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Participant Info

First Name

Bridget

Surname

Dawson

Native Place

Middleton [Midleton], Cork

Age On Arrival

18

Parents

Thomas & Mary (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

John Knox (Sydney Apr 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in the colony; shipmates Bridget Dawson & Catherine Hall with seven others worked for RJ Want of Double Bay; all nine were in a boat accident on Sydney Harbour on 6 Jan 1851 between Clarke and Garden Islands on their way to the theatre. The boat got into a trough in the sea, filled with water and sank. These two girls were among the six who drowned [SMH 8 Jan 1851]

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