Mariyam Tu'mah

October 16th, 1902 - August 12th, 1953

She is a Libra.

Mariayam Tu'mah (Thomas) was born in Tibnīn,  al-Janub, Lebanon to Darwish Tu'mah (born 1870), an onion farmer, and Hinnah Yusuf Razi (born 1885). She had one sibling, her younger brother (born 1904). In 1905, her father left Lebanon and settled in Silver Creek, Michigan where he worked on a farm, saving enough money to buy his own farm in Dowagiac and send to his wife and children. The journey started for Mariayam, her mother, and brother around February of 1912 when she and other villagers left their village by camel caravan to Beirut on the coast where they journeyed by freighter to Marseille. From that port in France they journeyed to Cherbourg by train where they boarded the RMS Titanic on April 10th, 1912 as third class passengers. While aboard, Mariayam and her brother spend hours running up and down passages and stairwells and playing in nearby vacant cabins.

April 14th-15th, 1912:
On the night of the sinking, her mother had put her younger brother to bed but was concerned as Mariayam hadn't returned. When the accident occurred, her frantic mother took her brother to the boat deck before returning in search of Mariayam who had fallen asleep in an vacant cabin and awoke as her mother was returning to their own cabin.

The pair made their way to the upper decks and were reunited with her brother and they escaped in a lifeboat (possibly Collapsable C) and were later rescued by the RMS Carpathia.

After The Sinking/Later Life/Death:
Upon reaching New York, Mariayam, her mother, and brother were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital for recuperation following which they headed to Dowagiac, Michigan. Although, their father was aware his family were coming to the USA, he had no idea they had been journeying on the RMS Titanic and was surprised when he received a telegram from his wife. Mariayam settled in Dowagiac and later anglicised their names to Thomas and Mariayam became Mary and she gained a further 3 siblings: Sam (1913 - 1997), Francis (1914 - 1965), and Joseph (1916 - 1995).

Mary was married on July 28th, 1919 in Elkhart, Indiana to Nicholas Hadded (born December 28th, 1896), the son of Khalil and Thelma Hadded and also a Lebanese immigrant who had come to the USA in 1910. The people initially settled in Dowagiac before moving to Flint, Michigan and they had 6 children: Emma (1920 - 2013), William (born 1929), Daniel (born 1932), Pearl (born 1935), Gerald (born 1938), and Francis (born 1940).
Mary Thomas Hadded died in Flint after a long illness (liver cirrhosis) on August 12th. 1953. She is buried in Calvary, Cemetery, Flint, Michigan.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Rest In Peace Mariyam Tu'mah.

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