Mary McKenna arrived at the Port of New York 5 August 1851 aboard the Fidelia. The Fidelia was a ship owned by the Black Star Line. It sailed from Liverpool, England. She was listed on page 1 of the manifest as being age 20 and a spinster at that time. MANIFEST IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 5531 FIDELIA 004 08-05-1851 274
On 15 Feb 1858, she married Hugh Smith at Chillicothe, Ross, Ohio, USA. Marriage record, IGI Page 49,783, Batch/Film # M513204, Seriel/Sheet 2170, Marriage took place at St. Mary's Church, Chillicothe, Ohio, Marriage Registry Ross County Ohio page 352, 13 February 1858, I. N. Thisse
Hugh Smith was a passenger on the same voyage aboard the Fidelia to America as Mary McKenna.
Death age 33 years, probably childbirth
From St. Margaret's cemetery records, located in section "F" along the fence next to Worthington Avenue, Ross County, Scioto Township, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Information pertaining to her grave can be found in a book Titled Tombstone Inscriptions & Burial Records of Saint Margaret's Catholic Cemetery and Tombstone Inscriptions of Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Cemetery, Ross County, Ohio published by The Ross County Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 395, Chillicothe, Ohio. Call # US.OH.013.
