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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

O'Boyle

Native Place

Crossmullvin [Crossmolina?], Mayo

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Thomas & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Panama (Sydney 12 Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads, no relatives in colony, sister Mary also on Panama; SRNSW 4/3638, Reel, Im. Cor 50/160, 9 Feb 1850 one of 9 orphans per Panama about to be forwarded to Wollongong by this evening's steamer, with her sister Mary O'Boyle. Empl. M Hindmarsh, Gerringong, £8, 1 year; married Bathurst-born, William Robert Sloane Feb 1857 at Wellington; he was a sleeper cutter, killed by a falling tree in Jul 1897 at Balladoran near Dubbo [1897/8014]; Bridget died on 1 Jun 1902 at her home in Mitchell St, Dubbo, aged 72; in Nov 1855 Bridget had paid an immigration deposit for her younger sister, Anne, but this was refunded in 1857 the time for its take up have expired; it is not know whether Ann O'Boyle ever came to Australia.

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