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Participant Info

First Name

Margaret

Surname

Simons (Simmons)

Native Place

Manchester Lancashire [England]

Age On Arrival

14

Parents

William & Johanna Guinen (both dead)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Lismoyne (Sydney 29 Nov 1849)

Details

shipping: needlewoman, reads & writes, no relatives in colony; to depot at Bathurst; married 1) John Smith 1852 Bathurst, no issue, widowed; married 2) James Whiley, Bathurst 1861; took up selection at Condobolin; 9 children; died 1901 in Sydney; her two younger sisters, Agnes & Johanna immigrated on the Vocalist 1856. If Margaret was born in Manchester, it seems the family was there before returning to Limerick.

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