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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

McGeery (McGeary]

Native Place

Glenoe [Glenroe or Glenoo?], Tyrone

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

Peter & Isabella (mother living at Glenoc)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; Empl. by Mr John Lett, Sydney £8, 3 years; Im Cor 19 Mar 1849 complaint from John Lett, Sydney of the incompetency of Mary McGerry, requested to be allowed to exchange her; response: no comment. She must have been sent to Maitland for employment and on 17 & 28 Mar 1849 reports in 'The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser' on an incident where Mary Geary, an orphan girl engaged at Mr Long's farm on Mrs Cobb's estate, was 'enveloped in flames' while removing a pot from the fire. She was taken to Maitland hospital but died there on Thursday 22 Mar 1849 from severe burns.

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