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| Mary (McQuire) McMenamin was born in County Tyrone Ireland in 1860. Her parents were Wiiliam and Margaret (Daly) McQuire. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1984, her leaving home is noted by a faded document dated November 25,1884. Which port she sailed from is not known but at that time, a voyage from Liverpool took 37 days to reach New York. Passengers were advised to bring a few loafs of hard baked bread and roasted or boiled fresh meat. Steerage facilities on those ships provided a sleeping berth that was basically a shelf six feet long by 18 inches wide and 22 inches between berths. Mary died in 1940. |
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