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Participant Info

First Name

Catherine

Surname

Barron

Native Place

Dublin, Dublin

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

Thomas & Fanny (both dead)

Religion

Church of England

Ship Name

Panama (Sydney 12 Jan 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, read & write, no relatives in the colony. North Dublin BG78/G/3 No.18338 Catherine Barron, 16, single, servant, tolerable health, born in Dublin, clean, Dublin Union, entered 31 Dec 1846, discharged 22 Sep 1849; empl by WT Munce, Redfern, Sydney, £8, 1 year. Register 2 No.458 12 Jan 1850, indentures with Mr Munce, Sydney. Register 2 No.442, 12 Apr 1850 WT Munce requests cancellation of indentures; married John Riches, Bathurst Anglican Church 10 May 1852 with consent of JT Morrisset; 8 children; lived Bathurst most of her life; died 27 Nov 1906 at Maitland, outliving her husband by 21 years. Obituary of 'old colonist' in 'Maitland Mercury' 28 Nov 1906.

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