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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen

Surname

Fairclough (Faircloth)

Native Place

Dublin

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Richard & Margaret (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Digby (Sydney 4 Apr 1849)

Details

shipping: housemaid, reads only, no relatives in colony. As Faircloath, Ellen first entered the North Dublin workhouse in May 1840 when aged 12 and was in and out several times until her final discharge on 2 Dec 1848; she lived around Werberg St, Dublin was Catholic and destitute; married ex-VDL convict, Joseph Froggett in Sydney in 1851, moved to Central West, 1 daughter, Charlotte b.1852; Joseph died 1868; Ellen died Wellington 1898.

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