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Participant Info

First Name

Johanna

Surname

Kelly

Native Place

Glenmore town, Kilkenny

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

William & Mary (father living at Glenmore)

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Panama (Sydney 12 Jan 1850)

Details

shipping: nursemaid, cannot read or write, no relatives in colony. Empl. J Wilson, Kempsey, McLeay River, £8, 1 year. At 18 she married John R Bushell (38) at West Kempsey. John had been a boy convict (1831) and had lost his left leg in the Hulks. He was trained as a tailor and sent to Port Macquarie; 12 children (8 at West Kempsey, 4 at Bellinger River). The family was distinguished for opening bridges in the Bellngen District where Johanna acted as local midwife. John died 1894 and Johanna 19 Mar 1929. photograph in Barefoot?, Vol 2 p.58.

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