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Participant Info

First Name

Eliza

Surname

McGuiness (McGuinness)

Native Place

Clara, Kings [Offaly]

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Stephen & Margaret (mother in Clara)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Maria (Sydney 29 Jun 1850)

Details

shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony, sister Ellen also on 'Maria'; 1858-9 Report on Irish Female Immigrants, Appendix J No.191, 10 Jan 1851 breach of agreement with Mr J Carmichael, agreement cancelled, WPO; married William Kirton (Kerton) in 1851, c.5 children; her sister Ellen sponsored her mother & her brother, John aged 14 to Sydney on 'Glen Isla', 2 Jul 1857.

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