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Participant Info

First Name

Alicia (Alice)

Surname

Rooney

Native Place

Kallin [Callan], Kilkenny

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Peter & Johanna (father in Australia)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Maria (Sydney 29 Jun 1850)

Details

Shipping: nursemaid, reads, relations in the colony: father living in Sydney; born Ballingarry, Co Tipperary; relation in colony: father living in Sydney; 1) married William Lavender 1855 - nothing further known 2) 'married' George Hutchings c.1857 7 children, lived Goulburn working at Rossiville, then Norwood & later to Boorowa; George died 1877; 3) married Jacob Bodmer [Bodmore] in 1868; Alice went to live with her son, Henry and his family in Kalgoorlie in 1907 where she died that year.

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