George Dunton Widener

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New York Times	THE WIDENERS Another of the morning inquiries (at the White Star Line office) was a long distance one from Philadelphia. It was for the news of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener and their son, Harry Elkins Widener, who are of the well-known Philadelphia family of th...	17th April 1912
Washington Times	WIDENER WAS HEROIC TO END, SAYS FRIEND Traction Magnate Kissed Wife Good-By, Then Went Back To Die --- NEW YORK, April 19---Rushed to Philadelphia in a special train that had been sidetracked at the Communipaw station of the Pennsylvania railroad, in Jersey City, were the su...	19th April 1912
Le Figaro	MR. WIDENER Mr. Widener's father was Mr. Peter A. Widener, the Philadelphia millionnaire, who recently bought a famous painting, Le Moulin (the Mill), from marquess of Lansdowne. ---------- Original French article ---------- M. Wide...	18th April 1912
New York Times	MRS. A. H. RICE'S FUNERAL AUG. 11 Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener have returned here from Newport to prepare for the opening of the home of Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice before his arrival on the Europa Aug. 9 with the body of wife, Mrs. Eleanor Elkins Rice, mother of Mr. Widener, who d...	20th July 1937
Evening Bulletin	MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN PARIS AT 69 Wife of Explorer and Surgeon Was Widow of G. D. Widener --- Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, the former Eleanor Elkins, of this city, died suddenly yesterday at her home in Paris. She was 69. Mrs. Rice's first husband was G...	14th July 1937
New York Times	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	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
Evening Bulletin	GEORGE D. WIDENER	15th April 1912
Washington Times	MRS. GEORGE D. WIDENER	18th April 1912
Camden Post-Telegram	MR. SUTTON'S BODY TO BE SENT HOME Dr. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, in Halifax to Care for Corpse of Titanic Victim -- WIDENER'S BODY IS BURIED AT SEA --- Dr. F. H. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, is in Halifax, N. S., to receive the body of Frederick Sutt...	27th April 1912
New York Times	MRS. WIDENER NOT TO WED Denies Her Reported Engagement to Dr. Hamilton Rice, the Explorer --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, Aug. 19---Mrs. George D. Widener made an emphatic denial today of her reported engagement to Dr. Hamilton Ric...	15th August 1915
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
New York Times	HARVARD'S LARGEST CLASS GRADUATED Degrees for 1,205 Students at the University’s 274th Commencement --- LOWELL TALKS ON WAR --- Says Conflict Imposes Burden Upon Us---Widener Memorial Library Is Dedicated --- Special to The New York Times...	25th June 1915
New York Times	MRS. ALEX. H. RICE TO SAIL MARCH 21 Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, accompanied by her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener, and the latter’s daughter, Miss Diana Dodge, has arranged to sail on the Leviathan March 21. Mrs. Rice will go to London and Paris and later to...	6th March 1925
	HARRY ELKINS WIDENER MEMORIAL Wall plaque at the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Harry Elkins Widener A Graduate Of This University Born January 3, 1885 Died At Sea April 15, 1912 ...	May 2008
New York Times	ROCHESTER GIRL IS SAVED But Traveling Guardian of Little Miss Bentham Is Missing --- Special to The New York Times --- ROCHESTER, April 18---Lilian Bentham of 11 Kay Terrace is saved on the Carpathia, but her mother is suffering from nervous stra...	19th April 1912
	ELEANOR WIDENER IN 1909 Eleanor Elkins Widener in evening wear and a strand of her famous pearls ...	1909
New York Times	TITANIC WRECK ECHO AT HOE LIBRARY SALE Harry E. Widener, on Sunk Liner, Expected to Attend Part III. Sessions --- SAW BOOKS BEFORE SAILING --- Caxton "Golden Legend" Bring $3,100---$1,400 Paid for Christopher Columbus's "Epistola” --- "The Golden ...	17th April 1912
	HARRY ELKINS WIDENER LIBRARY Exterior, Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts. Endowed by his mother Eleanor, and opened in 1915....	May 2008
New York Times	MRS. G. D. WIDENER TO MARRY DR. RICE South American Explorer to Wed Widow of Titanic Victim in Boston on Oct. 14 --- HER MEMORIAL GIFTS --- Philadelphia Society Woman Noted for Her Beauty and Jewels---Dr. Rice's Scientific Achievements --- Speci...	6th October 1915
New York Times	EXPLORER RICE WEDS MRS. G. D. WIDENER Law Requiring Five Days' Delay After Securing License Waived by a Court Order --- PLANS FOR SECRECY FAIL --- Bishop Lawrence Officiates at Ceremony in Emmanuel Church Vestry Witnessed by Twelve Persons --- Sp...	7th October 1915
New York Times	P. A. B. WIDENER HOME; SUBPOENAED AT PIER His Famous $500,000 Van Dykes Sent on Six Weeks Ago to Lynwood Hall --- SERVED IN TRACTION SUIT --- Dr. Holland Decorated by Kaiser and Fallieres for Gifts of Carnegie Casts of Diplodocus --- Afte...	10th July 1908
New York Times	RICES BELIEVED SAFE Washington Not Worried About Explorers---Heard From Them Aug. 6 --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, Aug. 16---There is no uneasiness here about the safety of Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice of New York and his w...	17th August 1924
	WIDENER MAUSOLEUM Mausoleum...
	PORTRAIT OF ELEANOR WIDENER	1909
New York Times	HARRY ELKINS WIDENER	2nd June 1912
New York Times	MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN A PARIS STORE New York and Newport Society Woman, Wife of Explorer, Noted for Philanthropy --- A SURVIVOR OF TITANIC --- Lost First Husband and Son in Disaster---Gave Library to Harvard University --- Special Cable to THE ...	14th July 1937
	ELEANOR WIDENER (ON RIGHT) WITH FRIEND AT NEWPORT	1930
	HARRY ELKINS WIDENER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
	GEORGE CHITTY'S MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE Juliette Walden married George Henry Chitty on April 8th 1880 in Hound Parish Church. George's profession is recorded as Army Service Corps. Their deaths are remembered o...
Worcester Evening Gazette	PRES. HAYS WIDOW LEAVES FOR HOME New York, April 19- Upon the arrival of the Carpathia, Mrs. Charles M. Hays, wife of the president of the Grand Trunk railway, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic and her two daughters, Mrs. Thornton Davidson and Miss. Margaret Hays, were met by...	20th April 1912
New York Times	SWIFT HEIRESS IS SUED FOR DIVORCE IN NEVADA Aksel Wichfeld, Former Attache at Danish Legation, Files Action Secretly, Charging Cruelty --- RENO, Nev., Nov. 21 (AP)---Aksel C. P. Wichfeld, former attaché of the Danish Legation in Washington, filed suit secretly at Carson City Nov....	22nd November 1932
New York Times	CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. B. THAYER Philadelphia Survivor of the Titanic Entertains Commander of the Carpathia --- NOTABLES AT THE TABLE --- Skipper and His Surgeon Go to Haverford with Hostess Following Astor Luncheon---Come Back To-day --- S...	2nd June 1912
Chicago American	300 OF TITANIC'S PASSENGERS WERE BOOKED AT PARIS News of the Titanic disaster has caused the utmost excitment here, especially in the American colony......	16th April 1912
New York Times	AMAZON TRAFFIC HINDERED Booth Line Says Disturbances Make Deliveries Uncertain --- Political disturbances at Manaos, State of Amazonas, have interrupted navigation on the River Amazon. The Booth American Shipping Corporation, 17 Battery Place, announced yester...	22nd August 1924
New York Times	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
	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...
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : GEORGE FOX HOSKING Number 123. Hosking, Ada Alice. Children: Iris May; George Thomas; William Bock. All class B dependants....	March 1913
channelnewsasia.com	SINGAPORE UPS SECURITY FOR TITANIC ARTIFACT EXHIBITION The Titanic theft which happened in Copenhagen during the opening hours of the exhibit at Tivoli Park involved the disappearance of a necklace belonging to the Widener family, one of the richest families on board the Titanic in 1912......	27th September 2011
New York Times	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
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC NECKLACE STOLEN FROM SHOW It is believed the necklace belonged to first-class US passenger Eleanor Widener, who survived the 1912 sinking. More than 1500 passengers and crew died when the Titanic foundered in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg on its maiden voyage....	19th September 2011
	GEORGE SWEET AND HIS DOG photograph...
Cedar Rapids Gazette	MRS. WALTER DOUGLAS DIED IN CALIFORNIA Page 1A Mrs. Walter D. Douglas died Saturday afternoon at her home in Pasadena, Calif., according to word received by Mrs. George B. Dutton, 2224 Country Club Parkway SE. Funeral services will be announced later. Mrs. Doug...	22nd April 1945
New York Times	CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. J. ASTOR Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Meets Again Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Cumings --- GOES TO SEE MRS. WIDENER --- With the Crew of the Carpathia He Will Attend Concert for Musicians' Families --- Capt. Arthur Henry Ros...	1st June 1912
	GEORGE WRIGHT HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, HALIFAX NS George Wright built this development...
Primitive Methodist Leader	OUR BOYS ON THE 'TITANIC' April 1912 Extract ‘…anxiously we have waited for tidings, and now they are come. George (Hocking) a member of the Young Men’s Christian Association Choir, was accompanied on the voyage by his widowed mother and two sisters, one of wh...	1912
Derbyshire Times	MISS MARSDEN SAVED Miss Marsden the niece of Mr. George Robinson of Chesterfield, is among the rescued. Mr. George Robinson had a telegram yesterday (Friday morning) announcing this fact...	20th April 1912
	GEORGE HARDER 1920 PASSPORT George Harder ...
philly.com	99 YEARS AFTER THE TITANIC SANK, ITS RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE STILL FELT Ninety-nine years ago tonight the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the still, starlit waters of the North Atlantic. Spoiler alert if you haven't seen the movie: The Titanic sank. Much of the good that came from the maritime disaster is lasting....	14th April 2011
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

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