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Participant Info

First Name

Ann [Anne]

Surname

Bohen [Bohan, Bowen]

Native Place

Galway

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Patrick & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Bridget Canny also per TA was the cousin of John Kenny who became Ann's husband Empl. K McLoughlin, Yass, ₤8, 1 year; Anne Bowen married 1) John Kenny, St Augustine's, Yass on 29 Jan 1852, 3 children; 2) Michael Cusack, 30 Jul 1857, 10 children, all born in Yass. She died in Yass in August 1896 (Reid & Mongan, 'A Decent Set of Girls')

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