lived Terang & Camperdown, settled at Laang. She was born Brownstown Kings Co [bap.14 Feb 1830] in Roscrea Poor Law Union so explains details on shipping; parents William Pound & Mary Neale/Neill/Meade; siblings John & Mary.

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