Annie Martha Martin

November 17th, 1872 - November 21st, 1936

She is a Scorpio.

Annie Martha Martin (née Woodland) was born in St Martins, Guernsey, Channel Islands to Alfred William Woodland (1838 - 1899) and Sarah Saunders (1842 - ?). Alfred had married Sarah in Netherbury, Dorset on February 21st, 1860. He was a butcher at the time. They later moved to Guernsey where he continued to work as a butcher for some time but also ran the Half Moon public house in Les Caches Road, St Martins. Her siblings were: Bowden Saunders Woodland (1862 - 1931, Alfred W. Woodland (born 1863), Florence J. Woodland (born 1865), George H. Woodland (born 1878), Frederick C. Woodland (1879 - 1926), Phoebe Alice Woodland (1880 - 1951).

Annie married in Ireland in 1893 to a solider (Bugler) named William Henry Martin but it seems likely that the marriage failed early on although there is no indication that they divorced. By 1912 she was calling herself Mrs. Coghlan. When she signed onto the Titanic on April 6th, 1912 she gave her address as Posbrook Road, Portsmouth, Phoebe's address. Her last ship had been the Olympic. As a stewardess, she received monthly wages of £3, 10s. She was rescued in possibly lifeboat 11. Annie settled in Combre Martin, Devon. A 1936 newspaper mistakenly reported that her husband died in the disaster. She died on November 21st, 1936 and she is buried at Bear Street Cemetery, Barnstable 3 days later. 

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Annie Martha Martin.

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