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Participant Info

First Name

Mary (Mary Jane)

Surname

Sloane

Native Place

Kilrea, Antrim

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Thomas and Jane

Religion

Presbyterian

Ship Name

Diadem (Melbourne Jan 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, reads; Ballymoney PLU PRONI BG5/G/1 (3181) Kilrea, labourer, entered workhouse 15 Nov 1847, left 4 Oct 1849, entered as part of a family group with father Thomas, father who died in workhouse at end of 1848 and mother Jane who died Feb 1848, sister Anne also on Diadem; sister Elizabeth died 1851; as Nancy from Kildare [sic], Antrim she was empl. William Clarke, Melbourne, £8, 6 months; married James Orr in 1851 as Mary Jane Sloane; 10 children; died 1907

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