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Participant Info

First Name

Ann

Surname

Corry

Native Place

Tyrone, Castlederg

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

PRONI Minutes of Castlederg, Tyrone BG/8/A2/2 p.148 names 15 eligible candidates for emigration to Australia under the Earl Grey scheme, including Ann Corry 17 & Jean Corry 15 (sisters); officially only 6 from Castlederg on the 'Roman Emperor' so some of the 15 may not have travelled; Ann married John Western but marriage not located; 4 children; Ann died at Marion in 1884; buried Brighton Cemetery, Adelaide; husband remarried in 1889 to Elizabeth Thiselton; he died 1896.rnrn

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