Miss Katherine McGowan
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| Name: Miss Katherine McGowan
Born: Thursday 30th September 1869 Age: 42 years Marital Status: Single. Last Residence: in Terry Ireland 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912 Ticket No. 9232 , £7 15s Destination: Chicago Illinois United States Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
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Miss Katherine McGowan, 36, was born in September 1869 the daughter of Anthony McGowan and Bridget Mayock.
Katherine had lived in Cleveland, Ohio for several years, but had moved to Chicago, Illinois where her sister Mrs Thomas McDermott lived. Another sister, Mrs Margaret McCarthy lived in Cleveland, Ohio.
She boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 9232, £7 15s). She was travelling to the United States with her niece, Anna McGowan. Katherine was returning home from a trip to Ireland. She led a group of passengers from county Mayo, the group included Annie Kate Kelly, Bridget Delia McDermott, John Bourke, Catherine Bourke, Mary Bourke, Mary Canavan, Patrick Canavan, James Flynn, Bridget Donohoe, Nora Fleming, Mary Mangan.
She died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, has never been identified.
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
References
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio), 18 April 1912
Chicago Daily Tribune (Illinois), 20 April 1912
Contributors
Cameron Bell, Northern Ireland
Noel Ray, Ireland
Homer Thiel, USA
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