Jacob Christian Milling

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  HAROLD VICTOR GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parent...
29th May 1904
  WILLIAM FREDERICK GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904
  JESSIE ALLIS MARY GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904
New York Times R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN
President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr...
11th October 1929
  CHARLES EDWARD GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904
  LILIAN AUGUSTA GOODWIN BAPTISM
    When Baptised Child's...
29th May 1904
  MEMORIAL TO JACOB WILLIAM GIBBONS
In 1999 a memorial stone to Jacob William Gibbons was placed on the side of Studland Methodist Church....
  MISS EARNSHAW'S MYSTERIOUS SECOND CLASS LIST
A member of the Association Francaise du Titanic owns a very strange document, which he inherited from Miss Earnshaw. At the time she gave him it, he did not thought that it would be the source of many questions and just accepted it. Miss Earn...
1912
New York Times EILEEN S. S. GILLESPIE TO BE WED ON FEB. 6
Her Marriage to John Jacob Astor Will Take Place in St. Thomas Church --- The marriage of Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis Gillespie, to John Jacob Astor, son of the late Colonel John Jacob As...
3rd January 1934
Newark Evening News FORMER SECRETARY OF PATERSON Y. W. C. A. LOST
PATERSON, April 22---Returning from India, where she was engaged in missionary work, Miss Annie Funk, for several years secretary of the Young Women’s Christian Association, was one of those lost on the Titanic. This was her first furlough in five y...
22nd April 1912
JOHN JACOB ASTOR WALKING HIS DOG   JOHN JACOB ASTOR WALKING HIS DOG
John Jacob Astor walking his Airedale, Kitty, on Fifth Avenue ...
1911
JOHN JACOB AND MADELEINE ASTOR IN NEWPORT   JOHN JACOB AND MADELEINE ASTOR IN NEWPORT
News photo of John Jacob and Madeleine Astor in Newport, taken soon after their marriage ...
1911
JOHN JACOB AND MADELEINE ASTOR ON THEIR HONEYMOON   JOHN JACOB AND MADELEINE ASTOR ON THEIR HONEYMOON
John Jacob and Madeleine Astor shortly before leaving New York on their honeymoon ...
1911
SAMUEL GOLDENBERG'S GRAVE   SAMUEL GOLDENBERG'S GRAVE
Cimiez Cemetery, Nice, France...
New York Times ASTOR INFANT CHRISTENED
Virginia French and Vincent Astor Are William's Godparents --- The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was christened yesterday afternoon at a ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends in the Astor residence, 7 Eas...
15th January 1936
New York Times JOHN JACOB ASTOR 3D, 21, COMES INFO VAST FORTUNE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 14---John Jacob Astor, whose father lost his life in the Titanic disaster twenty-one years ago, reached his majority today and came into possession of the fortune left by his father...
15th August 1933
Chicago Daily News CLAIMED TO BE THE OLDEST SURVIVNG MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE TITANIC
Deaths Elsewhere Jacob Gibbons, 89, who claimed to be the oldest survivng member of the crew of the Titanic; an engine room worker who was one of the last to leave it when it sank; in Studland, England....
2nd March 1965
JOHN JACOB ASTOR King's Notable New Yorkers JOHN JACOB ASTOR
MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR Washington Times MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
15th April 1912
JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV Le Petit Journal JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV
17th April 1912
MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR Washington Times MRS. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
18th April 1912
The Times BEESLEY CLAIMS WAR COMPENSATION
At the Defence of the Realm Losses Commission yesterday, Mr L. Beesley, described as a practitioner of Christian Science, claimed compensation in respect of the requisitioning by the War Office of rooms at Pembroke House, Oxford Street, in May 1917, ...
22nd January 1919
New York Times VINCENT ASTOR'S GRIEF
Vincent Astor's Grief Pitiable ___________ Son of John Jacob offers a fortune for word of his father ___________ Vincent Astor, son of Col. John Jacob Astor, who is believed to have g...
17th April 1912
New York Times J. P. MORGAN DUG INTO EGYPT'S PAST
Financier Superintended the Search for Early Christian Cemetery at Khargeh. --- BUILT A HOUSE IN DESERT --- Had Force of Man at Work Under Egyptian Engineers, and Enjoyed Himself in Flannels ---...
16th March 1912
Worcester Telegram STEAD AND ASTOR CLING TO RAFT
New York, April 19- One version of the deaths of John Jacob Astor and William T. Stead was told by Philip Mock, who, with his sister, Mrs.Paul Schabert, were among the survivors. "Many men were hanging on to rafts in the sea," said Mr....
20th April 1912
New York Times WEDDING PLANNED BY ELLEN FRENCH
Invitations Are Sent Out for Marriage to John Jacob Astor 3d on June 30 --- BRIDAL TO BE IN NEWPORT --- Rev. S. C. Hughes Will Officiate at Rites in Trinity Church---Reception at Mapleshade --- Special to THE...
16th June 1934
Christian Science Sentinel TESTIMONIES OF HEALING
Lawrence Beesley
It would be impossible within a limited space to do more than enumerate the profound changes of thought which Christian Science has wrought in me during the seven years I have known of it. When I first saw the text-book, "Science and Health with Key ...
20th December 1912
JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV Unidentified Newspaper JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV
From an unidentified French paper...
17th April 1912
New York Times MRS. DICK GETS DIVORCE
Former Mrs. John Jacob Astor Silent About Future Plans --- MINDEN, Nev., July 21 (AP)---The former Mrs. John Jacob Astor was divorced here today from William K. Dick of New York City, remaining silent meanwhile on reported plans for a ...
22nd July 1933
  REV. HARRY PARSONS (YOUNGER BROTHER OF EDWARD PARSONS)
Rev. Harry Parsons was born on 26 November 1878 in Barnstaple but spent his early years living with his family in Plymouth. He entered the Ministry of the Bible Christian Church in 1899 and subsequently spent a short time at Cheriton F...
New York Times MRS. DICK GOES TO RENO
Her Secretary Refuses to Comment on Divorce Report --- Mrs. William K. Dick, widow of the late John Jacob Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, left last night for Reno. At her home at 7 East Eighty-fourth Street M...
5th June 1933
New York Times MRS. JOHN J. ASTOR 3D GIVES BIRTH TO SON
The Former Ellen Tuck French Becomes a Mother at the Doctors Hospital --- A son was born at 5:04 P. M. yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor 3d in Doctors Hospital, 174 East End Avenue. The baby weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces. The con...
20th July 1935
Paterson Morning Call MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS FUNK
A memorial service will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Young Women’s Christian association for Miss Funk, who was one of the number that lost their lives on the Titanic. Miss Funk was house secretary of the local association for two years, giving...
27th April 1912
Paterson Morning Call MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS FUNK
A memorial service will be held tomorrow afternoon at the Young Women’s Christian association for Miss Funk, who was one of the number that lost their lives on the Titanic. Miss Funk was house secretary of the local association for two years, giving ...
27th April 1912
New York Times 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
COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV   COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV
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1905
New York Times RECTORS FOR ASTOR RITES
Rev. E. S. Travers to Assist Rev. H. St. G. Burrill at Wedding --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., June 26---The Rev. Edward S. Travers, rector of the Episcopal Church at Rhinebeck, N. Y., will be the ass...
27th June 1934
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
New York Times 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
Jersey Observer ROBERT HOPKINS, HERO OF TITANIC, DIES IN HOBOKEN
The funeral of Robert J. Hopkins, 77, of 1035 Garden street, Hoboken, one of the heroes of the disastrous sinking of the Titanic in mid-Atlantic in 1912, will be held at 8 a. m. tomorrow from the Bosworth Funeral Home, 311 Willow avenue, Hoboken....
18th November 1943
New York Times YESTERDAY'S WILLS
*** ROSETTA WOLF died Jan. 3; left $1,000 personalty equally to her children, Clara Strauss, Rosy Kohn, Tillie Taussig, Blanche Bergstein, and Eugene and Jacob Wolf. ***...
3rd February 1912
THE UNMARKED CRYPT   THE UNMARKED CRYPT
Madeleine Astor's Final Resting Place...
New York Times EILEEN GILLESPIE NOT TO WED ASTOR
Canceling of Engagement Is Announced buy Her Parents, the L. L. Gillespies --- WEDDING SET FOR FEB. 6 --- Bridal Attendants and Ushers Chosen for Ceremony to Have Been at St. Thomas --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ...
22nd January 1934
New York Times JOHN J. ASTOR 5TH, 79; SON OF BUILDER OF HOTEL
John Jacob Astor 5th, a descendant of one of America's most fabled merchant princes, died yesterday at his home in Miami Beach. He was 79 years old. His death was reported by two of his cousins, R. Thornton Wilson, and Stephen Spencer,...
27th June 1992
  MEMORIAL SERVICE PROGRAMME
The Central North Chicago Ministerial Association at the Belden Avenue Baptist Church, Chicago. "The Offering" "The Nana Harper Fund to maintain and educate Nana, the six year old daughter of Rev. John Harper, pastor, Walworth Road Chu...
21st April 1912
New York Times MRS. DICK RETURNS; CARRIED TO HOSPITAL
Still Suffering From Effect of Broken Arm, Doctor Says---Silent on Boxer --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, former widow of the late John Jacob Astor and divorced wife of William K. Dick, returned from Bermuda yesterday on the Monarch...
4th November 1933
  FRANK ANDREW FAMILY INFORMATION
The following biography has been compiled with the assistance of descendants of Frank Andrew who reside in Cornwall. It should be pointed out that no birth certificate exists for Frank despite extensive searching and it should also be made known tha...
Daily Mining Gazette RELATIVES OF HURONTOWN FOLK WERE ABOARD LINER
Included among the passengers on the lost steamer Titanic were four young Cornishmen bound for Houghton to take employment in the Isle Royal Mine. Their relatives at Hurontown eagerly await some news of them and up to last night were still hoping th...
1912
Paterson Morning Call MISS FUNK ONE OF THE DEAD
Former House Secretary of the Local Y. W. C. A. Was on Titanic ---------- COMING FROM INDIA ---------- Was Missionary There and Intended Spending Part of Furlough in Paterson ---------- A large number...
22nd April 1912
New York Times MRS. ASTOR
William H. Force, father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, remained up all night in hopes of getting news of his daughter and her husband. When he saw that Mrs. Astor's name was on the list of rescued he was overcome with joy. He lost no time...
17th April 1912
New York Times J. J. ASTOR MARRIES GERTRUDE GRETSCH
Son of the Late Colonel John Jacob Astor Weds Alumna of Finch at Her Home --- The marriage of Miss Gertrude Gretsch, daughter of Mrs. Walter Gretsch of 3 East Seventy-seventh Street and the late Mr. Gretsch, to John Jacob Astor of 998 F...
19th August 1944
Torquay Times DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED RESIDENT.
Torquay has lost an old and respected inhabitant in the death of Mrs. Rebecca Parsons, of Bronshill Road. Originally of Torrington, she had for many years resided at Torquay and took a very active interest in the work of the United Methodist Church ...
1st December 1922
The New York Times MRS. ASTOR IN NO DANGER
Suffering Now Only from Grief, Says Her Physician --- Dr. Ruel B. Kimball of 136 East Fifty-fourth Street, who is attending Mrs. John Jacob Astor at her home, 890 Fifth Avenue, said last night: "Mrs...
21st April 1912
New York Times PEACE MEN MOURN THEIR LOSS
Andrew Carnegie Signs Resolutions of Regret for Five Members --- The National Committee for the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of peace among English-speaking peoples in 1914-1915 sent out yesterday this resolution passed ...
21st April 1912
Brooklyn Daily Times LONG ISLANDERS WHO WERE ON TITANIC
Some Whose Names Are Not on the List of the Saved --- GREENPORT, April 17---All Greenport is fearful that James V. Drew and Marshall, the 5-year-old son of William J. Drew, brother and partner of James Drew, are among the Titanic’s dead...
17th April 1912
  HANNA MAMEE
Patricia Sheehi (Cameron) (Hanna Mamee's niece)...
New York Times 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
New York Times MARITAL RIFT OVER, FIERMONTE RADIOS
Italian Boxer Sends Word From Ship on Which Wife Sailed Suddenly on Saturday --- A DIVORCE WAS RUMORED --- Couple Were Wed Here Late in 1933---She Is the Former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick --- Enzo Fierm...
31st January 1935
Unidentified Encyclopædia JOHN HARPER
Aguilla Webb
[Extract] John Harper, the newly called pastor of Moody Church in the early 1900's, manifested his Christian character in the sinking of the Titanic. Dr. W. B. Riley related the death of Harper. "We have the history of John Harper's en...
New York Times MISS ASTOR TO WED RUSSIAN NOBLEMAN
He Was Recently Divorced From One of the Daughters of Czar Alexander II --- ONE OF ANCIENT LINE --- Bride-to-Be Is Daughter of the Late John Jacob Astor of New York --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th July 1924
New York Times STEAD'S FAREWELL TALK
We're So Busy, He Thinks, We Don't Realize What Our Mission is --- William T. Stead, editor of The London Review of Reviews, made his last address on his present visit to this country before the Young Men's Christia...
6th May 1907
Chicago Record Herald CHICAGOANS SAVED BY ASTOR
Mrs. Hippach and Daughter, at Home, Tell of Rescue From Titanic How Colonel John Jacob Astor saved the lives of Mrs. Ida S. Hippach and her daughter, Jean Hippach, when the Titanic was sinking was told w...
22nd April 1912
The Day, New London, Connecticut, USA NOT SATISFIED TO BE AMONG THE LIVING
NOT SATISFIED TO BE AMONG THE LIVING --- Man Rescued from Titanic by Mrs. Astor's Aid Sues Co. for $25,000 Jewels --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug 3---Hadne Mamee, a cabin passenger saved from the Titanic, has brought suit...
3rd August 1912
New York Times 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
Worcester Evening Gazette ASTOR PUT BOY BY WIFE'S SIDE
A fine act of heroism by Col. John Jacob Astor was told by George A. Harder, a Brooklyn man, who survived the Titanic disaster. "When Col. Astor had assisted his tearful young wife and her maid into a life boat, he tried to put in a yo...
19th April 1912
New York Times ORIGIN OF NAMES OF HOTELS HERE
Named for Interested Families or After Well-Known European Hostelries --- ST. REGIS CALLED FOR LAKE --- Suggested to the Late John Jacob Astor by Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson --- So numerous are the hotels of New Yo...
9th March 1930
Western People THE TITANIC DISASTER
Moy Salmon
The lamentation, mourning, and woe for the ill-fated Titanic shall rise in hundreds of sorrow-stricken hearts for at least half a century. In a little while and its unparalleled awfulness shall be well nigh forgotten by the world at large --shall be ...
11th May 1912
  GENERAL INFORMATION
He was born in the Parish of Jacob, City of Stockholm and married to Anna Johanssonon on December 7,1907 they had 2 children. He was traveling with his sister, Elna Strom and her daughter and were going to East Chicago, Indiana. His s...
New York Times ASTOR WEDDING DAY NOT SET
Col. Astor Spends Day in Boston Looking Over Quarters for Son --- Col. John Jacob Astor, who arrived on the Noma Wednesday morning with his fiancée, Miss Madeleine Force, and her father, W. H. Force, spent most of yesterday in Boston lo...
1st September 1911
New York Times C. E. H. STENGEL, TITANIC SURVIVOR
C. E. Henry Stengel, member of the firm of Stengel & Rothschild, manufacturer of leather, died yesterday at his home 109 Lincoln Park, Newark, of pneumonia. He was one of the Titanic survivors. Mr. Stengel was 56 years old and was born in Newark. ...
20th April 1914
New York Times MRS. W. K. DICK IN RENO
Former Madeleine Force Astor Will Ask Divorce --- RENO, Nev., June 9 (AP)---Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, New York society woman, is in Reno to file suit for divorce for William K. Dick. She arrived last night. It was...
10th June 1933
The New York Times KILLED AT COL. ASTOR'S HOME
Electrician, Installing Telephones, Struck by Current from Feed Wire --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., July 1---Eugene McCrohan, aged 25 years, employed by the Providence Telephone Com...
2nd July 1910
New York Times SOCIAL REGISTER DROPS STAGE FOLKS
*** --- Elliott Roosevelt, Son of the President, Mrs. Fiermonte Are Not Listed --- The Social Register for 1935 which is now being distributed to its subscribers throughout the city, contains some startling omissions from ...
24th November 1934
New York Times 1,500 ARE AT FUNERAL FOR MRS. FIERMONTE
500 Wait in the Street During Rites at St. Bartholomew's --- Funeral services for Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died suddenly on Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla., were held yesterday in St. Bartholomew's Church. About 1,50...
2nd April 1940
New York Times ROBERT J. HOPKINS
Member of Titanic Crew Aided in Rescue of Mrs. John J. Astor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOBOKEN, N. J., Nov. 18---Robert J. Hopkins, who was a member of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic when it struck an ...
19th November 1943
New York Times FIERMONTE, BOXER, HERE
Italian Heavyweight Silent on Engagement Rumor --- Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight boxer, arrived yesterday on the French liner Paris. Fiermonte declared on sailing for Europe three weeks ago that he was engaged to marry Mrs. Madel...
15th November 1933
New York Times BARRED FROM BERMUDA
Enzo Fiermonte, Boxer, Will Return to the United States --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 13 (AP)---Refused permission to land in Bermuda, Enzo Fiermonte, Italian boxer, who is reported to be seeking the hand of the wealthy Mrs. Madeline Dick...
14th October 1933
New York Times 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 ARRANGE ASTOR SETTLEMENT
Will Set Aside Separate Fortune for Miss Force in Place of Dower --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 15---Former Supreme Court Justice Henry A. Gildersleeve, representing Miss Madeleine TaImage Force...
16th August 1911
New York Times 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
Christian Science Sentinel TESTIMONIES FROM THE FIELD
It is difficult to tell from the experience which follows, but the student of the Christian Science will readily see in it that acceptance of the truth made the overcoming of fear possible, even as in the case if disease, and that divine Princi...
October 1912
Huntington Herald Dispatch (West Virginia) SMITH FUNERAL PLANS DELAYED : PROMINENT HUNTINGTON WOMAN DEAD; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Mary Eloise Hughes Smith, 47, 1140 Fifth Avenue, who died unexpectedly in a Cincinnati, Ohio sanitarium yesterday at 5 A.M., were incomplete last night. Plans were withheld, members of the family said, pending word...
9th May 1940
New York Times LINKS MRS. DICK AND BOXER
Fiermonte Says He Plans to Wed Former Mrs. Astor --- ROME, Saturday, June 17 (AP)---Signora Tosca Manetti Fiermonte, wife of a boxer, Enzo Fiermonte, now in America, is quoted in an interview in the newspaper Popolo di Roma today to the...
17th June 1933
New York Times MRS. DICK IS INJURED
Falls on Floor of Bermuda House, Breaking Shoulder --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 13 (AP)--- Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick slipped and fell on the polished floor of her house last night and broke her shoulder. Mrs. Dick, w...
14th September 1933
New York Herald 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
Chicago Examiner SECOND TITANIC BABY BORN
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 30---Mrs. John Jacob Astor of New York wired congratulations today to Mrs. Mary Eloise Smith, one of the two "Honeymoon" widows of the Titanic disaster, to whom a son was born at the Jewish Hospital here.  As...
1st December 1912
Chicago Daily News SAVED BY MRS. ASTOR FROM DEATH IN OCEAN
Ernest Person, Titanic Passenger, Arrives at Indiana Harbor And Relates Rescue Struggled in the Water Declares Widow of Millionaire New Yorker Begged Crew to Drag Him Into Lifeboat ...
27th April 1912
Washington Herald MRS. ASTOR NEAR COLLAPSE AT PIER
Young Bride of New Yorker Who Perished on Point of Hysteria --- New York, April 18---Mrs. John Jacob Astor was assisted to the pier from the Carpathia by two officers of the boat. She was hysterical, and so plainly upon the point of col...
19th April 1912
New York Times MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ...
28th November 1933
New York Times DAUGHTERS OF JACOB HONOR IDA STRAUS
Unveil Tablet in Their Home Commemorating Her Beautiful Life and Heroic End --- AGED CHANT PRAYERS FOR HER --- Self-Sacrificing Devotion of Titanic Victim Held Up as an Inspiration to the Women of Her Race ---...
25th November 1912
New York Times LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT
Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright...
22nd October 1925
New York Times ASTORS TO BE RECONCILED?
Wife's Lawyers Fail to Ask for a Final Divorce Decree --- Special to The New York Times --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., Feb. 18---It had been expected that the application of the attorneys for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor for a final d...
19th February 1910
New York Times BOXER DENIES HE'LL WED
Enzo Fiermonte Says He Scarcely Knows Mrs. W. K. Dick --- RENO, Nev., June 17 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, who has been seen here in the company of Mrs. William K. Dick, the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor, today characterized ...
18th June 1933
New York Times 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
New York Times MISS ASTOR AT FESTIVAL
Sees 1,000 Children In Folk Dances and a Maypole Romp --- RED BANK, N. J., June 14---Miss Muriel Alice Astor, daughter of John Jacob Astor, who lost his life on the Titanic, was one of the interested spectators at the playground festiva...
15th June 1915
New York Times SEALED ASTOR PAPERS FILED
Rockland County Sends Them to Dutchess---Everything Secret --- Special to The New York Times --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Nov. 10---The sealed papers in the divorce action of Ava Willing Astor against John Jacob Astor were fil...
11th November 1909
Dowagiac Daily News BISHOPS GO BEFORE SENATE BOARD OF INQUIRY TO GIVE STORY OF TITANIC DISASTER
Both Are Called to Stand At Washington on Tuesday PUSHED TO SAFETY Mrs. Bishop Tells How They Were Hurried Aboard the Lifers When the Titanic Struck Huge Berg --------------- Mr. and Mrs....
26th April 1912
New York Times COL. ASTOR'S $300 RIDE
Paid the Owner of a Horse Which Was Frightened to Death by His Automobile --- Special to The New York Times --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 21---Henry Gormand of Rhinebeck received $300 from Col. John Jacob Astor the other da...
22nd May 1902
New York Times ASTOR SAVED US, SAY WOMEN
"Hold That Boat," He Commanded, as One Was Leaving Without Them --- CHICAGO, April 21---Mrs. Ida S. Hippach and her daughter, Jean, survivors of the Titanic, who arrived home to-day, said that they were saved by Col. John Jacob Astor, w...
22nd April 1912
The Evening Telegram WON'T AFFECT STOCK MARKET
Newspaper article...
16th April 1912
New York Times 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 FIERMONTE GETS DIVORCE
Pugilist Was Linked in Nevada Reports With Mrs. Dick --- RENO, Nev., Sept 4 (AP)---A divorce has been awarded to Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, linked in some reports in a romance with the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor. ...
5th September 1933
The Times OBITUARY : THE REV E.C. & MRS CARTER
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20th April 1912
  RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS
Charles Spedding
"The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele...
1926
New York Times CRITICISE PASTOR WHO MARRIED ASTOR
Bought to Do a Nasty Job, Says the Rev. Mr. Richmond, and Others Join Attack --- WEDDING CALLED AN OUTRAGE --- No Conscientious Minister Could Have Performed it, Say Congregational Official---Carpenter-Parson Not Paid...
11th September 1911
New York Times FORCED MR. ASTOR TO DISMOUNT
Cyclists Will Be Shut Out from Ferncliff as a Result --- POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 1---The fine roads of Ferncliff, the home of the Astors, at Rhinebeck, are closed to cyclers because of an unpleasant incident a few days ago, which resul...
2nd May 1897
Unidentified Newspaper WIFE OF STATE FARM FOUNDER DIES AT 80
MRS. MECHERLE SURVIVOR OF ILL-FATED TITANIC Mrs. Sylvia Mecherle, 80, widow of the founder of State Farm Insurance Companies, died at 12:36 a.m. Thursday at Brokaw Hospital, where she had been a patient for 14 months. Her fu...
15th January 1965
New York Times 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
New York Times BIG CROWD SAILS TO-DAY
Nine Hundred First Cabin Passengers on Olympic, Cedric, and Lapland --- More than 1,200 cabin passengers, of whom nearly 900 will be in the first cabin, will sail from New York for Europe to-day. This big crowd of travelers, in numbers ...
24th January 1912
The Evening Post COL. ASTORS BODY IS TAKEN THROUGH CITY
The body of John Jacob Astor, one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, passed through Worcester this morning from Portland, ...
2nd May 1912
New York Times TO UNVEIL STRAUS FOUNTAIN
Dedication of Memorial to Philanthropist and His Wife Tomorrow --- The Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial in Straus Park will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon with impressive ceremonies. The beautiful granite and bronze fountain, which form...
14th April 1915
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 BOXER SAYS MRS. DICK WILL WED HIM SOON
Fiermonte, Back From Bermuda, Declares They Will Marry When She Quits Hospital --- Enzo Fiermonte, the Italian boxer who was refused admittance last week to Bermuda, where he was going to visit Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick, widow of J...
17th October 1933
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE SUES
Former Madeline Astor Seeks Florida Divorce From Boxer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., May 2---Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, filed suit for divorce here today from Enzo Fiermonte, c...
3rd May 1938
New York Times JOHN JACOB ASTOR TO WED DEBUTANTE
His Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Announced by Her Parents --- CAME OF AGE IN AUGUST --- Fiancee, Noted in Newport as a Tennis Player, Is From an Old American Family --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lew...
16th December 1933
Washington Times ISMAY CONDEMNED FOR TAKING BOAT
Daughter of Congressman Hughes Tells of Experience In Sea Disaster --- NEW YORK, April 19---Not only did J. Bruce Ismay, managing director or the White Star line, get into one of the first lifeboats to be launched, but he was escorted a...
19th April 1912
The New York Times COL. ASTOR IN TENNIS MATCH
His Fiancee, Miss Force, His Partner in Play at Newport Casino --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 7---Col. John Jacob Astor and his f...
8th August 1911
New York Times MISS KATHERINE FORCE TO WED MAJOR SPENCER
Their Marriage to Take Place Tomorrow at the Home of Her Sister, Mrs. William K. Dick --- Although the engagement of Miss Katherine B. Force, daughter of Mrs. William H. Force, to Major Lorillard Spencer has never been formally announce...
5th December 1922
New York Times 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
New York Times ELLEN TUCK FRENCH IS ENGAGED TO WED
Betrothal to John Jacob Astor Announced by Mother, Who Denied Report Week Ago --- WEDDING EARLY IN JULY --- Her Fiance's Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Called Off in January --- Mrs. Livingston Fre...
31st May 1934
New York Times AMERICANS IN ROME
Mr. And Mrs. Millet at Villa Aurelia, Which is Being Modernized --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---[Three paragraphs which are irrelevant for present purposes have bee...
7th April 1912
New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS--- A Special Meeting of the Board Of Directors of Montefiore Home, held April 21, 1912. The President, Jacob H. Schiff, announced the melancholy death of the Honorable Isidor Straus and his devoted wife in the dis...
22nd April 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times 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
Lake County Times LAKE CO. MAN TELLS TERRIBLE STORY
Survivor of Titanic Now in Indiana Harbor Owes Life to Mrs. Astor....
27th April 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times MRS. ASTOR ASKS A DECREE
Seeks Final Order in Her Divorce Suit in White Plains --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., March 1---Counsel for Mrs. Ava Willing Astor filed a note of issue to-day for a motion to make permanent the interlocutory decree of divorce she obtained fro...
2nd March 1910
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE DEAD IN FLORIDA
--- Former Madeleine Force Was Married to Col. Astor, W. K. Dick and Italian Boxer --- SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC --- Gave Up Fortune to Marry Again, Then Got Divorce to Wed Pugilist --- PALM BEACH, Fla.,...
29th March 1940
The Washington Post TITANIC CLAIMS $10,000,000
Mrs Irene Harris Asks $1,000,000 for Loss of Husband New York, Jan 12 – A flood of petitions for damages through the loss of the steamer Titanic, filed today; included one Mrs Irene Wallach Harris, who claims $1,000,000...
16th January 1913
New York Times 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
The New York Times SUE COL. ASTOR FOR $30,000
Relatives of Electrician, Killed at Beechwood, Assert Negligence --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Oct. 2---When Col. John Jacob Astor came to Newport last month aboard his steam yacht...
3rd October 1911
New York Times 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
Chicago Tribune FILM STORY OF TITANIC SINKING GETS THE GREEN LIGHT
LOOKING AT HOLLYWOOD by Hedda Hopper Film Story of Titanic Sinking Gets the Green Light Hollywood, Feb. 22--Darryl Zanuck has given the green light to Charlie Brac...
22nd February 1952
  CERTIFICATE OF BAPTISM
CHRISTENING CERTIFICATE (ORIGINAL) Livro de Baptismos da Paróquia do Espírito Santo da Calheta, Calheta ...
1890
Washington Post OWNER WHO FLED STRICKEN TITANIC DIES AS RECLUSE
London, Oct. 18 (Monday).—Joseph Bruce Ismay, 74 years old, former owner of the White Star Line and former president of the International Mercantile Marine Co., who survived the Titanic disaster, d...
18th October 1937
Daily Home News HOME NEWS GAVE CITY FIRST NEWS OF CARPATHIA'S LANDING
New Brunswick received the news of the landing of the Carpathia with the rescued Titanic passengers, from the Home News last night. The details of the landing and the passengers’ stories of the disaster, were wired to this office direct, and other bu...
19th April 1912
New York Evening Journal ASTOR TO DYNAMITE TITANIC
A plan to blow up the wreckage of the Titanic with a powerful explosive in order to recover the body of John Jacob Astor, one of the passengers who was carried down, is being seriously considered to-day by Vincent Astor, son of the late Colonel....
20th April 1912
New York Times R. W. DANIEL WED TO MRS. CAMPBELL
Vice President of Liberty National Bank Marries Daughter of W. C. Durant in Newark *** Robert W. Daniel of 19 West Sixty-ninth Street, Vice President of the Liberty National Bank of this city, and Mrs. Marjorie Durant Campbell of 635 P...
7th December 1923
New York Times 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
The Greenwich News GREENWICH PEOPLE SAVED
MRS. WILLIAM T. GRAHAM AND MISS MARGARET AMONG RESCUED FROM TITANIC. RELATIVES OF OTHER GREENWICH PEOPLE ON STRICKEN SHIP ALL REACH PORT - TALES OF THE DISASTER FROM MISS GRAHAM AND MR. CARTER'S ...
19th April 1912
New York Times FUNERAL OF ISIDOR STRAUS
The funeral of Isidor Straus, who died in the wreck of the Titanic, was held at noon yesterday at the family residence, an old frame house at 105th Street and Broadway, which is one of the landmarks of early New York. In order to avoid a great outpou...
9th May 1912
New York Times COL. ASTOR MAY WED ANY DAY
Leaves in Noma with Miss Force and Her Family for Astor Country Home --- LAND AT FERNCLIFF TO-DAY --- Belief That the Ceremony Will Take Place There---Labor Day Visit with Trunks --- Rumors that the wedding ...
2nd September 1911
New York Times PRAISE ASTOR AND BUTT
Women Compare Their Conduct to That of "Miserable Specimens" --- Special to The New York Times --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., April 19---High praise was given to-day to John Jacob Astor, Maj. Butt, Vice President Thayer of the P...
20th April 1912
New York Times YACHTS AND YACHTSMEN
From present indications, John Jacob Astor's large steam yacht, the Nourmahal, will not be put in commission this year, at least not during the early Summer months. No orders have yet been received for her refitting, and as Mr. Astor is e...
29th April 1900
Washington Herald MRS. CANDEE LAUDS MAJ. BUTT'S HEROISM
Mrs. Churchill Candee
"The Action of Men of the Titanic Was Noble," She Writes --- By MRS. CHURCHILL CANDEE, Of Washington. --- New York, April 18---The action of the men on the Titanic was noble. They stood back in every instance that ...
19th April 1912
Providence Journal R.I. WOMAN, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES AT 92
Page 26 Mrs. Lulu Thorne Opie, 92, of the Old Post Road at Dunn's Corners in Westerly, a survivor of the sinking of the British passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Tuesday at the Watch Hill Nursing Home. One of the other ...
4th June 1970
New York Times 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
New York Times MRS. J. J. ASTOR IS WED TO WM. K. DICK
Simple Ceremony in Little Episcopal Chapel in Bar Harbor, with Sunshine as Good Omen --- FATHER GIVES BRIDE AWAY --- Relatives and a Few Friends at Nuptials, While Police Keep Crowd at Distance---Leave for California...
23rd June 1916
New York Times 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
Standard Union COL. ASTOR BURIED IN GRAVE BESIDE MOTHER
Body Brought to Manhattan After Funeral Services at Rhinecliff --- The body of John Jacob Astor was buried this afternoon beside the grave of his mother in Trinity Cemetery, on Washington Heights. The funeral services were held at Rhin...
4th May 1912
New York Evening Journal MRS. ASTOR ABLE TO GREET FAMILY
HAS PARTLY RECOVERED FROM SHOCK AND EXPOSURE, HER PHYSICIAN ANNOUNCES Mrs. John Jacob Astor was able to leave her bed yesterday for the first time since she returned on board the Carpathia Thursday night after bein...
21st April 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times MINISTER WHO WED ASTOR QUITS CHURCH
The Rev. Joseph Lambert Resigns Pulpit in Providence Because of Criticism --- SAYS HE'LL GO INTO BUSINESS --- Many a Pastor Has Done for Poor Men What He Did for a Rich One and Escaped Censure, He Declares ---...
8th November 1911
Hudson Dispatch HERO OF TITANIC “LIFEBOAT 13,” WHICH RESCUED MRS. ASTOR, DIES
Robert Hopkins, Hoboken, Was Crew Member on Ill-Fated Steamer --- Robert Hopkins, 66, of 1035 Garden st., Hoboken, who died early yesterday morning at St. Mary's Hospital, was a survivor of the steamship Titanic which was sunk by an ice...
18th November 1943
New-York Tribune ASTORS SAIL FOR EGYPT
The Astors are bound for Egypt on account of Mrs. Astor's health......
25th January 1912
Newark Star WHY WAS THE NEWS SUPPRESSED
A reporter for The Newark Star managed to get aboard the Carpathia and made his way to the bridge, where he had an interview with Captain Rostrom [sic] as to why the news of the wreck and the condition of the survivors had been withheld. The followin...
19th April 1912
Washington Times J. J. ASTOR ACTED BRAVELY, DECLARE MANY WHO SAW HIM
Millionaire Kissed His Bride Good-by, Saluted, and Then Stepped Back to Allow Women to Get Into Boats --- NEW YORK, April 19---Col. John Jacob Astor kissed his bride good-by as he placed her in the waiting lifeboat. Then he drew himself...
19th April 1912
  PETER DENNIS DALY BY HIS GRANDSON
"What follows is the story of PDD and his Titanic involvement as told to me by my father (Richard) and supplemented by my uncle Nicanor (who in the 20's settled in Buenos Aries, Argentina) joining other established Dalys there: Paul, (bachelor), Vict...
Standard Union FUNERAL OF HERO OF LOST TITANIC
Sante Reghini, Who Gave His Life for a Woman, Buried from Sister’s Home --- WAITED ON DECK FOR DEATH --- Services for George Nasser, Another Victim, To-morrow --- The funeral of one of the victims of the Tita...
4th May 1912
Christian Science Monitor WOMAN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC TELLS OF THE LAST HOURS OF SHIP
Miss Caroline Bonnell Says Great Vessel Stood Still in Tracks and Then Gave a Great Shiver SAW NO CONFUSION (Written for the United Press by Miss Caroline Bonnell) (Copyright 1912 by the United Press) M...
19th April 1912
New York Times HOW J. B. THAYER DIED
Swept from Raft to Which His Son Managed to Cling --- The manner in which John B. Thayer, Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, met his death along with eighteen or twenty other men was described last night by Mrs. W. C. ...
19th April 1912
New York Times MARY GARDEN'S SIDE IN SUIT
Bill for Gowns "Outrageous," Her Lawyer Wrote Lucille, Ltd. --- A statement in behalf of Mary Garden was made yesterday by her attorney, Jacob Klein, concerning the suit filed against her in the Supreme Court on Tuesday by Lucille, Ltd...
22nd May 1919
New York Times SYNAGOGUE UNVEILS A STRAUS WINDOW
Impressive Services When Memorial Is Dedicated Before Montefiore Cbongregation --- MR. STRAUS'S BROAD CHARITY --- Edward Lauterbach Praises Him for His Gifts to People of All Faiths --- Impressive services we...
27th May 1912
SAMUEL L. GOLDENBERG, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES Unidentified Newspaper SAMUEL L. GOLDENBERG, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES
This article was published at the time of Sam Goldenberg's death, in October 1936. The paper is unidentified, it could be The Herald Tribune, a paper published in Paris in English, for the English speaking community in France. ...
1936
New York Times MRS. ASTOR OBTAINS DIVORCE QUIETLY
No Names Mentioned in Proceedings Before Justice Mills, Who Grants Interlocutory Decree --- ALL PAPERS IN CASE SEALED --- It Is Understood Counsel Had Earlier Agreement on Disposition of Children and Financial Settlement...
9th November 1909
LAWRENCE BEESLEY AND MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS Titanic Research LAWRENCE BEESLEY AND MACPHAIRSON CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS
Pat Cook
A progress report on the long awaited Annotated Beesley....
27th January 2001
SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912   SEVENTY-FIVE REGISTERED LETTERS WERE SENT (FROM NORWAY) WITH THE TITANIC IN 1912
Arne Mjaland
Top row 5th from left: Jorgen Birkesfol who sent a registered letter with Titanic...
26th August 1998
ASTOR'S FIRST WIFE TO ATTEND FUNERAL   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 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 FRIENDS OF MAJOR BUTT WOULD ERECT A MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM AT HIS ALMA MATER, SEWANEE, ...
Friends of Major Butt Would Erect a Memorial Gymnasium at His Alma Mater, Sewanee, to Whose Endowment Fund J. P. Morgan Has Promised $150,000 --- High on the Cumberland plateau, midway between Nashville and Chatanooga, [sic] in ...
9th June 1912
New York Times 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
Worcester Evening Gazette BRAVE MUSICIANS OF SHIP MEET FATE TRYING TO DROWN CRIES OF THE PERISHING PASSENGERS
New York, April 19.-Of all the heroes who went to their death when the Titanic dived to its ocean grave, none, in the opinion of Miss. Hilda Slater, a passenger in the last boat to pull off, deserved greater credit than the members of the vessel's or...
20th April 1912
TITANIC LOVE STORIES Titanic Review TITANIC LOVE STORIES
Monica Hall
Gill Paul sets off to beguile us with romance but the facts keep getting in the way....
25th October 2011
New York Times 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
Awake I SURVIVED THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
Elias Nicola-Yarred
IT BEGAN while I was visiting my elderly parents and uncle in , Florida. This was shortly before my uncle died a few months ago. As usual, we went to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesse...
1981
New York Times FIERMONTE VISITS HIS WIFE IN NAPLES
Italian Boxer Remains With Former Mrs. Astor an Hour Then Hurries Away --- POLICE TAKE HIS PASSPORT --- His First Wife Quits Her Job as He is Said to Have Provided for Her and Their Son --- NAPLES, Sunday, F...
10th February 1935
New York Times YOUNG ASTOR TELLS OF WEDDING PLANS
Newspaper Group Is Informed That the Couple Will Return to Newport in August --- CHETWODE GIFTS SHOWN --- Famous Ring Given to Bride Will Be Reset for Her in a New Brooch --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES ...
29th June 1934
New York Times Book Review THE LEGENDS STAY AFLOAT
DOWN TO ETERNITY.  By Richard O'Connor. 191 pp. New York:Gold Medal Books. 35 cents. --- By BURKE WILKINSON --- Anyone interested in the Titanic disaster will want to read this book, if only to com...
19th February 1956
New York Times FIERMONTE JAILED IN OLD SPEED CASE
Husband of Astor Widow Gets 5 Days on Charge That He Ignored in 1934 --- Enzo Fiermonte, the Italian-born automobile racer husband of Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, was sentenced to five days in prison yesterday by Magistrate...
7th July 1937
New York Times DIVORCE GRANTED FORMER MRS. ASTOR
Florida Judge Gives Decree on Ground That Fiermonte Was Extremely Cruel --- NO CONTEST BY EX-BOXER U. S. Woman Hurt in Crash of Auto in France Driven by Man Giving His Name --- WEST PALM BEACH, June 11 (AP)---The fo...
12th June 1938
Worcester Telegram 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
New York Times UNSEALED DECREE IN ASTOR DIVORCE
On Final Judgment Court Does Away with Secrecy by Order to Dutchess County Clerk ---- CROWD IN THE COURTROOM --- Report That Mrs. Astor Receives Only $50,000 a Year Not Contradicted --- The terms of the final...
5th March 1910
TITANIC AFTERMATH - A PLAY IN THREE ACTS   TITANIC AFTERMATH - A PLAY IN THREE ACTS
Authored by Michael B. Wehrli, Michael B. Wehrli Based on the Senate Hearing transcrip...
New York Times COL. ASTOR IMPORTS A NEW BREED OF DOG
Animal, Which Society Is Expected to Take Up, Is a Cross Between a Bear and a Hound --- GROWLS AT CUSTOMS MEN --- Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont Praises Hammerstein's Productions---Duchess of Marlborough's Return Delayed --...
22nd September 1908
New York Times MRS. ASTOR TO GET ONLY $50,000 A YEAR
Reported Amount of the Alimony Attached to Her Divorce, Arouses Surprise --- BUT SHE COULD NOT INSIST --- The Alternative Was to Go into Court in a Battle for Alimony and Try the Whole Case Publicly --- While...
3rd February 1910
New York Times MRS. ASTOR IS ILL, BUT NOT CRITICALLY
Alarming Reports as to Her Condition Formally Denied by Secretary --- VINCENT ASTOR STILL HOPES --- Mrs. Henry B. Harris Slowly Regaining Her Strength --- Robert W. Daniel Receives Friends at...
20th April 1912
New York Times RENEE HARRIS, 93, FIRST WOMAN TO PRODUCE PLAYS HERE, IS DEAD
p.47, col. 5 Mrs. Renee Harris, New York's first woman theatrical producer, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, died yesterday at Doctor's Hospital. She was 93 years old and lived at 140 West 69th Street. A former owner...
3rd September 1969
 

 
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