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Participant Info

First Name

Mary (Mary Ann)

Surname

Clarke

Native Place

Londonderry [Derry]

Age On Arrival

16

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

PRONI BG/10/A/6: Minutes Jan 1848-Mar 1849 shows Mary Clarke aged 16 as one of 12 from Coleraine workhouse; Gov report 1850, return of Adelaide Prostitutes CO 13/70, p.297; court case 17 Jan 1850 noted as a girl of ill fame lodging at Quinns & in and out of court 1851-51, 1861, 1864-66 for prostitution, drunkenness and bad language; admitted to Destitute Asylum with 3 illegitimate children on 8 Mar 1867, aged 36, Protestant, prostitute, born Dublin, arrived on Roman Emperor & died there 9 Mar 1867; one child with James Dalton confirmed as born Adelaide 15 Mar 1850.

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