Ms Mary McGovern

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Name: Ms Mary McGovern
Born: April 1890
Age: 22 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: in Bawnboy Ireland
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912
Ticket No. 330931 , £7 17s 7d
Destination: New York City New York United States
Rescued (boat 13)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Saturday 24th August 1957

Miss Mary McGovern, 22, of Corlough, Co Cavan, Ireland, was born in 1890 in Clarbally, Co Cavan, Ireland, the daughter of John and Bridget McGovern.

She boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 330931, £7 17s 7d). Her destination was New York City.

Miss McGovern survived the sinking, having managed to find her way to lifeboat 13.

Mary eventually returned to Ireland where, in 1921, she was later married to Peter McGovern. She resided in Tullytrasna, Co Cavan, Ireland for the rest of her life and died there on 24 August 1957. She was buried in the Corlough Cemetary in Tullytrasna.

Notes
1. She is sometimes listed as Mrs Hugh McGovern, but lists are conflicting in their reports of her marital status.

Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
Noel Ray (1999) List of Passengers who Boarded RMS Titanic at Queenstown, April 11, 1912. The Irish Titanic Historical Society
The Anglo Celt, 2 April 1998

Acknowledgements
Phil McGovern (descendent of Mary McGovern)

Contributors
Cameron Bell, Northern Ireland
Noel Ray, Ireland

Related Articles and Documents

ABOUT MARY MCGOVERN AS TOLD BY A RELATIVE  
Sunday Press  (1952)  TITANIC STORY BY CAVAN SURVIVOR  

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