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I am looking for Irish relatives of Maria Lyons. Maria was born about 1836 in Westport County Mayo. Her parents were John Lyons and Mary Geraghty. Maria was sent to the Westport workhouse in the late 1840s - her mother was still living in Westport so we assume her father must have died in the Irish Famine and that her mother could no longer afford to feed her. Maria was sent to NSW Australia as part of the Orphan Emigration Scheme - departing Plymouth aboard the "Panama" on 6 Oct 1849.

We assume that Maria had siblings but we have no record of any of them.

Friday 24th Oct 2014, 03:43AM

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  • Dear Patterson

    Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out and apologies for the delay in getting back to you. I have passed your query to a Westport Volunteer, if you don't hear from her within the next week please let me know - I will see any reply here

    Best wishes
    Clare Doyle
    Genealogy Support

    Wednesday 29th Oct 2014, 12:45PM

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