John Adams

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New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Mrs. Edith Temple Gracie Adams, wife of Captain Dunbar Adams, and daughter of the late Colonel Archibald Gracie of Washington, died Tuesday of pneumonia, following influenza, at the Nursery and Child's Hospital. Mrs. Adams was a survivor of the Tita...	2nd January 1919
New York Times	JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AND ISIDOR STRAUS TALKED OF Among those politicians who have been industriously at work during the last two weeks speculating as to the make-up of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet, a new name was suggested yesterday. It was that of John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts, who was said to ...	7th February 1893
	HOLSWORTHY, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS John Adams, under his actual name, Richard May was at home with his family at the time of the 1901 Census. They were living at 'Burnard's House', a dwelling a few miles west of Holsworthy, Devon. The family present were - John M...	31st March 1901
	REV. JOHN HARPER Rev. John Harper was minister at Paisley Road Baptist Church, in Plantation area of Glasgow, near Govan, (now the Harper Memorial Baptist Church) before moving to London. He had completed a Mission time at the Moody Church in Chicago, in 1911,...
	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
North American	U. S. HIS LIFE GOAL, HE WENT DOWN ON TITANIC WILKES-BARRE, Pa., April 20---After waiting for years for his relatives to save enough money to pay his passage from England to this city, where he was to make his home with Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Adams, of Oxford street, Henry Rogers, 19 years old, ...	21st April 1912
	MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE Page 77 (Coat of Arms) Certificate...	14th February 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
Free Press	WEST BROMWICH MEN MISSING Among the passengers were the following West Bromwich people, who were on their way to America: Alfred Davies (24), of Harwood Street, West Bromwich: John Davies (22), of the same address; Joseph Davies (17) of the same address; James Lester (39) ...	19th April 1912
io9	10 UNSINKABLE SCIENCE FICTION STORIES ABOUT THE TITANIC The RMS Titanic sank almost a century ago, but it's still sailing through the imaginations of science-fiction writers and artists. Here are 10 Titanic tales, including Douglas Adams, Arthur C. Clarke, and Doctor Who....	16th April 2009
wsj.com	TITANIC CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIONS SINK TO NEW LOWS This year, instead of sinking into a celebration of catastrophic kitsch, it's worth restoring the Titanic to its rightful place as a most modern memento mori. What should we remember? Steven Biel, in his cultural history of the Titanic, aptly highlighted Henry Adams's response to the tragedy: "Nature jeers at us for our folly."...	12th January 2012
	NEARER MY GOD TO THEE The Hymn Nearer My God to Thee has often been suggested as the last tune played by the Musicians on the Titanic. There are different versions of the hymn, all are set to verses, written in 1841, by the English poet Sarah Full...
New York Times	MRS. GRACIE DROPS WILL SUIT Special to the New York Times --- WASHINGTON. May 2--- Mrs. Constance Shack Gracie, widow of Colonel Archibald Gracie, U. S. A., who lost his life from exposure in the Titanic disaster, has abandoned her attempt to establish an alleged ...	3rd May 1923
Worcester Telegram	BODY OF CHARLES ASPLUND, TITANIC VICTIM, WILL BE BURIED IN WORCESTER, WITHOUT EXPENSE TO SURVIVING FAMILY Subscription papers will be circulated, today and next week in the Slater building, State Mutual building and courthouse, in an effort to raise money for Mrs. Charles Asplund and family left in strained circumstances owing to the loss of Mr. Asplund ...	27th April 1912
New York Times	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
	MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN WEIR Col John Weir was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born on May 14th 1852 to parents John Weir and Jane Gillies. He had two brothers and two sisters: James b. 28/5/1856, Sarah b. 16/2/1858, George b. 29/1/1862 and Jane b. 30/7/1864. John marri...
	JOHN COTTER, HARBOR PILOT FOR QUEENSTOWN Peter Gauthier To all who are interested in John Cotter, Harbor Pilot for Queenstown My name is Peter Gauthier and I am the Great, Great Grandson of said John Cotter. Specifically, one of his daughters Maggie or Margaret, who my mother is named ...
	ERNEST WALDRON KING : GENERAL INFORMATION King, Ernest Waldron. Lived at Currin Rectory, Clones, Ireland. Occupation - Clerk, Pursers Assistant. 28 years old. (Born in Dublin, Ireland). Body number 321. Interred at Fairview Cemetery, Halifa...
New York Times	DEATH NOTICE OF JOHN STUART WHITE DIED *** WHITE---Wednesday, May 19, John Stuart White, beloved husband of Ella Holmes White, and only son of the late William White. Funeral at the residence of his mother, Mrs. William White, 55 West 48th St., Friday mor...	20th May 1897
St. Paul Pioneer Press	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
belfasttelegraph.co.uk	ALL'S SHIPSHAPE IN JOHN'S BOOK OF TITANIC FACTS - BELFAST TELEGRAPH John White’s new book, The RMS Titanic Miscellany, contains everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the world’s most famous ship, from facts and figures to biographies and urban myths surrounding the ill-fated voyage. John is not new to the specific art of writing fact books — with over 30 sports books to his name, he could be called something of an expert at the genre — but this book is certainly different to his usual fare....	21st July 2011
Philadelphia Inquirer	MRS. JOHN B. THAYER Mrs. John B. Thayer, widow of John B. Thayer, prominent Philadelphian and Pennsylvania Railroad official, died yesterday on the 32nd anniversary of her husband's death in the Titanic disaster. She was 72. When the Titanic sunk on April 14,...	15th April 1944
Western Morning News	FROM WESTCOUNTRY - FURTHER PERSONAL DETAILS It was reported yesterday at Okehampton that amongst the missing passengers in the third class list of the Titanic was John Lovell, son of John Lovell (farmer) of Northlew....	18th April 1912
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...
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The Times	SIR JOHN BIGHAM Sir John Bigham will take his farewell leave of the Bar on Monday in the first Court of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division. All the Comnmon Law Judges who are in town will attend, and the ...	12th March 1910
dgstandard.co.uk	NEW BOOK RECOUNTS LIFE OF TRAGIC TITANIC MUSICIAN Amid the chaos as the ship went down, 21-year-old John and the seven other members of his band moved from the stricken liner’s lounge to the forward half of the deck to offer a little comfort and solace in the face of hopelessness and despair. All eight members perished and John’s body was recovered without a life jacket – a poignant indication that he played to the bitter end....	8th April 2011
New York Times	MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT MARRIED *** WHITE-HOLMES---On Wednesday, Dec. 12, 1894, by the Rev. John Hall, D. D., at the residence of the bride's parents, Ella B., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Holmes, to John Stuart Holmes....	13th December 1894
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser	MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Liskeard, were also among the lost. Mrs. Chapman declining to go without her husband. Mrs. Hocking tells of how Mrs. Chapman was behind her when they were getting into the lifeboat. But when Sarah found that her husband J...	April 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal	RECOVER MARCH'S BODY On board the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, whicn [sic] is due in Halifax to-morrow with the bodies of nearly 200 dead recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic are the remains of John S. Marsh, of Newark, father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles st...	29th April 1912
Chicago Record-Herald	MEEHAN KIN ESCAPE Mrs. John Worthington, 4458 Drexel boulevard, sister of John Meehan, who was reported to have had relatives on board the Titanic, denied there was any truth in the report. Chicago Record-Herald, Saturday, April 20, 1912, p. 4, c. 7...	20th April 1912
	JOHN STARR MARCH HEADSTONE, EVERGREEN CEMETERY memorial marker...
	PROBATE INFORMATION SMITH John Richard Jago of 45 Atherley Road Southampton sorting clerk died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 10 August 1912 to John Smith farmer. Effects £556 12s 1d. ...	1912
	NORTHLEW, DEVON -1901 CENSUS John Hall Lovell was born at Pynda Farm in the parish of Hatherleigh, mid-Devon in early 1892. He remained at that address until 1897 when he and the family moved to Lower Gorhuish Farm in the parish of Northlew. The 1901 censu...	31st March 1901
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
	EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG	1912
New York Times	FIREMEN OVERCOME BY SMOKE Stubborn Fire in the Cellar of 679 Broadway---One Man in the Hospital --- For two hours last evening firemen fought a fire in the sub-cellar of the five-story building 679 Broadway, adjoining the Broadway Central Hotel. Dense, stifling ...	7th November 1893
The Times	NEW MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT BlGHAM, JOHN CHARLES, Q.C. (Liverpool, Exchange) (L.U.), of 19, Palace-gate, Kensington, second s. of the late Mr. John Bigham, a merchant, of Liverpool, b. 1840, and educated at the Liverpool Institute and the Gym...	23rd July 1895
	PROBATE REPORT: REVD JOHN HARPER Harper, Reverend John, of 3 Claude Villas, Love Walk, Denmark Hill, Surrey. Probate registered London 4th July 1912, to Jessie Wills spinster, Charles Livingstone sett maker and Harry Meikle, Baptist Minister. Effects £902.0.5.d...	4th July 1912
	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....
Limerick Leader	JOHN KENNEDY Survived Titanic to Die of Anthrax...	1912
Scottish Daily Record	GREAT NIECE HONOURS SCOTS VIOLINIST JOHN LAW HUME - WHO PLAYED ON AS TITANIC WENT DOWN VIOLINIST John Law Hume played his final tune as the freezing waves claimed the Titanic....	29th March 2011
The Times	JOHN CHARLES BIGHAM MADE QUEEN'S COUNSEL From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Oct 30 CROWN OFFICE, OCT. 27 The Queen has been pleased by Letters Patent under the Great Seal to constitute and appoint Richard Henn Collins, Esq., and John C...	31st October 1883
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
Chicago Examiner	ERVIN LEWY : BROTHER AWAITS NEWS Ervin G. Lewy, 5628 South Park avenue, is treasurer of the firm of Lewy Brothers, jewelers, State and Adams streets. No dispatches have been received by Mr. Lewy's relatives late last night to indicate whether he was among those who lost the...	16th April 1912
New York Times	JOHN HARDY RETIRING John Hardy Retiring --- John Hardy, chief steward of the American Farmer, will sail tomorrow on his last official trip at sea. He has been retired by the International Mercantile ...	20th September 1936
Je Sais Tout	JOHN PIERPONT MORGAN From 'Je Sais Tout', 15 April 1913...	15th April 1913
	JOHN PILLSBURY SNYDER HEASTONE John Pillsbury Snyder Headstone...
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
	JOHN JACOB ASTOR WALKING HIS DOG John Jacob Astor walking his Airedale, Kitty, on Fifth Avenue ...	1911

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