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Participant Info

First Name

Eliza

Surname

Dougherty (Dogherty)

Native Place

Londonderry [Derry], Drum

Age On Arrival

15

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

Eliza Dogherty, 16 from Drum was in the Limavady workhouse; sister Rose also on Roman Emperor; Eliza (21) married John Hurst (26), a boot and shoemaker in 1850 at residence of John Edwards, Angaston; 16 children located born in Truro and Angaston district 1851-73; John Hurst died Mar 1895 aged 71 in Adelaide while visiting there but was returned to Truro for burial; Eliza died in 1902, aged 72 at her home at Truro, formerly of Angaston.

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