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Orphan Number: 4232

Orphan: Margaret OSWALD
Mother: KELLY, Catherine
Father: OSWALD, John
Mother's ship: Blackfriar
Father's ship: David Lyons
Age when admitted: 5yrs 4mths
Date admitted: 5 Feb 1863
Date discharged:
Institutions(s): Queens Orphan School
Discharged to:
Remarks: mother married to James Burton, Patrick Kennedy
References:SWD6, 26/5, 26/6, 27, Mercury 21 Jan 1863

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Claimed by Mary Lynch Pearson. You can send a message to Mary Lynch Pearson by email

Mary Lynch Pearson wrote:

Margaret Oswald was most likely named after her grandmother Margaret Kelly, who was transported on the Blackfriar in 1851 with Margaret's mother Catherine.  Margaret Oswald's aunt, Ann Kelly, also arrived on the Blackfrair as a ? 5 year old and lived in the Queen's Orphan School between 1851 and 1854.  



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