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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen

Surname

Riordan

Native Place

County Kerry possible-see notes below

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

see notes

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Elgin (Adelaide 12 Sep 1849)

Details

Possibly descendant notes her husband's ancestor Ellen Riordan's death cert shows she was from County Kerry, Ireland, could not read or write; married Henry French in Adelaide 1851; 5 children (two died in infancy). Ellen’s husband died 1859. Ellen moved to NSW c.1869 to find her husband’s brother James Harris French. In 1870 she married George Tompsett (who she had known in SA) and moved to Collongolook NSW; marriage did not last. Ellen died in 1908 and is buried at Collongolook Cemetery.

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