CAMPBELL Matilda
Oldham Above Town
Oldham
NIGHTINGALE
OAT/45/389
Name: Martha Fenton
Death Registration Month/Year: 1948
Age at death (estimated): 88
Registration district: Oldham
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10f
Page: 86
Came with daughter Nellie and grandaughter Eva (Edwin's daughter) in 1927 to the US. She returned to England in the summer of 1930.
Martha, her daughter Nellie and grandaughter Eva went to the United States 13 Aug 1927 from Liverpool on the SS Cedric (3rd class), they arrived in Boston 21 Aug 1927.
Fenton, Martha 67 W(idow) Visa 20371 issued Liverpool 6 Jul 1927 Housekeeper
Fenton , Nellie 23 S(ingle) Visa 20372 issued Liverpool 6 Jul 1927 Winder
Fenton, Eva 18 S(ingle) Visa 20373 issued Liverpool 6 Jul 1927Card Room Worker
The name and complete address of nearest relative or friend in country whence alien came:
Daughter Mrs Mary Nelson, 83 Bradford St, Oldham
Final Destination: Mass., New Bedford
By whom was passage paid: Sister, Col. 23 [Mary Mullin]
Whether ever before in the United States; and if so, when and where: No
In possession of at least 50 dollars: Yes.
Whether going to join a relative or friend; and if so what relative or friend, and his name and complete address:
Daughter Mrs Mary Mullin, 30a Tinkham St, New Bedford, Mass.
Sometimes she stated in the census she was born in Scotland and also her parents. That's incorrect. Her father was Irish, who lived with his (Irish born) parents in Scotland before moving to Lancashire, England. Martha's mother was born in Hulme, Manchester, England.