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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen

Surname

Parks

Native Place

Belfast, Antrim

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Samuel & Catherine (mother living in Belfast)

Religion

Presbyterian

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Empl. Mr John Silk, Sydney, £10, 12 months; Register 3 Jan 1849 Sydney, complaint; married George Clarke, restaurant keeper, dealer & fishmonger, at Sydney, 13 May 1850; 10/12 children; lived Sydney in rich surroundings; she died 3 Jul 1880; he died 1886, his estate valued at £3500.

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