John McGrath, assistant steward and crew-member from Liverpool, perished in the sinking of "RMS The Empress of Ireland" when the steamship carrying 1,477 passengers and crew on a trans-Atlantic voyage departing from Quebec City to Liverpool, was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier "SS Storstad" in heavy fog conditions on the St Lawrence River near Pointe-au-Père (Father Point, Rimouski), in the early hours of May 29, 1914
A funeral was held for Mr J McGrath on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
By his Will, probated at London, England on 22 December 1914, administration of the estate of John McGrath late of 10 Hernia Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, was granted to Hanora Leahy ([his sister,] wife of Timothy Leahy). Effects £29 1s 4d. [His parents were Joseph Mcgrath and Annie {Fitzgerald} McGrath of Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland]
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca
A funeral was held for Mr J McGrath on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
By his Will, probated at London, England on 22 December 1914, administration of the estate of John McGrath late of 10 Hernia Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, was granted to Hanora Leahy ([his sister,] wife of Timothy Leahy). Effects £29 1s 4d. [His parents were Joseph Mcgrath and Annie {Fitzgerald} McGrath of Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland]
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca
John McGrath, assistant steward and crew-member from Liverpool, perished in the sinking of "RMS The Empress of Ireland" when the steamship carrying 1,477 passengers and crew on a trans-Atlantic voyage departing from Quebec City to Liverpool, was struck amidships by the Norwegian collier "SS Storstad" in heavy fog conditions on the St Lawrence River near Pointe-au-Père (Father Point, Rimouski), in the early hours of May 29, 1914
A funeral was held for Mr J McGrath on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
By his Will, probated at London, England on 22 December 1914, administration of the estate of John McGrath late of 10 Hernia Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, was granted to Hanora Leahy ([his sister,] wife of Timothy Leahy). Effects £29 1s 4d. [His parents were Joseph Mcgrath and Annie {Fitzgerald} McGrath of Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland]
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca
A funeral was held for Mr J McGrath on June 4th, 1914 at Saint Patrick's Church, Quebec. His body was interred in the English catholic parish cemetery, Sillery, Quebec City
By his Will, probated at London, England on 22 December 1914, administration of the estate of John McGrath late of 10 Hernia Street, Kirkdale, Liverpool, was granted to Hanora Leahy ([his sister,] wife of Timothy Leahy). Effects £29 1s 4d. [His parents were Joseph Mcgrath and Annie {Fitzgerald} McGrath of Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland]
Commemorated in Mount Hermon Cemetery on the Monument erected by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company in memory of the 1,012 women, children and men who lost their lives in what was, at the time, the greatest maritime disaster in Canadian history
For further stories of the event, visit the 2014 Empress of Ireland Commemoration site, http://www.empress2014.ca
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