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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget (Biddy)

Surname

Clarke

Native Place

Longford

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Richard & Abby

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

on list of 50 girls from Longford PLU minutes Dec 1848 as Biddy Clarke aged 17; shipping: house servant, reads only, no relatives in colony; Register No.1071, 18 Dec 1849 ill health, Sydney; orphan wages & 1858-9 Report on Irish Female Immigrants, Appendix J No.141, 21 Jun 1850 indentures with Mrs Charles Chapman cancelled for improper conduct, insolence & neglect of duty-to be sent up the country for employment.

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