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Participant Info

First Name

Jane [Eliza Jane]

Surname

Cunningham

Native Place

Oldcastle, Westmeath [Meath]

Age On Arrival

13

Parents

Patrick & Ann (mother at Oldcastle)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Tippoo Saib (Sydney Jul 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relations in the colony; sister Ann also on Tippoo Saib were from townland of Stonefields near Oldcastle, county Meath; 1858-9 Report on Irish Female Immigrants, Appendix J No.197, 17 Jan 1851 indentures with James Reeves cancelled for neglect of work, WPO; orphan wages, 20 Jan 1851 empl Mr James Reeves; Im.Cor Feb 1851, Bathurst; married Edward Atkins 1852 Bathurst Presbyterian; 10 children; he died 1891; she died 1903 at Trunkey.

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