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Participant Info

First Name

Elizabeth

Surname

Kelly

Native Place

Newry, Armagh

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Robert & Anne (father living in Belfast)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; married 1) Charles Winks on 21 Jul 1851 settled in St George, Qld; 9 children; married 2) Frederick Thompson in 1876, no children; she died 10 Jan 1911 and a wonderful obituary appeared in several Qld papers noting her remarkable pioneering life in Queensland and her descendants numbered 183, including 3 sons, 6 daughters, 103 grandchildren, 69 g grandchildren & 2 gg grandchildren

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