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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

McGrogan

Native Place

Randalstown [Randalstown], Antrim

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Patrick & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, reads, no relatives in colony, to Moreton Bay; empl. Mr Allen, Ipswich, £12, 6 months; married Mike Ford, dealer and later a butcher, in Ipswich 27 May 1850; 11 children; lived Ipswich, Fortitude Valley and Bowen Ridge; died 31 Aug 1888 of cirrhosis of the liver; buried Nudgee.

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