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White Star Line Celtic
1912
1912
Bridget (Dotie) left Queenstown on 12th April 1912 and arrived in New York on the 20th April. The Titanic had left Queenstown the previous day. Family lore says Bridget was due to sail on the Titanic but missed her sailing and travelled on the next available ship. Newspaper reports of the reaction on the Celtic to the sinking of the Titanic are available here.
She was described on the manifest as 5'6'' with brown hair and grey eyes. Her passage was paid by her sister ( we don't know which one) and she was headed for 5 West 76th Street to stay with her sister "Lizzi".
Bridget worked as a cook and maid in houses in New York. ( 1920 Census)
She made two return trips that we know of to Ireland. One, in 1932 for the Eucharistic Congress and later in 1948 ( here is her return flight from Shannon) when her brother Owen was seriously ill. I have found some other records of Bridget on sailings in those years that fit and some census records that match but I can't be definite that they are her. One of them from Galway in 1932 suggests she missed her sailing again.
She is listed as a waitress on her citizenship application in 1941. Sadly she died in April 1949 St Elizabeth's Hospital New Jersey less than a year after Owen and is buried in Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York in a grave bought by her brother John.
The White Star Line's Celtic had an interesting and eventful career, eventually being broken up off Roche's Point outside Cobh in Cork Harbour in 1928
The following history of the Celtic is taken from a White Star Line History Website: and is worth a read.
Playroom
Playroom
dining room
dining room
lounge
lounge
Launch of the celtic
Launch of the celtic
after her launch
after her launch
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