NAVIGATION

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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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