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Participant Info

First Name

Mary

Surname

Taaffe [Taafe]

Native Place

Dublin

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Roman Catholic

Ship Name

Inconstant (Adelaide Jun 1849)

Details

North Dublin Workhouse: NAI BG/78/G/5 No.23308, Mary Taaffe, 17, single, servant, RC, North City, in 16 Aug 1847, discharged 16 Jul 1848; also North Dublin Register BG/78/G/6 No.30984, Mary Taaffe, 16, single, servant, RC, good health, 'sent to Australia', Dublin, North City, Jervis Street, in 28 Jul 1848, discharged Feb 1849; on list of passengers in 'South Australian Register', 9 Jun 1849; married Samuel Dunn aka Knowles (convict absconded from VDL) 1851; 14 children; he died 1898 at Talbot, Victoria; she died South Melbourne 1923, aged 90, buried Brighton.

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