Nora++Clark

My Great-Grandmothers Immigration From Ireland Name: Mary Margaret Hoagan (Married Name: Murphy) Mother: Anne Cotter Father: Michael Hoagan Husband: Thomas Murphy (met in US, he was Irish-American) When: on boat: May 1st, 1926 Born: Jan 17th 1906 Died: April 16th, 1989 Reason: poor farmer, need money, glory for her and family Once she got there, she sent money home to her parents until they died. Work In US: she was a maid, then a lunch lady and then worked at an electrical company Traveled: with her sister on a ship called the SS Thuringia When she got to the US, she wrote a postcard back to her mother in Ireland saying:

**Dear Mother, Just a line getting on very well. Got through today for dinnner, just got a little doing off good. Bye with best love from, Katie (her sister) and Mary**

ON ANCESTOR ROOTS WEBSITE: 1 - Cornelius & J. Leary 20 2 - Maurice & William Callahan 30 3 - Denis Duggan & J. Callahan 37 4 - Cornelius Sullivan 14 6 - John Murphy 4 7 - Mr. John Counell 320
 * 5 - Mary Horgan 3** (the 3 means she had three acres)

All info was gotten from my mom, Patricia Franco, because she lived with my great grandmother for a large portion of her childhood and early adult life. Great Pictures of the SS Thuringia: []