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Participant Info

First Name

Mary J

Surname

Gordon

Native Place

Londonderry [Derry], Coleraine

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

Mary J Gordon, one of 12 girls from Coleraine [PRONI BG10/1/6, p.165]; married John Keenan in 1851 at St Stephen Church, Willunga, Adelaide; 4 children; in 1870 John attempted suicide at Yanklillia and from then on was in court for assaulting his wife, deserting his children and spent time in gaol and the Asylum; in Aug 1875 Mary Jane was witness in a court case not involving her family; in late 1877 John Keenan died at Lochiel; nothing else located.rn

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