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First Name
Mary
Surname
Allingham
Native Place
Billig [Belleek], Fermanagh
Age On Arrival
16
Parents
Robert & Fanny (both dead)
Religion
Church of England
Ship Name
Inchinnan (Sydney 13 Feb 1849)
Details
shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, cousin in colony: William Allingham. NAI, Ballyshannon Union BG/38/A/4, 19 Aug 1848. Im Cor 25 Aug 1849 to Police Magistrate, Wollombi & 15 Sep 1849, to Bench of Magistrates, Brisbane Water to provide police protection for her. She is now an apprentice in employ of Mr John Waugh Drysdale residing at Mangrove Creek. Married John Elem [Ellem] on 2 Aug 1852 at CofE Gosford; family farmed, grew corn & raised cattle until in 1871 when John decided to join his brothers on the Clarence River; 9 ch; family notes that Mary was very small and thin, about 5 feet tall, a very fair complexion, extremely red hair; Mary died 8 Dec 1917; buried old South Grafton cemetery. possible relatives from Boa Island, Fermanagh per Lloyds Jun 1850. Allingham connections at http://www.vindicator.ca/history/famine/orphans.html accessed 13 Aug 2012
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