1911 Canadian Census

259 items found relating to : 1911 Canadian Census

  1911 CENSUS - ALLISON FAMILY
In the 1911 Canadian census, The Allison family are living at 464 Roslyn Avenue in Westmount, Quebec. Hudson's occupation is listed as "financial broker". He worked 40 hours a week and had life insurance at the time of the census. Bes...
1911
1911 Census EDITH AND TREASTEALL PEACOCK IN THE 1911 CENSUS
  Here is the 1911 census for Edith and her daughter, Treasteall. They were living in a four room house at 17 Orchard Place, Southampton.   Name: Trea...
2nd April 1911
1911 Census WILLIAM EDWARD BESSANT IN 1911 CENSUS
Tracey Wellard
William Bessant was residing at 36 Henry Road, FREEMANTLE, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census.  He was recorded as being a labourer. He was arried to Emily Ellen for 17 years.  They had five children  Char...
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest Charles Cann was born in the village of Chapel Amble in the parish of St Kew near Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1883. He was the son of William Cann (labourer)and Sarah Jane Cann. (Sarah was 27 years younger than her husband and had been widowed sh...
  1901 CENSUS
The 1901 Census reveals that Henry Ryland Dyer had an elder brother, Samuel Dyer, born in Jhansi, India 1885. He was described in the census as an Apprentice Engraver ...
  1901 CENSUS, WHITECHAPEL, LONDON
At the time of the 1901 census Lilian (34) was living with her husband, the Rev. Ernest Courtenay Carter (43) in Whitechapel, London. He is described in the census as 'C of E Clergyman'....
31st March 1901
  ANNIE MCGOWAN'S AGE
The purpose of this note is to clarify Annie McGowan's age in the absence of a birth certificate. It was put together after reading several pieces of information on this site and other sources that can easily be construed from the t...
  CENSUS
in the 1900 census, Bess is living with her father Arville, mother Sarah and elder sister Mabel H. it says she was white, female, born in 1886 and was 13 years old, and she was at school....
11th June 1900
  1881 CENSUS - LONDON
At the time of the 1881 census Lilian Hughes (14) was living with her mother and father, Thomas Hughes (57) and Frances (Fanny) (50) at 80 Park Street, London. The census confirms Lilian's birthplace as within the parish of St George's Hanover...
31st March 1881
  1881 CENSUS - OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE
At the time of the census Ernest Courtenay Carter, aged 23 and unmarried, was boarding at Dudley Cottage in the parish of St. Giles, Oxford. He was described as an undergraduate scholar and born at Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire...
31st March 1881
  1901 CENSUS - DEVONPORT, DEVON
At the time of the 1901 census Samuel James Metcalfe Hocking was living with his wife Ada at 2 Molesworth Villas, Devonport. He was described as a painter & decorator....
31st March 1901
  1901 CENSUS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON
At the time of the 1901 census Jane, aged 22, was unmarried and living with her widowed mother, Mary Ann Richards at 10 Phoenix Place, East Stonehouse, Plymouth. ...
31st March 1901
  1881 CENSUS
1881 Census for Middlesex...
31st March 1881
  1901 CENSUS - GUNNISLAKE, EAST CORNWALL
At the time of the census William Jeffrey Ware, aged 11, was living with his parents, Samuel and Annie Ware at King Street, Gunnislake, Cornwall....
31st March 1901
  1901 CENSUS - LISKEARD, CORNWALL
The 1901 Census reveals that John Richard Jago Smith (aged 24) was living and working in Liskeard, Cornwall as a Post Office sorting & telegraph clerk....
  1901 CENSUS - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON
At the 1901 census date Alice Frances Phillips, aged 10, was at home with her parents, Escott Robert & Hannah Marie Phillips, they were living at 9 Belvedere, Ilfracombe....
31st March 1901
  1901 CENSUS - TAVISTOCK, DEVON
The 1901 census has Reginald Harry Rogers, aged 7, at home with his parents, John G. & Emma J. Rogers at 2B Taylor Square, Tavistock....
31st March 1901
  1891 CENSUS - GUNNISLAKE, EAST CORNWALL
At the time of the census William Jeffrey Ware, aged 1, was living with his parents, Samuel and Annie Ware at 1 Bowhay Cottages, Newbridge Hill, Gunnislake, Cornwall....
31st March 1891
  1891 CENSUS FOR WALWORTH
1891 Census for Walworth London, shows Frederick Dent Ray, aged 11 years living at 35, Darwin Buildings, with parents Charles & Sarah, Brothers Charles, Herbert, John, William & Sister Rose....
1891
  CENSUS
Thomas Blake is shown aged 25 living in Woolwich, London. He was described as a ships fireman and stated as born in St. Austell, Cornwall. Reference to the 1881 census shows Thomas Blake aged 5, the son of Guy Blake (gardener) and Harriet. At...
1901
  1901 CENSUS, WILLERSLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE
At the time of the 1901 census Reginald, aged 21, was living at Willersley, Leicestershire and working as a footman. ...
31st March 1901
  1891 CENSUS, CHARLTON, LONDON
At the time of the 1891 census, Reginald G Smith, aged 11, was a school boarder at Park House, Cresswell Park, Charlton, London. ...
31st March 1891
  PENROSE FAMILY INFORMATION
John Poole Penrose was actually born in Mary Tavy near Tavistock, Devon in 1863. The 1881 census has John at home (aged 17) in Mary Tavy with his mother Betsy, step-father Mathew Northey, brother Matthew and various step- brothers and sisters....
  CENSUS
Edward Parsons was living at 5 Eleanor Road, Litherland, Liverpool with his wife, Clara at the time of the 1901 census. At this date 3 of his 5 children had been born, their birthplaces were shown as Bootle. The children were - Charles...
1901
  HOLSWORTHY, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS
At the time of the 1901 census John Henry Perkin, aged 12, was living at the family butcher shop at Lower Square in the town of Holsworthy, Devon. Those present on census day were - William Perkin Head 49 Butcher/Shopkeeper Eli...
31st March 1901
  1901 CENSUS, POOLE, DORSET
Frank Couch, aged 16, born Port Isaac, Cornwall is shown as a ships cook on board a vessel named 'Deveron'. Moored at Poole Quay, Dorset at the time of the census the Master was shown as Charles Couch, aged 24, born in Plymouth, Devon ...
1901
1901 Census NELLIE WALCROFT : 1901 CENSUS ENTRY
In 1901 Nellie Wallcroft (born in Steventon, Berkshire) was aged 24 years. She worked as a General Domestic Servant in Abingdon, Berkshire. Her last name was spelled as Walcroft. ...
31st March 1901
  1891 CENSUS - PLYMOUTH, DEVON
At the census date, Jane Richards, aged 12 is at home with her widowed mother, Mary Ann Richards, aged 52. They are living at 2 Wesleyan Place, East Stonehouse, Plymouth. Also with them is Jane's elder step-sister, Martha Maud Sowden (formerly Flowe...
31st March 1891
PRINCESS SOPHIA OFF TAKU GLACIER   PRINCESS SOPHIA OFF TAKU GLACIER
Canadian Pacific's liner Princess Sophia is seen off Taku Glacier in this 1913 photograph....
1913 Gare Maritime
  1901 CENSUS - PENZANCE, CORNWALL
The 1901 UK Census confirms Harry Cotterill was living at 26 Adelaide Street, Penzance, Cornwall, aged 10. With him his grandmother, Jane Cotterill (b.1828), his widowed mother Emily Jane Cotterill nee Wallis (b.1861), 2 sisters, Emily & Minnie and ...
  TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION
William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer...
  WONNACOTT FAMILY INFORMATION
Dorothy Wonnacott was born in Plymouth in 1885. She was a daughter of Arscott and Mary Jane Wonnacott. Her parents, both originally from the Holsworthy area of mid-Devon had married in about 1878 and were living in Plymouth from that time....
DOROTHY GIBSON (1911)   DOROTHY GIBSON (1911)
Dorothy Gibson in a 1911 promotional portrait...
1911
  HOLSWORTHY, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS
John Adams, under his actual name, Richard May was at home with his family at the time of the 1901 Census. They were living at 'Burnard's House', a dwelling a few miles west of Holsworthy, Devon. The family present were - John M...
31st March 1901
  LAWRY FAMILY INFORMATION
Charity, who travelled as a third class passenger with her husband Alexander Robins was born in the parish of St. Mewan, Cornwall on 18 January 1865. At the time of the 1871 Census, aged 7, she was living at St. Austell with her parents and 8 ...
Chicago Examiner JOHN HUGO ROSS AMONG THOSE NOT RESCUED
J. H. ROSS EXPECTED.      One of the Titanic victims was to visit Dr. Hugh H. Perry, 9515 Commercial avenue, the latter part of this week.  He was J. Hugo Ross, cousin of Dr. Perry and a wealthy re...
19th April 1912
  1881 CENSUS, WEYMOUTH, DORSET
Reginald George Smith was born in Weymouth, Dorset in the summer of 1879. At the time of the 1881 census he was living with his mother and brothers at 5 Salisbury Terrace, Melcombe Regis, a suburb of Weymouth. His moth...
31st March 1881
1911 Census THE SAGE FAMILY IN THE 1911 CENSUS
The Sage family in 1911 were living at 246 Gladstone Street, Peterborough. The house had 5 rooms. Name:  John G. Sage Relationship to ...
2nd April 1911
Titanic Crew Biography CHARLES S. REED, 2ND CLASS BEDROOM STEWARD
Peter Northover
New research reveals the identity of a Titanic steward....
10th December 2011
  BRANSCOMBE, DEVON - 1891 CENSUS
Bertram Frank Dean was born on 30 June 1886 in the small East Devon village of Branscombe. This is the census information for 1891. Dwelling: New Castle Cottage, Branscombe Charles Dean Head. 29 Thatcher, born. Branscombe Eliza...
31st March 1891
  WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE'S FAMILY AND THE MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
William's family and the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund...
  HODGE FAMILY INFORMATION
Charles Hodge (Snr. Asst. 3rd Engineer) was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1884. He was the son of Alfred and Emily Hodge. The 1891 census has the family living at 6 Princess Street in Plymouth and it was here that Charles' father ran his bakery ...
  1881 CENSUS - LIVERPOOL
Hugh Richard Walter McElroy was born at 3 Percy Street, Liverpool on 28 October 1874. He was the son of Richard R. McElroy and Jessie (formerly Fox). At the time of the 1881 census he was living at 6 Eversley Street, Toxteth, Liverpool with h...
1881
  1901 CENSUS - SHOLING, HAMPSHIRE
Richard Proudfoot has now been traced to Sholing, Hampshire on the 1901 Census. (Surname spelled incorrectly as Proudford). The family information was as follows - Jane Proudfoot 28 born. Devon Richard Proudfoot 10 born. Devon...
31st March 1901
  PASCOE FAMILY INFORMATION
Charles was born on the 18 March 1867 in the village of Breage, a few miles west of Helston in south-west Cornwall. He was baptised at the parish church on 18 August 1867 and was the son of Anthony and Jane Anne Pascoe. (The 1881 UK census shows his...
  WENDRON PARISH, CORNWALL. 1901 CENSUS
The 1901 census for Wendron, Cornwall reveals Frederick James Banfield, aged 17. A grocers assistant he was at home with his widowed mother, Ellen (his father had died in September 1900)and younger brother William John. Also in Wendron was hi...
1901
  POOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Percy Robert Pook was born in Torquay, Devon in 1876. His birth being registered at Newton Abbot in the June Quarter of that year. He was the son of Henry Pook (house decorator) and Kate (nee Manley) who had married at Torquay in early 1872....
  CENSUS
In 1901 Jane Richards (born at East Stonehouse) was aged 22 years and worked as Florist Assistant....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1912 Peter Renouf (born at Guernsey St Sampsons) was aged 22 years and worked as a House Decorator. ...
1901
  PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
  CENSUS
In 1901 Mrs Mary Hewlett (born in Gloster, Clifton) was aged 45 years. She was living on own means in Willesden, Middlessex....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 Mrs. Alice Louch (born in Hoxton, London) was aged 31 years. She lived in Clevedon, Somerset. She was a housewife....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 William Abrams (born in Hants Gosport) was aged 23 years. He lived in Southampton and worked as a Stoker....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 David Reeves (born in Slinfold, Sussex) was aged 25 years. He lived in Battersea, London and worked as a Joiner. ...
1901
ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL   ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL
The Addergoole Titanic Society erected this memorial in St Patrick’s Church, Lahardane, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on...
Washington Herald PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY
Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and...
21st April 1912
  CENSUS
In 1901 William Angle (born at Stafford Newcastle Under Lyne) was aged 20 years. He worked as Minton Tile Fixer in Warwickshire....
1901
  STANLICK FAMILY INFORMATION
Cordelia (Delia) Stanlick was born at Tywardreath, Cornwall in 1878. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Stanlick. Her father, born in Devon in 1832 worked as a miner and in later years as a farm labourer. The 1881 Cornwall Census has t...
  CENSUS
In 1901 Susan Webber (born in North Tamerton, Cornwall) was aged 26 years. She lived in Clawton, Devon and worked as a Cook Domestic....
1901
  GOODWIN FAMILY 1911 CENSUS
Name Relationship To Head of Household ...
2nd April 1911
  CENSUS
In 1901 Benjamin Howard (born in Lancs Ashton Under Lyne) was aged 52 years.He worked as a Foreman Bolt Maker Rly Works in Swindon, Wiltshire....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 William Turpin (born in Plymouth, Devon) was aged 18 years. He worked as a Carpenter in Plymouth. ...
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 Laurence Gavey (born in Vale Guernsey) was aged 14 years. He worked as an Apprentice Fitter in St Sampsons, Guernsey....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 Miss Dorothy Wonnacott (born in Plymouth, Devon) was aged 15 years. She worked as a Stationers Shop Assistant in Plymouth....
1901
  PENNAL FAMILY INFORMATION
Thomas Frederick Pennal (to use his full and correct names) was known as Frederick and because of uncertainty with his surname, for example, he appears on the Titanic Engagement Sheet as F. Pumal (Ref. No 178, 1st Class Victualling Dept.) he has unti...
  PROUDFOOT FAMILY INFORMATION
Richard Royston Proudfoot, signed on as a trimmer for the Titanic engine department in April 1912. His birth was registered at Plymouth, Devon in the September Quarter of 1890. He was the son of Royston Jesse Proudfoot and Jane Gendle (nee W...
ROYAL EDWARD Voyage ROYAL EDWARD
John P. Eaton
Canadian Northern Steamships, Ltd. Westbound Avonmouth to Halifax. On 8 April encountered and reported an ice field in the vicinity of the subsequent Titanic disaster site : 42 degrees 50’N, 49 degrees 30’W to 42 degrees 30’N 50 degrees 1...
10th May 2005
Chicago Tribune WIRELESS STORMS ISLAND
Sable Island, so long the terror of transatlantic seamen, is tonight, through the agency of the wireless, the storm center of a great battle for news of the missing passengers and crew of the Titanic. The wireless sta...
18th April 1912
  BRISTOW FAMILY INFORMATION
Harry Bristow was a son of John Bristow and Mary Ann (nee Barnes). He was born in 1873 at the south Cornwall coastal town of East Looe in the part of the town known as Shutta. His father, John Bristow worked for British Railways and was born...
  HAMBLYN FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest William Hamblyn was born in Plymouth, Devon and his birth was registered there in the December Quarter of 1865. He remains elusive in early life but has been traced to Shirley, Southampton in the England & Wales 1901 census. It h...
  EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS (FAMILY RESEARCH)
Edward James William Rogers was born on 9th September 1880, to Robert James Rogers and his wife Priscilla Susan (nee Bagley). His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 3 Robert Street, North Woolwich. Edward JW was baptized on 3rd November ...
2003
  HOLD FAMILY INFORMATION
In this article, to avoid confusion, the Stephen Hold lost on Titanic is referred to as Stephen jnr and his father as Stephen snr. Porthoustock in the parish of St Keverne is a small fishing village located close to the southern tip of...
  CENSUS
In 1901 Shadrach Gale (born in Calstock, Cornwall) was aged 22 years. He worked as a Tin Miner in Calstock, Cornwall....
1901
  CENSUS
In 1901 Miss Ada Worth (born in Truro, Cornwall) was aged 22 years. She lived in St Mary's, Truro, Cornwall. ...
1901
  LAST CONTACT WITH TITANIC?
Pete Morrall
Was Jack Mew the last man to have contact with Titanic before she left Southampton?...
Toronto Daily Star A TITANIC SUIT
newspaper article...
28th August 1912
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Henry Philip Creese was born in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1868. He was the son of Charles and Jane Creese. He had an elder brother, William Creese who was to lose his life on 19 November 1917 when the submarine, SS Jutland, was torpedoed off the Britta...
  NORTHLEW, DEVON -1901 CENSUS
John Hall Lovell was born at Pynda Farm in the parish of Hatherleigh, mid-Devon in early 1892. He remained at that address until 1897 when he and the family moved to Lower Gorhuish Farm in the parish of Northlew. The 1901 censu...
31st March 1901
Worcester Evening Gazette PRAISES HEROISM OF THE SAILORS
NEW YORK, April 19- Heroism of the English sailors who went down with the ill-fated Titanic was the one thing which most impressed Paul Cheveret, the Canadian sculptor, who left the steamship in one of the first boats lowered. He said that there was...
20th April 1912
  ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r...
1911
  EDWARD THOMAS STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edward Thomas Stone was born in 1882/83 in Shirley, Southampton. He himself quotes his birthplace as Cornwall when signing on Titanic but this appears to be erroneous. (It is currently assumed that he lived there for a while when young). He was the ...
Toronto Daily Star I CAN ROW, BUT LET A WOMAN GET INTO BOAT
Newspaper article...
19th April 1912
  NANCARROW FAMILY INFORMATION
William Henry Nancarrow was the only son of the second marriage of Thomas Nancarrow (b1819). His mother was Maria (b1840). His birth took place in or near St. Austell, Cornwall in 1877. His father was described in the various census returns ...
New York Times HAYS HEADS GRAND TRUNK
Directors of Canadian Line Elect Rock Island, Ill., Man Present [sic] --- LONDON, Jan. 7---At a meeting to-day of the Directors of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, Charles M. Hays was elected President. ...
8th January 1910
  MR BENJAMIN HOWARD & MRS ELLEN HOWARD
Marion James
Mr & Mrs Benjamin HOWARD On researching Benjamin Howard and his wife Ellen Howard who both perished, their bodies were never found. I have been able to locate some details about them and their family members....
PRINCESS SOPHIA'S MAST MARKS HER GRAVE   PRINCESS SOPHIA'S MAST MARKS HER GRAVE
For a few weeks after the disaster, the Princess Sophia's mast marked her grave near Vanderbilt Reef. Some accounts claim that a winter storm toppled the last visible trace of the liner,...
Gare Maritime
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Hodge, Charles. WAS twenty-nine years of age, and held a second engineer's certificate. His birthplace was Devonport. He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Davey, Sleep & Co., of Plymouth. He had been in the service of the White St...
  THE ADDERGOOLE PARISH LOSS
John Bourke, his wife Katherine, his sister Mary, Honora Fleming and Mary Mangan were from the townland of Carrowskeheen (quarter land of the little bush), Lahardane, Addergoole Parish, Co Mayo, Irish Republic. All perished. Data from the 1911 cen...
  PENGELLY (PENGILLY) FAMILY INFORMATION
Frederick (Fred) William Pengelly was born in the parish of Calstock, East Cornwall in early 1893 whilst his father was working in the area as a mining engineer. Fred’s father, Frederick William Cardell Pengilly (sic) was born in 1861 ...
BUILDING THE TITANIC   BUILDING THE TITANIC
This original picture shows the Titanic under construction in Belfast, certainly in late 1911. Note that three funnels are not yet painted, there is a scaffolding around the fourth funnel....
1911
Toronto Daily Star ETHEL FLORA FORTUNE GORDON
Page 36, column 6 On Tues., March 21, 1961, at her home, 1 Clarendon Ave., Toronto, Ethel F. Fortune, widow of Crawford Gordon, mother of Crawford Gordon and William Fortune Gordon. A private service was held at the funeral chapel of ...
22nd March 1961
TRAFFIC Voyage TRAFFIC
John P. Eaton
On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...
22nd September 2005
A TITANIC COINCIDENCE Titanic Research A TITANIC COINCIDENCE
Gavin Murphy
How the gala opening of two hotels was disrupted two maritime disasters....
9th July 2002
MINE WHERE MARIE LEFEBVRE'S HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED   MINE WHERE MARIE LEFEBVRE'S HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED
Franck Lefebvre was employed at the mines in Bruay-la-Buissière, pictured here in 1911...
1911
PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON   PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON
Dorothy in a publicity portrait taken at the time of her joining Eclair Studios in the summer of 1911....
1911
  MR WILLIAM ANGLE
Marion James
Family History of Mr William ANGLE In 1901 William is recorded as living at 23 Tower Road Ashton Manor Birming...
MARCH HEADSTONE   MARCH HEADSTONE
MARCH JOHN S. MARCH 1862-1912 NELLIE E. HARDING HIS WIFE 1858-1911 ANTOINETTE H. MARCH 1884-1936...
Voyage TUNISIAN
John P. Eaton
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...
12th November 2005
Toronto Daily Star GILT-EDGED STOCKS AFFECTED BY DISASTER
Canadian Press Despatch London, April 16.---The disaster to the Titanic caused a slight weakness to-day in glit edged securities on the stock exchange on sales by underwriters.  The International Mercantile Mari...
17th April 1912
The Scotsman THE MAURETANIA'S SECOND VOYAGE
article...
14th December 1907
New York Times FINED FOR IMPORTING LABOR
J. Mandelberg & Co. Must Pay $2,000 for Violating Law --- J. Mandelberg & Co., raincoat manufacturers, of 18 Twentieth Street, were ordered yesterday in the Federal District Court to pay a fine of $2,000 for violations of the...
24th November 1912
BOBBY SILVA   BOBBY SILVA
Bobby Silva was born in 1911....
Gare Maritime
  TWO CASTLEBAR VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC
Tony McDonald
The story of Francis Young and William Duffy from Castlebar who were crew onboard The Titanic...
16th June 2011
THE GOLDSMITH FAMILY, CIRCA 1911 Irish Independent THE GOLDSMITH FAMILY, CIRCA 1911
Frank Goldsmith Snr, his wife Emily, Frank Junior, and the baby that died before the family embarked on the Titanic....
Chicago Inter Ocean NEWS OF DISASTER IS FATAL
Former Member of Canadian Parliament Dies When Told About Titanic...
17th April 1912
OLYMPIC AFTER HAWKE ACCIDENT   OLYMPIC AFTER HAWKE ACCIDENT
The hull of the Olympic after the Hawke rammed it (Sept. 20, 1911)...
20th September 1911
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Harper, Reverend John. Missing. Lived at 3, Claude Villas, Denmark Hill, London. UK. Born in Houston, Renfrewshire in 1872. In 1911 had a three month mission in Moody Church, Chicago and was travelling there when the ship sank. ...
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Percy Andrew Bailey was born in Penzance, Cornwall in 1894, he was the eldest child of Joseph Bailey (butcher) and Edith Bailey. The 1901 British Census shows the family at 25 Gwavas Street, Penzance along with Percy's younger siblings, Ada (b...
Toronto Daily Star MRS. E.F. GORDON
Page 36, Column 2 Private funeral services were held for Mrs. Ethel Flora Fortune Gordon, wife of the late Crawford Gordon, a former manager of a Toronto branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Mrs. Gordon died yes...
22nd March 1961
  GEORGE PELHAM FAMILY RESEARCH
Marion James
George Pelham (Titanic survivor) 28yrs old born Bethnal Green Occupation Potman Wife ...
  LOBB FAMILY INFORMATION
The correct origins of William Arthur Lobb, third class passenger on Titanic have now been established. The 1891 Cornwall Census shows that William Arthur Lobb was born in the parish of Luxulyan (5 miles NE of St. Austell) in 1881 and that he was th...
  PRIDEAUX FAMILY INFORMATION
John Arthur Prideaux (k/a Jack) was born at Southampton, Hampshire on 24 April 1888 at a house in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was the son of John Davey Prideaux and Annie Elizabeth (formerly Slade). His father, originally from Teignmouth, Dev...
  SHIERS FAMILY INFORMATION
Alfred Charles Shiers was born in Devonport, Plymouth, Devon on 11th June 1886, the son of Alfred and May Shiers. His siblings were Frederick (b.1888) and Michael (b.1890). Shortly following his birth the family left Devon and settled at Southampton...
CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS   CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS
Written just a few months before he joined the Titanic...
1911
H. M. T. OLYMPIC LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON   H. M. T. OLYMPIC LEAVING SOUTHAMPTON
The Ship that Brought me home Left Southampton June 7th - Arrived halifax June 132th 1919 1914 - Canadian Expeditionary Force - 1918 Mons   St Eloi   Neuve Chapelle   Y...
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Previous to his Titanic trip he had made at least two other sea voyages, both times on the Lucania, once in 1907 and again the following year. He was 5' 4 1/2" tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes and, by 1901, at age of 36, was married with a f...
  MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE...
1911
  SHIP MANIFEST
on 15th April 1911, Hudson arrived at New York from Liverpool, England. He was on board the S.S Campania, 29 years old, married his occupation was a broker, he could read and write, his residence was Montreal, Canada. he had no nearby freinds or rela...
15th April 1911
SPENCER VICTOR SILVERTHORNE BIRTH RECORD Ontario Vital Records SPENCER VICTOR SILVERTHORNE BIRTH RECORD
E.R.Barclay, Registrar
Ontario birth record for Spencer Victor Silverthorne...
17th October 1876
New York Times MRS. HOKAN STEFFANSON
Page 31, column 2 Mrs. Mary Eno Steffanson died last night at her home, 56 East Fifty-seventh Street, after an illness of several months. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Steffanson, daughter of the late John Chester Eno, was the...
14th December 1953
  BRANSCOMBE, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS
Dwelling: Culver Hole, Branscombe Charles Dean Head 39 Thatcher born. Branscombe Eliza Dean Wife 39 born. Branscombe Fred Dean Son 17 Thatcher born. Branscombe Bert Dean Son 15 Farm Labourer born. Branscombe Willie ...
31st March 1901
New York Times BETWEEN SIPS OF TEA
Lady Duff-Gordon is one of the English titled women who are "in trade," as it is termed in England. She started a dress-making establishment some years since in London, and, having energy and taste, it has proved most successful. She is a Canadian...
11th December 1904
  CENSUS, NEWLYN, CORNWALL
Robert Hichens, aged 19 is at home at St Peters Hill, Newlyn, Cornwall with his family. He is described as a fisherman. The family are listed as follows: Philip Hichens 45 Fisherman b. Newlyn Rebecca Hichens 39 b. Whitby, York...
1901
  MACKIE FAMILY INFORMATION
The birth of George William Mackie was registered at Lambeth, London in the 1st quarter of 1878. He was the son of William and Mary Mackie. George married Mary Broomfield, the daughter of James and Martha Broomfield. James was a Devon dairy farmer...
Toronto Daily Star JUST BEFORE SMASH HAYS SAID DISASTER
Canadian Press Despatch New York, April 19.---Col Gracie, U. S. A. who was the sole survivor of those who went down with the Titanic, and was rescued, gave this remarkable statement last night:...
19th April 1912
Guardian REPORTED PORT ISAAC VICTIM
It is greatly feared that Mr. Frank Couch, registered in the Titanic as 28, A.B., of Port Isaac, is among the victims of that terrible disaster. On Saturday last there was a ray of hope, the name of Church appearing among the survivors, but a wire ar...
26th April 1912
WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG   WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG
The GALLIC was the White Star Line's first tender in Cherbourg. It was replaced in 1911 by the NOMADIC and the TRAFFIC, which better fitted the new giant liners OLYMPIC and TITANIC...
1910
WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG   WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG
Broad view of the White Star tender GALLIC in Cherbourg. The GALLIC was replaced in June 1911 by the NOMADIC and the TRAFFIC...
1910
VIOLET'S BARREN WHITE STAR WEDDING Titanic Research VIOLET'S BARREN WHITE STAR WEDDING
Senan Molony
The story of Titanic survivor Violet Jessop's short-lived marriage revealed for the first time....
27th April 2011
New York Times CHARLES MELVILLE HAYS
Grand Trunk President Planned Great Canadian Transcontinental --- Charles Melville Hays, President of the Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Companies, has been considered one of the most brilliant and successful of railroad of...
16th April 1912
OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION   OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION
From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'...
1912
ARGENTINE TRANSPORT Voyage ARGENTINE TRANSPORT
John P. Eaton
Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte...
20th March 2005
The Gazette (Montreal) LAURENTIC'S RECEPTION
The first of the official receptions on the White Star-Dominion R. M. S. Laurentic takes place today, when a luncheon will be provided, to which the following, amongst others, are the invited guests: Sir Wilfred Laurier, ...
11th May 1909
1911 EVENTS OF THE SEASON Sphere 1911 EVENTS OF THE SEASON
Olympic maiden voyage; Titanic launch...
28th February 1911
The Gazette (Montreal) THOUSANDS VISIT LAURENTIC
Thousands of interested sight-seers, each provided with a pass of admittance, without which the vessel would without doubt have been packed even beyond her great capacity, yesterday visited the new White Star-Dominion li...
10th May 1909
New York Times EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD
World War I Air Veteran Had Been Investment Broker --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., June 10---Edward B. Mayer of Dalton, a veteran of World War I and a retired New York investment broker, died today in ...
11th June 1955
THE HART OF THE MATTER Titanic Research THE HART OF THE MATTER
Senan Molony
FIREMAN Hart stands on the deck of the Titanic, knowing he has no entitlement to a lifeboat place, and prepares to die…...
11th October 2010
  COLERIDGE FAMILY INFORMATION
Reginald Coleridge was born in 1883 at 23 Bitton Street, Teignmouth, Devon. He was the only son of Charles Coleridge (cabinet maker) and Annie. He had a younger sister named Augusta. Reginald’s grandfather, James Coleridge (1824-1904...
  STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edmund Stone was born in Southampton in 1879. He was the son of William Stone (Railway Inspector) and Agnes Mary Jane Stone. In 1881 the UK Census has the family at 7 Brinton's Terrace, Southampton. With William and Agnes Stone were their 4 ...
Newark Evening News WORD RECEIVED HERE OF C. M. HAYS'S RESCUE
Among those well known in this city and suburbs whose name has been flashed as among the rescued from the Titanic, is Charles Melville Hays, president of the Grand Trunk and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway companies, of Canada, of Canada, a nephew of...
16th April 1912
Torquay Directory TORQUAY RESIDENT LOSES HER SON
Mrs. Parsons, of Hardene, Bronshill Road, has lost her son. Mr. Edward Parsons, who was chief storekeeper on the Titanic. He had been in connected with the White Star Line for many years, and had previously served on the Oceanic, Teutonic, and Maje...
24th April 1912
BOHEMIA 1908 (BACK)   BOHEMIA 1908 (BACK)
Marienbad, August 1908. Letters cross in the mail. Just as Henry's mildly reproachful card arrives in the US, Herman's apparently delayed letter arrives in Marienbad. Henry sends a second card. "August 15, 1908. Mariendbad, Bohemia. Wr received your letter and was very glad to receive same. Hope you went to Atlantic City. Love to you and brother and Elsa. Love, Uncle Henry." Elsa was the young daughter of Henry's brother, Louis Sonneborn. Louis, his wife, daughter and son were living at the Battery Ave, address when the 1910 census was taken. Residing with Wilelmina Sonneborn were Herman Praetorius and his parents, Louis Sonneborn and his family, Henry Sonneborn, Lee Schwabacher and Hay Becker, Wilhemina's unmarried brother....
Gare Maritime
  ALLUM FAMILY INFORMATION
Owen George Allum was born in a village called Mabe near Falmouth, Cornwall in 1894. His father, William Allum (b.1865 Bray, Berkshire) was a gardener by occupation who had married Clara Alice Eggleton (b.1867 Jersey, CI) at Wokingham, Berkshi...
  REV. JOHN HARPER
Rev. John Harper was minister at Paisley Road Baptist Church, in Plantation area of Glasgow, near Govan, (now the Harper Memorial Baptist Church) before moving to London. He had completed a Mission time at the Moody Church in Chicago, in 1911,...
  FILLBROOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Joseph Charles Fillbrook (k/a as Charles) was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1894. He was the son of William Fillbrook, a mason by occupation and Kate (nee Vincent). He had five siblings, Edward John, William Arthur, George, Rose Hetta (k/a Rosetta) and...
The Times FIRST CLASS PASSENGER NUMBERS
21,600 carried First Class by White Star in 1911...
26th January 1912
PLOT MARKER   PLOT MARKER
FREDERICK SUTTON TOMLIN MARCH 2ND 1910-OCT. 26TH 1911 FREDERICK SUTTON JUNE 15TH 1850-APRIL 15, 1912 LOST AT SEA ON S. S. TITANIC ELLEN C. SUTTON MAY 27TH 1852-APRIL 2ND 1931 1879 FRANCIS H. TOMLIN...
OLYMPIC IN CHERBOURG   OLYMPIC IN CHERBOURG
The RMS Olympic in Cherbourg - 1911...
1911
New York Times LADY DUFF GORDON, STYLE EXPERT, DIES
Pioneer in Bringing Freedom to Women's Fashions Headed Chain of Garment Shops --- COINED DRESS TERM 'CHIC' --- First Split Skirt and Manikin Show Credited to Her---She Had Stores in Three Countries --- Wirele...
22nd April 1935
  1930 CENSUS RECORD - ANNA MCGOWAN STRAUBE
Obituaries related to Anna McGowan Straube...
1930
New York Times EMILY RYERSON CLARKE SUES FOR DIVORCE
RENO, Nev., June 2 *** Mrs. Emily Borlie Clarke brought suit for divorce on ground of cruelty against George Hyde Clarke, to whom she was married at Cooperstown, N. Y., on Oct. 23, 1915. Agreement has been made regarding custoday of the...
3rd June 1932
OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK The Sphere OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK
Takes 23,000,000 gallons to fill...
30th September 1911
East Kent Gazette A CANADIAN REFERENCE
A reference to Miss Buss is made in the Toronto Daily Star of April 20th, as the following extract will show:- ''Special to the 'Star' by a staff reporter - New York, April 20th - What happened at the regular Sunday service on board th...
4th May 1965
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Liskeard, were also among the lost. Mrs. Chapman declining to go without her husband. Mrs. Hocking tells of how Mrs. Chapman was behind her when they were getting into the lifeboat. But when Sarah found that her husband J...
April 1912
New York Times MRS. DICK GOES TO RENO
Her Secretary Refuses to Comment on Divorce Report --- Mrs. William K. Dick, widow of the late John Jacob Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, left last night for Reno. At her home at 7 East Eighty-fourth Street M...
5th June 1933
  CHARLES VALENTINE CLARKE
Charles was born on St Valentine’s Day in 1883. His parents were Harry Clarke and his wife Jane Emma (nee Hall). He was born in Cosham, (which was in the district of Widley at that time), Portsmouth in Hampshire. The family home was a public house ca...
TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET   TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET
An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t...
31st May 1911
New York Times SUES GUGGENHEIM ESTATE
Dentist Claims $7,500 for Services to Daughter of Titanic Victim --- Dr. Asher F. F. Buxbaum, a dentist, has started suit against the executors of Benjamin Guggenheim to recover $7,500 for treatment given to Miss Marguerite Guggenheim i...
28th January 1913
The Times MR. CHARLES M. HAYS MISSING
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) --- MONTREAL, APRIL 18 --- A message by wireless telegraphy from the Carpatlhia was received at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Montreal this morning signed ...
19th April 1912
  EDWARD HENRY BAGLEY (RESEARCH ABOUT HIS LIFE)
Edward Henry Bagley was born to Edward Bagley and his wife Lucy Bagley (nee Longhurst) on the 4th March 1879. The family lived at 17 Wightman Street, Plaistow, London. His father worked as a labourer at a soap works, and by the time of the boy's bapt...
2003
  CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE
Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
New York Times JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Brother-in-Law of Stanford White---Well-Known Sportsman --- James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is well known as a sportsman and in society circles both in this city and in Paris. Until May, 1911, when he r...
16th April 1912
Chicago American TITANIC SAILOR SAVED BY MOUNT TEMPLE LIFEBOAT
The Canadian Pacific steamship Mount Temple, en route from Antwerp to Boston, was so close to the sinking Titanic on the night of the disaster that the passengers heard the creaking of the chains as lifeboats were lowered, heard the cries of passe...
25th April 1912
Voyage MUSGRAVE
John P. Eaton
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ...
12th December 2004
  MRS ADA E BALL (BALLS) NEE HALL
Marion James
Mrs Ada E BALL (BALLS) nee HALL Ada E HALL married Martin...
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
ALBERT BRIANT 1877 – 1912 A SHORT BIOGRAPHY Titanic Research ALBERT BRIANT 1877 – 1912 A SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Bryan and Hilary Popple
Albert Briant c 1900 Albert Briant was born on 26 June 1877 at Melbourne Pl...
14th September 2005
  FRANK ANDREW FAMILY INFORMATION
The following biography has been compiled with the assistance of descendants of Frank Andrew who reside in Cornwall. It should be pointed out that no birth certificate exists for Frank despite extensive searching and it should also be made known tha...
  HUSBAND OF HELEN ALICE WILSON
  Axel Johannas Rosenquist was the husband of Helen Alice Wilson who survived the sinking of the Titanic, the following information gives brief details of how their lives continued after the disaste...
Chicago Examiner BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT
BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT Admiralty Court Renders Decision in Olympic Collision Case Special Cable to the Examiner Sir Samuel Evans, president of the Admiralty Court, announced...
20th December 1911
New York Times ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS
Theophile Papin, Jr., and Wealthy Miss Madill Among the Missourians --- Special to The New York Times --- ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15---Among the St. Louis folk on the Titanic were Mrs. Edward Robert of 4,140 Lindell Avenue, ...
16th April 1912
  MEMORIAL
There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887...
FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH   FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH
These shots were taken in New York on board the Olympic probably on the occasion of her first arrival in 1911.  The photographer is unknown. ...
May 1911
The Times MR. CHRISTOPHER HEAD
Mr Christopher Head was the fifth son of the late Mr Henry Head, a well-known London underwriter. He was in his 43rd year, and was educated at Lancing end at Trinity College Cambridge. Called to the Bar ...
18th April 1912
  ABOUT OLE OLSEN
Ole Olsen...
9th October 2007
New York Times WILL OF LORILLARD SPENCER
Bulk of His Estate Left to Mrs. Spencer in Trust for Life --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., April 1---The will of Lorillard Spencer, who died in New York last month, was filed for probate to-day, and di...
2nd April 1912
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Sofia was a maid. She was born in the village of Riistavesi, near Kuopio, in 1874. She moved to Helsinki in 1905, where she worked at the School For The Blind for three years. After this job she worked for some time at the Missionary House, and then ...
New York Times MRS. D. R. BENJAMIN WED TO G. H. CLARKE
Ceremony by Justice P. J. McCook Soon After the License Is Obtained --- Mrs. Dorothy Rennard Benjamin of the Hotel Berkshire and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N. Y., obtained a marriage license at the Municipal Building ...
13th December 1933
HORNBY Voyage HORNBY
John P. Eaton
May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B...
5th December 2004
New York Times HOKAN B. STEFFANSON DIES AT 78; FINANCIER WAS ON THE TITANIC
Page 45, columns 2-3 Hokan Bjornstrom Steffanson, a financier, died Monday night at Doctor's Hospital after a long illness. His age was 78 and he lived at 56 East Fifty-seventh Street. Mr. Steffanson was a survivor of t...
23rd May 1962
Staffordshire Advertiser STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912
  THE SAGE FAMILY OF PETERBOROUGH
Geoffrey E. Whitfield
John George Sage was born in Hackney, London in 1867. He followed a number of trades until his marriage, on 2nd November 1890 to Annie Elizabeth Cazaly. The Cazaly family were originally Huguenot refugees, and had been settled in the London are...
2001
TITANIC BLUEPRINT   TITANIC BLUEPRINT
"R.M.S. Titanic" Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems. Approx 9ft x 20ins. This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draughtsman at Harlan...
  ANTOINETTE FLEGENHEIM(ER) – FIRST CLASS PASSENGER ON THE TITANIC
Gerhard Schmidt-Grillmeier
Since 2000, I have tried to find out more about Antoinette Flegenheimer, the only passenger from Berlin aboard "Titanic". So far, I have not reached a satisfactory conclusion as to where she came from and where she went. Maybe this artic...
2nd March 2010
  DYER FAMILY INFORMATION
Henry Ryland Dyer, or Harry, was born in Jhansi, India on 21 December 1887 during the time that his father was serving with the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Quartermaster Sergeant. Harry’s father, Henry Thomas Dyer was born a...
  INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN JAMES BOREBANK
Borebank, Mr. John. J. Missing. First Class Passenger. Cabin D22/1. Occupation - Horticulturist, c/o Lodges of the World, Winnipeg, Canada. Real Estate agent. Left Winnipeg in the Spring of 1911 for the Coronation of King George V. Then was re...
CASSANDRA Voyage CASSANDRA
John P. Eaton
(Donaldson Brothers) On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul...
23rd May 2005
Voyage WALLASEY
John P. Eaton
Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Regi...
30th October 2004
Voyage ALEXANDRA
John P. Eaton
Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. Alexandra assisted during Titanic’s launch on 31 May, 1911 and during her sea trails Port of R...
14th November 2004
TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT   TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT
Terry Madill conducts a schools visit to the Titanic Quarter, Belfast, helping to educate young people about what life was like for those who worked on the building of the Titanic, the world's most famous ocean going liner...
30th August 2011
The Toronto World THREE MONTREAL MEN---VICTIMS OF TITANIC TRAGEDY
Mr. H. J. Allison, the junior member of the firm of Johnston, McConnell & Allison, financial brokers, was a young man in the early 30's, clean cut and ambitious.  His firm made remarkable progress during the past two or three years...
17th April 1912
VULCAN Voyage VULCAN
John P. Eaton
Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...
13th February 2005
  FAMILY INFORMATION : GEORGE PELHAM
George Pelham was one of six children, having four sisters and one brother: Thomas Walter (born Jan [1867]?), Ann (born 1 April 1869), Caroline (born 26 July 1872), George was next, Elizabeth (born 26 October 1875) and Louis...
11th August 2005
Voyage ROSALIND
John P. Eaton
New York, Newfoundland and Halifax Steam Ship Co., Ltd. (C.T. Bowring & Co., Ltd. Managers) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 6 April for New York.   On 7 April at 45 degrees 10 ‘ N. by 56 degrees 40” W. encountered a str...
New York Times MARITAL RIFT OVER, FIERMONTE RADIOS
Italian Boxer Sends Word From Ship on Which Wife Sailed Suddenly on Saturday --- A DIVORCE WAS RUMORED --- Couple Were Wed Here Late in 1933---She Is the Former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick --- Enzo Fierm...
31st January 1935
Voyage RIO PIRAHY
John P. Eaton
European and Brazilian Steam Ship Cp., Ltd. (Petersen and Co., Ltd. Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia via Halifax. Arrived Philadelphia 22 April and reported that on 8 April, in the vicinity of 42 degrees 44 ‘ N. by 49 ...
12th April 2005
1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG Titanic Research 1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG
Senan Molony
Murdoch, in death, re-wrote the seamanship manual for best practice....
6th February 2004
New York Sun NOTED STYLIST DIES IN LONDON
Lady Duff Gordon Designed Fashions for Royalty...
22nd April 1935
THE REAL JACK DAWSON Titanic Research THE REAL JACK DAWSON
Senan Molony
New research into the life of one of the least known but most intriguing of Titanic victims...
11th March 2001
  THE STRANGE MYSTERIES OF MOVIE MAKER WILLIAM HARBECK
John Lamoreau
William Harbeck was one of the very first moving picture film makers. In 1911 his film of southern Alaska became the center of a major story. American railroad tycoon J P Morgan and Meyer Guggenheim bought up claims for large tracts of land in Alaska...
  INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst...
17th November 1911
The Times THE RT. REV. ALOYSIUS SMITH
The Rt. Rev. Aloysius Smith was the eldest brother of Reginald George Smith, one of the saloon stewards on Titanic. This is his obituary- FIRST ABBOT OF BODMIN The Rt. Rev. Abbot Aloysius Smith, C.R.L., First Abbot of Bo...
23rd August 1960
THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD' Titanic Research THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD'
Alan Ruffman
The Final Identification of the ‘Unknown Child’ of the TITANIC buried as Body No. 4 on May 4, 1912 in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery of Halifax, Nova Scotia...
9th September 2011
Unidentified Newspaper DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER...
Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ...
Newark Evening News FEAR ANOTHER NEWARKER GONE
---------- Augustus Smith, Passenger on Titanic, Whose Name Is Not Among Saved. ---------- HAYS ALSO AMONG MISSING ---------- The name of Augustus Smith, twenty-two years old, of 59 Halsey street, was added ...
17th April 1912
Washington Herald MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED
President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ...
21st April 1912
The Times LADY PIRRIE
WIDOW OF THE GREAT SHIPBUILDER --- Viscountess Pirrie, widow of the famous Belfast shipbuilder and shipowner, died yesterday at her home in Carlos Place, W., at the age of 78. She was Margaret Montgomer...
20th June 1935
THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL Gare Maritime THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....
10th July 2007 Gare Maritime
SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES Gare Maritime SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES
Gavin Murphy
Story of the Empress of Ireland whose loss resulted in the deaths of more passengers than the Titanic disaster....
20th June 2001 Gare Maritime
New York Times EX-WIFE GIVES UP CLAIM ON W. K. DICK
Bride of Fiermonte, Boxer, and Once Widow of J. J. Astor, Rejects Dower --- GOT DIVORCE LAST JULY --- She Also Relinquished $300,000 Income From First Husband's Estate When She Wed in 1916 --- Mrs. Enzo Fierm...
21st March 1934
THOMAS ANDREWS - TITANIC DESIGNER Titanic Stories THOMAS ANDREWS - TITANIC DESIGNER
Titanic Stories
The undoubted hero of the story of the titanic is Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect, managing director of the design department at Harland and Wolff and the leader of the Guarantee Group. ...
1st August 2011
MARIA PANULA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH   MARIA PANULA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH
Maria Panula and her husband Juha Panula on their wedding day 14 Feb. 1892...
19th September 2011
OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG   OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG
Note handwritten date: 14 June 1911 (1st stop)...
14th June 1911
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE DEAD IN FLORIDA
--- Former Madeleine Force Was Married to Col. Astor, W. K. Dick and Italian Boxer --- SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC --- Gave Up Fortune to Marry Again, Then Got Divorce to Wed Pugilist --- PALM BEACH, Fla.,...
29th March 1940
TITANIC SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF THE MOUNT TEMPLE Titanic Review TITANIC SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF THE MOUNT TEMPLE
Charles A. Haas
...
5th February 2010
  LETTER FROM CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW
Woodhead Winn Road Southampton Telephone 1400 Dear Frank, I'm sorry to be so long in answering your letter and picture of your family which I am pleased to have. What a lovely outlook from your home. By the "Olympi...
6th June 1912
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