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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

McGarry

Native Place

Croghan, Roscommon

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Patrick & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lady Peel (Sydney 3 Jul 1849)

Details

shipping: dairymaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony, sister Bridget also on Digby; another sister Mary on Tippoo Saib; empl. A Rankin, St Clair, Singleton, £10, 1 year; married Patrick Read(e) of 'The Big River', Singleton RC Church, 2 May 1854; 5 children, born Warialda & Bingara. Patrick died Warialda 1872. Catherine died at Bingara in 1902; she buried Bingara.

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