David Vartanian

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Armenian Weekly	SURVIVING THE TITANIC THE SAGA OF DAVIT VARTANIAN Davit David Vartanian was one of five young Armenian men making their way to the Free World for freedom opportunity and to earn money to send to loved ones back home in Tzermag Keghi in Historic Armenia. Their misfortune was that as third-class passengers they were booked in steerage in the bowels of the ill-fated unsinkable Titanic....	19th April 2011
The Times	SOME ARMENIAN VICTIMS Mr G.Hagoian writes from 25, Chesilton Road, Fulham:- In the disaster to the Titanic Armenia has furnished more than her quota of unfortunate passengers. Six Armenians from Keghi, travelling to Marseilles, had proceeded to Cherbourg and t...	13th May 1912
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse	DAVID SARNOFF AT WORK This picture of wireless operator David Sarnoff was published in 1956 by 'L'Illustré", a weekly magazine from Switzerland. Sarnoff was among the first to receive Titanic's distress call and for 72 hours stood at his post at the top of Wanamaker in Ne...	27th September 1956
	LOUIS, DAVID, AND ELIEZER GILINSKY (left to right) Louis, David, and Eliezer Gilinsky...	1912
	DAVID CHARTERS Irish steerage passenger David Charters on a horse with a white star....	1909
Chicago Inter Ocean	PUGILIST DIES ON TITANIC [DAVID BOWEN] David Bowen, Lightweight Champion of Wales Is Reported Drowned David Bowen, lightweight champion of Wales, who sailed on the Titanic to challenge Packey McFarland and other American pugilists, was one of the second c...	19th April 1912
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The Times	DAVID BLAIR DECORATED BUCKINGHAM PALACE, FEB. 13--- The King held an Investiture of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire at 10.30 o'clock this morning. The following were severally introduced into the presence o...	14th February 1918
Cambridge Independent Press	DAVID BARTON David Barton, a Wicken lad, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw Barton, of Wicken, was on the Titanic, on his way to the United States. where he intended to settle, and it is feared he is one of those who have lost their lives. He should have left by anothe...	19th April 1912
Exeter Flying Post	THE TITANIC DISASTER At a special meeting of the St. David’s (Exeter) District Committee of the National Deposit Friendly Society a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. and Mrs. Dyer in the loss of their son in the Titanic disaster. The deceased was a member of the St...	27th April 1912
	FAMILY INFORMATION Constance's father, David H. Willard (1852-1916) was originally from Wisconsin but when he married to Miss Cora Day (1856-1916), he moved to Minnesota and was employed by his father-in-law at Minneapolis in the lumber business. David W...
White Star Magazine	CAPTAIN DAVID BLAIR, 1924 David Blair on Dec k...	February 1924
	CENSUS In 1901 David Reeves (born in Slinfold, Sussex) was aged 25 years. He lived in Battersea, London and worked as a Joiner. ...	1901
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : DAVID BARTON Number P. 301. Barton, Shaw, father, 7s 0d. per week....	March 1913
Adelaide Now	LEADING MISSION TO MAP THE TITANIC OCEANOGRAPHER David Gallo still can't believe he is leading a team of researchers to map the Titanic in its watery grave....	4th March 2011
ABC Online	THE TITANIC UNCOVERED The story of the Titanic's sinking has baffled us for almost a century but with new technology that allows the wreck to be examined in 3D definition clarity some of our many questions may soon be answered. Marine archaeologist David Gallo from the Woods-Hole Institution spoke to reporter Mike Sexton....	9th March 2011
	RN WILLIAMS II BURIAL PLACE Mr. Williams is buried in the cemetery of St. David's Radnor Episcopal Church in Wayne, PA. His wife Sue passed away in 2001 or 2002, and is buried next to him. Next to their grave is a memorial marker for Mr. Williams's father C. Dua...
The Morning Sun	RETIRED TEACHER DONATES TITANIC MEMORABILIA TO LIBRARY Retired Alma High School Teacher David McMackin first became interested in the Titanic when he was looking for a non-fiction story his students could study. "It was 'A Night to Remember' by Walter Lord," he said. "That was available at the time." That one book got things started....	9th February 2010
Pittsburgh Post Gazette	LITTLE BITES Local historian David McMunn will host this year's Titanic Dinner at Muriel's Eclectic Dining on the North Side. Guests at "A Night to Remember" will enjoy a re-creation of the last dinner served in the first class dining saloon on the night of the Titanic's infamous wreck....	27th March 2008
BBC News	NOMADIC TO RETURN TO BELFAST The SS Nomadic, the last of the White Star ships and a vital link to the Titanic story, is returning to Belfast.The Northern Ireland Office bought the ship at an auction in France for 250,000 euros.Social Development Minister David Hanson said his department purchased the Nomadic at auction in Paris. ...	26th January 2006
Fulton County Daily Report	LAW PROFESSOR HELPS ATLANTA COMPANY BECOME SOLE OWNER OF TITANIC ARTIFACTS With special thanks to Emory University law professor David J. Bederman, an Atlanta company can now make, with a high degree of certainty, this claim: Artifacts recovered from the Titanic wreck site are theirs, all theirs....	8th August 2007
Southern Daily Echo	TITANIC SURVIVOR'S GEST OF HONOUR When the last remaining survivor of the Titanic revealed she was selling her treasured possessions from the tragedy, Millvina Dean could have had little idea how quickly offers of help would pour in from across the globe.Yesterday she received a shock visit from I'm a Celebrity... star and stage producer David Gest, who arrived in Hampshire armed with a £3,000 cheque for the 96-year-old. ...	18th October 2008
BBC News	MAN'S DEATH DELAYS NOMADIC HOMECOMING The homecoming ceremony for the SS Nomadic has been delayed after a man working on the boat at the Harland and Wolff shipyard collapsed and died. Nomadic, which arrived in Belfast on Saturday, was used to ferry passengers to the ill-fated Titanic. It had been planned that the boat would be towed up the River Lagan on Monday evening for a ceremony at the Odyssey complex. NIO Minister David Hanson said the event would now be held on Tuesday. ...	18th July 2006
The Times	LIFE-SAVING AT SEA AWARD OF THE KING'S MEDALS The King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award medals for gallantry in saving life at sea to the folowing persons: A silver medal t...	12th July 1913
The Times	PRESENTATION OF MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY BUCKINGHAM PALACE, DEC. 16---The King this morning decorated the following with medals for acts of gallantry on land and at sea as stated against their names:--- BOARD OF TRADE MEDALS Lieutenant ...	17th December 1913
Hudson Observer	MILLET, THE ARTIST, IS REPORTED AMONG THE MANY DROWNED Francis David Millet, the famous artist and author, who is said to have been among those lost in the wreck of the Titanic, painted the two large mural American Indian scenes at the Hudson C...	17th April 1912
NI Dept. for Social Development	HANSON ANNOUNCES MEMBERS OF NOMADIC TRUST The members of the proposed charitable trust, tasked to oversee the restoration and fundraising for the SS Nomadic, have been announced.Minister for Social Development David Hanson MP said: "My Department, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Belfast Industrial Heritage Society have all proposed representatives to form the trust. "...	13th October 2006
com	UTTER LUNACY! SCIENTISTS CLAIM MOON SANK THE TITANIC Did the heavens conspire to sink the Titanic? A couple of US astronomers argue just that, saying a “supermoon event ” may have dislodged the iceberg which sank history’s most famous cruise liner. It might seem hard to believe, but Olson David and Russell Descher, two Texas State University astronomers, say an out-of-this-world lunar event really might have sparked the chain of events that sank the RMS Titanic on April 15 1912....	9th March 2012
Lethbridge Herald	FAMILY TIES TO THE TITANIC? He's always suspected the sea was in his blood, but after diving into the depths of his family history, David Blades emerged with a surprise. File folders filled with black-and-white photos, newspaper clippings, birth certificates, obituaries and pieced-together family trees are fanned out over the Stirling resident's sitting room table. At the centre of all the paperwork is a picture of a 17-year-old boy - his hair combed and parted, his tie neatly knotted, and in his eyes a calm determination. Not long after this photo was taken, the boy would die in one of the most famously tragic shipwrecks of our time....	23rd March 2012
The Scotsman	THE MAURETANIA'S SECOND VOYAGE article...	14th December 1907
NewDesignWorld	DAVID G. BROWN AUTHOR AND TV DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER TO JOIN HISTORIC TITANIC GREAT LAKES DINNER CRUISE It's 'full steam ahead' as local Marine City businesses, The Pearl's Water Street Boutique and Titanic Movie Museum, Ahead Turner Designs, and The Heather House Bed and Breakfast continue making history on this first ever Great Lakes Titanic Dinner Cruise to be held on the beautiful Detroit Princess in downtown Detroit April 25th, 2009....	2nd February 2009
Hopewell Herald	MRS. EMILY THOMAS BLACKWELL Mrs. Emily Thomas Blackwell wife of Stephen Weart Blackwell of New York City was buried in the Old School Baptist Churchyard in this place saturday afternoon. The funeral was held from the residents of ex-Senator...	19th December 1906
BBC News	RETURN FOR 'LIVING HISTORY' SHIP The ship which was used to transfer first-class passengers to the Titanic is to return to Belfast on 17 July. The SS Nomadic was bought by the Northern Ireland Office at an auction in Paris for £171,320 in January. It had lately fallen into disrepair and the government bowed to pressure to save it from the breakers yard. Social Development Minister David Hanson said: "Nomadic has the potential to bring living history of this period back to Belfast in a tangible way." ...	5th July 2006
thisiscornwall.co.uk	CENTENARY IS MARKED WITH A TITANIC DAY AT MUSEUM Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery will mark 100 years since the sinking of RMS Titanic with a special event on Saturday, March 31. The surviving crew of the doomed luxury liner were brought ashore at Millbay Docks in the city in 1912 and the museum will be running a day of talks and presentations to commemorate the anniversary. Speakers include David Hutchings, Richard de Kerbrech and Sheila Jemima, who have all written on various aspects of the disaster. They will variously elaborate on the ship itself, the times in which she was built, the engine room, and the impact the disaster had on the Titanic's home port of Southampton....	15th March 2012
royalgazette.com	MARIE CELESTIA WRECK OFFERS UP CARGO OF PERFUME - ROYAL GAZETTE Perfume bottles are the latest treasure to have been recovered from Bermuda wreck Marie Celestia. Phillippe Rouja, conservator of historic wrecks, announced the discovery of the bottles this week. Five unopened bottles of wine were found stashed in the bow of the Marie Celestia this past June. UK perfume historian David Pybus, who has uncovered perfume from the Titanic, has begun his analysis on the bottle's contents. Early research has revealed that the bottle contains a sample from a posh London perfumery that has since gone out of business......	22nd August 2011
Charleston Evening Post	MRS. SAMUEL REEVES Page 2A, column 3 SUMMERVILLE Mrs. Lucile Carter Reeves, widow of Samuel Reeves, died last night at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Clinton W. Trowbridge. Funeral services will be held at Philadelphia, Pa. Local arrangement...	20th October 1962
coventrytelegraph.net	COVENTRY MARKS LINKS TO TITANIC ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRAGEDY A RANGE of events have been scheduled for Coventry to mark 100 years since the Titantic sank. The city-based Titanic Heritage Trust has put together a fascinating programme of talks and theatrical events at Blue Coat School, Stoke, to mark the anniversary of RMS Titanic’s tragic sinking in 1912. The five-month programme begins this month. Events include the poignant reflections of David Haisman – a local relative of Edith Brown, the Titanic’s oldest survivor – who himself served in the Merchant Navy and worked as look-out on ice fields across the North Atlantic....	1st November 2011
Newark Star	FEAR ELIZABETH FOLK WENT DOWN WITH TITANIC ELIZABETH, April 17---Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, is fearful that his two brothers, Ernest and Robert, were among those lost on the steamship Titanic. Mr. Peacock's wife and two children were also passengers on the boat, but it is p...	18th April 1912
UTV	HISTORIC SHIP TO RETUN HOME A ship which once ferried passengers to the ill-fated Titanic is to be brought back to Belfast in July after years of languishing semi-derelict in a French port. Northern Ireland Office Minister David Hanson confirmed today that a firm will use a submersible barge as part of plans to return the SS Nomadic.The British government bought the 95-year-old ship at an auction in Paris earlier this year for just over £170,000. Click here to find out more!It is the last of the White Star ships, once a luxury ferry built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast the year before the Titanic, which transported passengers to the great liner which later sank with the loss of more than 1,500 lives in 1912....	16th May 2006
New York Times	R. NORRIS WILLIAMS 2D, TENNIS TITLIST, DEAD AT 77 Survivor of Titanic's Sinking Was on 7 Davis Cup Teams---Pennsylvania Historian --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 3---R. Norris Williams 2d, former national tennis champion and a survivor of the sin...	4th June 1968
Hibbing Daily Tribune	MISS WILLARD TELLS OF WRECK Girl Well Known Here, Who was on the Titanic has reached St. Paul. St. Paul, Minn. - April 23 - Miss Constance, the 20-year-old daughter of David Willard, formerly of Duluth, has arrived at the home of her sister, Mrs. Hope McCall, on ...	23rd April 1912
Peoria Journal Star	RICHARD BECKER Page E-8 Richard F. Becker, 65, 2139 N. Wellington, died at 5:10 A.M. yesterday in Proctor Hospital, where he was admitted Aug. 26. He was a retired safety supervisor for Caterpillar Tractor Co. Born in I...	7th September 1975
Chicago Examiner	2 BOXERS DIE ON TITANIC Leslie Williams and Arthur Bowen Coming From Wales for Fights Two professional boxers of Wales, Leslie Williams and Andy Bowen, lost their lives when the Titanic foundered. They were...	20th April 1912
	CROW'S NEST TELEPHONE KEY RMS Titanic: Second Officer David Blair OBE. Iron key with brass oval tag attached "Crows Nest Telephone Key". Research by Henry Aldridge and Son, and eminent Titanic historians has established that the key was either to the portable Grah...
New York Times	OUTING IN NEW HANDS The Publication Purchased by Caspar Whitney and Ten Other Men --- Caspar Whitney, for many years connected with the Harpers as writer on sporting topics, announces that he and ten other men have bought the publication known as Outing, ...	15th February 1900
Voyage	CALEDONIA John P. Eaton Anchor Line On 9 April at 2:55 p.m. Caledonia, eastbound New York-Glasgow, relayed to Bulgaria an ice warning received earlier from Cassandra. Port of Registry: Glasgow Flag of ...	11th June 2005
	ON THE RESURRECTION MORNING The Hymn "On the Resurrection Morning" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould (1834-1924) and the music "Resurrection Morn" by Ira David Sanke...
New-York Tribune	MAJESTIC IN WITH CHIEF OFFICER A HERO Passengers Cheer David Blair, Who Risked Life in Fog to Save Fireman --- DIVED IN MIDOCEAN --- Women Weep as Gallant Sailor and Man for Whom He Jumped Are Helped Over Side ---...	9th May 1913
New York Times	STRAUS MEMORIAL MEETING Mayor Gaynor, Bishop Gailor, and Andrew Carnegie Will Take Part in It --- A civic memorial meeting for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus will be held in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 4 o'clock. Justice Samuel Greenbaum, President ...	4th May 1912
New York Times	PHILADELPHIA SURVIVORS ILL Two in Hospital, Hysterical---Mrs. Widener Has Severe Cold --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, April 22---Philadelphia survivors of the Titanic are under the care of physicians, several of them in a serious...	23rd April 1912

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