Born about in Castlebar Gaol, County Mayo
Daughter of Jeremiah Harkin
and Sicilia (Naghten) Maguire
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died about
at about age 2
in Parramatta Female Factory, New South Wales, Australia
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Biography
- NSW State Archives Index to Miscellaneous Immigrants
Ship Surname Firstname Age Date Copy Page/s Item Remarks Series
Whitby HARKIN - 3 mths 23/06/1839 Reel 2428 129 [2/8282] or NAUGHTON; and Mary NRS 1155
Whitby HARKIN Mary 3½ 23/06/1839 Reel 2428 129 [2/8282] and unnamed sibling; or NAUGHTON NRS 1155
1839 Children were taken at weaning age to the Parramatta Orphanage.
This would have happened to Mary Harkin immediately & then the infant Bridget Harkin when she reached that age. [1]
1841 Scarlet Fever (Scarletina) Epidemics were reported in Sydney only waxing and waning over the decades following. [2]There are no records to indicate their survival past 1843.
Sources
- ↑ Information supplied by Beth Matthews PFF
- ↑ The Australian Sydney, NSW Sat 8 May 1841 Page 2 Scarletina
- Whitby manifest 1839
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