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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

O'Meara

Native Place

Tipperary

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Eliza Caroline (Melbourne 1850

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads; empl. William Leahy/Keahy, Richmond [Vic], £5, 2 years; Melbourne 'Argus' 11 Jul 1850: 'she did not think her life was safe in such a house, where the master and mistress were frequently drunk and continually fighting and squabbling'; married John Cunneen 1855; his brother had married Ellen Maloney also on 'Eliza Caroline' so they became sisters-in-law.

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