Titanic couples: John and Kate Bourke by ric gustafson
Kate McHugh was one of nine children from Tawnagh, a village in County Mayo Ireland. John Bourke was a farmer. Kate moved to Chicago in July of 1905. She went back home in 1910 for a few months. There she started spending time with John Bourke. He was forty one and she was thirty one. They married in January of 1911. They decided to leave Ireland all together and settle into the United States.John bought two third class tickets on the Titanic. They dined in the third class dining room which was on the middle deck. The dining room extended the width of the ship and could sit 470 passengers. They were in bed when the ship struck an iceberg at 11:40 pm on April 14. John knew something had happened and he asked a steward about it. He told them to dress warm and go up to the Boat Dock. When they got there, Kate was put onto Lifeboat 16. When she noticed that John was not going to join her, she left the boat to join him. The last people saw of them, both were holding onto railings and being together.
The bodies of John and Kate were never recovered.
research help: ' Titanic Love Stories' by Gill Paul
Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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