Mary Elizabeth Branigan was born in New York on 23 May 1924 to Joseph and Amelia Branigan, both natives of the Virgin Islands. Joseph was employed as a driver for the Street Cleaning Department in 1930 and the family lived in the Bronx. Mary had two younger brothers, Douglas and Donald and an older brother, Norman.
She travelled to the Virgin Islands in 1929 on the passenger ship Silvia, returning on 16 July 1929.
Mary passed away at the Bellevue Hospital Center on 25 November 1999 at the age of 75.
Sources
Year: 1929; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 4535; Line: 5; Page Number: 216
Year: 1930; Census Place: Bronx, Bronx, New York; Roll: 1472; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 0283; Image: 139.0; FHL microfilm: 2341207