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| Paterson Morning Call | (1912) | WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, JR. [The opening paragraphs of this article, which do not relate to Mr. Johnson, have been omitted.] The death of William C. Johnson, Jr., of Hawthorne, has been confirmed when his parents received a message reading as follows: “William C.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | TELL THEM NO WOMAN DIED BECAUSE I WAS COWARD ---GUGGENHEIM NEW YORK, April 20---"This is a man's game and I will play it to the end," was the word that Benjamin Guggenheim, the millionaire smelter magnate, sent to his wife from the ill-fated Titanic. The message was delivered to the stricken widow by John Jo... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | HAWTHORNE YOUTH ON TITANIC WAS A HERO HAWTHORNE, May 3---Through Frank Turnquist, one of the stewards of the Titanic, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Johnson, of Diamond Bridge avenue, have learned that their son, William C. Johnson Jr., who was a petty officer on the ill-fated steamship, mig... | 3rd May 1912 | |||
| MinnPost.com | (2009) | MINNESOTA CONNECTIONS ADD EVEN MORE POIGNANCY TO TRAVELING 'TITANIC ARTIFACT EXHIBITION' Jack and Rose weren't really on the Titanic. But Malcolm Johnson, a Swedish farmer heading for Minneapolis, was. And Walter Douglas, son of the founder of Quaker Oats, went down with the ship while on his way back to Minnesota from a European shopping trip.... | 9th June 2009 | |||
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L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse | (1956) | JACK THAYER JR. AND BARBARA STANWYCK A man identified as "Jack Thayer Jr", shown visiting Barbara Stanwyck on the set of Fox movie "Titanic" (1953). Jack told star Barbara Stanwyck about his mother, who inspired Miss Stanwyck's character. [Jack Thayer Jr died in 1945 ed.]... | 13th September 1956 | ||
| Guernsey Evening Press | (1912) | JACK POINGDESTRE Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road Jersey, also had his home in Southampton. A month earlier he had been on the crew of the Oceana when it sank of Newhaven. That had been on March 16th. He at least was used to shipwrecks... | April 1912 | |||
| (1948) | THE TITANIC Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th... | 15th October 1948 | ||||
| New York Times | (1911) | PASTOR IS CONGRATULATED Clergyman Who Refused to Marry Astor Gets Approving Messages --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Sept. 7---The Rev. Edward A. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church here, received many congratulation... | 8th September 1911 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | MORE FROM JERSEY MAY HAVE PERISHED IN SEA PATERSON, April 20---Some residents of this city and of Hawthorne fear that several persons near to them perished on the Titanic. The supposed victims are John Mechan, of this city; Arthur Ford, formerly of th... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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(1911) | CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS This card is dated 1911 to his sister Ethel. It is signed by Jack and has the name Phillips in the address. The subject of the card is about coming home.... | 1911 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | MEN SNEAKED INTO BOATS, SAYS WOMAN Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Wife of Novelist, Says Many Were Brave, However --- NEW YORK, April 19---Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, who was rescued, but whose husband, the novelist, went down with the Titanic, declared today that the men who were sa... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| RELIEF FUND DETAILS Copperthwaite, B. Lived at 39 Mount Street, St Marys, Southampton. Occupation - Fireman. 22 years old. (Born in Hampshire). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) ... | ||||||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Jersey Address: 28 Old St. Johns Road, Jersey. In 1996 his family were still in business in Southampton - Baitdiggers and Fishing Tackle Dealers. Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road, also had hi... | ||||||
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(1997) | ELEANOR JOHNSON SHUMAN IN HER ELGIN, ILLINOIS HOME | August 1997 | |||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | (1912) | MERCHANT FAINTS FROM JOY page 3 Business Man Swoons on Learning Relatives Were Rescued from Titanic Wreck Aurora, Ill., April 17- [Special]- Oscar W. Johnson, 32 years old, a business man living at St. Charles, Ill., fell over in a dead faint ... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | LETTER FROM JACK BUTTERWORTH Prior to leaving on the Titanic, Jack had been courting his fiancee (a Miss May Hinton of Woolston, Southampton) and they had agreed to become engaged. Jack wrote the following letter (actual letter see next column) which was posted at Queenstown: (n... | 1912 | ||||
| Atlantic Daily Bulletin | (2002) | JACK BUTTERWORTH Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort... | 2002 | |||
| (1912) | A POSTCARD FROM TITANIC On 11 April 1912, John Adams (real name Richard May) posted a card to his sister in Holsworthy, Devon. It read - "Dear Ethel, Just a few lines to tell you that I have found Jack and we are going on all right. We are having it fairly c... | 11th April 1912 | ||||
| MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi... | ||||||
| PRIDEAUX FAMILY INFORMATION John Arthur Prideaux (k/a Jack) was born at Southampton, Hampshire on 24 April 1888 at a house in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was the son of John Davey Prideaux and Annie Elizabeth (formerly Slade). His father, originally from Teignmouth, Dev... | ||||||
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(1924) | JACK RYERSON | 1924 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | BE BRITISH, MY MEN CAPT. SMITH'S ORDER WASHINGTON, April 19- But for the unparalled self-sacrifice and heroism of Capt. Smith and the Titanic's officers, the sea would have claimed an even greater toll when the gigantic ship went down. From the bridge, Capt. Smith called through his megap... | 20th April 1912 | |||
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JACK PHILLIPS Pictured (left) with a colleague aboard the Adriatic... | |||||
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(1912) | CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS From an unidentified French paper... | 1912 | |||
| Paterson Morning Call | (1912) | MET DEATH LIKE A HERO ---------- William Johnson, Nineteen-year-old Hawthorne Boy, Went Down on the Titanic ---------- NEWS CAME YESTERDAY ---------- Not Known Until Then That He Took Passage on the Ill-Fated Ship---Borough Grieved... | 3rd May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1911) | ASTOR OFFERS $1,000 AS MARRIAGE FEE Rev. Dr. E. C. Johnson, Newport Baptist, Refuses to Perform Ceremony with Miss Force --- METHODIST ALSO DECLINES --- Clergyman Told That Wedding Was, Planned for To-day---No Application Made for a License --- ... | 7th September 1911 | |||
| CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR? AT THE START of Chapter 5 in Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, the author writes: ... | ||||||
| (1912) | MARCONIGRAM To: Hardy, Oakleigh, Holyrood Avenue, Highfield, Southampton, England. "Safe and well. - Jack"... | 18th April 1912 | ||||
| Bukowskis | (2009) | RARE COLLECTION OF R.M.S. TITANIC ARTEFACTS AT BUKOWSKIS AUCTION HOUSE Rare Collection of R.M.S. TITANIC Artefacts at Bukowskis Auction House, Stockholm, Sweden Third class passenger Malkolm Johnson CollectionThe Titanic watch Bukowskis has the privilege of offering a piece of 20th century history at the I... | 8th May 2009 | |||
| Chicago American | (1959) | 3 VICTIMS LAUD TITANIC FILM Three Survivors of the Titanic--the only three in Illinois--watched a screening yesterday of "A Night to Remember," an enormously exciting drama of the sinking of that magnificent liner on its maiden voyage 27 y... | 25th February 1959 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | FUTRELLE MET DEATH LIKE HERO SAYS WIFE New York, April 19.- Mrs. May Futrelle, whose husband, Jacques Futrelle, the short story writer and novelist, went down with the ship, was met here by her daughter, Miss. Virginia Futrelle, who was brought to New York, from the convent of Notre Dame ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Get Surrey | (2010) | TITANIC MEMORIAL DAMAGE WILL COST £1,000 TO REPAIR VANDALS have destroyed part of a memorial to Jack Phillips, the Farncombe-born chief wireless operator of the Titanic.... | 16th March 2010 | |||
| San Francisco Examiner | (1919) | DOCTOR DODGE IS OPERATED ON; CONDITION SERIOUS Page 13, column 7 Former Broker and Assessor Very Low After Attempted Suicide With Pistol Following an operation at the St. Francis Hospital yesterday, the condition of Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker and Assessor ... | 23rd June 1919 | |||
| Norwich Evening News | (2008) | MY REMARKABLE TITANIC TALE When he takes to the stage to play a passenger on the doomed cruise liner Titanic, nine-year-old Jack Daly's thoughts might turn to his own family - he is related to one of the victims of the so-called 'unsinkable' ship. ... | 21st January 2008 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | PHILLIPS FOUNTAIN READY Memorial to Titanic Operator Will Be Erected at the Battery Soon --- The fountain erected in memory of Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operrator [sic] who lost his life on the Titanic when she foundered an her maiden voyage on April ... | 11th October 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | FIERMONTE HELD ON OLD CHARGE BELLMORE, L. I., July 2---Enzo Fiermonte, former pugilist and husband of Mrs. Madaline Force Astor Dick, was arrested today at the Roosevelt Speedway on a three-year-old traffic violation charge he is said never to have answered. He is accused of spe... | 3rd July 1937 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | OTHERS ARRIVE DESTITUTE Two men and a girl from Sweden, Oscar Hedmann, Carl Johnson, and Anna Sjoblom, spent several hours in Chicago yesterday on their way west. All found themselves in New York without a cent. They were taken to an immigration home and clothed ... | 26th April 1912 | |||
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(1913) | JACK PHILLIPS IN A FRENCH BOOK FOR CHILDREN This drawing by G. Dutriac was published by Hachette in the first French book about the Titanic, 'Les Petits Naufragés du Titanic' in 1913. The authors of the novel were J. Jacquin and A. Fabre.... | 1913 | |||
| MEMORIAL HEADSTONE In Loving Memory Of George Simmons Died 31st October 1920 Aged 87 Also Mary Ann Simmons Died 7th March 1921 Aged 88 Also Jack, Son of the above Dr... | ||||||
| Foxnews.com | (2006) | LAST US SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER DIES AT 99 BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99. Asplund, who was just 5 years old, lost her father and three brothers - including a fraternal twin - when the "practically unsinkable" ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.She died Saturday at her home in Shrewsbury, said Ronald E. Johnson, vice president of the Nordgren Memorial Chapel in Worcester, Mass.... | 7th May 2006 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CONSOLE PHILLIPS'S PARENTS Flood of Telegrams of Sympathy Reaches Them from All England. --- Special Cable to The New York Times. --- LONDON, April 20.--Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Phillips of Farncombe, Godalming, parents of "Jack" Phillips, the hero... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | TO HONOR WIRELESS HEROES To Dedicate Jack Philips Titanic Memorial Fountain May 12 --- At a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Maritime Exchange, 78 Broad Street, plans were completed for the dedication of the Jack Philips Titanic memorial fountain at the base ... | 1st May 1915 | |||
| The Bulletin | (2007) | 'A NIGHT TO REMEMBER' For those born in the latter half of the 20th century, the best-known image of the Titanic is undoubtedly the one presented by James Cameron's film of the same name: Treasure hunters, Jack and Rose, the Heart of the Ocean. "Utter nonsense," proclaims J. Joseph Edgette, Ph.D., a professor at Widener University, and an expert on the Titanic. "They did get the sets right," he allowed. "They were re-created with precise accuracy."... | 27th March 2007 | |||
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CHARLES JOHN HURST This a photo of my great grandfather Charles John Hurst (Jack). On the back of the photo is written Hurst, 3 Laundry Road, Shirley, paid 8/6.... | |||||
| New York Times | (1888) | MARRIED IN EARLY DECEMBER A brilliant and fashionable assemblage gathered at noon yesterday in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth-avenue, to witness the marriage of Miss Florence Schieffelin, a daughter of George R. Schieffelin and a great favorite in New-York society,... | 5th December 1888 | |||
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Ontario Vital Records | (1876) | SPENCER VICTOR SILVERTHORNE BIRTH RECORD In the biography for Mr Silverthorne, it was stated that he was born in Michigan. This is proof that he was born in Ontario. His family moved shortly thereafter to Michigan where he is recorded, age 3, in the 1880 census. Name: Spencer... | 17th October 1876 | ||
| Oklahoma City Friday | (2008) | TITANIC AT HERITAGE HALL Lift up the ramp, and let go the lines!' It's time once again for another spectacular performance by the Heritage Hall Performing Arts Department. On Feb. 16 and 17, the Howard Theatre will showcase Titanic the Musical. Directed by Jay Michael Ferguson, Titanic is an ensemble version of the same story shown on the big screen in 1997 (think the sinking ship without Jack and Rose.)... | 7th February 2008 | |||
| Get Surrey | TITANIC MEMORIAL TO BE GIVEN A FACE LIFT THE tribute to Godalming Titanic hero Jack Phillips is set to benefit from major improvement works in time for the centenary of his death, Waverley Borough Council has announced. A group will be formed at a public meeting next Thursday (August 20) to help drive forward the plans, after a number of organisations wrote to officials to say they were worried about the condition of Bury Fields gardens.... | |||||
| (1912) | CHICAGOANS SEEK SURVIVORS At the local White Star office inquiries were made today for Katherine McCarthy by her brother, John McCarthy, 4634 Wallace street, who is certain she was a passenger on the Titanic and was coming to Chicago. Information regarding Nora Cummin... | 19th April 1912 | ||||
| Southampton Times and Hampshire Express | (1913) | 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 | |||
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Lectures pour Tous | (1912) | JOHN GEORGE PHILLIPS The monthly magazine 'Lectures pour Tous' (France) published a long article on life saving appliances in its July 1912 issue. They illustrated the article with a dramatic vision of 'Jack' Phillips sending SOS messages... | 1912 | ||
| The Times | (1912) | THE TITANIC'S WIRELESS OPERATORS It has been decided to erect a memorial fountain at Godalming in memory of Mr Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operator on board the Titanic, who was a native of the town. The Mayor (Alderman E Bridger) has received letters from all par... | 20th May 1912 | |||
| Seattle Post Intelligencer | (2008) | TROUBLING NEW EVIDENCE LEADS LOCAL AUTHOR TO REWRITE TITANIC'S FINAL CHAPTER Somebody had better call James Cameron and tell him his movie needs to be revised. The big finish in "Titanic" -- in which characters Rose and Jack cling to the stern of the ship before it slips into the sea -- is wrong.The 1997 film depicted the prevailing theory at the time to explain Titanic's sinking. After striking an iceberg, the ship sank bow-first, the stern bobbing up at a 45-degree angle and the ship breaking in half under the pressure.... | 10th October 2008 | |||
| (1929) | GOD MOVES ON THE WATER Blind Willie Johnson was born in Marlin, Texas c.1902. A Gospel singer and guitarist, he recorded just 30 pieces at a variety of locations between 1927 and 1930. He was accompanied on some songs by his wife Angeline. During the depression reverted... | 11th December 1929 | ||||
| Worcester Telegram | (1983) | 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 | |||
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Daily Telegraph | (1908) | ISMAY YACHT TORPEDOED! (Photo: HM Torpedo Boat Hunter) Action against a Naval Officer The hearing was begun on Saturday before His Honour Judge Percy Gye and a jury, at the Isle of Wight County Court, of an action brought by M... | 1908 | ||
| St. Paul Pioneer Press | (1959) | JOHN P. SNYDER, 71, DIES ON GOLF COURSE John Pillsbury Snyder, 71, longtime Minneapolis automotive firm owner, died of a heart attack while playing golf Wednesday at Woodhill Country club. He owned and operated Snyder Garage, Inc., in Minneapolis for 43 years before retiring in ... | 23rd July 1959 | |||
| Los Altos Nes | (1954) | IMANITA SHELLY HALL CREMATION From the funeral home Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland CA I got the following details about Imanita Shelly Hall: Cremation date 5/26/54. Disposition: Chapel of peace. Birthplace Kentucky. Husband Jack S. Hall. The funeral home sent me a... | 28th May 1954 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1964) | MRS. SELMA ASPLUND [OBITUARY] Mrs. Selma A. (Johnson) Asplund, 90, of 39 Fairlawn Circle, Shrewsbury, died Wednesday night in St. Vincent Hospital, a few hours after being admitted. Born in Smaland, Sweden, she moved to Kansas City, Mo., 71 years ago, and to Worcester a ye... | 17th April 1964 | |||
| Peoria Journal Star | (1975) | 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 | |||
| Boston Globe | (1912) | PHILLIPS THE JACK BINNS Wireless Operator on Titanic formerly on James Gordon Bennett's Yacht and on Oceanic. NEW YORK. April 15. - The wireless operator on the Titanic, who sent out the SOS message when she struck the iceberg is J. G. Phillips... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1959) | BLISS, EMMA Page 32 At the Nevers Nursing home, on Wednesday, June 17, 1959, Emma Junod, beloved wife of the late Ernest John Bliss, loving mother of Mrs. Amy Armstrong, Henry and Ernest Bliss, dear grandmother of Jack Armstrong and great-grandmo... | 19th June 1959 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | DESCRIBES ASSAULT BY FRENZIED PASSENGERS NEW YORK, April 19---Wireless Operator Jack Phillips did not desert his post when the Titanic sank, but was torn from the key by a party of fear-crazed first cabin passengers, who assaulted him in an effort to take from him a big life belt he wore. ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Hanford Sentinel | RELIVING A TRAGIC NIGHT ON THE SEA Searching for one's roots has become a national pastime. What use to take years to research has become much simpler with the use of computers. Genealogy is no longer the sole intellectual occupation of a few scholars. Anybody can tract the history... | |||||
| UNLISTED PASSENGERS AND CREW Numerous stories are told of people who were booked on the Titanic but, for one reason or other, failed to travel on her. Some are true, the vast majority are probably untrue. Quite a few of these claims probably relate to passengers who had... | ||||||
| (1912) | LETTER FROM STAGG TO HIS WIFE Dear Bertie, Just a few lines to let you know I arrived on board all right but what a day we have had of it, it's been nothing but work all day long but I can tell you nothing as regards what people I have for nothing will be settled ... | 1912 | ||||
| Chicago Daily Journal | (1912) | PITIFUL APPEALS FOR NEWS AT OFFICE HERE UNGRATIFIED Heartrending appeals for information concerning the dead or rescued from the Titanic poured into the Chicago offices of the White Stair line, throughout the day. Men, Women and children telephoned the offices at LaSalle and Washington stre... | 17th April 1912 | |||
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Irish Independent | (2004) | J. BRUCE ISMAY RETREAT FOR SALE The fishing lodge at Casla, Co Galway, where J. Bruce Ismay spent many happy years after his retirement from the White Star Line in 1913. There is a memorial stone to Ismay in the extensive gardens. This property, being sold by Agnes Toohey... | 9th July 2004 | ||
| (1898) | PROFILE FROM THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS William Edward Hipkins (1858 - 1912) MIMechE Elected: Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1898 Designation: Managing Director Business address: Soho Foundry, Smethwick, Birmingham ... | 1898 | ||||
| (1911) | ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r... | 1911 | ||||
| FILLBROOK FAMILY INFORMATION Joseph Charles Fillbrook (k/a as Charles) was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1894. He was the son of William Fillbrook, a mason by occupation and Kate (nee Vincent). He had five siblings, Edward John, William Arthur, George, Rose Hetta (k/a Rosetta) and... | ||||||
| FAMILY INFORMATION William Edwy Ryerson was the son of George Arthur Ryerson (1851-1881) and Catherine Eleanor Hamilton (1854-1889). He was born in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. His parents were married in 1875 and had three sons: George (b.1877), William Edwy (b. 1878)... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1912) | THOSE WHO SAW THE RESCUE Carpathia's Passengers, Who Were Bound for Mediterranean, Back. The passengers on the Carpathia, whose trip to the Mediterranean was interrupted to aid those saved from the Titanic, are: Rev. R. B. Anderson, Baltimore,... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | TWO OF THE ASPLUND CHILDREN ARE LOST Charles and Selma and Three of their Little Ones, Lillian, Clarence and Felix, are Safe. Charles and Selma Asplund and their children, Lillian, Clarence and Felix Asplund, survive the Titanic disaster. Philip and Carl, the other childr... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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(1998) | SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912 I wanted to read what some Norwegian newspapers had written about the Titanic disaster. In the local newspaper Lillesandsposten dated 23rd April 1912 , I read this: There was a large amount of mail sent with the Titanic. There is in ge... | 26th August 1998 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1912) | WILLIAM LINDSAY William Lindsay was one of the few saved from the Titanic on which he was a dynamo attendant. William Lindsay says he feels too upset to write much and his brother here hopes to hear more from him within a couple of weeks. The survivor of the great c... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| HENRY BREWER'S WIFE? This is the family story as it has been passed to me form my grandparents, Edith and William Prewitt, now deceased and my father, Ronald Prewitt, very much alive as of 11/25/2005 born 3/16/1920. I spoke with him this ev... | ||||||
| ELOPEMENT Mr Denis Lennon and Mary Mullin were actually eloping to the United States together, hence the shroud of secrecy and the reason why the two are listed as brother and sister. The truth is Denis found a job as barman in the Mullin family's ... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1912) | MRS. HARRIS GAINS STRENGTH Mrs. Henry B Harris, widow of the theatrical manager who was lost on the Titanic, was regaining strength yesterday, but she was still in a nervous condition. Her shoulder, which she injured a day before the sinking of the ship, was healing normally. ... | 20th April 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... | ||||||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | WORCESTER THEATER CONCERT NETS $800 Fund For the Benefit of Mrs. Charles O. Asplund and Her Two Children Is Swelled to More Than $1900 More than 1000 persons attended the concert in Worcester theater last night from 8 o'clock until almost 11, for the benefit of Mrs. Char... | 6th May 1912 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | MRS ASPLUND AND CHILDREN SAFE IN HOSPITAL AT N.Y. Husband and Another Child of Worcester Woman Reported Among the Rescued That Mrs. Charles Asplund and two of her children survived when the illfated S.S.Titanic went to the bottom of the ocean off the New Foundland Banks Sunday was ass... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Daily Tribune | (1912) | PLEA FOR TITANIC ARRIVALS Girl Immigrants Here Get Only Nightgowns in New York OTHERS ARRIVE DESTITUTE Use of Money Collected Here Urged for Their Assistance Immigration officer in Chicago who have come in contact with Titanic s... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | GIRL IMMIGRANTS HERE GET ONLY NIGHTGOWNS IN NEW YORK PLEA FOR TITANIC ARRIVALS Girl Immigrants Here Get Only Nightgowns in New York Others Arrive Destitute Use of Money Collected Here Urged for Their Assistance Imm... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1939) | MRS. E. B. SHERFESEE, ONCE HOOVER AIDE Head of the American Fund for French Wounded Won Croix de Guerre---Titanic Survivor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 29---Mrs. Emily Borie Sherfesee, wife of Forsythe Sherfesee, former fiananc... | 30th December 1939 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1899) | 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 | |||
| FAMILY INFORMATION Arthur Larned Ryerson was born on 12th January 1851 in Chicago, the son of Joseph Turner Ryerson (1813-1883) and Ellen Griffin Larned (1827-1881). He had three younger siblings: Edward Larned (b. 1855), Eleanor (b. 1858) and Josephine (b. 1865).... | ||||||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| (2007) | RMS TITANIC’S MAIDEN VOYAGE 'RUN DATA' APRIL 11 - 14, 1912. Date... | 20th October 2007 | ||||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1945) | JOHN B. "JACK" THAYER III:OBITUARY J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found d... | 23rd September 1945 | |||
| Worcester Telegram | (1912) | FOUR OF THE ASPLUNDS ARE TITANIC VICTIMS Searching dilligently in New York Thursday night and all day yesterday at the pier where the rescued passengers of the ill-fated Titanic were delivered Thursday night by the Cunard liner, Carpathia, John Carlson, 193 Vernon Street, a brother-in-law o... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Cornwall & Devon Post | (1936) | 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 | |||
| The Times | (1912) | REQUIEM MASS AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL A Requiem Mass for the souls of those who lost their lives owing to the sinking of the Titanic was held in Westminster Cathedral yesterday morning. The clergy of the diocese have lost three of their members, the best known being Father By... | 24th April 1912 | |||
| Worksop Today | (2006) | TITANIC SURVIVOR BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN CRESWELL CHURCHYARD 22 June 2006 AN AFTERNOON surfing on the internet led a Creswell woman to the discovery that a Titanic survivor, who died in the First World War, is believed to be buried in the village.Rita Williams, 63, of Wood Avenue, spott... | 22nd June 2006 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1912) | PARISIAN'S WIRELESS EXPERT OFF DUTY WHEN TITANIC STRUCK BERG But for This It Is Believed the Stricken Giant's Cries for Help Would Have Been Heard in Time to Save All --------- HALIFAX, N. S., April 18.--With two expeditions on the way to search for Titani... | 19th April 1912 | |||
