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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

McGonigal [McCorrigle

Native Place

Londonderry[Derry], Lislane

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

William McGonigal [her 2nd marriage]

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

One of 9 girls listed from Limavady workhouse, aged 15, from Lislane; as Mary Jane McGonigle (21) she married 1) William Woodhouse (27) on 2 Apr 1854 at Christ Church, North Adelaide; William seems to be the single man who arrived to Adelaide in 1847 on the Mariner as a steerage passenger & by Nov 1853 was working as a bullock driver, employed by Mr Kersell; they settled in Snowtown where 9 children were born; William died in 1876 aged 50 at Barringa; married 2) on 25 Jan 1882, when aged 46 she married James Arthur [James Arthur] Barnett (28) at the residence of Edwin Lemon, Snowtown; she died 4 Sep 1923 aged 87 at Lochiel & her husband died 18 Jun 1926, buried at Curramulka Cemetery.

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