August 11th, 1890 - December 14th, 1968

She is a Leo.

Margaret Madigan, also known as Maggie, was born in Askeaton, Limerick, Ireland. Hailing from a Roman Catholic family, she was the daughter of James Madigan (born 1849), a general labourer, and Margaret Duggan (born 1848), both Limerick natives who had married in Ballysteen Chapel on February 13th, 1877. She had 2 known siblings: Simon (born 1878) and Mary (October 30th, 1885). Schoolgirl Maggie and her family appear on the 1901 census living at Church Street in Askeaton. Her father, later suffering from a heart ailment, passed away on May 27th, 1908 and by the time of the 1911 census her widowed mother was living with Simon and his family at Church Street in Askeaton. Maggie's whereabouts at the time, however, aren't clear.

Simon had married in 1909 to Margaret Purtill (May 31st, 1882), also of Askeaton and by 1911 had a daughter, Hannah (September 26th, 1910). That child would be followed by James (November 8th, 1911) and Margaret (September 26th, 1914). Her sister Mary emigrated to America, departing from Ireland aboard the Arabic and arriving in New York on May 22nd, 1904. It was Maggie's intention to join her sister there at East 155th Street, Manhattan.

Aboard Titanic/April 14th-15th, 1912:
Maggie boarded the RMS Titanic in Queenstown as a 3rd class passenger. She was travelling with others from Askeaton, Patrick Ryan and the siblings Bridget and Daniel Moran; the entire group originally scheduled to have crossed on the Cymric. Whilst aboard she and Bridget Moran shared a cabin, perhaps with some other Limerick girls.

"Maggie and Bertha had retired early Sunday evening, April 14, and were asleep when Titanic had her fateful brush with the iceberg. Having a cabin so deep within the ship, they felt the collision much more vividly than the first and second class passengers with accommodations on higher decks. They were actually jolted awake by the collision and roused from their sleep by the commotion in the hallway outside their cabin. Confused and frightened, Maggie and Bertha were soon joined by Daniel and Patrick who hustled them to the third class promenade area where they managed to climb to the boat deck with many other steerage passengers, after having been held back by crewmen for a period of time. Having ascended to the boat deck at the stern of Titanic, Maggie and her friends found Father Thomas R. D. Byles, an English priest from Ongar, Essex, ministering to and consoling many of Titanic's steerage passengers, reciting prayers and trying to calm them as attempts were being made to place the women and children in the last of the lifeboats, notably numbers 13, 14, 15 and 16. Daniel and Patrick fought to place Maggie and Bertha into lifeboat 15 2 shortly before it descended from the boat deck. After narrowly avoiding crushing boat 13, which had become entangled under it as it descended from the boat deck, the overcrowded lifeboat hit the water and barely stayed afloat that long cold night. They never saw Daniel and Patrick again.
Maggie Madigan - An Irish Immigrant's Dream Unfulfilled

After The Sinking/Later Life/Death:
On arrival in New York Maggie recovered at St Vincent's Hospital before joining her sister in Manhattan. For a time she resided in Troy, New York at 114th Street and from this address claimed for loss of property to the value of just over $317, which covered mostly clothing but also a gold watch, gold ring, and $105 in cash. She was married in St Bernard's Church, Manhattan on December 28th, 1913 to Alphonsus Thomas Hardt (May 15th, 1879). Hardt, a labourer a native of New York was born to a German father, Philip Hardt, and an Irish mother, Anna née Duggan who shared the same maiden name as Maggie mother. He and Maggie went on to have one son, Alfred (September 2nd, 1914) and Alphonsus later worked at the docks as a stevedore to support his family. The 1920 census shows the family living on 508 West 19th Street, Manhattan. 

By 1921, at the time of her husband's passport application, Maggie was still living at 508 West 19th Street. She, her husband, and son made one known journey back across the Atlantic aboard the Baltic and for their return to America boarded the Scythia in Liverpool on September of 1922. Maggie faced several tragic losses back in Ireland in the 1920's and early 1930's, her sister-in-law Margaret died in April of 1921 from tuberculosis; her mother died on June 29th, 1923. Her niece Margret died from tuberculosis on September 3rd, 1930 at the age of 15. On the other side of the Atlantic, on September 4th, 1925, Maggie faced another heartache when Alfred died in tragic circumstances; he had been with friends at Belmont Creek, New Jersey when one boy, Charles Bartel got into trouble whilst swimming. Alfred and another friend James Harrigan attempted to rescue him but both died during the endeavour, resulting in 3 young deaths.

3 years later in September of 1928, Maggie lost Alphonsus. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery in Woodside, Queens, New York. Maggie was remarried on June 2nd, 1934 to Thomas F. O'Shea (born 1903), a labourer and reportedly a relative of Margaret's fellow-Limerick Titanic shipmate Patrick Ryan. He was the son of Denis O'Shea and Elizabeth Ryan. By 1940 Margaret and Thomas were residents of West 15th Street, Manhattan. Maggie became a widow a second time when  Thomas died in 1951 at the age of 48. Maggie  died in New York on December 14th, 1968 at the age of 78 and was buried in Calvary Cemetery.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Margaret Madigan.