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Participant Info

First Name

Ellen (aka Catherine)

Surname

Lenehy

Native Place

Drumshannock [Drumshambo], Leitrim

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Thomas & Ellen (mother living at Cranock)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Tippoo Saib (Sydney Jul 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony; sister Bridget also on board; married St Mary’s RC, Sydney, 16 Aug 1853 to James O’Hear [O’Hare, O’Heir], as Catherine Lahany-witnesses Edward Byrne & Eliza McDermott; confirmed by further research; died as Ellen O’Hear, 9 Mar 1890, Sydney, aged 58, buried RC Waverley, b.Leitrim; 2 ch: John & Margaret. Alice Erickson: email currently not available

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