Lillian Gertrud Asplund

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Canada.com	LILLIAN GERTRUD ASPLUND, LAST U.S. SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 99 Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, has died, family and friends said Sunday. She was 99.Asplund, who was five years old that night in 1912, 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 even said she saw the ship slip into the water," said Philip Maloof, her lawyer and close friend. "She was the last one (left) in the world to actually see the disaster." ...	8th May 2006
Foxnews.com	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
Mirror.co.uk	SECRETS OF THE TITANIC SURVIVOR LILLIAN ASPLUND REVEALED For 94 years, Titanic survivor Lillian Asplund refused to speak about the tragedy that had claimed the lives of her father and three brothers.But when she died aged 99, a shoebox was found containing letters, photos and mementos of her family's demise....	28th March 2008
	LILLIAN ASPLUND'S FIRST WORCESTER HOME Lillian Asplund's first home at 6 Rodney Street, Worcester, Massachusetts...
Worcester Telegram	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
Worcester Telegram	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
Worcester Telegram	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
	LILLIAN, SELMA AND FELIX ASPLUND 1912 Lillian, Selma and Felix Asplund 1912...
NY Daily News (4/20/08	TITANIC TICKET MAKES WAVES A ticket for the Titanic's ill-fated voyage belonging to the last survivor with memories of the disaster sold for $65,772 at a British auction. Lillian Asplund who died in 2006 at the age of 99 was just five years old when the Titanic hit an iceber and sank during her maiden voyage from England to New York. Her father and three siblings were among the 1500 people who died. Asplund was the last American survivor of the disaster and the last with memories of it. Asplund's ticket--bought by a collector from the United States--was among 364 items sold at auction....	20th April 2008
Worcester Evening Post	ASPLUND FAMILY TITANIC PASSENGERS IT IS FEARED Charles Asplund, a former resident of Worcester; a six year old son, Carl, and another son two years old, are believed to have been included among the victims of the Titanic disaster. Mrs.Asplund and three other children. Felix, 13 years o...	19th April 1912
	LILLIAN ASPLUND - AGED 5 YEARS Pictured in 1912, after the Titanic disaster which claimed the life of both her father & 3 brothers - Filip (13), Clarence (9)and her twin Carl (5)....	1912
Worcester Evening Gazette	MRS ASPLUND AND CHILDREN SAFE IN HOSPITAL AT N.Y. Article of Interest...	19th April 1912
Worcester Telegram	MRS. CHARLES ASPLUND AND THREE CHILDREN ARE SAVED Her Husband and Two of Their Sons Are Believed to Be Among Those Lost on the Titanic, Though Names Sent Show Slight Varience Charles Asplund, formerly of Worcester, his son Carl, 6 years old, and a baby boy 2 years old, are pro...	18th April 1912
Worcester Evening Gazette	WORCESTER FRIENDS TAKE UP WORK OF AIDING TITANIC SURVIVORS An announcement was made in the G???mane Swedish Lutheran Church yesterday that a memorial service for victims of the Titanic disaster will be conducted in the church Sunday evening with Rev. John A. Eckstrom pastor, in charge. At thi...	22nd April 1912
BBC Northern Ireland	TITANIC SHOE BOX SALE HITS £100,000 A treasure store of Titanic memorabilia, kept in a shoe box by a woman who survived the 1912 disaster, has sold at auction for £100,000.Among Lillian Asplund's shoe box treasures was one of the last four remaining tickets for the Titanic's doomed maiden voyage. ...	20th April 2008
	MEMORIAL CARD FOR MISS LILLIAN G. ASPLUND Memorial card for services on May 10, 2006...
Worcester Evening Gazette	SAFETY OF FORMER RESIDENTS OF WORCESTER CAUSES WORRY AMONG FRIENDS IN THIS CITY Believing that Charles Asplund and family, formerly of Worcester, were on board the ill-fated Titanic when it foundered., Charles E. Carlson of 193 Vernon street, left Worcester today for New York to make inquiries concerning the fate of the family, ...	17th April 1912
	MORRO CASTLE - GRAVES OF DORA AND LILLIAN GAHRINGER The Grave of Dora and Lillian Gahringer, Machpelah Plot, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, N.Y.Â Dora Gahringer is buriedÂ with her parents on the right, while Lillian is buried, unmarked, with a sister who died in childhood in the plot just to...
Worcester Telegram	FUND FOR RELIEF OF MRS. ASPLUND AND HER CHILDREN IS GROWING SLOWLY Money for the Worcester Titanic relief fund that is to be used for the financial assistance of Mrs. Charles Asplund and her two children who survived the Titanic disaster, in which her husband and three children were lost, is coming slowly to the rel...	30th April 1912
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
	CARL & SELMA ASPLUND Carl & Selma Asplund...
Worcester Telegram	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
	ASPLUND FAMILY HEADSTONE Ribbons of Sweden's blue...
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 378. Dyer, Frances, widow; children Lillian Ada; Rosaline Emma; Winifred Alice. All class D dependants....	March 1913
	151 VERNON STREET HOME AND ASPLUND DESTINATION 151 Vernon Street...
	THE VOYAGE OF LIFE- CHILDHOOD The Voyage of Life-Childhood by Thomas Cole, one of a series of four canvases mentioned in the Asplund memorial services May 10, 2006...
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Millar, Kate Breingan, sister; Millar, Mary Hartley, sister. Millar, William, brother. McDougall, Lillian, fiancee. All class C dependants. Assistant Electrician. ...	March 1913
New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Special to The New York Times --- ELIZABETH, N. J., July 8---Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, a survivor of the Titanic disaster twenty-one years ago, died this morning at her home here after a long illness. She was born in England. She was a m...	9th July 1933
Guernsey Evening Press	UNTITLED April/May 1912 In the boat with Mrs. Renouf were the Misses Lillian Bentham (of Jersey) and Miss Emily Rugg. When the boat left the ship's side there were 30 on board, but later 30 men were taken from a raft, of whom one...	1912
Worcester Telegram	ASPLUND FUND TOTALS $1031.25, BUT BODY OF VICTIM OF TITANIC DISASTER FAILS TO REACH WORCESTER The benefit fund for Mrs. Charles Asplund and her two children saved from the titanic, while her husband and three sons went to their deaths, yesterday passed the $1000 mark. The total amount subscribed last night was $1031.25, and tha...	4th May 1912
Elizabeth Daily Journal	EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR SYMPATHY SHOWN Mrs. Lillian Renouf and Fred Jefferys, relatives of the Elizabeth victims of the Titanic, wish to thank the Rev. Henry Hale Gifford, Ph.D., rector of Grace Church and the Sons and Daughters of St. George for their kindness and sympathy shown. ...	1st May 1912
	AT REST - THE MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MISS LILLIAN G. ASPLUND Shelley Dziedzic Worcester, Massachusetts is a city of approximately 180,00 living souls, located in what the state likes to call the “Heart of the Commonwealth. It is, like Rome, a city of seven hills and the second largest city in the state after nearby Boston...	10th May 2006
Chicago Daily News	ASKED TO MEET TWO WOMEN Green Bay, Wisconsin., April 17--A wireless message from the steamer Carpathia, received here this afternoon by V. I. Minahan, requests that he meet Mrs. W. E. Minahan and Miss Daisy Minahan at New York city on the arrival of the steamer. ...	17th April 1912
Worcester Telegram	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
Elizabeth Daily Journal	SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER PASSES AWAY Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, wife of Arthur Stead, of 128 Reid street, died last night at her home after a lingering illness. Mrs. Stead was a survivor of the "Titanic" disaster twenty-one years ago. Born in England, she came to this country twenty-five ...	8th July 1933
Elizabeth Daily Journal	FUNERAL OF MRS. ARTHUR STEAD Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, who died Friday, wife of Arthur Stead, of 128 Reid street, were held yesterday afternoon at J. S. Stiner's Home for Services, 97 West Grand street. Rev. William G. Felmeth, D. D., pastor of the Third Presb...	13th July 1933
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...
Newark Star	TITANIC VICTIM'S HUSBAND MISSING Elizabeth Man Strangely Disappears After Learning of Her Death at Sea --- ELIZABETH, April 21---Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, who lost his wife and two children in the Titanic disaster, disappeared on Friday at noon and ...	22nd April 1912
Worcester Telegram	BODY OF W.C.PORTER REACHES WORCESTER Identified at Hallifax by Waldo E. Sessions who will have charge of the funeral which will be saturday. The body of Walter C. Porter, 10 Knox street of S. Porter & Co., last manufacturers, 25 Union street who met his death in the Titan...	1912
Times-Tribune	50 YEARS AFTER: A MEMORY OF THE TITANIC Rosemary Mossien BY ROSEMARY MOSSIEN Vivid memories of the horror of the sinking of the "unsinkable" ocean liner Titanic 50 years ago April 15 are recalled by Mrs. John Black, 11 Kay Terrace, only Rochesterian who is a survivor of the tragedy....	1962
Newark Star	GIRL SAYS FATHER SAVED HER IN WRECK Miss Lillian Cribb Led Through Passageways on Titanic to Lifeboat --- To the rare presence of mind of her father, John H. Cribb, who lost his life when the Titanic sank, Miss Lillian M. Cribb, 17 years old, believes she owes her life. C...	20th April 1912
	NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic...
	RED CROSS FUND REPORT ON ASPLUNDS (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number P. 114. Asplund. Widow, two children and mother received a grant of £150. Farmer from Sweden, returning from visit to relatives. Aged 40 years, born 7th ...
	FAMILY INFORMATION : GEORGE PELHAM George Pelham was one of six children, having four sisters and one brother: Thomas Walter (born Jan [1867]?), Ann (born 1 April 1869), Caroline (born 26 July 1872), George was next, Elizabeth (born 26 October 1875) and Louis...	11th August 2005
Laguna Beach Post	TITANIC SURVIVOR MEMORIAL SERVICE Lilian Minahan Obituary...	25th January 1962
Press Association	MILLVINA DEAN : YOUNGEST PASSENGER, LAST SURVIVOR Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on RMS Titanic, just nine weeks old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered from the sinking ship into a lifeboat bobbing on the frigid North Atlantic....	1st June 2009
Titanic Research	TITANIC AT 100: A PERSONAL JOURNEY Malcolm Bowen Niedner, Jr. As Malcolm Niedner looked through a set of family negatives he discovered a new image of a four-funneled ocean liner... Titanic!...	22nd April 2012
Virginia Pilot	MRS. CELINEY DECKER, 69, SURVIVOR OF LINER 'TITANIC' NORFOLK--Mrs. Celiney Alexander Decker, 69, of 1158 Larchmont Crescent, who as a 15-year-old immigrant bride from Lebanon survived the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Thursday at 5:30 P.M. in a hospital. Only one other ...	11th March 1966
MSNBC	LAST SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC DIES, AGED 97 Millvina Dean, the last Titanic survivor died on May 31, the same day, 98 years earlier, that the hull was launched. Millvina was only 2 months old at the time of the sinking, and the youngest passenger on the ship. She will be missed by many....	9th June 2009
Elizabeth Daily Journal	LEARNS SISTER WAS LOST ON FATED TITANIC [The beginning of this article appears under Julia Barry's ET entry.] Overcome with grief at the loss of his wife and two children, who were on their way from England to join him in this country, Benjamin Peacock left his boarding plac...	19th April 1912

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