She boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 330963, £7 17s 7d) with her friends Margaret Devaney and Kate Hargadon. Delia was emigrating to America where she hoped to get employment as a housemaid for a well to do family.
Miss Burns died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
Mary was from Knocknarae, County Sligo, Ireland. Growing up she lived very near to the beach by Ballysadare Bay and frequently made herself useful in carrying seaweed up from the beach to her family's farm for use as fertiliser. She perished on the Titanic at age seventeen, having been on her way to her aunt Mary Sheridan in Brooklyn. Like many other would-be Irish immigrants, Mary also had dreamt of landing a job as a maid to a wealthy family. According to survivors, she could have gotten into a lifeboat, but decided to remain behind with her friend Kate Hargadon, who also perished. Kate had been seasick the entire voyage and didn't feel she had the strength to climb up the ladder leading to the upper deck where the boats were, and Mary stayed by her side to comfort her and help her with her seasickness.
Miss Burns died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
Mary was from Knocknarae, County Sligo, Ireland. Growing up she lived very near to the beach by Ballysadare Bay and frequently made herself useful in carrying seaweed up from the beach to her family's farm for use as fertiliser. She perished on the Titanic at age seventeen, having been on her way to her aunt Mary Sheridan in Brooklyn. Like many other would-be Irish immigrants, Mary also had dreamt of landing a job as a maid to a wealthy family. According to survivors, she could have gotten into a lifeboat, but decided to remain behind with her friend Kate Hargadon, who also perished. Kate had been seasick the entire voyage and didn't feel she had the strength to climb up the ladder leading to the upper deck where the boats were, and Mary stayed by her side to comfort her and help her with her seasickness.
She boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 330963, £7 17s 7d) with her friends Margaret Devaney and Kate Hargadon. Delia was emigrating to America where she hoped to get employment as a housemaid for a well to do family.
Miss Burns died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
Mary was from Knocknarae, County Sligo, Ireland. Growing up she lived very near to the beach by Ballysadare Bay and frequently made herself useful in carrying seaweed up from the beach to her family's farm for use as fertiliser. She perished on the Titanic at age seventeen, having been on her way to her aunt Mary Sheridan in Brooklyn. Like many other would-be Irish immigrants, Mary also had dreamt of landing a job as a maid to a wealthy family. According to survivors, she could have gotten into a lifeboat, but decided to remain behind with her friend Kate Hargadon, who also perished. Kate had been seasick the entire voyage and didn't feel she had the strength to climb up the ladder leading to the upper deck where the boats were, and Mary stayed by her side to comfort her and help her with her seasickness.
Miss Burns died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
Mary was from Knocknarae, County Sligo, Ireland. Growing up she lived very near to the beach by Ballysadare Bay and frequently made herself useful in carrying seaweed up from the beach to her family's farm for use as fertiliser. She perished on the Titanic at age seventeen, having been on her way to her aunt Mary Sheridan in Brooklyn. Like many other would-be Irish immigrants, Mary also had dreamt of landing a job as a maid to a wealthy family. According to survivors, she could have gotten into a lifeboat, but decided to remain behind with her friend Kate Hargadon, who also perished. Kate had been seasick the entire voyage and didn't feel she had the strength to climb up the ladder leading to the upper deck where the boats were, and Mary stayed by her side to comfort her and help her with her seasickness.
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The plaque at Sligo Cemetery has since disappeared.
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