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i dont know - will check with family today.

Bridget Martin was sister to my g/mother Margaret Martin. Have incl some info on the martins. when i check i am getting mixed up now!!

 - this is my g/m story fyi:

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/my-grans-titanic-struggle-29309821.html

Bridget – born 1883/4, went to US in 1902:

First Name: Bridget Last Name: Martin Ethnicity: Ireland, Irish Last Place of Residence: Irishtown Date of Arrival: Apr 24, 1902 Age at Arrival:  18y    Gender:  F    Marital Status:  S   Ship of Travel: Oceanic Port of Departure: Queenstown Manifest Line Number: 0005

To stay with cousin Mary Hopkins, 15 Washington St, Hartford.

Married Thomas Ruane/Huane??  Had 5 daughters, three in Chicago. One is Mary, aged abt 82 and lives in Milltown area in arranged marriage. One daughter Philomena died in irishtown after having three children plus three sets of twins in six years. Her husband was Dermott McDermott. He left the children and went to the US while Bridget raised them.

Baptism Record First Name Bridget Surname Martin Date of Christening 2 March 1894 Denomination Civil Parish Parish Kilvine Roman Catholic parish Region South Mayo Father’s Name Thomas Martin Mother’s Name Ellen Mullarkey Sponsor 1 - Name Ellen Martin Sponsor 2 - Name Michael Coyne

Died Jan- Mar 1951, Tuam, age 68 ?

I have the census records - the martins lived at Levally Roe/Rockfort in Irishtown. I am pretty sure the record you mention is them. I'd like to know if there were any more twins born to them, as the family said there was. which church would they have used? thank you.

Hi there, I am tracing Bridget Ruane nee Martin who I believed married Thomas Ruane. The family story is that she had 3 children, then 3 sets of twins before Thomas went to Chicago. In the 1911 census, they had Thomas, 4, twins Bridget and Ellen, 3, Mary 2, and Maggie one month. Thomas snr was 40 and his mother Ellen was 72. His sister Norah, 30, was officially noted as `idiot'. poor thing.