Albert Wirz

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Le Journal de Genève	ON PASSENGERS FROM SWITZERLAND Newspaper article...	17th April 1912
	THE MILLER'S SON Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
Pittsburgh Post	MR. AND MRS. ALBERT C. CALDWELL Dr. C.S. Caldwell, 2219 Woodstock Avenue, Swissvale (suburb of Pittsburgh) fears that his cousin and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Caldwell, of near Monmouth, Illinois, are among the missing. Mr. Caldwell had been teaching English in Siam. ...	18th April 1912
New York Times	ALBERT STEWART - IN MEMORIAM STEWART—In constant and lasting memory of Albert A. Stewart, lost on the Titanic. April 12 [sic] 1912. A. S. K....	12th April 1948
New York Times	WILLS FOR PROBATE *** GEORGE ROSENSHINE, (died April 14;) left $150,000 personalty; to Albert Rosenshine, brother, residue; Albert Frank, $1,000; Harold Frank, $1,000; Jeanette Frank. $1,000: Viola Frank, $1,000; Miriam Frank, $1,000; Adelaide Frank.$1,000; Ric...	15th May 1912
Chicago Examiner	MISTAKEN FOR WOMAN; FORCED INTO LIFEBOAT Hartford, Conn., Apr. 18--Resolved to die after having done his utmost to aid in placing the women and children of the Titanic aboard the lifeboats Councilman William T. Sloper, clad in a white night robe, was himself taken for a woman and thru...	19th April 1912
	MANSION HOUSE FUND ETC. Wardner, Fred Albert. Lived at 45 Endle Street, Chapel, Southampton. Occupation - Fireman. 39 years old. (Born in Hampshire). (Wife: Nellie). (Death Notice Southern Daily Echo 30th April 1912 an...
	RELIEF FUND EXTRACTS - ARTHUR ALBERT HOWELLS Relief Fund...
	ALBERT F. CALDWELL photo...
	ALBERT AUGUSTSSON : PHOTOGRAPH
	ALBERT BRYANT AKA MICHAEL STAFFORD C.1900	1900
Brooklyn Daily Times	ALBERT A. STEWART ONE OF THE LOST ISLANDERS Albert A. Stewart, who formerly made his home at St. James, L. I., is supposed to have gone down with the ship. He was in St. James last summer and was counted as a friend of Mayor Gaynor---near whose home he resided. Mr. Stewart was formerly conne...	17th April 1912
New York Times	ROSENSHINE WILL HOLDS Court Dismisses Contest Over $1,000,000 Estate of Titanic Victim --- Surrogate Colahan dismissed from the bench yesterday the contest of the will of George Rosenshine, a feather importer, who perished in the wreck of the...	21st June 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal	SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER PASSES AWAY Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, wife of Arthur Stead, of 128 Reid street, died last night at her home after a lingering illness. Mrs. Stead was a survivor of the "Titanic" disaster twenty-one years ago. Born in England, she came to this country twenty-five ...	8th July 1933
New York Sun	WAS THE MAYOR'S FRIEND ALBERT A. STEWART SAILED ON THE TITANIC WITHOUT HIS WIFE Albert A. Stewart was for many years connected with the Strobridge Lithographing Company of Cincinnati and had an office in the Times Building. He was also a part owner in the ...	17th April 1912
Calgary Herald	ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST OF LOST IS ALBERT MALLET, A TRAVELLER MONTREAL, April 20.- The disaster to the Titanic was brought poignantly home to Montrealers today by the arrival in the city of some of the Montreal survivors. At ten o'clock yesterday morning a special train pulled into the Grand Trunk st...	20th April 1912
	FLORENCE THORNEYCROFT MARRIAGE Several months after the sinking Florence Kate Thorneycroft married Albert T. White in early 1913. She died in 1950 in Bromley, Kent ...
Western Morning News	UGBOROUGH MAN'S STORY J. Horswell (sic), a sailor, residing in Southampton, said though he was now lodging at Southampton, he hailed from Ugborough. He acted as bowman in one of the emergency boats, and among the passengers with them were Sir Cosmo and Lady Duff Gordon. ...	29th April 1912
Hudson Dispatch	TWO WEST HOBOKEN MEN WERE AMONG VICTIMS ON TITANIC So far as can be learned two of the victims of the Titanic disaster lived in West Hoboken. They are John Ashby, father of Arthur Ashby, of 629 Traphagen street, and Albert Walker, father in law of Charles Robertson, proprietor of the Colonial Theatre...	17th April 1912
New York Times	DEATH NOTICE OF GEORGE ROSENSHINE ROSENSHINE---At sea, on April 15, 1912, steamer Titanic, George Rosenshine, beloved brother of Albert A. and Max Rosenshine and Mrs. Bertha Frank, in the 46th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Hotel Ansonia on Sunday morning, Ma...	4th May 1912
my.hsj.org	TITANIC SURVIVOR BECOMES PRINCIPAL OF AMES HIGH "How little did that happy group who with reverent thoughts were worshiping God realize that within a few hours the majority of them would meet him Albert Caldwell said in his book recounting the Sunday night service aboard the Titanic before its sinking. Only two years later would he become principal of Ames High school staying from 1914 to 1917....	7th March 2011
New York Times	PRAYER SERVICE NOTICE FOR GEORGE ROSENSHINE ROSENSHINE---AT SEA, Steamer Titanic, on April 15, 1912, George Rosenshine, in the 46th year of his age. Prayers will be held at the residence of his brother, Albert Rosenshine, Hotel Ansonia, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, April 21,...	21st April 1912
New York Times	PROVING FOREMAN ON TITANIC Brother Files Letters of Survivors in Asking for Administration Papers --- Edwin H. Foreman obtained yesterday from Surrogate Fowler letters of administration on the $10,000 estate of his brother, Benjamin L. Foreman, who was drowned on ...	15th May 1912
Titanic Review	A RARE TITANIC FAMILY: THE CALDWELLS' STORY OF SURVIVAL Mike Poirier Families are often the guardians of history. Who would have imagined that a new, amateur photo taken aboard Titanic on the day she sailed would grace the cover of a book? Julie Hedgepeth Williams, a journalism professor, has gone throu...	11th February 2012
irishtimes.com	POIGNANT MEMENTO: FAMILY DIED IN 'TITANIC' DISASTER - IRISH TIMES A REMARKABLE photograph of a widowed Irish mother and her five young sons who perished in the Titanic disaster is to be sold at auction next month. Margaret Rice (39), a widow, and her sons Albert (10), George (8), Eric (7), Arthur (4) and Eugene (2), who lived in Athlone, Co Westmeath, all died when the infamous ship sank in the north Atlantic in April 1912....	21st November 2011
irishtimes.com	TITANIC FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH FETCHES €2200 AT AUCTION - IRISH TIMES A PHOTOGRAPH of a Co Westmeath woman and her five sons who perished in the Titanic disaster was sold at auction in Dublin yesterday for €2,200. Margaret Rice (39), a widow, and her sons Albert (10), George (8), Eric (7), Arthur (4) and Eugene (2), from Athlone, all died when the ship sank on April 15th, 1912. The photograph was sold by two of her descendants and was bought by a telephone bidder....	15th December 2011
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
	MEMORIALS TO ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
New York Times	INCORPORATED IN NEW JERSEY TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 31---These companies were incorporated here to-day: The Central Sugar Company, to manufacture beet sugar; capital, $1,500,000. The incorporators are T. L. Bragaw, Jr., M. L. Bonden, J. J. Treacy, all of Jersey City...	1st February 1901
New York Times	TITANIC SAILOR IN COURT Man Who Saved 45 Persons Says He Can't Support His Wife --- CHICAGO, Jan. 16---Albert Horswill, who said he was in charge of the last lifeboat to leave the Titanic, and saved forty-five women and children, told Judge Uhlir in court to-d...	17th January 1914
New York Times	TITANIC WIDOW TO WED Mrs. Ryerson of Chicago Will Marry Forsythe Sherfesse, Financier --- CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (AP)---Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson, whose husband, Albert [sic] Ryerson, lost his life when the Titanic sank, will be married next week, it is announced, ...	2nd December 1927
Hartford Courant	MRS. STEWART DID NOT SAIL ON TITANIC (Special to The Courant) Winsted, April 17 Spencer C. Coe received a message this morning advising him that his cousin, Mrs. Florence A. Stewart, wife of Albert A. Stewart,...	18th April 1912
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk	COLNE TITANIC MUSUEM WANTS TO ATTRACT 100000 VISITORS A NEW museum commemorating the RMS Titanic is hoping to attract around 100,000 visitors in the run up to the centenary of when the ship sank. Maritime enthusiast Nigel Hampson, 42, has brought the Titanic and her maiden voyage to life as he opened the Titanic in Lancashire Museum, in the old Colne Grammar School, off Albert Road, Colne on Wednesday. Nigel, of Humphrey Street, Brierfield is hoping to attract visitors from around the world with his display remembering the 71 Lancashire people who were on board the doomed vessel - including Wallace Hartley, the ship’s famous band leader from Colne. ...	14th August 2011
New York Times	FIGHT TITANIC VICTIM'S WILL Brother and Sister of George Rosenshine Start Contest --- The validity of the will of George Rosenshine, a retired wholesale dealer in feathers and flowers, who perished on the Titanic, is being contested by his brother, Max Rosenshine,...	23rd May 1912
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...
New York Times	WILLS FOR PROBATE MANHATTAN *** WHITE, ELLA HOLMES (Jan. 31). Estate,more than $10,000. To C. Helene Berkeley, 509 W. 122d St., $10,000 and personalty; Ella B. Putnam, 10 Beekman Pl., $10,,000; Marie G. Young, Plaza Hotel, personal effects and life esta...	6th February 1942
	ALBERT ERVINE'S LAST LETTER "Yours received in Cherbourg, France yesterday evening. We have had everything working nicely so far, except when leaving Southampton. As soon as the Titanic began to move out of the dock, the suction caused the Oceanic, which was alon...	11th April 1912
	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 ...
Voyage	THE TUGS AT TITANIC'S DEPARTURE John P. Eaton Albert Edward, Hercules, Vulcan, Ajax, Hector Neptune Registered 10 September 1861, the Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Limited Company was known during its early years...	6th February 2005
Billboard Magazine	HENRY B. HARRIS Loses Life When Ill-Fated Titanic Sinks – Other Victims Of Disaster Connected With Amusement Field Include Albert A. Stewart, Emil Brandeis and Franz Addelmann – Dorothy Gibson Saved New York, April 20 (Special to Billb...	27th April 1912
New York Times	A. A. STEWART LEFT $276,974 Titanic Victim's Estate Goes to His Widow and Daughter --- An appraisal of the estate of Albert A. Stewart, who perished on the Titanic, was transmitted yesterday to the Surrogates' Court under transfer tax proceedings. Mr. Stewart was f...	1st February 1913
New York Times	JEAN SCHARIN ENGAGED Chicago Girl Will Be Married to Edward Cudahy Spalding ---- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- CHICAGO, Feb. 21---Announce has been made by Mrs. J. Hippach Unander Scharin of this city of the eengagement [sic] of her daught...	22nd February 1946
Cleveland Plain Dealer	FOUR ON BIG LINER CLEVELAND BOUND Page 1 Three Men and One Woman on Way to This City May Have Gone Down Many Parts of Ohio Represented in Lists of Victims When the news of the greatest sea distater ina century was flashed to Cleveland ye...	17th April 1912
New York Times	ROSENSHINE LEFT $161,033 Brother and Partner of Titanic Victim Residuary Legatee --- The appraisal of the estate of George Rosenshine, President of Rosenshine Bros., importers of ostrich feathers, who perished in the Titanic disaster, was filed yesterday showin...	11th May 1913
	JOYCE A. ROSENFELD Joyce Aks Rosenfeld, 62, of the 1800 block of Banning Road, died August 13, 1996, in her home. Mrs. Rosenfeld was a native of Portsmouth. She was member of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk and had worked at Antell's Women's Clothing Stor...	14th August 1996
The Times	THE TITANIC INQUIRY: LADY DUFF GORDON'S EVIDENCE The inquiry into the loss of the Titanic was resumed yesterday by Lord Mersey and his Assessors. There was no diminution in the public interest taken in the proceedings. Among those present were Prince Albert of Schleswig-Holstein, Lady St. Helier, L...	21st May 1912
Chicago Evening Post	ANOTHER CHICAGOAN HIT IN TITANIC WRECK Mrs. Oren E. Taft, Who's in Europe, Loses Her Father, A. A. Stewart, New York...	20th April 1912
New York Times	TWO MEN HURT ON OLYMPIC President Ismay Sails on Her to Return on New Titanic...	25th January 1912
	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...
Elizabeth Daily Journal	ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC [Links to the earlier parts of this article can be found on the summary pages for the members of the Renouf/Jefferys family and the Carter family.] Among those who visited the White Star steamship offices in New York to-day in an endea...	16th April 1912
The Times	THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT THE TITANIC BAND MEMORIAL CONCERT Under the auspices of the Orchestral Association a concert was given yesterday at the Albert Hall in honour of the musicians who peris...	25th May 1912
Hamilton Spectator	HIS THOUGHTFULNESS SAVED GIRL'S LIFE Dr . Pain's Last Act Made Possible The Romance Of Titanic. In the midst of all the bitter disappointment and sorrow which have come into the lives of Mr and Mrs Albert Pain, of this city, through the loss of thei...	June 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal	TWO BROTHERS NOT ON TITANIC Benjamin Peacock Learns They Are Still in England ---------- HIS MOTHER SEEKS NEWS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN A letter postmarked “Merton, county Surrey, England,” has brought some happiness to Benjamin Peacock, of 609 Sout...	6th May 1912
Chicago Tribune	WIDOW SUES TITANIC OWNERS Mrs. A. Willer of Chicago Asks $10,000 for Husband’s Death Family Left Penniless Red Cross Saves Them fr...	20th July 1912
Cleveland Plain Dealer	TELLS OF WOMEN PULLING AT OARS Page 1 Youngstown Woman Relates Story of Escape from Sinking Titanic Men Tire and Passengers Row Boats to Safety From Disaster From reports received from the steamer Carpathia when it docked at New York ...	19th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	WIFE OF STATE FARM FOUNDER DIES AT 80 MRS. MECHERLE SURVIVOR OF ILL-FATED TITANIC Mrs. Sylvia Mecherle, 80, widow of the founder of State Farm Insurance Companies, died at 12:36 a.m. Thursday at Brokaw Hospital, where she had been a patient for 14 months. Her fu...	15th January 1965
ET Comment	THE RECORD SPEAKS! Tad Fitch, Sam Halpern and Bill Wormstedt In his latest opinion piece, Senan Molony said that it is important to bear in mind that Hugh Woolner is merely a battleground for the real issue, the claim that Collapsible C “left the Titanic close to her climactic consummation.” Yet, the final ...	13th December 2006
Cleveland Plain Dealer	JOY AND SADNESS COME WITH NEWS Happiness or Gloom Seizes Ohio Relatives of Titanic Passengers Memorial Services to be Held for Youngstown Business Man Gladness mingled with grief yesterday when word came that two persons mourned by relatives in Clev...	20th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette	PORTER SANK WITH TITANIC HEROES Family and Friends of Worcester Man Now Satisfied He Is Among Those Lost Walter E. Bigelow, business associate and friend of Walter C.Porter, last of the Titanic, who made a special trip to New York yesterday in the hope of securing fa...	19th April 1912
Cleveland Plain Dealer	SIXTEEN OHIOANS ARE STILL MISSING Page 1 Reports Fails to Account for All of State's Representatives on Titanic Relatives of Passengers Watch for Word of Loved Ones "Missing" still stands against the names of sixteen of the forty-four Ti...	18th April 1912
Cornwall & Devon Post	AT SEA IN A BLIZZARD: BUDE SEAMAN FOUND WRAPPED IN THE MAINSAIL Adventure recalled by death of Mr. J. Jewell The passing of Mr. John Jewell early Sunday morning at 8, King Street, Bude, at the age of 79 years, recalls the old days of Bude shipping, consisting of small coasters of 35 to 80 tons, whi...	24th January 1936
	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...
New York Times	NEW YORK YACHT CLUB New Members Admitted---Models for the Paris Exposition --- The adjourned third general meeting of the New York Yacht Club was held yesterday afternoon in Delmonico's, Beaver Street. The principal business transacted was the election of ...	16th June 1899
	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...
Voyage	DUKE OF ALBANY John P. Eaton (F. Kemp & Company) The center anchor of the Titanic weighs 15 ½ tons and was fabricated by Messrs. N. Hingley & Sons, Ltd. Of Netherton, Dudley, Worcestershire. Typical of the manner by which the m...	31st October 2004
New York Times	VIRGINIA M. FRENCH HAS TWELVE ATTENDANTS AT HER MARRIAGE HERE TO WILLIAM F. DICK A marriage uniting two families of prominence in society here and in Newport, R. I., took place in the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest yesterday afternoon when Miss Virginia Middleton French, daughter of Mrs. James Lenox Banks Jr. of 15 East Ni...	19th December 1941
New York Times	DAUGHTERS OF JACOB HONOR IDA STRAUS Unveil Tablet in Their Home Commemorating Her Beautiful Life and Heroic End --- AGED CHANT PRAYERS FOR HER --- Self-Sacrificing Devotion of Titanic Victim Held Up as an Inspiration to the Women of Her Race ---...	25th November 1912
	DR ALFRED PAIN - IN MEMORIAM IN AFFECTION AND REMEMBRANCE OF A KIND AND A DUTIFUL SON AND NOBLE YOUNG MAN AND IN APPRECIATIVE RECOGNITION OF THE SYMPATHY OF MANY TRUE FRIENDS, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS LOVELY DEDICATED. Alfred Pain was born at Ham...
Worcester Telegram	WALTER PORTER AMONG THOSE ON TITANIC Miss. Carrie Endres Sister of Worcester Man Also on Board Lost Liner When The Telegram informed Mrs. Albert J. Gifford, 9 King street last night that the 318(?) saloon passengers on the wrecked Titanic had been reported saved and would...	16th April 1912