Miss Bertha Bridget Moran
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| Name: Miss Bertha Bridget Moran
Born: Sunday 9th September 1883 Age: 28 years Marital Status: Single. Last Residence: in Askeaton Limerick Ireland 3rd Class Passengers First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912 Ticket No. 371110 , £24 3s Destination: Troy United States Rescued (boat 16) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Saturday 15th April 1961
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
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Miss Bertha Bridget Moran, 28, of Askeaton, Co Limerick was travelling with her brother Daniel to Bronx, New York. She boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 371110, £24, 3s).
Bertha Moran was rescued, probably in lifeboat 16.
After losing her brother, Daniel, in the Titanic disaster, Bertha remained in the United States. She married and died on 15 April 1961, while residing in Michigan. She was one of three Titanic survivors known to have died on 15 April. The others were Mrs Selma Asplund and Mr Meyer Moore.
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
Contributors
Cameron Bell, Northern Ireland
Robert L. Bracken, USA
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Noel Ray, Ireland
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr Daniel James Moran
Mr Patrick Ryan
Related Articles and Documents
| Evening World (1912) | HEROIC PRIESTS GAVE UP LIVES TO QUIET CROWDS | |
| Chicago Tribune (1961) | 49 YRS. AFTER TITANIC SINKS, SURVIVOR DIES |
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