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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Banks

Native Place

Kilbannion, Galway

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Walter & Catherine (mother in Tuam)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Panama (Sydney 12 Jan 1850)

Details

Shipping: house servant, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. SRNSW 4/1149.1, 50/1331 surgeon's report- had fits- as in Tuam Workhouse for 2½ years; also Report from surgeon of Tuam Union [SRNSW 4/1149.1, M9769] that she had been in workhouse for a very long period and was NEVER subject to fits ... she had been employed in the Infirmary for washing & scouring and a stouter and healthier girl we had not in the workhouse'. Empl. J Armstrong, Jamberoo, £8, 1 year; married Luke Clancy at Kiama 1859; 4 children; died 1909 Kiama.

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