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Participant Info

First Name

Biddy (Elizabeth Bridget)

Surname

Lynch

Native Place

Skreen [Skyrne], Meath

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Owen & Mary (mother living in Roscommon)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

William & Mary (Sydney 1849)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in the colony but sister Margaret also on board; empl J McGovern, Goulburn, ₤8, 1 year; married 1) Henry Brown, goldminer, in Braidwood, 1854, 5 children, lived Goulburn area, Tuena & Tarcutta; married 2) Peter McCormick (c.1844-16 Jun 1922) in 1872 as Elizabeth Bridget, one son, lived Tarcutta, Narromine & Trangie; she died 1901, buried in Trangie.

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