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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

Flanagan

Native Place

Parish of West Ardstraw, Tyrone

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Owen [on 2nd marriage]

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

born 29 Jul 1832 Parish of West Ardstraw on margins her cousin's estate at Russell Town (west of Barons Court Estate); went to Willunga; married 1) 1 Mar 1850 to William Button (d.1866), signed with 'X', 8 children; married 2) Stephen Rogers 1877; lived Yorke peninsula, died 27 Feb 1913; had learned to write; named her father as Owen Flanagan when she married Rogers & also gave Owen as name to son born after the death of William Button; Patricia Button (widow of her great-grandson): pat.button[at]bigpond.com

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