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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Brandon (Brendon)

Native Place

Ballylongford, Kerry

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Thomas & Mary Ann (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Thomas Arbuthnot (Sydney 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, read & write, no relatives in colony. Empl. not yet reported but to Camden Depot. Im. Cor. 50/201 involved in accident at Camden on way to Yass with Mary Conway; 52/12; 'wheel ran over her legs' (Strutt Journal, 'A Decent Set of Girls' pp.73-4); 'recovering' (Strutt p.91). With help of the local priest in Camden, Fr Rogers, Mary moved to the care of a Catholic family in the Burragorang Valley; married Henry Chiddy on 26 Sep 1852 RC Campbelltown; they settled on a farm on Tin Kettle Creek and raised a family of 12 children. Neal Chiddy: nealchiddy[at]bigpond.com; other descendants please email us.

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