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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

O'Boyle

Native Place

Crossmullvin [Crossmolina], Mayo

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Thomas & Bridget (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Panama (Sydney 12 Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, reads, no relatives in colony, sister Bridget also on Panama; SRNSW 4/3638, Im. Cor 50/160, 9 Feb 1850 one of 9 orphans per Panama to be forwarded to Wollongong by steamer, with her sister Bridget O'Boyle & 50/246, 7 Mar 1850 re indentures signed with Charles F Smith of Wollongong; later employed by Mr M Hindmarsh, Geringong, £7-8, 2 years; 50/278, 19 Mar 1850 re age and wages; 50/285 indentured in Wollongong District; working for Etienne Livingstone de Mestra at Terana by 1857 where she met her husband Augustus Linkenbagh; they married in 1857; 9 children; died 1906

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