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Participant Info

First Name

Isabella

Surname

McArdle

Native Place

Camlagh [Camlough], Down

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Patrick & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; married George Bulmer, Yorkshireman, widower, at Cundle, Manning River, 6 Dec 1850, labourer, farmer, settler &carter; she possibly was employed as housekeeper to care for his following the death of his wife; they had 10 children; George died in 1887 and Isabella 15 Feb 1900; both buried in unmarked graves at Woola Woola [Taree Old General] Cemetery

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