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| New York Times | (1914) | WEIR HEIRS' DISPUTE ENDED Estate of Mining Engineer, a Titanic Victim, Now Appraised --- Col. John Weir, the mining engineer, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, left a net estate of $26,876, part of which consisted of stocks and bonds he had with him on ... | 29th April 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ANDREW SAKS'S WILL $25,000 for Charities to be Specified by His Wife --- The will of Andrew Saks, who died at Sherry's on April 8, was admitted yesterday in the Surrogate's Court for probate. The petition does not give the actual value of his estate but m... | 13th April 1912 | |||
| Daily Telegraph | (1962) | ESTATE OF HERBERT JOHN PITMAN Mr Herbert John Pitman, of Pitcombe, Somerset, retired purser, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, left estate in Great Britain valued at pounds 21,158 gross, pounds 21,116 net. He left the residue of his estate to his niece [name withheld] for life,... | 9th April 1962 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | GUGGENHEIM WILL FILED Two Daughters Share Estate of Widow of Titanic Victim --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, left her residuary estate in trust for her two daughters, it was learned yesterday when her w... | 7th December 1937 | |||
| New York Times | (1935) | FIERMONTE BUYS ESTATE Husband of Former Mrs. Astor Gets Southern Plantation --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 30 (AP)---The purchase of Dixie Plantations, a 600-acre estate on a high bluff overlooking Stono River, by Enzo Fiemonte of New York was announced here t... | 1st December 1935 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE Edgar J. Meyer Left $542,242 to Widow and Baby --- The accounting of the estate of Edgar J. Meyer, member of the Stock Exchange brokerage house of Eugene Meyer, Jr., & Co., at the time of his death on the Titanic, has been completed and... | 3rd February 1915 | |||
| New York Times | (1941) | MRS. FIERMONTE'S ESTATE She Left a Gross of $1,149,142 and Net of $983,637 --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died on March 27, 1940, left a gross estate of $1,149,142, according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday by P. Lyndo... | 3rd May 1941 | |||
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DIE DREILINDEN, ESTATE OF THE SPENCERS The Dreilinden estate in Lucerne, Switzerland, was the property of the Spencer family. Also known as the 'Villa Vicovaro, it now houses the City's School of Music (Conservatoire). Miss Elise Lurette used to stay at the Dreilinden when she was working... | |||||
| New York Times | (1940) | ASTOR ESTATE AT NEWPORT SOLD Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Oct. 28---A deed transferring Beechwood, an estate of nine acres and dwelling and other buildings, from Vincent Astor to Count and Countess Paul de Kotzebue, was recorded today, giving t... | 29th October 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | TWO RECEIVE SHARES IN ELKINS 27 MILLION G. D. Widener and Mrs. Dixon of Pennsylvania to Get Income From $13,500,000 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 10---George D. Widener of Whitemarsh and his sister, Mrs. Eleanor Widener Dixon of E... | 11th August 1937 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | SEEKS LIEN ON ESTATE OF A TITANIC VICTIM John S.Fanning, of East Orange, N.J., applied yesterday to Surrogate Fowler, for letters of administration for the estate of John D. Baumann, a promoter of South American rubber and timber companies, who was lost on the Titanic. Mr Fanning said th... | 7th September 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | ESTATES APPRAISED *** MANDELBAUM, HERMAN (April 19, 1933). Gross assets,, $159,224; net, $142,897. To Sarah Dessauer, daughter, life estate in $58,643; Tillie M. Samuel, daughter, $15,000; Selma Molendo, not related, $10,000; estate of Blanche M. Lang, one-half... | 20th October 1933 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | 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 | (1900) | THOMAS H. ISMAY LEFT £1,297,881 LONDON, March 11---The will of the late Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White Star Steamship Company, who died in Liverpool last November, has been proved, showing a personal estate of £1,297,881. Numerous legacies, in all about £2... | 12th March 1900 | |||
| The Times | (1937) | ESTATE OF TITANIC SURVIVOR Mr. JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY, of Hill Street, Berkeley Square, W., a former president of the International Mercantile Marine Company and chairman of the White Star Line, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, who died on October 17, ... | 4th December 1937 | |||
| The Times | (1926) | BELFAST SHIPBUILDER'S ESTATE The RIGHT HON. ALEXANDER MONTGOMERY CARLISLE, of Orme-square, W., for some years general mannager and chairman of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, shipbuilders and engineers, of Belfast, and lately a director ... | 10th April 1926 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | MRS. DICK’S ESTATE LEFT TO 2 OF SONS William F. and John H. to Get Principal at Age of 28 --- Mrs. Madeleine T. Dick, who died at Palm Beach, Fla., on March 27, left her estate in trust for the benefit of two of her sons, William Force Dick and John Henry Dick of Islip, L.... | 10th April 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | MRS. STRAUS LEFT $319,940 Titanic Victim's Estate Divided Equally Among Six Children --- Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband, Isidor Straus, in the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912, left a net estate of $319,940, according to an appraisal of her est... | 29th April 1914 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | PROBATE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM Frederick Sutton, Coffee Importer, Leaves $50,000 and Upwards to Family ---------- The will of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, N. J., who lost his life in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, was probated yesterday aftern... | 30th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | GUGGENHEIM TAX $30,000 The State Will Refund the Excess if the Estimate is Too High --- Special to The New York Times --- ALBANY, Oct. 15---The estate of Benjamin Guggenheim, one of the Titanic victims, to-day paid Controller Sohmer $30,000 as ... | 16th October 1913 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1940) | MRS. IDA HIPPACH LEAVES $85,000 ESTATE TO DAUGHTER The will of Mrs. Ida S. Hippach, leaving an estate estimated at $85,000 to a daughter, Mrs. Jean Unander-Scharin of Lake Forest, was filed for probate yesterday. Mrs. Hippach died a month ago at the age of 74 in her home at 2808 Evanston.&nb... | 22nd October 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | IDA STRAUS ESTATE $260,000 All Is In Personal Property and Will Be Divided Among Children --- Application for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband Isidor Straus in the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, was made... | 22nd June 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | SUES FOR LIFE PENSION Estate of B. Guggenheim, Who Died on Titanic, Asked to Pay $7,500 a Year --- Mrs. Amy T. Lucrati, who says that her home is in San Remo, Italy, through her attorney, John S. Wise, Jr., of this city, yesterday started suit in the Surroga... | 10th August 1915 | |||
| New York Times | (1918) | FILES GUGGENHEIM REPORT Cornelius J. Sullivan, referee in the application of George J. Gillespie as guardian for Marguerite and Barbara, infant children of the late Benjamin Guggenheim, to the Surrogates' Court to determine whether the estate of their father had received th... | 30th June 1918 | |||
| New York Times | (1908) | COL. ASTOR AT NEWPORT Will Improve Beechwood, Where He and Mrs. Astor Will Live --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 30---Col. John Jacob Astor is contemplating extensive improvements to Beechwood, which has become his pro... | 1st December 1908 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | ASTOR BEQUESTS HAVE ALL BEEN PAID Cost of Administering Estate to Date, with Transfer Tax, Foots Up $3,305,480 --- $24,715,478 DISTRIBUTED --- The Four Executors File Their First Judicial Accounting, Covering Personal Property Only --- The fi... | 29th April 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | PARTNER SAYS SMART DIDN'T SIGN THE WILL This Document of Titanic Victim Was Much Discussed Because No Children Were Mentioned --- AND NONE WERE EVER FOUND --- Fortune Reputed Great, but it Turned Out to be Very Small---Constance H. Baldwin Brings Suit ---... | 5th March 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1950) | $340 FOR 4 PERIOD CHAIRS Parke-Bernet Begins Selling Items of Spedden Estate --- In the first sale of the new season at the Parke-Bernet Galleries, 984 Madison Avenue, a set of four carved and bilded [soc] chairs in the style of Louis XVI was sold y... | 23rd September 1950 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE C. F. Gregory Asks for Letters---Smart's Children Not Found --- Clarence F. Gregory of 3,675 Broadway asked the Surrogate yesterday to grant him letters testamentary upon the estate of J. Montgomery Smart, who perished in the Titanic d... | 13th May 1914 | |||
| (1914) | LIVERPOOL BRANCH TITANIC RELIEF FUND : RENNY DODDS The Hon. Secretary reported that he had been notified of the death of Mrs. Susan Dodds, (Mother) which occurred on the 31st March, 1914, and submitted a letter dated 7th July, 1914, received from Mr. C. M. Shannon, sole executor to the estate of S... | 13th July 1914 | ||||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | MR. SUTTON'S WILL PROBATED TO-DAY Victim of Titanic Left Estate to His Wife and Daughter and Latter's Children --- RELATIVE AT HALIFAX TO CLAIM THE BODY --- Through Attorneys Gaskill & Gaskill the will of Frederick Sutton, a former resident of Haddonfield,... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | DEFICIT IN HARRIS ESTATE Theatrical Manager Left $365,443, but Had Large Debts --- Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager who lost his life in the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912, left a gross estate of $365,443, according to an appraisal filed yesterday in ... | 2nd July 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | STARTS NEW SEARCH FOR SMART CHILDREN Friend of Man Lost on the Titanic Has Found Many Persons Who Heard Father Speak of Them --- A FORMER QUEST IN VAIN --- Lawyer Ryan Thinks Children Provided for by Mother's Will May Not Want Father's Estate ---... | 9th March 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | DISPUTE J. M. SMART'S WILL Many Claimants Now for Estate of Titanic Victim --- Surrogate Fowler reserved decision yesterday on the contested will of James Montgomery Smart, a victim of the Titanic disaster. The authenticity of the will which bears the date of Jul... | 4th February 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1948) | ASTOR VILLA AUCTIONED AT NEWPORT; CHAIN DRUG STORE OWNER IS BUYER Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., July l7---A chain drugstore owner purchased today the fourteen-room French villa of John Jacob Astor here for less than half of its original purchase price. The showplace went under the ... | 18th July 1948 | |||
| New York Times | (1942) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE W. A. Spencer Left Property Worth $2,218,650 --- William Augustus Spencer, who was drowned when the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, left a net estate of $2,218,650, according to an appraisal filed yesterday. The beneficiaries are Mrs. M... | 10th July 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | P. A. B. WIDENER GIVES $4,000,000 TO SCHOOL Endowment Is Announced Coincident with the Filing of His Son’s and Grandson’s Wills --- TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN --- George Widener, Lost on the Titanic, Left His Estate to Family---Harry’s Rare Books for Harvard --... | 21st May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1911) | COL. ASTOR AT FERNCLIFF Will Entertain Miss Force and Her Family Over Labor Day --- Special to The New York Times --- KINGSTON, N. Y., Sept. 2---The announced plan of Col. John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeleine T. Force to remain at Col. Astor's Sum... | 3rd September 1911 | |||
| The Times | (1925) | LORD PIRRIE'S ESTATE The RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., LL.D. D.Sc., of Witley Park, Godalming, and of Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Limited, shipbuilders and eng... | 4th April 1925 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | ACCEPT OFFER BY DICK Mrs. Fiermonte's Executors Agree to Compromise on Claims --- The executors of the estate of Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte were authorized by Surrogate James A. Foley, it was learned yesterday, to accept a compromise offer of... | 17th December 1940 | |||
| PROBATE REPORT Barringer, Arthur William, Elsingore, Bath Street, Southampton. Probate - Winchester to Ethel Isabel Barringer. Estate £232 19s 11d.... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1954) | $5,000,000 IS WILLED FOR BLOOD RESEARCH Page 14, Column 4 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3-- Jefferson Medical College and Hospital will receive more than $5,000,000 for blood research under the will of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia art collector, explorer ... | 4th August 1954 | |||
| New York Times | (1927) | APPRAISAL OF ESTATE OF AUGUSTINE BIDOIS Estates Appraised --- Manhattan --- *** BIDOIS, AUGISTINE (April 27, 1926), Gross assets, $2,538; net $1,872. To three brothers and a sister in equal shares. Executrix, Rosalie Bidois. ***... | 23rd April 1927 | |||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1953) | WILLIAM DICK DIES; AN INDUSTRIALIST Director of the National Sugar Refining Co., Best Foods, Inc., and Irving Trust Was 65 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- ISLIP, L. I., Sept. 5---William K. Dick, industrialist, banker and grandson of a pioneer in the f... | 6th September 1953 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | WILLS FOR PROBATE *** SMART, JOHN MONTGOMERY, (died April 15, 1912;) left unknown estate; one-third to Jeremiah Twomey and two-thirds to Annie Francis Brown. The decedent took passage on the Titanic and is believed to have perished when it sank on April 15 las... | 7th January 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | ANOTHER MYTH OF SMART Titanic Victim Not Only Had No Children, but No Fortune --- It was disclosed recently that the Smart children, heirs of a wealthy lawyer who perished on the Titanic, were a myth, and yesterday it was developed that the supposedly wealth... | 16th January 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | WILLS FOR PROBATE WESTCHESTER ... ANDERSON, FLORENCE MAKLEY, Pelham Manor (Dec. 7). Estate, more than $35,000. To Harry Anderson, husband, Pelham Manor, executor. ... | 28th December 1937 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | MRS. LURATI WINS POINT Surrogate Indicates She Is Entitled to Accounting in Guggenheim Suit --- Surrogate Fowler announced yesterday that it was his opinion that Mrs. Amy G. Lurati, once known as Amy G. Tuska, is entitled to ask for an accounting of the execu... | 13th November 1915 | |||
| Trenton Evening Times | (1912) | BLACKWELL HAD HEAVY INSURANCE ACCIDENT POLICY FOR $33,000 Carried by Trenton Victim of the Titanic Besides the large personal estate, in securities, variously estimated at between $110,000 and $200,000, left by Stephen W. Blackwell, who lost his life on the Titanic, he also carried accident ... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | VINCENT ASTOR AS HEAD OF HIS FAMILY Would Probably Share $100,000,000 Estate With Stepmother in Event of His Father's Death --- IS NOT YET 21 YEARS OF AGE --- Settlement of $10,000,000 Upon Col. Astor's First Wife Believed to Comprise His Daughter's Share... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| The New York Times | (1912) | ASTOR WILL CONTEST NOT CONTEMPLATED Henry A. Gildersleeve, Counsel for Mrs. Astor, Denies Rumors of an Appeal to the Courts --- SEES HIS CLIENT TO-MORROW --- $3,000,000 for New Baby Considered Ample, as Proper Investment Would Greatly Inc... | 18th August 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... | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1911) | LATEST DEALINGS IN REALTY FIELD Lady Duff Gordon, who some months ago opened a dressmaking establishment at 17 West Thirty-sixth Street under the name of "Lucile," has leased from the Robert Goelet estate the building at 34 and 36 East Fifty-first Street. [Note: This par... | 11th June 1911 | |||
| New York Times | (1904) | $27,000 TO THE PRESIDENT Two Roosevelt Children Also Benefit by J. K. Gracie's Will --- MINEOLA, L. I., June 1---The report of Charles F. Lewis, who was appointed to appraise the personal estate in New York of James King Gracie, who was an uncle of President Th... | 2nd June 1904 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | RICHARD L. BECKWITH Richard L. Beckwith, formerly second vice president of the real estate firm of Ruland & Benjamin, died last night at his home, 224 East Sixty-first Street, after an illness of two years. He was graduated from Yale in 1898 and was a member of the Yale... | 12th April 1933 | |||
| Shore Press | (1912) | COMPTON CARRIED HEAVY INSURANCE Accident Policy For $29,000 Held by Lakewood Victim of the Titanic ---------- Besides the large personal estate in securities, variously estimated at between $110,000 and $200,000, left by Stephen W. Blackwell of Trenton, he als... | 5th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAN FIND NO TRACE OF SMART CHILDREN Estate of Titanic Victim Cannot Be Settled Until They Have Been Notified --- SUPPOSED TO BE IN EUROPE --- Father Was Returning from a Visit to Them and All His Private Papers Were Lost with Him --- Frederick ... | 14th July 1912 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT FROM WINCHESTER RECORD OFFICE: EDWARD DODD Dodd, Edward Charles, Bannisters Hotel, Queens Parade, Southampton. Engineer. At sea. Administration: Winchester 21 October 1912 to Henry Charles Dodd retired Plummer. Estate £184 16s 1d.... | 21st October 1912 | ||||
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DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS This picture shows the gardeners in the park of the Dreilinden estate in Lucerne, Switzerland. The Spencers lived in this vast Villa with Mrs Spencer's maid, Elise Lurette.... | |||||
| New York Times | (1940) | WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR Member of Old Philadelphia Family, Polo Player Before World War, Dies in Florida --- KNOWN AS A SPORTSMAN --- Was Seriously Injured in 1912 While Playing for Bryn Mawr Benedicts in Local Match --- PALM BEA... | 21st March 1940 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | DRESSED IN SKIRTS MAN LEFT TITANIC Mrs. Fortune and Daughter Say a Coward Was in Last Lifeboat --- NEW YORK, April 22---A man in women’s clothes was among the survivors in lifeboat 10, according to Mrs. Mark Fortune, Winnipeg, who was rescued with her three daughters on ... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| Daily Chronicle | (1912) | LAST WILL & TESTAMENT LOST ON TITANIC In the High Court of Justice Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division (Before the Rt. Hon. Samuel Evans, President) In the goods of S. S. Jacobsohn, deceased. page 3 This was a motion by a wid... | 23rd July 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1919) | GUGGENHEIM LEGACY UNCLAIMED An application in the Surrogates' Court yesterday for the settlement of the estate of Benjamin Guggenheim revealed the fact that no owner can be found for a legacy of $5,000 to the Union Home and School for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans. The executo... | 29th October 1919 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56 Virginia State Senator, Once Head of Liberty National, Stricken in Richmond --- OWNED HISTORIC ESTATE --- Brandon-on James Was Visited by Many Presidents---Was Survivor of the Titanic --- RICHMOND, Va., Dec. ... | 21st December 1940 | |||
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DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS This picture shows the Gardeners' Cottage at the Dreilinden. The Dreilinden estate in Lucerne, Switzerland, was the property of the Spencer family. Also known as the 'Villa Vicovaro, it now houses the City's School of Music (Conservatoire). Miss Elis... | |||||
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REDWOOD : THE HOME OF JOHN B. THAYER "Redwood" the Estate of John B. Thayer, Vice President, Pennsylvania Railroad. This was located on Cheswold Lane, Haverford, Pennsylvania. ... | |||||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Mr. Smart was the president of the American Cold Storage and Shipping Co., and lived at the Victoria Hotel in New York. When he travelled to England, he simply checked out of the hotel, and took all of his personal belongings with him. Some of those ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1912) | UNDERWOOD BUYS MAJOR BUTT’S HOUSE WASHINGTON, Nov. 22---Representative Oscar Underwood of Alabama, Democratic leader of the House, completed to-day his purchase of the residence of Major Archibald D. [sic] Butt, former Military Aid under Presidents Roosevelt and Taft at the White Hou... | 23rd November 1912 | |||
| (1912) | PROBATE REPORT: WILDE HENRY TINGLE Probate Report: Wilde Henry Tingle, of 25 Grey Road, Walton, Liverpool. Ships Officer. Probate registered London, 12th July to Richard Owen Jones rubber merchants clerk and Owen Jones Williams estate agent. Effects: £6783.3.9d.... | 12th July 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | ONE VICTIM LEGALLY DEAD Surrogate Accepts Proof That William F. Hoyt Perished in Disaster --- The first victim of the Titanic disaster to be pronounced legally dead was William F. Hoyt. Surrogate Cohalan accepted proof of Mr. Hoyt's death y... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM PROBATED TRENTON, April 27---The will of Stephen Weart Blackwell, who perished on the Titanic, was filed for probate yesterday. No inventory of the estate was given. Harry and William Blackwell, brothers, and Jonathan H. Blackwell, father, are the executors... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1909) | $1,000,000 FOR WITLEY COURT Lord Pirrie Buys Estate Upon Which Whitaker Wright Spent $3,500,000 --- LONDON, May 9---Lord Pirrie has purchased Witley Court, near Hazelmere, one of the finest estates in England. It formerly belonged to Whitaker Wright, who committe... | 10th May 1909 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | TITANIC VICTIM’S WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATE No especial proof of death was required by the surrogate today, when the first will of a Titanic victim, William Anderson Walker, the head of Hope Lodge, No. 124, F. and A. M., of East Orange, was offered for probate by his widow, Mrs. Frances Moorho... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1907) | OBITUARY NOTES FRED JOEL SWIFT, a well-known resident of the East New York section of Brooklyn, died in Nyack, N. Y., on Monday night. He was forty-five years old and a native of Herkimer County, N. Y. For a number of years Mr. Swift had been in the rea... | 23rd October 1907 | |||
| Titanic Commutator | (1982) | FATE DEALS A HAND [EXCERPT] Volume 6, Number 4, Winter 1982 Deeply engrossed in their own conversation, three men sat in nearby easy- chairs. One was Charles C. Jones, the superintendent of an estate in Vermont, while A. H. Barkworth was an English Justice of th... | 1982 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | FRIEND OF REV. HUDSON'S PERISHED IN WRECK Among the passengers who perished on the Titanic was Frederick Sutton of Haddonfield, a personal friend of Rev. Birney S. Hudson, pastor of the First Baptist Church. Mr. Sutton was a member of the Haddonfield Baptis... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Brooklyn Daily Times | (1912) | JAMES CLINCH SMITH WAS NOTED CLUBMAN James Clinch Smith is one of the best-known clubmen of Long Island, and a member of one of the oldest Long Island families. He was one of the principal heirs of the late A. T. Stewart, and is said to have received a legacy of $3,000,000 from the Ste... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | WILL OF A TITANIC VICTIM FILED Special to The New York Times --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., April 27--- The will of W. Anderson Walker, which, was flied to-day by his widow, Mrs. Frances Moorehouse Walker, is believed to be the first one of a Titanic victim offered for prob... | 28th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1923) | MRS. GRACIE DROPS WILL SUIT Special to the New York Times --- WASHINGTON. May 2--- Mrs. Constance Shack Gracie, widow of Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A., who lost his life from exposure in the Titanic disaster, has abandoned her attempt to establish an alleged ... | 3rd May 1923 | |||
| The Evening Telegram | (1912) | J. BOREBANK KNOWN HERE FATHER LIVES ON EUCLID AVE Passenger on Titanic Was Born in Toronto and Lived Here Most of His Life. Mr. J. J. Boreban... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | FILE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM Proof of Death of Charles Natsch Furnished by Survivor --- The will of Charles Natsch, who lost his life on the Titanic, was admitted to probate in the Surrogates' Court in Brooklyn, yesterday, after proof of his death had been submitte... | 28th June 1912 | |||
| New York Herald | (1914) | TITANIC SURVIVORS KEEP THEIR WEDDING QUIET Mrs. E. H. Smith and Mr. R. W. Daniel Married in New York Last August --- [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Monday---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, survivor of the Titanic disaster, was married August 18 ... | 27th October 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1916) | GUGGENHEIM ESTATE VALUED AT $3,551,994 Victim of Titanic Disaster Left Widow $785,199---Daughters Get About $500,000 Each --- MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS --- Sisters Receive Incomes from Trust Funds of $75,000 and Sisters-in-Law from $25,000 --- Benj... | 18th January 1916 | |||
| New York Times | (2009) | FIGHT FOR ASTOR ESTATE MIRRORS BATTLE 50 YEARS AGO Don Hogan Charles[Photo] Brooke Astor in 1996 with a portrait of her husband Vincent, who died in 1959. [Photo] Vincent Astor around 1910. His will was contested by his half brother, who blamed Mrs. Astor's influence. ... | 26th April 2009 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | $4,427,608 ESTIMATE OF STRAUS ESTATE The Figures, However, Are Tentative, as Final Appraisal Has Not Been Filed --- MORE HEARINGS TO BE HELD --- Partial Schedules in the Estate of Benjamin Guggenheim Show Assets of $748,000 --- Edmond E. Wise, head of th... | 11th August 1913 | |||
| The Evening Telegram | (1912) | WON'T AFFECT STOCK MARKET Even J. J. Astor is Not a Power in Financial World From Our Own Correspondent. New York, April 16.---The stock exchange is not at al... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| 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 | (1912) | BIG ASTOR TAX FOR STATE Estate with Strauss [sic] and Guggenheim's to Yield Nearly $6,000,000 --- ALBANY, July 2---State Controller Sohmer will not take any steps looking to the appraisal of the estates of John Jacob Astor, Isidor Straus, and Benjamin Guggenhe... | 3rd July 1912 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Surrey Advertiser and County Times | (1912) | AN ASHTEAD VICTIM SAFE AGAINST ANYTHING BUT AN ICEBERG Another Surrey passenger on the Titanic was Mr. George H. Hunt, head-gardener at Ashtead Park. Mr. Hunt, who has for about four years been working in Philadelphia as head-gardener on a large estate, and who has a wife and two children living in that ... | April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | DR. ALEXANDER H. RICE GETS WIFE'S MILLIONS Will of Former Eleanor Elkins Leaves All to Two Children After His Death --- NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 16 (AP)--The will of Eleanor Elkins Rice, leaving an estate estimated variously at from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, was filed today in Proba... | 17th August 1937 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | LADY HARLAND'S WILL Dame Rosa Matilda Harland, of Baroda, House Kensington Palace-gardens, W., who died at Tunbridge Wells on October 21, daughter of Mr. Thomas Wann, of Vermont, Belfast, and widow of Sir Edward Harland, Bt., M.P. for North Belf... | 10th February 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1925) | LORD PIRRIE'S WILL WILLIAM JAMES, first VISCOUNT PIRRIE, K.P., of Belgrave-square, W., and Witley Park, Surrey, chairman of Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1896-97, who died on board ship in t... | 9th May 1925 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | TITANIC DEATH STARTS SUIT Executor of Col. Weir Seeks to Recover Alleged Brokerage Account --- Surrogate Cohalan denied yesterday as "unreasonably inquisitorial" an application by Harold M. Weir, executor of the estate of Col. John Weir, to examine Mrs. Elizabet... | 4th October 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1916) | MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR TO MARRY W. K. DICK The New York Times. 18 June 1916 --- Four Years a Widow, She Gives up Income of Millions for Love of Girlhood Friend --- LOSES FIFTH AV. MANSION --- Trust from Husband Goes to Vincent Astor, W... | 18th June 1916 | |||
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THE BLUE PLAQUE A PLAQUE commemorating Harold Bride, Second Wireless Operator on the RMS Titanic has been placed by the London Borough of Bromley on Number 58, Ravensbourne Avenue, Shortlands, Kent - the house where he grew up. The plaque was unveiled on Wednesday ... | |||||
| New York Times | (1912) | BELIEVE MRS. GAGE HAS SOCIAL DELUSION Her Threats Against C. J. Bell, Alienists Testify, Were Due to Form of Paranoia --- DAUGHTER NAMES INFORMANT --- Says Mrs. Archibald Gracie Told That Banker Blocked Mother's Plans---Belva Lockwood Defends Her ---... | 5th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1903) | NEW YORKER'S CHILD IS KILLED IN PARIS Daughter of Archibald Gracie of This City Loses Her Life in an Elevator Accident --- PARIS, June 8---Constance Gracie, the young daughter of Archibald Gracie of New York, was killed in an elevator accident at the Hôtel de la Trémoïlle l... | 9th June 1903 | |||
| New York Times | (1943) | 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 | (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 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | SON FOR MRS. ASTOR; NAMED FOR FATHER Both Mother and Baby Said to be Very Well, the Child Strong and Well Formed --- ROSES FROM VINCENT ASTOR --- And Many Congratulations from Friends---Baby Is the Sixth John Jacob Astor --- Mrs. Madeleine Force... | 15th August 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1900) | THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL THE LATE MR. ISMAY'S WILL---The will of the late Mr. THOMAS HENRY ISMAY, head of the White Star Line, has been proved. The value of the real and personal estate is sworn at £1,297,881 14s. 1d. g... | 12th March 1900 | |||
| New York Times | (1935) | ASTOR HOME SCENE OF NEWPORT PARTY Ang 14,1935 --- Mr. and Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer and Mrs. J. L. Banks Jr. Guests --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 13---Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor gave a small ... | 14th August 1935 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | FIRST CLAIMS DUE TO TITANIC DISASTER TO BE SETTLED PAY $20,000 LEWY INSURANCE First Claims due to Titanic Disaster to Be Settled In United States, So Far as Known ... | 11th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | JACQUES FUTRELLE, WRITER The Author of "The Thinking Machine" and Many Short Stories --- Jacques Futrell is well known as a writer of fiction, having contributed many long and short stories to magazines. He was born in Pike County, Georgia, April 9, 1875, and ... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | NEWSPAPER MEN ALL MOURN MAJ. “ARCHIE” BUTT Memorial Services in Honor of Hero Who “Died Like a Man” Proposed by Members of Fourth Estate --- In little back offices, littered with paper and adorned principally by typewriters, in bustling news bureaus, in the press room of the Whi... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | COL. ASTOR'S FUNERAL Services at Rhlnebeck To-day, but Burial in Trinity Cemetery Here --- RHINEBECK May 3---The funeral service of Col. John Jacob Astor will be held to-morrow at noon in the Episcopal Church of the Messiah, of which he was Warden for sixte... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| Denver Times | (1912) | MRS. STOIBER-ROOD DENIES REPORT HUSBAND IS ALIVE Says She Has Positive Evidence He Lost His Life on Titanic Disaster. Recent reports from London that a man seen there had been partially identified as Hugh R. Rood, supposed to have been one of the Titanic victims in April, 1912, have ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1959) | RITES FOR ASTOR ATTENDED BY 400 Realty Leader's Funeral Is Held at St. James Church---Honor Guard Present --- More than 400 friends and business associates attended a funeral service yesterday for Vincent Astor. The real estate owner and descendant of John Jacob Astor... | 7th February 1959 | |||
| The Times | (1937) | MR. BRUCE ISMAY A correspondent writes:--- Will you permit me to supplement the articles concerning the late Bruce Ismay, which have already appeared in your columns, by the publication of a short personal tribute by an old frien... | 23rd October 1937 | |||
| FRIENDS FOR LIFE Fifty-five year old Ella White, the wealthy widow of a Manhattan businessman, was short and stout with an outspoken, often brash personality. Her companion, Marie Grice Young, 36, tall, slim and soft-spoken, was a music teacher from Washington. The p... | ||||||
| The Times | (1937) | MR BRUCE ISMAY - AN ANONYMOUS TRIBUTE “Will you permit me to supplement the articles concerning the late Bruce Ismay, which have already appeared in your columns, by the publication of a short personal tribute by an old friend? In the world at large Bruce Ismay may possi... | 23rd August 1937 | |||
| The Times | (1925) | A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP The first meeting of creditors was held yesterday at Bankruptcy-buildings under a receiving order made against Maurice Allan Robinson, of 47, Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr. D. WILLIAMS, Official Receiver, reported that the ... | 3rd November 1925 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1959) | VINCENT ASTOR DIES IN HIS HOME AT 67 Vincent Astor, millionaire real estate owner and head of the American branch of the famous family, died yesterday in his apartment at 120 East End Avenue. Mr. Astor, who was 67 years old, succumbed to a heart attack at 1 A. M. A spokes... | 4th February 1959 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | MRS. DESHLER HEARS HER SISTER-IN-LAW IS SAFE; NO WORD FROM BROTHER "God grant that my brother, too, is safe," said Mrs. Frances Silvey Deshler of the Wilmington apartments Wyoming avenue northwest, when told today by a Times' reporter that her sister-in-law, Mrs. William B. Silvey, of Duluth, Minn., was among the pa... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | THE SMART HEIRS FOUND? Children of Titanic Victim Believed to be in Belgian Convent --- BRUSSELS, Aug. 29---The long-sought son and daughter of the late Montgomery Smart of New York, a Titanic victim, are believed to be in a Belgian convent. Their names are G... | 30th August 1912 | |||
| Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) | BELFAST, PORT OF Belfast, Port of. Belfast Harbour, the premier harbour of Ireland, is at the head of Belfast Lough, in latitude 54° 36' N., 5° 56' W. The time of high water at full and change is 10 hours and 43 minutes. The ri... | |||||
| New York Times | (1912) | COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR Wealthy Society Man and an Author and Inventor as Well --- Col. John Jacob Astor, the American head of the Astor family, has held a prominent place in the life of this city for many years. Not alone has he been a conspicuous club member... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | THE SMART MYSTERY A young man of 20 years and a girl of 18 were the objects of a great deal of sympathy when the Titanic went down last April. They were the children, according to gossip, of JAMES MONTGOMERY SMART, who perished in the wreck. Orphaned and desolate, som... | 8th January 1913 | |||
| 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 | |||
| (1912) | ASTOR'S FIRST WIFE TO ATTEND FUNERAL New York, May 3. The train bearing the body of John Jacob Astor reached R... | 3rd May 1912 | ||||
| New York Times | (1913) | SMART HEIRS SEEM NOW TO BE A MYTH No Mention of Widely Sought Children in Will of Wealthy Man Lost on Titanic --- HE NEVER SPOKE OF THEM --- His Friends Recall Now After World Search That They Merely Thought That He Had Two --- Two children,... | 7th January 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | MRS. M. S. MOORE MARRIES Wealthy Widow of Titanic Victim Weds A. C. P. Wichfeld, a Dane --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, May 1---Mrs. Mabelle Swift Moore, Washington's wealthiest widow, whose husband, Clarence Moore, lost his life... | 2nd May 1915 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. WICHFELD DEAD; WAS VISITING FRIENDS Former Wife of Clarence Moore Succumbs at Home of Earl of Portarlington --- LONDON, Feb. 3 (AP)---Mrs. Mabelle Swift Wichfeld, former wife of Clarence Moore, Washington capitalist and sportsman, who was lost on the Titanic, died of pneu... | 4th February 1933 | |||
| New York Times | (1956) | ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80 Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe... | 24th July 1956 | |||
| New York Times | (1922) | COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay Hi... | 19th August 1922 | |||
| The Times | (1930) | OBITUARY---MR. J. H. ISMAY A NOTED AGRICULTURALIST --- We regret to announce that Mr. James Hainsworth Ismay died at Iwerne Minster House, Blandford, Dorset, yesterday. He belonged to the well-known family of shipowners, and was himself formerly a partner in th... | 25th January 1930 | |||
| 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 | |||
