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Participant Info

First Name

Sarah

Surname

Hunter

Native Place

Tyrone, Castlederg

Age On Arrival

17

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Not recorded

Ship Name

Roman Emperor (Adelaide 1848)

Details

Trevor McClaughlin noted from Minute Books for Castlederg, PRONI BG8/A2/2 p.148, the names of 15 eligible candidates for emigration to Australia but officially only 6 were on the Roman Emperor; no sign of Sarah Hunter in South Australian BDM or Hospital records; she is perhaps the woman who married James Cousen in Victoria in 1855; 8 children found 1856-1872, born at McCallums Creek and Amherst; Sarah died on 19 Oct 1918 at her son Samuel’s residence in Geelong, aged 82 and was buried in the New General Cemetery two days later - her parents were noted as William Cousen & Agnes Borland which is incorrect as she was nee Hunter. James Cousen had died in Talbot in 1912, noted as the son of John Cousen and Hannah Jenkinson.

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