John Edward Simpson

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boston.com	RELATIVES OF TITANIC OFFICER SEEK RETURN OF LETTER The descendants of a surgeon who died on the Titanic are appealing for help in purchasing a letter he wrote from the doomed ship. A two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in 1912 is to be auctioned in Long Island, New York, next month. His relatives cannot afford to bid for the artifact but want it returned to Simpson’s hometown of Belfast, Northern Ireland. Simpson’s great nephew John Martin said Sunday that he hopes a benefactor will buy the letter and put it on public display in Belfast....	27th February 2012
bbc.co.uk	BBC REPORTER MARK SIMPSON LEARNS OF TITANIC RELATIVE After reporting on stories about the Titanic for 20 years, I have only just discovered one of my ancestors died on board the ill-fated ship. It started with a phone call on a wet Wednesday and a strange voice telling me I was related to Dr John Simpson, one of the 1,517 people killed when the Titanic sank. Even though my father is called John Simpson, and the caller sounded genuine, I refused to believe it. "That's rubbish, I'm afraid," I said....	5th March 2012
liveauctioneers.com	RELATIVES OF TITANIC OFFICER SEEK RETURN OF HIS LAST LETTER - AUCTION CENTRAL NEWS Relatives of Titanic officer seek return of his last letterAuction Central NewsA two-page note John Edward Simpson wrote to his mother days before the ship sank in April 1912 is to expected to fetch at least $50000 at the auction later this week in Long Island, New York. Simpson's great-nephew John Martin said Sunday that the ......	27th February 2012
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC LETTER RETURNING TO BELFAST A letter penned on board the Titanic by a Belfast doctor to his mother is to be brought back to Belfast for exhibition. The letter, from assistant ship surgeon Dr John Edward Simpson, was written on notepaper headed RMS Titanic and brought ashore at Cobh, County Cork. From there it was posted to his mother, Elizabeth, who lived in south Belfast....	12th March 2012
	EDWARD JOHN SMITH WITH DOG	1912
Long Island Report	BELFAST TITANIC LETTER FAILS TO SELL AT LONG ISLAND AUCTION The bidding started at $27,000. Within 10 seconds, it was at $33,000. Suddenly silence, no more bids. The auctioneer gave “fair warning” at $33,000, but what he said next drew murmurs from what had all day been a quiet crowd of about 30 bidders. “It’s going to pass at $33,000; it does not find a home today,” announced Philip Weiss, the auctioneer and owner of Philip Weiss Auctions in Oceanside. The item in question was a handwritten letter from Titanic assistant surgeon Dr John Edward Simpson to his mother in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The letter was emblazoned with the letterhead “On board R.M.S. Titanic,” and was dated April 11, 1912—just four days before the ship sank on April 15....	4th March 2012
	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...
	HELEN MELVILLE SMITH The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi...
belfasttelegraph.co.uk	TITANIC LETTER 'SECURED FOR CITY' A mystery benefactor has stepped in to ensure a valuable letter written by an officer days before he died on the Titanic will return to his home town. There were fears that the note Dr John Simpson penned to his mother on board the doomed liner would be snapped up by a private collector and lost from public view forever when it was put up for auction in New York with a 34,000 US dollar reserve price....	13th March 2012
	CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH From 'Le Petit Journal'...	17th April 1912
	EDWARD HENRY BAGLEY (RESEARCH ABOUT HIS LIFE) Edward Henry Bagley was born to Edward Bagley and his wife Lucy Bagley (nee Longhurst) on the 4th March 1879. The family lived at 17 Wightman Street, Plaistow, London. His father worked as a labourer at a soap works, and by the time of the boy's bapt...	2003
	EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS (FAMILY RESEARCH) Edward James William Rogers was born on 9th September 1880, to Robert James Rogers and his wife Priscilla Susan (nee Bagley). His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 3 Robert Street, North Woolwich. Edward JW was baptized on 3rd November ...	2003
	EDWARD HARRIS, PANTRYMAN Edward Harris was the 4th son of Thomas Harris, a part-time prison warder who lived at 13, Greenhill Avenue, Winchester. After leaving school Edward worked for several years at the town's railway station. His employers were S...
The Times	SIR EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES AN M.P. ELECTION INTELLIGENCE BELFAST (NORTH DIVISION) The nomination for North Belfast took place yesterday. Six papers containing the names of Sir John Preston, Sir William Quartus Ewart, and Mr. Thomas M'Cormick (secretary of...	13th August 1889
New York Times	LEAPED FROM LINER AT SEA TO SAVE MAN Majestic's First Officer Dived Overboard after Coal Trimmer Who Attempted Suicide --- BUT LIFEBOAT MADE RESCUE --- Gift from Passengers for Officer's Deed--Another of Crew who Sought Death Successful --- The ...	9th May 1913
New York Times	MR. AND MRS. T. W. CAVENDISH Among the passengers on the Titanic were Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cavendish of London, and their two children. Mrs. Cavendish is a daughter of Henry Siegel, President of the Simpson-Crawford Company. She was making the trip here to visit her father at his ...	16th April 1912
	LAST KNOWN PHOTOGRAPH OF CAPTAIN SMITH	11th April 1912
	PROBATE REPORT Smith Edward John. of 17 Marine Crescent, Waterloo, Liverpool. Master Mariner. Probate issued: London 15th November 1912 to Sarah Eleanor Smith, widow. Effects £3,186.4.6d....	15th November 1912
clickliverpool.com	RELATIVE DISCOVERS TITANIC CAPTAIN'S TELESCOPE IN THE ATTIC A telescope that belonged to the captain of the Titanic has been found lying in a dusty old attic. The brass eyepiece, kept in an old whisky bottle box, bears the name "Edward John Smith" who was the master of the ill-fated ocean liner that sank in 1912. It also carries an engraved image of the Titanic's sister ship - RMS Olympic - which Smith commanded for ten months. The three-foot long spyglass was identified by auctioneer John Crane after he was invited to value artefacts belonging to a distant relative of Captain Smith....	8th July 2011
	EDWARD A. KENT Portrait...
	FAMILY GRAVE Also Edward James William son of the above aged 38 years Also Edward Henry Bagley Nephew of the above Who Lost Their Lives in the Titanic Disaster April 15th 1912 Out of the Deep I Call To Thee ...
	MEMORIAL PLAQUE Plaque at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo...
New York Times	EDWARD A. KENT OF BUFFALO BUFFALO, N. Y., April 15---Edward A. Kent, who was a passenger on the Titanic, is one of the leading architects of this city. He has offices in Ellicott Square, and lives at the Buffalo Club....	16th April 1912
	GENERAL INFORMATION En route to daughter 446 West Street, New York City. Ticket E77. Had been recently widowed. Mary Mack was the daughter of George Lacy and Mary Evory, and that she was first married to John Arber, second to Edward Mack....
Vallejo Times-Herald	'TITANIC' CREW READY TO DOCK AND ROLL Capt. Edward John Smith was 62 with white beard. Joe Harney is 28 and clean-shaven. No matter. When the recent University of California, Davis graduate dons faux facial fur, jacket replete with medals and sword, he'll be the doomed skipper of the "Titanic."...	5th October 2007
	PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
	PROBATE REPORT FROM LIVERPOOL: EDWARD DODD Edward Charles Dodd of Bannisters Hotel, Queens Parade, Southampton. Marine engineer. Administration Winchester 21st October, 1912 to Henry Charles Dodd retired plumber. Effects £184.16.1d....	21st October 1912
	CAPTAIN SMITH AND BOY ON BRIDGE
The Times	HARLAND, SIR EDWARD J. OBITUARY --- SIR EDWARD HARLAND, M.P. Sir Edward James Harland, Bart., M. P. for North Belfast, died suddenly yesterday morning at his residence, Glenfarne-hall, Enniskillen. He was found dead in bed. Except for a chill...	25th December 1895
	PROBATE REPORT FROM WINCHESTER RECORD OFFICE: EDWARD DODD Dodd, Edward Charles, Bannisters Hotel, Queens Parade, Southampton. Engineer. At sea. Administration: Winchester 21 October 1912 to Henry Charles Dodd retired Plummer. Estate £184 16s 1d....	21st October 1912
	EDWARD DODD The William Salt Library, Stafford Dodd, Edward C. Son of Mr. Dodd former electrical engineer and contractor of Crewe. Formerly in Crewe railway Works, was 3rd engineer on the Titanic....
	WILLIAM EDWARD MINAHAN Gravesite of William Edward Minahan...
thisisstaffordshire.co.uk	UP FOR SALE: HOUSE WHERE TITANIC CAPTAIN WAS BORN THE house where Titanic captain Edward John Smith was born is up for sale. The skipper of the ill-fated liner grew up in the two-bed Victorian terrace in Well Street, Hanley, which is now on the market for £80,000....	20th March 2012
	CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...	May 1911
	CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...	May 1911
	CENSUS Edward Parsons was living at 5 Eleanor Road, Litherland, Liverpool with his wife, Clara at the time of the 1901 census. At this date 3 of his 5 children had been born, their birthplaces were shown as Bootle. The children were - Charles...	1901
Chicago Tribune	EDWARD GIFFORD CROSBY	17th April 1912
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle	BEANE Edward Beane of 44 Michigan St., Sunday, Oct. 24, 1948. Survived by his wife, Ethel Beane; two sons, Edward Jr., and George Beane; one brother, Ernest Beane of Pekin, N.Y. Also three brothers and three sisters in England; four grandchildren. He was a...	26th October 1948
	DR. WILLIAM EDWARD AND LILIAN MINAHAN Dr. William Edward and Lilian Minahan were on the Titanic with Dr. Minahan's younger sister, Daisy. ...
New York Times	MRS. EDWARD B. MAYER Mrs. Edward B. Mayer died suddenly last night at her home, 21 East Eighty-second Street. She was the former Miss Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim. Her father was drowned in the Titanic disaster. Mrs. Mayer was ...	22nd July 1927
1911 Census	WILLIAM EDWARD BESSANT IN 1911 CENSUS Tracey Wellard William Bessant was residing at 36 Henry Road, FREEMANTLE, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census. He was recorded as being a labourer. He was arried to Emily Ellen for 17 years. They had five children Char...
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM TAX $30,000 The State Will Refund the Excess if the Estimate is Too High --- Special to The New York Times --- ALBANY, Oct. 15---The estate of Benjamin Guggenheim, one of the Titanic victims, to-day paid Controller Sohmer $30,000 as ...	16th October 1913
New York Times	MRS. DOROTHY A. HARDER Mrs. Dorothy A. Harder --- Mrs. Dorothy Annan Harder, wife of George A. Harder, died Wednesday at her residence, 510 Park Avenue. She was the only child of the late Edward Annan Jr. and Maude Earle. Edward Annan of Brooklyn, her grandfa...	3rd December 1926
	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)....
The Times	EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES A BARONET From the LONDON GAZETTE, Friday, July 24 WHITEHALL, JULY 23 The Queen has been pleased to direct Letters Patent to be passed under the Great Seal granting the dignity of a Baronet...	25th July 1885
Chicago Tribune	WILLIAM EDWARD MINAHAN	17th April 1912
	EDWARD THOMAS STONE FAMILY INFORMATION Edward Thomas Stone was born in 1882/83 in Shirley, Southampton. He himself quotes his birthplace as Cornwall when signing on Titanic but this appears to be erroneous. (It is currently assumed that he lived there for a while when young). He was the ...
Newark Evening News	GOVERNMENT TO SHIP BODY OF MARCH HERE The government authorities are making arrangements to bring the body of John S. March, one of the three United States mail clerks who lost their lives on the Titanic, from Halifax to Newark, according to information received by Miss Antoinette A. Mar...	29th April 1912
New York Times	EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD World War I Air Veteran Had Been Investment Broker --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., June 10---Edward B. Mayer of Dalton, a veteran of World War I and a retired New York investment broker, died today in ...	11th June 1955
The Times	CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH MEMORIAL A committee has been formed for the purpose of arranging for the erection of a suitable memorial to the late Commander Edward John Smith RNR, the Captain of the Titanic. It is proposed that it should take the two-fold form of ...	27th September 1913

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