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Orphan Number: 3779

Orphan: Patrick MELANAPHY
Mother: MELANAPHY/MALANAPHY, Ann
Father: ,
Mother's ship: Mexborough
Father's ship:
Age when admitted: 9yrs
Date admitted: 4 Jan 1842
Date discharged: 6 Apr 1847
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to: J Warburton
Remarks: Malanaphy on convict records
References:SWD7, 28

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Claimed by Valma Hick. You can send a message to Valma Hick by email

Valma Hick wrote:

Patrick Melanaphy is he elder brother of my 2nd great grandmother Ellen. As far as we know
he died on 15th October 1860, Spring Gulley, Victoria. The result of an embankment fall, he was a Miner at the time.  His age is given as 30 yrs. He had spent 19 years in Tasmania and 7 years in Victoria. His Native Place being Enniskillen,  Ireland. Patrick Never Married to our knowledge.


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