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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => Topic started by: belfastchief on Thursday 23 July 09 08:57 BST (UK)
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hi, i am trying to find the date of death of my great grandmother, her name was Martha Pollock and her last known address was 579 port richmond avenue, staten island, new york in 1942, she emigrated after she raised her family and my great grandfather died at the beginning of the war, she may have re-married in later life i cannot be sure, any info would be greatly appreciated.
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Did your great grandfather die in Richmond? Do you have his death record? His record would be more likely to appear in the online index given the date. There are a number of potential matches for him, but I don't know his first name. Anyway, the couple could be interred together, thereby giving you the date of your great-grandmother's death and the option to order her death certificate. Depending on how late she died, she could also appear in the SSDI.
http://www.italiangen.org/vitalreclist.stm
http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/
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If you have a date/place of birth for her and her husband, that might be helpful.
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HI BOTH MY GREAT GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN HERE IN BELFAST, MARTHA WAS BORN IN 1874 AND THOMAS 1875, THOMAS ALSO DIED HERE BEFORE THE START OF WW2, WHICH IS WHEN MARTHA EMIGRATED TO THE U.S.
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I found this:
SS Samaria from Belfast to New York 2 Aug. 1937
Pollock, Martha, age 63, widow, no occupation, able to read & write English, nationality - British, race or people - Irish, born Belfast, last permanent residence - Belfast, nearest relative - son Wm Pollock of Belfast, final destination - Belfast, passage paid by son-in-law, in possession of 7 pounds, never in US before, going to join son-in-law Charles Burns, 34 Rainbow Ave., Port Richmond, Staten Island, going to US for 6 months, 5'5" tall, fair complexion, grey hair & eyes, in good health
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SS Britannic from Liverpool to New York, 27 Nov. 1939
Pollock, Martha, age 66, widow, domestic
All other information same as 1937 passenger list, except the following:
nearest relative - son Mr. Jas. Pollock of Belfast
previously in US from 1937-1939, last left Feb. 1939
going to join son-in-law Chas. Burns, 273 Jewett Ave., Port Richmond, Staten Island, New York
staying in US permanently
The birth is somewhat off, but the Social Security Death Index has a Martha Pollock born 9 Jul. 1872 and died Jul. 1963. She last resided in New York.
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woo hoo thats her thats the lady, william was my grandfather and we also have burns' in the family also, thank you shelly xoxo
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hi shelly, i dont wanna push my luck but i gotta ask if you can get me any info or let me know where i could get info on Charles Burns' desendants, sorry to be a pain but if you can help it would be grrrrrrrrrrreat! thanks in advance.
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If you have any information about Charles Burns or the daughter of Martha's that he might have married, it might help. As it stands, not knowing anything but an address, I didn't see anything that stood out as a definite match for Charles.
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hi again shelly, the only sister my grandfather had was also named Martha so i take it that it was her who married Charles Burns, the Burns' i mentioned before as part of the family were not blood relatives, Charles burns' mother named Mary was a friend of my family and who lived with my grandmother when they both became widows.
my father grew up calling Mary, Granny Burns.
so Martha(II) & Charles were both born here and they emigrated sometime before 1937 which is when Martha(I) went to join them, Martha(II) was born in 1903.
lol sorry the info is a bit haphazard i am writhing it just as it is coming to me. thanks again for making time for me Shelly, xoxo Warren.