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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Robins [Robbins]

Native Place

Lochrea [Loughrea], Galway

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Patrick & Margaret (mother living at Lochrea)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, reads, no relatives in colony; mother's maiden name Lyons; empl as house servant by J. Oakman, Parramatta St., Sydney, £8, 1 year; parents Patrick Robbins (1810-1850), mother Margaret Lyons (1800-1870); probably married Joseph Walsh - date and children not confirmed; descendant's husband descended from Bridget's brother, Patrick who married 1) Annie Innes (1843-1863), 1 child, Francis James or 2) Annie Mehagan (1845-1906), 6 children - in Victoria; Bridget sponsored her brother, Patrick, to NSW per 'David MacIvor' 23 Dec 1854 noted as sister Bridget Robins, Pitt St., Sydney, paid £5; Patrick Robbins died 12 Jul 1889 Williamstown, Vic; another probably brother, James b.c.1839 Loughrea, died of pneumonia & TB Ballarat 24 May 1865.

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