19th Century

105 items found relating to : 19th Century

  FAMILY GRAVESTONE
IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND ANDREW MAXWELL, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 17th 1895 AGED 46 YEARS "NOT LOST BUT GONE BEFORE". ALSO JOHN, ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE WHO WAS DROWNED THROUGH THE FOUNDERING OF THE SS TITANIC APRIL 14th 1912 AG...
  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
NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER.   NIEUW AMSTERDAM : SMOKING ROOM FOYER.
SMOKING ROOM FOYER: Piet van der Wilt is responsible for a fine tapestry-like painting on wood, which traces, in a well balanced composition, the development of shipping from early times. Commencing at the upper left, it shows the coracles of the ...
Gare Maritime
  FRANCIS DAVIS MILLET - A TITANIC LIFE - PETER ENGSTROM
After many publications, writings, mentions, manuscripts, articles and even a dissertation we introduce the biography of Francis Davis Millet. 465 pages of history, common knowledge and eye-witness accounts have been collected and compiled by A...
New York Times DEATH NOTICE OF ALEXANDER HOLVERSON
HOLVERSON---Suddenly, on April 15, 1912, at sea, Alexander O., beloved husband of Mary Aline Holverson, aged 42 years. Funeral services at the Chapel of the Stephen Merritt Burial and Cremation Co., 8th Av. and 19th St., on Saturday at 2 o'clock. I...
4th May 1912
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express DEATH NOTICE: KIRBY & MCMULLEN
In loving and honoured memory of our dear cousin THOMAS KIRBY also our dearest friend JACK McMULLEN who both laid down their lives at Duty's call on board the SS Titanic, April 15, 1912. Greatly missed but never forgotten by all of us at Sholi...
19th April 1913
New York Times CABINET IS SALE FEATURE
Mahogany Breakfront Brings $585 in $51,640 Auction --- A Regency mahogany and grillwork breakfront cabinet with Roman portrait medallions, circa 1820, was sold to a private collector for $585 yesterday at the final session of the sale ...
24th September 1950
  FAMILY GRAVESTONE
IN MEMORIAM. MADELINE JOSEPHINE BELOVED CHILD OF E & L FREEMAN DIED MAY 19th 1896 AGED 12 MONTHS "JUST CAME TO WIN THY PARENT'S LOVE AND THEN TO HEAVEN WITHDREW". ALSO ERNEST EDWARD FREEMAN LOST IN TITANIC DISASTER APRIL 15th 1912 AGED 50 YEAR...
New York Times MRS. THOMAS CARDEZA
Page 21, column 1 Wife of Philadelphia Explorer, Kin of Racine, Red Cross Aide PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11 Mrs. Mary Racine Cardeza, wife of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia sportsman and explorer, ...
12th November 1943
New York Times Book Review THE AUTHOR OF "AN OKLAHOMA ROMANCE"
The author of "An Oklahoma Romance," the story of a love affair complicated with a land claim, which the Century Company are publishing, is Mrs. Helen Churchill Candee. She is a New Yorker of a family that has been well known in the metropolis for...
19th October 1901
KONSTANZ 1908 (BACK)   KONSTANZ 1908 (BACK)
Konstanz, 1908. "July 27/08. We are staying at this hotel. It is an old Kloster built in the 12th Century. it is very interesting (?) and situated on the Rhine River & Bodensee. (?) is very beautiful. love to your apretns and all. Uncle Henry and Lee."...
Gare Maritime
  WILLIAM EDWY RYERSON : EXTRA INFORMATION
William Edwy Ryerson was born on 7th dec 1878 in Portland Dover, the son of George Arthur Ryerson and Catherine Hamilton. William had a brother, George A Ryerson born in 1880. when Williams father died on 21 january 1881, his mother took him an...
The Evening Post, Wellington, New Zealand ARRIVAL OF THE R.M.S. COPTIC [AT WELLINGTON WITH E.J. SMITH IN COMMAND]
The S.S. & A. Company's R.M.S. Coptic anchored in the harbour at 8.40 this morning. She left London on 12th December, Plymouth 14th, and reached Teneriffe on 19th; left again on the following morning, crossed the Equator o...
31st January 1890
Chicago Tribune LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD
Hedda Hopper
“THE TITLE “Nearer My God To Thee” is now definitely “Titanic.” It should have been all along, but 20th Century had to clear it, and that cost a pretty penny. . .”   Chicag...
22nd December 1952
FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED Titanic Review FINDING DOROTHY : REVIEWED
Monica Hall
Randy Bryan Bigham’s book, Finding Dorothy is interesting. Less so, perhaps, for the ‘techies’ amongst us, but certainly for the legion of humanities researchers who are primarily interested in the pe...
19th July 2005
Chicago Sun-Times KUP'S COLUMN
Irv Kupcinet
". . . . Almost as soon as the news of the sinking of the Andrea Doria was flashed to the world, 20th Century-Fox decided to reissue its epic of a sea drama, "Titanic," story of the maritime disaster of 44 years ago. . . . "...
31st July 1956
Unidentified Newspaper UNTITLED
Article in Unidentified Wexford Newspaper...
1912
Glas DEATH NOTICE
"Umria nam je draga mama, sestra, stara mama in teta Manca Juvan Karunova mama iz Milj, do danes deina prezivela s Titanika Pogreb drage pokojnice bo v nedeljo, 19. septembra, ob 15. uri izpred hise zalost...
18th September 1971
New York Times HENRY SLEEPER HARPER
Henry Sleeper Harper was about 42 years old and lives at 131 East Twenty-first Street. He is the son of Joseph Wesley Harper, a member of the old firm of Harper & Brothers, which gave way in 1900 to the present publishing house of that name. Mr. Har...
16th April 1912
LADY DUFF GORDON   LADY DUFF GORDON
Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon wearing a pair of 18th century emerald and pearl cross-shaped earrings that were lost in the sinking of the Titanic. They were Duff Gordon family heirlooms given to her by her husband as a present on their wedding in 1900. The ...
1904
New York Times MRS. FRED J. SWIFT, WAS CLUB LEADER
Ex-Head of National Council of State Garden Units Dies---Officer in Many Groups --- NYACK, N. Y., April 30---Mrs. Margaret Welles Swift, prominent club-woman and widow of Fred Joel Swift, died yesterday in her home here...
1st May 1948
Washington Post TITANIC'S WIRELESS CHIEF DIED ON A LIFERAFT
New York. April 19.—Philips [sic], the first Marconi operator aboard the Titanic, stuck to his post till the last, jumped from the sinking ship, was taken aboard the life raft, and died before rescuers reached him, according to th...
20th April 1912
  WALTER BISHOP INFORMATION
(Death Notice - Southern Daily Echo 30th April 1912, and Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912) Bishop, Walter Alexander Under Castleman, Edward ...
Worcester Telegram FELIX R. ASPLUND [OBITUARY]
SHREWSBURY--Felix R. Asplund, 73, of 39 Fairlawn Circle died yesterday in his home. Mr. Asplund was a draftsman for Coppus Engineering in Worcester for 35 years, retiring in 1972. He leaves a sister, Lillian G. Asplund of Shrews...
2nd March 1983
MORE THAN A CREW LIST   MORE THAN A CREW LIST
The “More than a List of Crew” Website Explained The historical circumstances that made merchant seafarers some of the best documented of nineteenth and early twentieth century workers in Britain...
30th August 2011
CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM   CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM
The principal feature of the Cap Arcona's dining room was ten pairs of large windows, arranged five per side, which allowed natural light into the room and gave it a less confined feel was achieved in the (mostly) enclosed dining rooms ab...
Gare Maritime
Chicago Tribune FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac...
22nd February 1952
Press Release TITANIC WALKS : IPHONE APP : TITANIC TRAIL IN SOUTHAMPTON, UK
Almost a century on, Southampton, England—the home port of RMS Titanic—carefully preserves the memory of the ship and those who tragically lost their lives on her ill-fated maiden voyage. Locals and visitors to Southampton who, in t...
20th October 2010
Halifax Evening Mail THE SEARCH AT SEA FOR TITANIC'S DEAD
THE STORY IN DETAIL OF THE MACKAY-BENNETT'S SEARCH FOR BODIES OF TITANIC VICTIMS ...
30th April 1912
THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE Titanic Review THE DREAM AND THEN THE NIGHTMARE
George Jacub
Syrians on the Titanic...
1st July 2011
  GOODWIN FAMILY UPDATED BIOGRAPHIES
Goodwin, Mr. Charles Frederick. (40). Missing. Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire. Ticket number CA2144 cost £46 18s 0d. There is a memorial to the whole famil...
ON BOARD RMS TITANIC : MEMORIES OF THE MAIDEN VOYAGE Titanic Review ON BOARD RMS TITANIC : MEMORIES OF THE MAIDEN VOYAGE
Peter Engberg
Peter Engberg reviews George Behe's compilation of letters written aboard RMS Titanic...
12th February 2012
New York Times ANCESTOR OF ROTHES SAVED A PRINCESS
Bit of Ancient Family History May Have Inspired the Countess-Oarswoman. --- "GRIP FAST," SAID RESCUER --- "Gin the Buckles Bide," Replied the Princess--Coat of Arms and Motto Derived from Incident --- By Marc...
23rd April 1912
  SONGE D'AUTOMNE
Songe d'Autmone (Dream of Autumn) was composed by Archibald Joyce (25 May 1873 to 22 March 1963). Joyce, popularly known as the "English Waltz King", had considerable success in England with this piece which was included in the re...
1912
Nomadic Preservation Society PROGRAMME FOR NOMADIC CENTENERY CELEBRATIONS REVEALED
Celebrating a century of maritime history Outline programme Friday 3rd June 2011 13:30 ~ 17:00. Delegate registration at Holiday Inn, Belfast. 13:30 ~ 17:00. Exclusive opening tour...
5th November 2010
Daily Home News JERSEY PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIVES ON BOARD
PERTH AMBOY, April 17---Great anxiety in [sic] felt in this city by the members of the Parker, Jaudon, Marsh and Hechheimer families, who had near and distant relatives among the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Owner of Local Plan...
17th April 1912
  CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HERBERT JUPE'S FATHER AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, NOVA SCOTIA
July 19th 1912 74 Bullar Road Bitterne Park Southampton Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr. F. Blake, Superintendent Engineer of the White Star Lines, Trafalgar Chambers, Southampton, that the body...
19th July 1912
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT Titanic Review THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NIGHT
Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers reviews a new book exploring the mystery of the "Californian Incident"...
16th June 2009
News Tribune KING OF HOPS: THE LEGACY OF HERMAN KLABER
Bart Ripp
CURTIS, Lewis County – Come spring in the Boistfort Valley, hops pop up, green and fragrant, in the hay fields. Boistfort Elementary School sits next to a big hay field where hops sprout, searching the sky for support. The only clue to...
12th April 2001
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 ...
New York Times THOMAS HENRY ISMAY [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]
To The Editor of The New York Times: The death of Thomas Henry Ismay deserves more than a passing notice. In the extraordinary development of the commercial marine of Great Britain during the last quarter of a century he had been one o...
25th November 1899
Titanic Stories A LUCKY ESCAPE FROM THE TITANIC - FATHER BROWNE
Titanic Stories
Hear the story of the man who captured unique photos of Titanic before she sank. He was luckily summoned back to his duties instead of going on the maiden voyage....
12th May 2011
Elizabeth Daily Journal LOCAL TITANIC VICTIMS HONORED AT SERVICES
In memory of Peter H. Renouf, Laurence Garvey, Clifford Jeffreys and Ernest Jeffreys, who went down on the Titanic, a special service was held in Grace Episcopal Church last night. The first two were communicants of the church and the other two were...
29th April 1912
The Times PIRRIE HONOURED FOR SERVICE AS LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, DEC. 14.To-night a banquet was given to the Right Hon. W. J. Pirrie, J.P., Lord Mayor of Belfast, and Mrs. Pirrie by the citizens on the occasion of the approaching termination of the second year of Mr. Pirri...
15th December 1897
AT REST - THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS LILLIAN G. ASPLUND   AT REST - THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS LILLIAN G. ASPLUND
Shelley Dziedzic
Worcester, Massachusetts is a city of approximately 180,00 living souls, located in what the state likes to call the “Heart of the Commonwealth. It is, like Rome, a city of seven hills and the second largest city in the state after nearby Boston...
10th May 2006
JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY   JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ...
RAISE THE TITANIC MODEL LANGUISHES IN MALTA   RAISE THE TITANIC MODEL LANGUISHES IN MALTA
Article...
Concord Journal CAROLINE LAMSON BROWN
The death of Mrs. John Murray Brown on Tuesday, June 26th, at the Emerson Hospital in Concord, removed from the scene a type of the handsome, accomplished woman who so well represented old New York in the late sixties and seventies of the last centur...
28th June 1928
Washington Times TITANIC'S CAPTAIN HAD LONG RECORD ON THE HIGH SEAS
As Captain of Olympic Smith's Vessel Hit British Cruiser Last Fall --- If the twentieth century retained a belief in the power of malignant spirits and the human passions of natural forces, the termination of the career of Capt. E. J. S...
17th April 1912
New York Times PEGGY GUGGENHEIM IS DEAD AT 81; KNOWN FOR MODERN ART COLLECTION
By The Associated Press --- VENICE, Dec. 23 - Peggy Guggenheim, the expatriate American millionaire who amassed one of the world's foremost collections of modern art, died in a hospital outside Venice today, hospital officials said. Sh...
24th December 1979
TITANIC AS METAPHOR Titanic Research TITANIC AS METAPHOR
Monica Hall
WORLD’S LARGEST METAPHOR...
20th March 2005
New York Times LOST TWO IN IROQUOIS FIRE
Daughters of Rescued Titanic Passenger Killed in Chicago Holocaust --- Special to The New York Times --- CHICAGO, Ill., April 16---Mrs. Ida S. Hippach, wife of L. A. Hippach, manufacturer, of 7,352 Sheridan Road, and Miss ...
17th April 1912
New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS--- A Special Meeting of the Board Of Directors of Montefiore Home, held April 21, 1912. The President, Jacob H. Schiff, announced the melancholy death of the Honorable Isidor Straus and his devoted wife in the dis...
22nd April 1912
 

 
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