Mary Wickham

Mary Wickham May 2, 1903 - 1935


Left: Mary Wickham (r.) with Muriel MacSwiney, wife of the Lord Mayor of Cork, at an Irish Costume Revival, 1920

 

 

 

 

Mary Wickham sailed to NYC in 1928 on the Samaria with the stated intention of becoming a US citizen.  She was the maid-of-honor at her brother, Michael's, wedding in 1930.  At some point thereafter she returned to Ireland and subsequently died of tuberculosis in 1935.

Second Cabin Passengers boarding at Cobh, Ireland, July 29, 1928

 

 

 Mary Wickham at Bayville, NY 1929 or 1930

 Mary Wickham as maid-of-honor Sept. 28, 1930