Bridget Donohoe

Bridget Donohoe¹ was born in Cum, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Ireland on 15 January 1891².

She was the daughter of David Donohoe (b. circa 1861), a farmer, and Catherine Moyles (b. circa 1858) who were married in Lahardane on 27 October 1883.

Bridget grew up in a Roman Catholic household which spoke both the Irish and English languages. She had four known siblings: Michael (b. 30 July 1887), Mary (b. 13 April 1889³), David (b. 23 February 1893)⁴ and John (b. 20 June 1894).  

Bridget's mother died at age 40 on 7 January 1898 following a fever. Her father remarried soon after to a woman named Ellen Cawley (b. circa 1861⁵) and from that relationship Bridget had three half-sisters and a half-brother: Oona "Norah" (b. 8 July 1899), Ellen (b. 18 January 1902), Catherine (b. 22 June 1903) and Thomas (b. 29 March 1906)⁶.

Bridget first appears on the 1901 census when she was living with her family at house 6 in An Com, Addergoole and on the 1911 census living at house 7 in Cum. By the time of the latter record she had no stated profession. 

Bridget was travelling to Chicago, Illinois where she had family; she boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 364856 which cost £7, 15s) and was part of a large group of passengers travelling from the same district in Mayo. The group included John and Catherine McHugh Bourke and John's sister Mary Bourke; Nora Fleming, Mary Mangan, Delia Mahon, cousins Patrick and Mary Canavan, James Flynn, Catherine and Annie McGowan, Annie Kelly and Bridget McDermott. Also in that crowd was an in-law, Bridget Mahon, whose mother was related to Bridget's stepmother.

Bridget Donohoe died in the sinking and her body, if recovered, was never identified.

Her family remained in Cum, Co Mayo and her father died on 28 August 1920. Her last surviving sibling John died in Bofeenaun, Co Mayo on 19 March 1962.