Boyce, John

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Boyce - Records relating to John and Thomas Boyce and lands in county Cork are in the Lismore Estate Collection in the National Library. The Boyces rented land from the Dukes of Devonshire. At the time of Griffith's Valuation the representatives of Thomas Boyce held land in the parish of Corcomohide, barony of Orrery and Kilmore, Thomas Boyce held land in the parishes of Gortroe and Templebodan, barony of Barrymore and John Boyce held land in the parish of Rathcormack, barony of Barrymore, county Cork. In 1850, Osborne Boyce was among the principal lessors in the parish of Kilmeadan, barony of Middlethird, county Waterford. In the 1870s Captain Thomas Boyce of Charles Street, St James, London, owned 2,669 acres in county Cork as well as over 300 acres in county Waterford. John Boyce of Rome owned 939 acres in county Cork.


Griffith Boyce John Ballygorteen Clonbullogue Co. Tipperary
Baptism witnesses: James Keating, Mary Daly

Family/Spouse: O'Donnell, Johanna. Johanna was born in 1827 in Ireland; died after 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Mary Boyce

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Baptism Witnesses: James O'Dwyer, Margaret Boyce

Mary married Carthy, Patrick on 25 Feb 1873 in Ballygurteen, Bansha- Kilmoyler, Tipperary, Ireland. Patrick (son of Carthy, Patrick) was born in 1847 in Tipperary, Ireland; died after 1901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Baptism sponsors: William O'Gorman, Mary Barry

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Baptism sponsors: James Barry, Alice Boddy

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Baptism sponsors: Laurence O'Dwyer, Mary Gorman

Catherine married Ryan, John on 11 Jun 1898 in Ballygurteen, Bansha- Kilmoyler, Tipperary, Ireland. John was born in in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Woolnough, John. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Chicago papers listed a Catherine McCarthy, survived, a sister of John McCarthy of 4431 South Wallace Avenue, Chicago

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Titanic survivor. Died childless.
Another member of the family of a later generation was Catherine McCarthy of Ballygurteen, Kilmoyler, who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912
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Saturday 11 May 1912
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INTERESTING LETTER
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(From Our Correspondent.)

Clonmel, Friday.
Miss Katie McCarthy, daughter of Mr. Patrick McCarthy, farmer, Ballygurtin, midway between Cahir and Bansha, has written home to her father, stating that she was the second to last to leave the Titanic on the night of the memorable tragedy.
It will be remembered that Miss McCarthy left home in company with Miss Katie Connolly, of Tipperary ; Miss Katie Peters, Ballydrohid, and Mr. Roger Tobin, Ballycamon, the latter three being near neighbours of hers.
Miss McCarthy's letter, which is written from New Jersey, where she is now with her sister, is as follows:-
“About twelve o'clock on Sunday night Roger Tobin called us to get up, but told us not to be frightened, as there was no danger. To make sure, however, of our safety, he told us to get lifebelts. There were three of us in the room-Katie Peters, Katie Connolly, and myself. When Roger Tobin called us I wanted them to come up on deck, but they would not come. They appeared to think that there was no danger. That was the last I saw of them. I then left the room, and on going out I met a man from Dungarvan, who took me up to the second class boat deck, where they were putting out the boats. I was put into one boat, but was taken out of it again as it was too full. I was in the last boat to leave the ship, and was the second last person put into it. This was a short time before the ship went down. We were only just out of the way when the ship split in two and sank. We remained in the boat all night until near eight o'clock next morning, when we were rescued by the Carpathia. Our boat was so full I thought it would go down every moment, and one of the boats capsized when we were leaving the sinking ship. I did not, however, feel at all frightened, and did not fully realize the danger and the full nature of the awful tragedy until I was safe on board the Carpathia. When we were put on board the Carpathia we were immediately given restoratives and put to bed. I slept for an hour and then got up, feeling all right. When we landed in New York on Thursday night at eleven o'clock we were met by a number of Sisters of Charity nurses, who took us up to St. Vincent's Hospital, where we were treated with the greatest kindness.”

Miss Catherine "Katie" McCarthy, 24, of Cahir, Co Tipperary, Ireland boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 383123, £7 15s). Her destination was Guttenburg, New Jersey.

Miss McCarthy was rescued, possibly in lifeboat 15 (possibly boat 16).

Documents
Hudson Observer, 19 April 1912, Guttenberg Woman among those Saved
Hudson Observer, 20 April 1912, Guttenberg Woman's Sister in Hospital

References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Noel Ray (1999) List of Passengers who Boarded RMS Titanic at Queenstown, April 11, 1912. The Irish Titanic Historical Society

Name: Miss Catherine "Katie" McCarthy
Born: 1887
Age: 24 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: in Ballygartin, Bansha Tipperary Ireland
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912
Ticket No. 383123 , £7 15s
Destination: Guttenberg New Jersey United States
Rescued (boat 15)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 12th November 1948
Buried: St. Michaels Cemetery Ballintemple Tipperary Ireland

Family/Spouse: Croke, John. John was born in in Killardriffe, Ireland; died after 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]