Margaret was born 11 Dec 1866 in High Street, Newry, Co Down, Ireland. She is the daughter of James Jones, farmer, and Eleanor Farrell. [1] Margaret Jones Hart, wife of William Seymour Hart, he was born in England. 19 Aug 1919, passport application "travelling to Ireland with daughter Evelyn, age 11 years, born in Ireland, to visit sisters, mother ill. "[2]
↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5B-JC27 : 4 September 2015), Margaret Hart, 1919; citing Passport Application, New Jersey, United States, source certificate #109874, Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 884, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,630,218.
My grandfather, Harold Seymour Hart, Margaret's son, told me this story many times when I was growing up:
Margaret was getting ready to emigrate with her children from Belfast to the US. Her husband William and eldest son James had already gone over to establish a home first. Margaret was going to book passage on the Titanic, which had been under construction down the road from their house, her husband had even gotten some work on its construction. One of her sisters talked her out of it, saying it was too grand of a ship for her alone with the children. She booked passage instead on the California. The family story that I grew up hearing, was that it was the famous "Ship that stood still," and didn't rescue the Titanic survivors, but when I became interested in genealogy, I checked the passenger lists thru the Ellis Island website, and discovered that they were on California, NOT The Californian. There were two ships sailing in the same direction at the same time. On their arrival in New York, they were met by the media and desperate family members looking for survivors.
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Margaret was getting ready to emigrate with her children from Belfast to the US. Her husband William and eldest son James had already gone over to establish a home first. Margaret was going to book passage on the Titanic, which had been under construction down the road from their house, her husband had even gotten some work on its construction. One of her sisters talked her out of it, saying it was too grand of a ship for her alone with the children. She booked passage instead on the California. The family story that I grew up hearing, was that it was the famous "Ship that stood still," and didn't rescue the Titanic survivors, but when I became interested in genealogy, I checked the passenger lists thru the Ellis Island website, and discovered that they were on California, NOT The Californian. There were two ships sailing in the same direction at the same time. On their arrival in New York, they were met by the media and desperate family members looking for survivors.