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Participant Info

First Name

Eliza

Surname

McCanally (McConally)

Native Place

Antrim, Belfast

Age On Arrival

20

Parents

Samuel & Margaret (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Earl Grey (Sydney 6 Oct 1848)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; to Moreton Bay; sent to Moreton Bay per 'Mary Ann' 17 Oct 1848; housed 21 Oct 1848 Brisbane hospital; empl. Capt Richard Coley, North Brisbane, £12, 3 months; married ex-convict carpenter Edward Moore at Ipswich RC in Jun 1849; settled Warrill Creek near Ipswich; 10 children. The family had a tough time with crops being destroyed by fire in 1872, their house burned down in 1879 and the death of 4 of their children; Elizabeth died Jul 1902; Edward died Aug 1906; both buried RC Ipswich.

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