When Bridget Dace was born in 1818, in County Galway, Ireland, her father, Patrick Dace, was 18 and her mother, Labina Liby Dace, was 18. She married Josiah Bosworth on 28 September 1846, in Evandale, Tasmania, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 20 January 1907, in Avoca, Tasmania, Australia, at the age of 89, and was buried in Avoca, Tasmania, Australia.
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John Helder Wedge surveyed the area and named it St Paul's Plains.
Australia is claimed as British territory.
The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.
English: from Middle English dars, dase ‘dace, the fish Lenciscus lenciscus’ (Old French dars), possibly a nickname for someone thought to resemble the fish in some way or a nickname for a fisherman. Compare Dass .
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