November 15th, 1886 - October 15th, 1959

She is a Scorpio.

Bridget Mulvhill, known as Bertha, was born in Coosan near Athlone, Co Westmeath, Ireland to Martin Mulvhill (born 1858), a farmer, and Eliza Benson (born 1858), both Coosan natives who had married in November 10th, 1877. They had 12 children, 11 living past infancy. Bertha's siblings were: Peter (December 7th, 1878), Patrick (February 28th, 1881), Mary (January 15th, 1883), Kate (March 11th, 1885), Martin (May 11th, 1889), Margaret (September 15th, 1891), Annie (December 14th, 1893), Thomas James (May 31st, 1896), John (December 26th, 1898), Bernard (January 20th, 1900), and Eliza (February 15th, 1903).

By the time of the 1901 census the Mulvhill family home was in Moydrum, Co Westmeath and Bertha had already left school and at the age of 14 was described as a farmer's daughter. The family home by the time of the 1911 census was then in Meehan, Moydrum but Bertha was absent, having previously emigrated around 1904. She appears on the 1910 US census residing at Central Park West, New York where she was a servant to a wealthy merchant. She was engaged to be married to foundry moudler Henry Francis Noon (June 5th, 1892), an American man born to English parents Henry Noon and Naomi Collision. Bertha paid a return home to Ireland around September of 1911, reportedly aboard the RMS Lusitania, to visit family and attend Kate's wedding. Whilst in Ireland she collected items for her trousseau including Irish linen.

Aboard Titanic/April 14th-15th, 1912:
For her return to America she would be joined by other Westmeath natives, Margaret Daly and Eugene Daly. He's return was to be a surprise for her sister and fiancé who had no notion she was returning, let alone aboard the Titanic. She boarded the RMS Titanic at Queenstown as a 3rd class passenger and whilst aboard shared a cabin with Margaret. On the night of the sinking Bertha was in bed and just drifting off to sleep when a "heavy jar" startled her. She lay in her bunk for 7 minutes wondering what had happened before she got up, pulling on a coat over her nightgown and slipping on a pair of shoes. She went into the companionship to investigate where she saw people rushing about and and the confused shouts and screams of others further below.

She immediately returned to her cabin to fetch a lifebelt and she and the Dalys eventually made their way to the upper decks, Bridget suffered broken ribs while entering a lifeboat, the number of which is uncertain. She later reported hearing explosions as the ship floundered. 

After The Sinking/Later Life/Death:
Upon landing in New York aboard the Carpathia Bridget was described as a 24-year-old waitress and she was headed to her sister Mrs. Edward (Mary) Norton on Inkerman Street, Providence. Her sister and fiancé, as stated were unaware that Bridget aboard the Titanic and only found out that fact when Henry Noon spotted her name on a list of survivors in a newspaper. He nearly passed out when he saw this and hastened to Mrs. Norton's home to show her. Bridget was met coming off the RMS Carpathia by her fiancé and brother-in-law and she returned to Providence where she was reunited with her sister.

Bridget and Noon were married in Providence on August 12th, 1912. They went on to become the parents of 5 children: Mary (January 22nd, 1914), Frances (February 3rd, 1916), Helen (born 1918), Ruth (June 20th, 1920), and Henry (February 19th, 1929). They lost their middle child Helen when she died on December 21st, 1928. It's not certain rather or not Bridget ever returned to Ireland; her parents remained at Coosan where her mother died following a stroke on June 23rd, 1933. Her father passed away years later on May 4th, 1936 from senility. Thomas died in Coosan on May 20th, 1958. By 1935 the family address was Wyndham Avenue, Providence and the family appear there on the 1940 census.

Bridget was made a widow when Noon died on October 30th, 1945. In April of 1956 Bridget was featured in the Providence Journal on the occasion of the publication of A Night To Remember. She was extensively quoted regarding her memories of the Titanic. Bridget died in Providence on October 15th, 1959 following a battle with cancer. She was buried at St Francis Cemetery, Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Bridget (Bertha) Mulvihill.