1911 Canadian Census
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| (1911) | 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 | (1911) | 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 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) | 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... | ||||||
| (1900) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 1881 CENSUS At the time of the 1881 Census Frederick Dent Ray (1) was living at 33, Darwins Buildings, Newington, Surrey. With Father Charles, Mother Sarah, Brothers Charles,& Herbert. All born in Middlesex. ... | 31st March 1881 | ||||
| (1901) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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 | ||||
| (1901) | 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) | 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) | 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.... | ||||||
| (1901) | 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 | ||||
| (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) | 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 | ||||
| (1891) | 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 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| 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.... | ||||||
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(1911) | DOROTHY GIBSON (1911) Dorothy Gibson in a 1911 promotional portrait... | 1911 | |||
| Chicago Examiner | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1901) | 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 ... | ||||||
| 1911 Census | (1911) | 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 | |||
| (1881) | 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 | ||||
| WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE'S FAMILY AND THE MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND William Dickson Mackie married Annie Thompson Anderson, in the West Ham district in 1903. Annie died on 2nd November 1911, aged 31. Her death was registered in Southampton... | ||||||
| (1891) | 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 | ||||
| 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) | 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 | ||||
| Toronto Star | (2007) | A PICTURE AND A THOUSAND WORDS Ninety-five years ago today, the Titanic sank. Some 1,500 perished. Canadian Arthur Godfrey Peuchen survived. It would be his undoing.... | 30th April 2007 | |||
| (1901) | 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... | ||||||
| (1901) | 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.... | ||||||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 Jane Richards (born at East Stonehouse) was aged 22 years and worked as Florist Assistant.... | 1901 | ||||
| (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. ... | ||||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 Mrs Mary Hewlett (born in Gloster, Clifton) was aged 45 years. She was living on own means in Willesden, Middlessex.... | 1901 | ||||
| (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 | ||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 William Abrams (born in Hants Gosport) was aged 23 years. He lived in Southampton and worked as a Stoker.... | 1901 | ||||
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ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL The Addergoole Titanic Society erected this memorial in St Patrick’s Church, Lahardane, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on... | |||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 David Reeves (born in Slinford, Suffolk) was aged 25 years. He lived in Battersea, London and worked as a Joiner.... | 1901 | ||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 William Angle (born at Stafford Newcastle Under Lyne) was aged 20 years. He worked as Minton Tile Fixer in Warwickshire.... | 1901 | ||||
| (1911) | GOODWIN FAMILY 1911 CENSUS Name Relationship To Head of Household ... | 2nd April 1911 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| (1901) | 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 | ||||
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(2005) | ROYAL EDWARD 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 | |||
| (1901) | 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 | ||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 William Turpin (born in Plymouth, Devon) was aged 18 years. He worked as a Carpenter in Plymouth. ... | 1901 | ||||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | WIRELESS STORMS ISLAND Halifax, April 16—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 s... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| (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 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1912) | A TITANIC SUIT Widow of Man Drowned Last April Wants $10,000 Canadian Press Dispatch Philadephia, Aug. 28 -- Mrs. Elizabeth Faunthorpe, widow of a Titanic victim, and herself a survivor, has sued the White Star Company for $10,000 in the Fede... | 28th August 1912 | |||
| (1901) | CENSUS 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.... | 1901 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| (2003) | 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 | ||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 Shadrach Gale (born in Calstock, Cornwall) was aged 22 years. He worked as a Tin Miner in Calstock, Cornwall.... | 1901 | ||||
| (1901) | CENSUS In 1901 Miss Ada Worth (born in Truro, Cornwall) was aged 22 years. She lived in St Mary's, Truro, Cornwall. ... | 1901 | ||||
| Star Phoenix | (2007) | UNKNOWN CHILD'S IDENTITY CORRECTED AFTER TITANIC MISTAKE MONTREAL -- Call it a titanic case of mistaken identity. Five years ago, a Canadian forensic team made international headlines when it announced that it had positively identified the unknown child, whose body was recovered from the wreck of the Titanic in 1912. That identification was wrong.... | 30th July 2007 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| (1901) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1911) | 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 | ||||
| Globe and Mail | (2009) | LETTER WRITTEN BY CANADIAN ABOARD TITANIC EXPECTED TO FETCH $10,000 For those who follow the lore of Eaton's department store, one tragedy stands out among others: the loss, in 1915, of the founder's granddaughter Iris Burnside in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. But three years before that, another member of the extended Eaton family, employee George Graham, had perished in an even more famous disaster, as a first-class passenger aboard the Titanic during his return from a buying trip in Europe.... | 12th January 2009 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1912) | I CAN ROW, BUT LET A WOMAN GET INTO BOAT Mrs. Cavendish, a Survivor, Refers Highly to the Work of Major Peuchen --------------- ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| The New York Times | (1910) | 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 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
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(1911) | MINE WHERE MARIE LEFEBVRE'S HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED Franck Lefebvre was employed at the mines in Bruay-la-Buissière, pictured here in 1911... | 1911 | |||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1961) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
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(1911) | 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 | |||
| MR BENJAMIN HOWARD & MRS ELLEN HOWARD 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.... | ||||||
| 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 ... | ||||||
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(2005) | TRAFFIC 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 | |||
| 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 East Oregonian | (2008) | IN THE WAKE OF THE RMS TITANIC Among the list of movers and shakers who perished during the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic's maiden voyage was filmmaker William Harbek, who filmed the 1911 Round-Up and reportedly had the original copy with him on the ship. ... | 22nd April 2008 | |||
| ET Research | (2002) | A TITANIC COINCIDENCE Most steamship researchers/scholars/enthusiasts know the many similarities between the Canadian Pacific ocean liner Empress of Ireland and the famous White Star Line leviathan Titanic. Both ships were express line... | 9th July 2002 | |||
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(1911) | PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON Dorothy in a publicity portrait taken at the time of her joining Eclair Studios in the summer of 1911.... | 1911 | |||
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MARCH HEADSTONE MARCH JOHN S. MARCH 1862-1912 NELLIE E. HARDING HIS WIFE 1858-1911 ANTOINETTE H. MARCH 1884-1936... | |||||
| The Scotsman | (1907) | THE MAURETANIA'S SECOND VOYAGE The Mauretania sails from Liverpool on her second voyage this evening, being due to leave the Liverpool landing stage at seven o’clock. All her saloon accommodation, including the Regal Suites, is fully booked. Amongst the passengers are Lord Stra... | 14th December 1907 | |||
| (2005) | TUNISIAN 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 contract l... | 24th November 1912 | |||
| Southern Daily Echo | (2006) | TWINNING WILL CEMENT TITANIC LINK In a cemetery in the Canadian town of Halifax in Nova Scotia, around 150 victims of the Titanic disaster are buried. Their bodies were recovered from the freezing waters of the north Atlantic days after the sinking.Now, leisure chiefs in Southampton are planning to cement the relationship between the two cities by signing an official "twinning" accord with the Canadians.The Mayor of Southampton, Councillor John Slade, is set to visit Halifax in March next year as part of the 95th anniversary commemorations of the disaster.... | 13th November 2006 | |||
| MR WILLIAM ANGLE Family History of Mr William ANGLE In 1901 William is recorded as living at 23 Tower Road Ashton Manor Birming... | ||||||
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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.... | ||||
| BBC News | (2006) | NEW MOVE IN NOMADIC'S RESTORATION The restoration of the SS Nomadic from a run-down restaurant to its former glory is set to take another step forward. The ship, built in 1911, will move from its current dock at Harland and Wolff to Barnett's Dock later.... | 23rd December 2006 | |||
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(1911) | 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. ... | ||||||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1961) | 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 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | (2006) | TITANIC ANNIVERSARY TO BE MARKED A poignant ceremony to mark the 95th anniversary of the launch of Titanic into the waters of Belfast Lough is to be held later this week.It was on May 31, 1911, that the ill-fated liner was pushed from its birthplace in the Harland and Wolff shipyard into the lough to float for the first time.... | 29th May 2006 | |||
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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... | |||||
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(1911) | CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS This card is dated 1911 to his sister Ethel. It is signed by Jack and has the name Phillips in the address. The subject of the card is about coming home.... | 1911 | |||
| GEORGE PELHAM FAMILY RESEARCH George Pelham (Titanic survivor) 28yrs old born Bethnal Green Occupation Potman Wife ... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
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(1911) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC Famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | May 1911 | |||
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(1911) | CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC Another famous portrait of Captain Smith taken on the Olympic in 1911 and published in 1912 in 'Sinking of the Titanic: the World's Greatest Sea Disaster - official edition - By Thomas H. Russell'.... | May 1911 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| (1911) | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE... | 1911 | ||||
| (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 | ||||
| New York Times | (1953) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1904) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
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(1910) | 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 | |||
| Montreal Gazette | (2006) | HAPPY 150TH BIRTHDAY Railwayman's family passes along prized artifacts to museum Article Tools Printer friendly E-mail Font: * * * * ALAN HUSTAK, The Gazette Published: Thursday, August 03, 2006 Valuable family memorabilia once owned by industrialist Charles Melville Hays was donated to the railway museum in St. Constant yesterday by his great-granddaughter to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S.-born railwayman's birth.Until Hays drowned in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, he was one of Canada's leading magnates. As president of the Grand Trunk Railway, Hays was the architect of a second transcontinental railway line to rival Canadian Pacific, and the person responsible for building the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa and the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg.... | 3rd August 2006 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1912) | 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 | |||
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Ontario Vital Records | (1876) | SPENCER VICTOR SILVERTHORNE BIRTH RECORD In the biography for Mr Silverthorne, it was stated that he was born in Michigan. This is proof that he was born in Ontario. His family moved shortly thereafter to Michigan where he is recorded, age 3, in the 1880 census. Name: Spencer... | 17th October 1876 | ||
| (1901) | 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 | ||||
| Guardian | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1901) | 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... | ||||||
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(1912) | OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION This picture of the hull of the Olympic rammed by the Hawke on 20 September 1911 was published in the 1912 book 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'by Logan Marshall... | 1912 | |||
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(1910) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
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(2005) | ARGENTINE TRANSPORT 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 | |||
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Sphere | (1911) | 1911 EVENTS OF THE SEASON Events of the Season are said to include the maiden voyage of the Olympic from Southampton to New York, and the launch of the Titanic in Belfast.... | 28th February 1911 | ||
| Telegraph.co.uk | (2009) | INTIMATE PHOTOGRAPH OF WEALTHY TITANIC VICTIM MADELEINE ASTOR GOES ON SALE A poignant photograph of Madeleine Astor, a pregnant woman who survived the sinking of the Titanic, is to go on sale.The intimate photograph was taken on Christmas Day 1911, shortly after the young bride had created a scandal with her marriage to the world's richest man. Yet four months after the picture was taken in Paris, Madeleine Astor, aged just 18 and pregnant, was a widow.... | 16th April 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1955) | 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 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | (2006) | TV STAR DELIGHTED BY RETURN OF SS NOMADIC NULL... | 31st January 2006 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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,... | ||||||
| The Times | (1912) | FIRST CLASS PASSENGER NUMBERS White Star First Class Passengers During the last year the White Star Line carried 21,600 first class passengers from European ports to America, and 21,314 from America to Europe, the largest numbers taken by any British or Continental... | 26th January 1912 | |||
| Torquay Directory | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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 ... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
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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... | |||||
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(1911) | OLYMPIC IN CHERBOURG The RMS Olympic in Cherbourg - 1911... | 1911 | |||
| New York Times | (1935) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1932) | 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 | |||
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The Sphere | (1911) | OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK THE WHITE STAR LINER "OLYMPIC" ENTERING THE NEW GRAVING DOCK AT BELFAST [For repairs after "Hawke" collision - SM] Thousands of people stood on both banks of the Boyne (sic, Lagan correct) to watch the "Olympic", the world's largest v... | 30th September 1911 | ||
| East Kent Gazette | (1965) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (1930) | 1930 CENSUS RECORD - ANNA MCGOWAN STRAUBE Chicago, Illinois Name ... | 1930 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1933) | 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 | |||
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(1911) | TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t... | 31st May 1911 | |||
| "The Independent" newspaper of London, UK | (2006) | ROBERT FISK: IN THE TITANIC CEMETERY, A DAY TO REMEMBER Saturday, 24 June 2006I look at their graves again: what was their world like, when my Dad was 13 years old?It comes as a shock to walk through the Titanic cemetery. Of course, we all knew that a Canadian cable ship brought ba... | 25th June 2006 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| (2003) | 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... | ||||||
| (2004) | MUSGRAVE 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 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| MRS ADA E BALL (BALLS) NEE HALL Mrs Ada E BALL (BALLS) nee HALL Ada E HALL married Martin... | ||||||
| ET Research | (2005) | ALBERT BRIANT 1877 – 1912 A SHORT BIOGRAPHY Albert Briant c 1900 Albert Briant was born on 26 June 1877 at Melbourne Pl... | 14th September 2005 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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... | ||||||
| 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... | ||||||
| (1911) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
| (2007) | ABOUT OLE OLSEN Ole Martin Olson was born in February, 1885 in rural Homer Township, Day County, Dakota Territory. His parents Ola (Ole) Birkenes Olson and Anna Jobsdotter Birkenes emigrated to America from Etne, Norway in 1883 and homesteaded in the Dakota Territor... | 9th October 2007 | ||||
| (2009) | NOVELIST POISED TO MAKE HISTORY WITH TITANIC BOOK June 2009 - Vineland, N.J. - In an ambitious first novel, author W. Mae Kent accomplishes a literary feat that has never been attempted before: she tells the story of the only black passenger traveling on the ill-fated Titanic. While Kent’s ... | 9th September 2009 | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | (1933) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1962) | 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 | |||
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(2004) | HORNBY 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 | |||
| Belfast Today | (2006) | EVERY DAY IS A POTENTIAL ANNIVERSARY ON THE RIVER LAGAN Published Date: 01 June 2006 Every day is a potential anniversary on the River Lagan. There are no blind dates in Belfast's maritime diary! Centuries of shipbuilding and millions of tons of ships means that the city can rendez... | 5th June 2006 | |||
| Staffordshire Advertiser | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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... | ||||||
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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... | |||||
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(2005) | CASSANDRA (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 | |||
| (2010) | ANTOINETTE FLEGENHEIM(ER) – FIRST CLASS PASSENGER ON THE TITANIC 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 | ||||
| (2004) | WALLASEY 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 | ||||
| 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... | ||||||
| (2004) | ALEXANDRA 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 | ||||
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The Toronto World | (1912) | 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, no sm... | 17th April 1912 | ||
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(2005) | VULCAN One of two tugs that threw lines aboard New York, keeping her from striking Titanic as the latter, while leaving the dock at Southampton, pulled the New York toward her. ... | 13th February 2005 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| ROSALIND 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 | (1935) | 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 | |||
| (2005) | RIO PIRAHY 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 | ||||
| New York Sun | (1935) | NOTED STYLIST DIES IN LONDON London, April 22 - Lady Duff Gordon, for thirty years directress of the noted dress firm Lucile, with branches in New York, London, Paris and Chicago, and an innovator in feminine apparel, died yesterday in a London nursing home, following an illness... | 22nd April 1935 | |||
| ET Research | (2004) | 1914: MURDOCH SAVES LINER FROM ICEBERG WILLIAM McMaster Murdoch lost his life, in common with one and a half thousand others, in April 1912. He had tried to “port around” an iceberg, but “she was too close.” First Officer Murdoch tried to slalom the berg by orde... | 6th February 2004 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | (2009) | £7 MILLION RESTORATION OF TITANIC SHIP GOES AHEAD The £7 million restoration of a tender ship which ferried first-class passengers on board the Titanic is to begin early next year after the project today secured another £500,000 cash injection. The grant from the Northern Irel... | 16th September 2009 | |||
| ET Research | (2001) | THE REAL JACK DAWSON There is a grave in Halifax - a humdrum, unadorned marker, modest in comparison with many of its fellows, victims all of the RMS Titanic disaster. ... | 11th March 2001 | |||
| THE STRANGE MYSTERIES OF MOVIE MAKER WILLIAM HARBECK 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... | ||||||
| (1911) | INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst... | 17th November 1911 | ||||
| The Times | (1960) | 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 | |||
| Unidentified Local 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 | (1912) | 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 | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Belfast Telegraph | (2009) | TITANIC'S "LITTLE SISTER" MAY MISS ANNIVERSARY REFIT DATE The £7m restoration of a tender ship that ferried passengers on board the doomed Titanic may not be finished in time for the centenary of its launch, an official report warns today. The charitable trust responsible for refitting the derelict... | 24th June 2009 | |||
| The Times | (1935) | 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 | |||
| Irish Independent | (2009) | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR By ALISON O'RIORDANSunday April 26 2009An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. ... | 29th April 2009 | |||
| ET Research | (2001) | SWALLOWED IN 14 MINUTES Introduction ... | 20th June 2001 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | 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 | |||
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(1911) | OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG LE RÉVEIL - Mercredi 14 juin 1911 PAQUEBOT GEANT C’est pour le moment l’ « Olympic », qui appartient à la « White Star Line ». Nous en avons parlé lors de son lancement. La Compagnie vient de l’inaugurer avec solennité par un ba... | 14th June 1911 | |||
| Irish Independent | (2009) | 'TITANIC' DIRECTOR AND CAST ARE ASKED TO HELP SHIP'S LAST SURVIVOR By Alison O'RiordanSunday April 26 2009An Irish author and photographer, Don Mullan, is challenging the director and cast of the 1997 film Titanic to take care of the last living link to the 1912 maritime tragedy. ... | 26th April 2009 | |||
| ET Reviews | (2010) | TITANIC SCANDAL: THE TRIAL OF THE MOUNT TEMPLE ... | 5th February 2010 | |||
| (1912) | 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 | ||||
| New York Times | (1940) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ... | 28th November 1933 | |||
| Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News | (1998) | CHRISTOPHER HEAD A former Mayor of Chelsea was among the 1,523 lost in the Titanic disaster of April 1912. Christopher Head served as Mayor between 1909 and 1911 and had been a Conservative councillor since 1906. According to contemporary accounts, Head wa... | April 1998 | |||
| ET Research | (2002) | ON ROOTING ABOUT IN A SWEDISH TITANIC FAMILY TREE (Preprint Version) Introduction Dr. Ryan Parr of Genesis Geonomics Inc. at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, and I have been involved in the 'LAST OF THE LOST'... | 10th May 2002 | |||
| Centerville Daily Citizen | (1912) | FRANK LEFEVRE BEREAVED MINER CALLED ELOPER - MRS. DUPONT SAYS HE FLED FROM FRANCE WITH HER BOTH MAY BE DEPORTED - EMIGRANT INSPECTOR WHITEFIELD INVESTIGATES CASE AT MYSTIC - WOMAN SAYS HE GOT $2,000 FROM HER In Appanoose county’s foreign colony there lurks, in all probability, many a romance and as romances go, frequently there are sombre sides to them. The Citizen’s readers will recall having read some time ago of the loss of the wife and four childr... | 13th July 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1949) | KARL H. BEHR DIES; DILLON, READ AIDE Page 87, column 3 Vice President of Banking Firm for 24 Years Once Known as Leading Tennis Player. Karl H. Behr, vice president of Dillon, Read & Co., bankers, 28 Nassau Street, who was one of the country's leading tenni... | 16th October 1949 | |||
| ET Research | (2005) | TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK Published plans of the Olympic & Titanic show deck arrangements from the Tank Top up to the Boat Deck. But there is one deck plan that doesn’t normally show up, and that is the plan of the inn... | 8th April 2005 | |||
| Providence Journal | (1970) | R.I. WOMAN, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES AT 92 Page 26 Mrs. Lulu Thorne Opie, 92, of the Old Post Road at Dunn's Corners in Westerly, a survivor of the sinking of the British passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Tuesday at the Watch Hill Nursing Home. One of the other ... | 4th June 1970 | |||
| The Times | (1984) | HAROLD COTTAM Wireless operator in rescue of Titanic survivors page 18 Mr Harold Cottam, who died yesterday in Nottingham at the age of 93, was the wireless operator on he Carpathia on the night of April 12 (sic) 1912, when the Titani... | 31st May 1984 | |||
