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  (1881) 1881 CENSUS - LIVERPOOL
Hugh Richard Walter McElroy was born at 3 Percy Street, Liverpool on 28 October 1874. He was the son of Richard R. McElroy and Jessie (formerly Fox). At the time of the 1881 census he was living at 6 Eversley Street, Toxteth, Liverpool with h...
  1881  
The Times (1895) 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  
Cork Examiner (1912) REMARKABLE STATEMENT
Liverpool, Wednesday. Messrs. Quilliam, Liverpool, solicitors, acting on behalf of relatives of Thos. Hart, marine fireman, of Liverpool, supposed to have been lost in the Titanic disaster, have recieved a statement from his mother. Sh...
9th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) PRESENTATION TO ROSTRON
Liverpool Gives Him at Gold Medal and an Illuminated Address --- LIVERPOOL, June 26---To Capt. Rostron of the Cuunard [sic] liner Carpathia a gold medal and an illuminated address of thanks were presented to-day by the City of Liverpoo...
27th June 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Hodgkinson, Leonard of Thurnham Street, Liverpool. Ships engineer. Administration Liverpool 8th July 1912 to Sarah Hodgkinson, widow. Effects £116.10.10d....
  1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO NORMAN HARRISON
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on a grave in Knotty Ash Parish Church Cemetery, Knotty Ash, Liverpool. also mentioned on a grave in Kirkdale Cemetery, Longmoor Lane, Liverpool....
   
Liverpool Echo (2009) TITANIC'S LINKS TO LIVERPOOL
TITANIC had strong links with Liverpool although she never visited her home port – by 1912 the White Star Line's largest and fastest Atlantic steamers were sailing from Southampton....
31st October 2009  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
AGED thirty-four years, was born in Manchester. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. H. H. Hall & Co., of Liverpool after which he was employed by Messrs. Campbell and Isherwood, Ltd., Bootle, Hame Electric Company, Liverpool and the Northern E...
   
  (1915) MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND, LIVERPOOL AREA COMMITTEE
No. 421 Harrison, Mrs. Mary. Address for cheques: Old Swan Branch, 521 Prescot Road, Liverpool. Net monthly allowance to widow £7 13 2d no children monthly total £7 13 2d....
1st December 1915  
Liverpool Daily Post (2009) TITANIC HAD MANY LIVERPOOL LINKS, REPORTS PETER ELSON
by Peter ElsonApr 24 2009ALTHOUGH she never visited Liverpool, Titanic had strong links with her home port.Planning for her maiden voyage, including the selection of her officers, was made by Charles Bartlett, Whit...
29th April 2009  
  TITANIC CONNECTIONS WITH LIVERPOOL
Titanic, Carpathia, Californian were all Liverpool registered ships. The Titanic was scheduled to visit the port on the voyage from Belfast to Southampton but this was cancelled almost at the last minute. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO BERTIE WILSON
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT: NORMAN HARRISON
Harrison Norman. Of Baden Road. Knotty Ash, Liverpool. Ships engineer. Administration: Liverpool, 1st July 1912 to Mary Harrison, widow. Effects £405.8.8d...
1st July 1912  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) TITANIC CONVENTION HELD IN LIVERPOOL
THE annual convention of the British Titanic Society begins today in Liverpool.More than 100 delegates from the UK, Europe and the United States will meet in the city for a weekend of events marking the 96th anniversary of the tragedy....
14th April 2008  
New York Times (1912) $100,000 GIFT FROM ISMAY
Thank Offering for His Escape---To Start Fund for Disabled Seamen --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LIVERPOOL, May 13---The Liverpool Journal of Commerce states that J. Bruce Ismay h...
14th May 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers memorial, East Park. also named on a grave in the Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool. The inscription reads: Also Peter Only Son of the Above Who Lost His Life With Other Brave Of...
   
Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908) (1908) ISMAY, JAMES [SIC] BRUCE
Ismay, James [sic] Bruce (b. Liverpool, 1862). President and Managing Director of the International Mercantile Marine Co. Educated Harrow, and on leaving school entered the office of Messrs. Ismay, Imrie and Co. (White Star Line). After se...
  1908  
  (1915) MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND, LIVERPOOL AREA COMMITTEE
No. 125. Miss Marion Hodgkinson. Minutes state: Widow deceased 25th January 1914. Full allowance paid to 31st March 1914. Liverpool C & G P Committee 9 7 1914. 10/- per week for 12 months as from 1st October 1914 then reconsider....
1st December 1915  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT: HESKETH
Probate Report: Hesketh, John Henry of Garnett Avenue, Kirkdale, Liverpool. Ships engineer. Administration, Liverpool 8th July 1912 to Henry Hesketh, engine driver. Effects. £447.10.0d....
8th July 1912  
New York Times (1907) SEAMEN'S STRIKE ABROAD
LIVERPOOL, May 22---The projected move of the White Star Line to Southampton is responsible for a dispute between seamen and firemen and the company which threatens to spread. A hundred men belonging to the Oceanic refused to sai...
23rd May 1907  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) TITANIC LUNCH FOR COMMEMORATION PLAN
LIVERPOOL Lord Mayor Steve Rotheram yesterday hosted a lunch identical to the last meal eaten by passengers onboard the Titanic.It was part of the first gathering of the 'Titanic Cities' event, aimed at bringing together representatives from places with a connection with the ill-fated vessel. The ship was registered in Liverpool and had the city's name on her stern, although she was built in Southampton....
15th July 2008  
New York Times (1907) ROUSED BY WHITE STAR LINE
Liverpool and Queenstown Protest Against Change to Southampton --- LIVERPOOL, Jan. 9---Because of the strong feeling aroused locally by the statement that the White Star Line purposed to divert its steamers to Southampt...
10th January 1907  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) WORLD SHOULD UNITE TO COMMEMORATE THE TITANIC TRAGEDY
WITH time not dispelling the ever- growing worldwide interest in the sinking of the White Star Line's RMS Titanic, it is reassuring to know that Liverpool is already planning to commemorate the centenary of the tragic loss of this superliner, which was owned and registered in the city.A special lunch, with a menu replicating that served to first-class passengers on Titanic's final, fatal night, has already been hosted by Judith Feather, Liverpool Culture Company's head of events, to bring together the ports associated with the liner....
16th September 2008  
  MEMORIALS
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO GEORGE FOX HOSKING
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES FRASER
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Is remembered on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered o...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: HUGH FITZPATRICK
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial a...
   
  MEMORIALS TO GEORGE ALEXANDER CHISNALL
Remembered on: the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES HESKETH
Named on the magnificent Engineer's Memorial in East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembere...
   
The Scotsman (1907) THE MAURETANIA'S SECOND VOYAGE
The Mauretania sails from Liverpool on her second voyage this evening, being due to leave the Liverpool landing stage at seven o’clock. All her saloon accommodation, including the Regal Suites, is fully booked. Amongst the passengers are Lord Stra...
14th December 1907  
  MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered on the Institut...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. a...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent - Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the L...
   
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM KELLY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO FANK PARSONS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  MEMORIALS TO ALFRED MIDDLETON
Assistant Electrician. Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memori...
   
New York Times (1907) ADRIATIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
Great New White Star Liner Leaves Liverpool for New York --- LIVERPOOL, May 8---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic left here to-day for New York. The Adriatic was launched at Belfast last September. She has an...
9th May 1907  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO EDWARD DODD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO RENNY DODDS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
   
  MEMORIALS TO ALBERT GEORGE ERVINE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
   
The Times (1909) JUDICIAL CHANGES
His Majesty has been pleased to approve the following appointments to take effect on the 10th inst., namely:--- The Hon. Mr. Justice Bigham to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of...
4th February 1909  
The Times (1930) INSURANCE DIRECTOR'S RETIREMENT
Mr. J. Bruce Ismay, who has for many years been a director of the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance Company and also for some time past a director of the Royal Insurance Company and of the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company, has ...
29th January 1930  
  PENROSE FAMILY INFORMATION
John Poole Penrose was actually born in Mary Tavy near Tavistock, Devon in 1863. The 1881 census has John at home (aged 17) in Mary Tavy with his mother Betsy, step-father Mathew Northey, brother Matthew and various step- brothers and sisters....
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO ARTHUR WARD
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
New York Times (1912) ISMAY AIDS SAILORS' WIDOWS
Will Provide Pensions for Those Who Lose Husbands at Sea --- By Marconi Wireless Transatlantic Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, May 14---Exact information was obtained to-day as to J. Bruce Ismay's intentions in...
15th May 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO HENRY DYER
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also ...
   
  (1911) INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst...
17th November 1911  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
  MEMORIALS: ARTHUR ROUS
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
The Times (1912) LIVERPOOL AWARDS TO CARPATHIA CREW
Page 3Engineers of the Carpathia honoured The Lord Mayor of Liverpool has made various presentations to the engineers and electricians of the Carpathia who gave service on the night of the Titanic disaster. Mr A. Johnsto...
16th December 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: WILLIAM DUFFY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
   
  (2005) TUNISIAN
Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ...
12th November 2005  
New York Times (1912) MME. AUBART RETURNS TO FRANCE
{Note: This is an excerpt from a longer article, headlined "SEES SOCIAL CHANGES," reporting on an interview with another Adriatic passenger, unrelated to Titanic or Mme. Aubart.} Mrs. N. Aubart, a young Frenchwoman who was a survivor o...
3rd May 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JAMES SMITH
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on...
   
  (2006) THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....
18th December 2006  
  (2005) BRAVERY AWARD
I have in my possession (recently discovered) a rare illuminated accommodation awarded to the Purser (Ernest G F Brown RNR) of the RMS Carpathia, the first ship to rescue the survivors from the “Titanic” sinking.  Ernest Brown was originally from ...
1st April 2005  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES : LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE : WILDE
C.23. Wilde. Read letter dated 28th May, 1914, received from Mr. O. Jones Williams (one of the Guardians of the children of the late Chief Officer Wilde). The Hon. Secretary reported that he had requested Mr. Williams to attend at the ...
8th June 1914  
Liverpool Daily Post (2009) LIVERPOOL GETS READY FOR TITANIC 2012 CENTENARY
by Peter ElsonApr 24 2009Today, Liverpool starts planning the centenary of Titanic's sinking in three years' time. Peter Elson reportsIT ALL started with an innocent game of billiards in one of Liverpool's great me...
29th April 2009  
  (2005) ARMENIAN
Cestrian, sister ship to the Armenian, seen here at Harland and Wolff's Belfast yard following completion. (courtesy Lawrence Dunn, Famous Liner...
27th March 2005  
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
Dictionary of National Biography (1901) ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY
ISMAY, THOMAS HENRY (1837-1899), shipowner, eldest son of Joseph Ismay, of Marypoint, [sic; should be "Maryport], Cumberland, was born there on 7 Jan. 1837. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to a firm of shipbrokers (...
   
  MEMORIAL TO THE ENGINEERS
   
  (1934) CYCLE RIDE FOR TITANIC HERO.
Family tradition has it that Thomas Wiliam Jones rode his bicycle through the Liverpool Mersey (Queensway) Tunnel before it was officially opened by King George V and Queen Mary!...
18th July 1934  
  (2004) ROYAL STANDARD
White Star Line The White Star Line was founded in 1845 by two Liverpool ship brokers, Henry Threlfall Wilson and...
14th November 2004  
New York Times (1912) BOY WIRELESS SAVED THEM
Rescues Resulted from Coltain's [sic] Untiring Devotion to Duty --- Harold Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator of the Carpathia, through whose efforts more than to any one [sic] else the saving of a part of the Titanic's passengers wa...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
[from Liverpool Library] Snape, Lucy Violet of Well Lane, Sandhills, Whitley, Surrey, widow. Administration (with will limited) London 11th October to Edward James Lennard, cowman. Effects £234.14s 2d....
11th October 1912  
  (1915) MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND, LIVERPOOL AREA COMMITTEE: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
No. 98. Farquharson, Mrs. Martha: Address for cheques: Head office. net monthly allowance to widow £7 13 10 two children £1 3 10 total £8 17 8d....
1st December 1915  
  (1915) MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Liverpool Area Committee No. 415. Franklin, Mrs. B. Address for cheques: The National Provincial Bank of England Limited, London Street, Norwich. Net monthly allowance to widow £3. 7 2d one child £1 1 8d total £4 8 10d....
1st December 1915  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
[from Liverpool Library] Parsons, Edward of 26 Roberts Road, Hill Lane, Southampton. Probate London 11th May to Clara Parsons, widow. Effects £451.1s.4d....
11th May 1912  
The Times (1916) LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT
His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte...
1st January 1916  
New York Times (1899) THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD
Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died...
24th November 1899  
  (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  
Boston Daily Globe (1912) LATTIMER MOURNED
Titanic's Chief Steward Well Known in Boston Prince of Entertainers and a Most Competent Officer Andrew Lattimer, senior chief steward of the Titanic, who was drowned, was well known in maritime and...
20th April 1912  
  MEMORIALS TO CAPTAIN SMITH
At Beacon Park, Lichfield, Staffordshire there is a fine statue to Captain Smith. The statue was sculptured by Kathleen, Lady Scott, C.V.O and unveiled by the Captain's daughter Helen on 29th July 1914.There is a stained glass window to ...
   
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE: PARSONS
Parsons, Edward. Aged 37 years. Chief Storekeeper of the Titanic, and Dearly beloved Husband of Clarsia Parsons, 26, Roberts Road, Plymouth. Liverpool and London papers please copy. [Also Hampshire Independent 27th April 1912]...
22nd April 1912  
Southport Visiter (2007) LOCAL MAN WAS TITANIC CAPTAIN
The human cost of three sea disasters involving ships captained by men from Crosby, Blundellsands and Waterloo is on show in Liverpool.Titanic, Lusitania and the Forgotten Empress, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, looks at the trio of catastrophes that shook the world between 1912 and 1915....
14th September 2007  
The Times (1907) OBITUARY: MARGARET ISMAY
MRS. ISMAY, widow of Mr. Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder of the White Star Line, and mother of Mr. Bruce Ismay, head of the International Mercantile Marine Company, died yesterday morning, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Geoffrey Drage, in Cad...
10th April 1907  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE
Termination of dependency The Hon Secretary reported the following termination of dependency, of which he has notified the beneficiary as on and after the 1st July 1914, viz.: C. 511. Ellen June Mullin (Sister) 18 years of age on 30th A...
12th June 1914  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Bell, Joseph of Barnton, 1 Belvidere Road, Great Crosby, Liverpool. Ships Engineer. Probate registered, London 2nd August 1912 to Maud Bell, widow and William Ralph Bates, Iron Works Manager. Effects £6457.0s.10d....
  1912  
Chicago Tribune (1913) JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBERG
JUST MISSED TITANIC'S FATE: TEUTONIC VEERS OFF ICEBRG By Quick Reversal of Engines and with Helm Hard Aport Liner Grazes Huge...
28th October 1913  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (1999) PURSER MCELROY
Hugh Walter McElroy was born on 28th October 1874 at 3, Percy Street, Liverpool, the son of Richard McElroy, and his wife Jessie (nee Fox). On Hugh’s certificate his father’s occupation is shown as Shipbuilder, [he was a ships carpenter] and he was k...
  April 1999  
  (1912) 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  
  (1915) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES: LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE
C 83 Chisnall Mrs. Alice H. Address for cheques: East branch, Prescot Street. Net monthly allowance to widow: £5.19.2d: children 2 - £1.3.0d. Total monthly allowance for widow and children £7.3.0d....
1st December 1915  
Liverpool City Council (2008) TITANIC LUNCHEON
THE final meal on the Titanic is to be recreated at a special event hosted by the Lord Mayor of Liverpool on Monday (14 July).Representatives from cities connected with the Titanic's tragic maiden voyage are gathering to discuss how one of the worst maritime disasters ever should be commemorated in the run up to the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship in 2012....
11th July 2008  
The Times (1912) THE TITANIC: MR ISMAY’S RETURN
The Adriatic arrived at Liverpool on Saturday with Mr Bruce Ismay and other survivors of the disaster to the Titanic on board. A large crowd had assembled at the landing stage to meet the vessel. One of the White Star Company&rsq...
13th May 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Calendar of Probate 1912:LATIMER, Andrew of Glenwyllin Road, Waterloo,Lancashire, ship steward, died 15th April 1912at sea. Probate, Liverpool 7th October to JennieLatimer, widow. Effects £3082 9s 3d....
  1912  
Nova News Now (2008) TITANIC SAILS INTO LIVERPOOL
Over 1,500 lives were lost on April 14, 1912 when the ill-fated RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. Ninety-six years later, the cast and creative team of the Winds of Change will bring the legendary story of the RMS Titanic and its passengers back to life, beginning on April 18, 2008....
15th April 2008  
Birkenhead News (1912) AN ARGYLE THEATRE’S BANDSMAN AMONG THE TITANIC ORCHESTRA
One of those on board the Titanic and who it is feared is amongst those who have perished, is Mr. J. F. P. Clarke, formerly a member of the orchestra of the Argyle Theatre of Varieties. Mr. Clarke in his short time he played...
20th April 1912  
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
   
New York Times (1913) ISMAY IS TO QUIT
Will Retire June 30---Harold Sanderson to Take His Place --- by Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, Dec. 31.---J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the Presidency of the International ...
1st January 1913  
Liverpool Echo (2007) TITANIC STEWARD'S MEDAL AUCTION
A RARE collection of medals which belonged to a Liverpool steward who helped launch lifeboats on the stricken Titanic is up for sale.The four World War I medals belonged to first class steward Ernest Wheelton who survived the disaster which claimed the lives of 1,500 passengers....
11th October 2007  
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE
Stagg, John Henry. Late of SS New York, Age 37, Dearly Beloved Husband of Beatrice Stagg, 66 Commercial Road, Deeply Mourned by His Sorrowing Wife and Daughter. Liverpool Papers Please Copy. [Also from Southern Daily Echo 11th, ...
10th May 1912  
  (1911) SHIP MANIFEST
on 15th April 1911, Hudson arrived at New York from Liverpool, England. He was on board the S.S Campania, 29 years old, married his occupation was a broker, he could read and write, his residence was Montreal, Canada. he had no nearby freinds or rela...
15th April 1911  
Breeder’s Gazette (1893) ADVERTISEMENT FOR WHITE STAR LINE LIVESTOCK TRANSPORTS
White Star  Line! LIVE-STOCK and CARGO STEAMERS. Liverpool and New York, REGULAR WEEKLY SAILIN...
25th January 1893  
  THE MOODY CUP
Officer Moody served on the Royal Navy training ship HMS Conway in the River Mersey for two years from 1902 to 1903. After the disaster his parents presented a cup which became known as the Moody Cup and was dedicated to his memory....
   
CCTV 'TITANIC: THE ARTIFACT EXHIBITION' OPENS IN NEW YORK
Ninety-seven years after it sailed from Liverpool, the Titanic has finally reached her intended destination - New York City. A new exhibition, 'Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition', showcases hundreds artifacts from the 'unsinkable' ship, many of them on display for the first time after being recovered from the ocean floor....
   
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported...
23rd July 1912  
The Times LEGAL APPOINTMENTS
PEERAGE FOR SIR JOHN BIGHAM --- The King has been pleased to approve the appointment of Sir Samuel Thomas Evans, K.C., to be President of the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, ...
   
New York Times (1900) THOMAS H. ISMAY LEFT £1,297,881
LONDON, March 11---The will of the late Thomas Henry Ismay, founder of the White Star Steamship Company, who died in Liverpool last November, has been proved, showing a personal estate of £1,297,881. Numerous legacies, in all about £2...
12th March 1900  
  JOHN FREDERICK PRESTON CLARKE
Clarke, John Frederick Preston. 22 Tunstall Street, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. Orchestra (Bass). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) ...
   
  MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
   
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...
23rd July 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) UNTITLED
Wexfordman Chief Purser Mr John J. Ennis JP; came to reside with his two daughters at his home place in Springwood (Ballymitty, Co Wexford). Last year one of his daughters, Miss Barbara Ennis, was married to Mr Hugh McElroy, who belongs to a very goo...
  1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were report...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togeth...
23rd July 1912  
Liverpool Echo (2007) WERE SALVAGED MIRRORS DESTINED FOR TITANIC?
SALVAGE experts are trying to find out if mirrors discovered buried in mud in a Southampton junkyard were destined for the stricken Titanic.The mirrors were discovered buried at a yard where surplus stock from liners, said to be supplied by prestigious Liverpool china and glassware company Stonier & Co, ended up....
21st November 2007  
  (1901) 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  
The Times (1913) LIFE-SAVING AT SEA
AWARD OF THE KING'S MEDALS The King has been pleased, on the recommendation of the President of the Board of Trade, to award medals for gallantry in saving life at sea to the folowing persons: A silver medal t...
12th July 1913  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: PENNY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported to...
23rd July 1912  
The Times (1913) PRESENTATION OF MEDALS FOR GALLANTRY
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, DEC. 16---The King this morning decorated the following with medals for acts of gallantry on land and at sea as stated against their names:--- BOARD OF TRADE MEDALS Lieutenant ...
17th December 1913  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO JOHN WESLEY WOODWARD
Named on the Musicians Memorial at the Old Library site, London Road, Southampton. also named on the St Marys Church Musicians Memorial, St Marys, Southampton. also he is mentioned on a plaque in the lobby of the Boston ...
   
Paterson Evening News (1956) CHARLES JOUGHIN RITES TOMORROW; TITANIC SURVIVOR
A service for Charles Joughin, 78, of 574 E. 23rd St., who survived the sinking of the trans-Atlantic liner, Titanic, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the R. Charles D. Legg and Sons Home for Funerals, 384 Broadway. The Rev. Wi...
10th December 1956  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: GEORGE FOX HOSKING
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported t...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: JAMES FRASER
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported togethe...
23rd July 1912  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY: JAMES SMITH
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported t...
23rd July 1912  
Liverpool Daily Post (2008) SALE OF RARE ACCOUNT OF TITANIC SINKING
A RARE account of the night the Titanic sank is being sold alongside the hero's medal given to the seaman who wrote it.The Carpathia bronze medal presented to Liverpool able-seaman George Gardner is being auctioned today with his handwritten account of that fateful night in 1912....
8th July 2008  
  (1912) MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY
The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were...
23rd July 1912  
  THE WHITE STAR
White Star Line cast brass five pointed star removed from the White Star office in Liverpool. 26ins....
   
Liverpool Echo (2009) SECRETS OF THE TITANIC... ONLINE
THE Titanic disaster is THE major shipping disaster of all time. More lives have been lost in other ship-wrecks/sinkings but the Titanic remains the iconic disaster.There were of course plenty of links to Liverpool at the time of Titanic's fateful maiden voyage in April 1912 and the documentary evidence that can be accessed relating to her crew and families is a huge bonus for genealogists interested in Titanic links....
6th January 2009  
The Times (1899) FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY
In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...
28th November 1899  
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  
Paterson Morning Call (1956) CHARLES JOUGHIN, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES IN HOSPITAL
Charles Joughin, 78, who was chief baker and one of the survivors of the luxury liner Titanic which sunk [sic] on its maiden trip in April, 1912 in the Atlantic, died yesterday in the Barnert Memorial...
10th December 1956  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT: WILDE HENRY TINGLE
Probate Report: Wilde Henry Tingle, of 25 Grey Road, Walton, Liverpool. Ships Officer. Probate registered London, 12th July to Richard Owen Jones rubber merchants clerk and Owen Jones Williams estate agent. Effects: £6783.3.9d....
12th July 1912  
  WHITE STAR LINE, LIVERPOOL
   
New York Times (1911) CHANGE IN COMMODORES
Capt. Haddock to Head White Star Line at Increased Pay --- Capt. E. J. Smith, R. N. R., the Commodore of the White Star Line, who is to command the new mammoth liner Olympic, will retire at the end of the present year, it is understoo...
6th June 1911  
New York Times (1914) TITANIC SURVIVOR LOST
Stewardess of Ill-Fated Steamer Jumps from Leyland Liner --- BOSTON, Oct. 10---Mrs. Annie Robinson of Liverpool, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, jumped from the Leyland Line steamer Devonian last night while the liner was groping ...
11th October 1914  
New York Times (1907) MORGAN ON THE OCEAN
Sailed Yesterday on the Baltic to be Gone Until July --- J. Pierpont Morgan sailed for Liverpool yesterday on the White Star Line steamer Baltic. On account of the tide the Baltic sailed at 5 o'clock in the morning. M...
14th March 1907  
New York Times (1899) THE GERMANIC AGAIN IN PORT
The White Star steamer Germanic, from Liverpool, arrived at this port late yesterday afternoon. This is the first trip the vessel has made since she sank alongside her pier on the North River last Winter from the weight of sno...
16th June 1899  
Click Liverpool (2008) TITANIC TRAGEDY DISPLAY AT LIVERPOOL MUSEUM
Fascinating objects salvaged from around the wreck of the liner Titanic, 2.5 miles down on the ocean floor are new attractions at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.The exhibits are a wrist watch, spectacles, a White Star Line cup, lead ventilation grill, a gold wristwatch, five tie pins and a five dollar banknote.When the RMS Titanic sank on 15 April 1912, with the loss of 1,500 lives, she broke up as she plunged down into the depths. The bow and stern sections of the wreck lie 1,970 ft apart surrounded by debris scattered far and wide....
15th December 2008  
  THREE GRACES, SHANGHAI
The Three Graces on the Bund in Shanghai, China, were modelled on the originals on the waterfront in Liverpool by wealthy Western businessmen and developers who began to commercialise China from the late 1880s onwards. The m...
   
Liverpool Echo (2008) THE FAMOUS WHITE STAR LINE WHICH LATER INCLUDED THE TITANIC AMONG ITS FLEET WAS FOUNDED IN LIVERPOOL IN 1869 BY SHIPPING MOGUL THOMAS HENRY ISMAY.
Known also as the Ocean Steam Navigation Company, White Star eventually led the way in building prestigious luxury liners such as Titanic and her almost identical sisters Olympic and Britannic.When Ismay died in 1899 his elaborate tomb can still be seen in Thurstaston churchyard, Wirral White Star was the most successful transatlantic passenger line....
23rd June 2008  
  (1912) LETTER TO HIS SON FRANK, WRITTEN ON BOARD AND POSTED AT QUEENSTOWN
Dear Frank, I hope that you got to Belfast all right and started work on time, I got your wire from Liverpool. We have made a good run from Southampton everything working A1, we nearly had a collision with the New York and Oceanic when ...
11th April 1912  
  (2005) OCEANIC
White Star Line Not only was Oceanic operated by the same company that operated Titanic, she was also directly associated with Titanic at the beginning of her maiden voyage as well as during the first weeks following...
11th July 2005  
Berkshire Chronicle (1912) DETAINED AT WASHINGTON
Detained at Washington. Among those who were expected to have arrived home on the Lapland was Mr, Frederick Dent Ray, of 'Akbar' 56 palmer Park Avenue, Reading. Mr Ray, who was a steward on the Titanic, cabled home to his relatives informing them...
29th April 1912  
Daily Telegraph (1913) FIRE ABOARD THE "CALIFORNIAN"
A telegram from Vera Cruz reports that the Leyland liner "Californian" took fire in that port and that the outbreak was not extinguished until much damage had been done to the cargo by fire and water. The fire originated in holds number four...
3rd July 1913  
  (2004) HERCULANEUM
In addition to maneuvering Titanic after launch, Herculaneum also assisted during Titanic’s sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April 1912. Alexandra Towing Co.,...
2nd November 2004  
New York Times (1899) THOMAS HENRY ISMAY [LETTER TO THE EDITOR]
To The Editor of The New York Times: The death of Thomas Henry Ismay deserves more than a passing notice. In the extraordinary development of the commercial marine of Great Britain during the last quarter of a century he had been one o...
25th November 1899  
The Times (1913) CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH MEMORIAL
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 pro...
27th September 1913  
Liverpool Daily Post (2009) ST LUKE'S CHURCH HOSTS SPECIAL TITANIC FILM SCREENING
A FAMOUS feature film about the tragic liner Titanic will get an outdoor screening at one of Liverpool's landmark buildings on Saturday evening.There will be free entry to the acclaimed 1958 film, A Night to Remember, starring Kenneth More, at St Luke's Church, Leece Street, at 8pm. A young string quartet will perform some of Titanic's band repertoire played while the ship sank. Titanic's band leader was former Liverpool Philharmonic musician Wallace Hartley....
11th April 2009  
New York Times (1929) LORD MERSEY DIES IN HIS 90TH YEAR
Regarded as the Grand Old Man of the English Legal Profession --- HEADED SHIPPING INQUIRIES --- Presided at Investigation into the Lusitania, Titanic and Other Disasters --- Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES...
4th September 1929  
Daily Post and Mercury (1912) TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL
LATE MR. A. ROWE'S BODY INTERRED IN LIVERPOOL   Sorrowful scenes were witnessed at Smithdown road Cemetery, yesterday afternoon, when there were interred the remains of Mr. Alfred Rowe, a first class passenger who went d...
15th May 1912  
New York Times (1907) WHITE STAR LINE AFTER CONTINENTAL TRAFFIC
Service to Channel Ports Also to be Installed by Cunard Line --- WILL RIVAL GERMAN BOATS --- Mails to Two-thirds of England and All Scotland and Ireland Will Be Delayed by This Action --- The announcem...
8th January 1907  
New York Times (1930) CUNARD EMPLOYEES TO HONOR ROSTRON
Fleet Is Taking Up Subscription for Testimonial to the Retiring Commodore --- DIGGLE HIS SUCCESSOR --- Captain Edgar T. Brltten Will Command Berengaria When She Returns In February --- Officers of the Scythi...
3rd November 1930  
  MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 451. Hewett, Ada, widow. Children: Edna and Leslie. All class B dependants. (From the Minutes of Titanic Relief Fund, Liverpool Area Committee, December 1st 19...
   
San Francisco Examiner (1912) SACRAMENTO PAIR IN PASSENGER LIST
Special Dispatch to “The Examiner.” SACRAMENTO, APRIL 15.–Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hold of this city were passengers on the Titanic. They were returning from a visit to Mrs. Hold’s father and other relatives in Cornwall, where they were m...
16th April 1912  
  HARRISON FAMILY GRAVESTONE
In loving memory of Swainston Harrison Junior, who died at Ibi, Central Africa, 16th March 1892 aged 24 years. also Norman Harrison, second engineer SS Titanic foundered off the coast of Newf...
   
  (1915) LETTER RE OFFICER WILDE
PUBLIC TRUSTEE OFFICE 3 & 4 CLEMENTS INN, STRAND, LONDON W.C. 4th June 1915. Titanic Relief Fund Dear Mr. Corkhill, Mr. Allen had a personal interview with Mrs. Smith, the widow of Captain Smith, yesterday ...
4th June 1915  
Daily Sketch (1912) THE SURVIVING OFFICERS OF THE TITANIC
The surviving officers of the Titanic - Messrs. Lightoller, Lowe, Boxhall and Pitman - reached Liverpool by the same ship as Mr. Ismay - the Adriatic. The fifth officer, Mr. Lowe, who told the American Court of Inquiry that he asked Mr. Is...
13th May 1912  
  THOMAS ISMAY'S DAWPOOL RESIDENCE
Thomas Henry Ismay, chairman of the White Star Line, moved into this grand new house with his wife Margaret in 1884. It was designed for them by Richard Norman Shaw, who was also responsible for the White Star Line offices in James Street, Liverpool. Mr and Mrs Ismay were both closely involved in the design and furnishing of Dawpool. They visited other houses to collect ideas, shopped together for antique furniture and deliberated with the decorator J Aldam Heaton over the treatment of the interior. The house survived for less than fifty years, it was demolished in 1927. ...
   
  (1912) PENROSE: PROBATE INFORMATION
PENROSE John Poole of 13 Southview Road Southampton steward merchant service died 15 April 1912 at sea Administration Winchester 2 August 1912 to Florence Annie Penrose widow. Effects £131 3s 4d. === PENROSE Florence Ann of Crosby Clock House...
2nd August 1912  
  LINEN KEEPER ON THE LUSITANIA
My grandfather William Mitchell was a Linen Keeper on the Lusitania. He survived the sinking, only to died within a year, of pneumonia. My mother was born a few months later.He lived in Liverpool. This postcard was sent to his sister Alice, from, ...
   
Cornishman (1912) SAFETY OF A HAYLE MAN - MR. SAMUEL RULE
Capt. Rule of Hayle, has received a telegram from his niece announcing the safety of his brother, Mr. Samuel Rule, chief steward of the Titanic. The telegram reads as follows:- ‘Anfield, Liverpool,-To Rule, Carnsew, Hayle. Fath...
18th April 1912  
The Times (1913) MR. ISMAY AND THE WHITE STAR LINE
IMPENDING RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMANSHIP --- It is now officially announced that Mr. J. Bruce Ismay will retire from the presidency of the International Mercantile Marine Company as from June 30 next, and that he wil...
1st January 1913  
Manchester Evening News (1912) MANCHESTER VICTIMS: CHIEF ELECTRICAL ENGINEER ON THE TITANIC
Mr. Alfred S. Allsop, the chief electrical engineer of the Titanic, who, it is feared, has gone down in the ill-fated ship, was a Manchester man. He was about 35 years of age, and was born in Brunswick Street, C.-on-M., but he has not lived in the ci...
18th April 1912  
New York Times (1913) KING TO TITANIC SURVIVOR
Asks Stewardess He Meets About the Saving of Passengers --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- LONDON, July 11---The King and Queen paid Liverpool a visit to-day in the course of their La...
12th July 1913  
  (1914) LIVERPOOL BRANCH TITANIC RELIEF FUND : RENNY DODDS
The Hon. Secretary reported that he had been notified of the death of Mrs. Susan Dodds, (Mother) which occurred on the 31st March, 1914, and submitted a letter dated 7th July, 1914, received from Mr. C. M. Shannon, sole executor to the estate of S...
13th July 1914  
Worcestershire Chronicle (1912) FIRE UP HARD
''Down in the engine-room,'' said John Thompson, one of the surviving firemen, in New York, ''we understood that they wanted the Titanic to make a record run. The orders to us were to fire up as hard as we could. At time the liner made 77 revolutions...
27th April 1912  
New York Times (1928) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON SAILS AS COMMODORE
Senior Cunard Captain Heads Fleet, Succeeding Late Sir James Charles --- HERO OF TITANIC DISASTER --- Wears Many Honors for Rescue and War Service---Berengaria Is His 13th Command --- Captain Sir Arthur Rostr...
29th July 1928  
Free Press (1912) THE TITANIC FUND
During the last week it has transpired that one of the bandsmen on board the Titanic was a man named J. W. Woodward, who was born and educated at Hill Top, West Bromwich. Woodward's father was at one time manager of the Hill Top Foundry, and W...
26th April 1912  
  (1914) TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTES LIVERPOOL COMMITTEE
C. 523 Bird (or Morgan). In accordance with the resolution of this Committee of the 21st April, 1914, the Hon. Secretary submitted Dr. Oldershaw's report upon the case of Mrs. Margaret Bird (Widow). RESOLVED. That it be recommend...
8th June 1914  
New York Times (1930) SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA
Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ...
1st November 1930  
  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...
   
New York Times (1906) HUGE WAVE SWEEPS OCEANIC
Captain Thrown from the Bridge and Left Unconscious --- While plowing her way through the worst weather met with on the North Atlantic lane in many months, the White Star liner Oceanic, in last night from Liverpool, was boarded...
29th November 1906  
New York Times (1907) 3,000 ON THE ADRIATIC
Bruce Ismay, Bourke Cockran, and R. W. Perks Among the Passengers --- QUEENSTOWN, May 9---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic, which left Liverpool yesterday on her maiden voyage sailed from here to-day for New York with nearly 3,00...
10th May 1907  
  INFORMATION FROM THE WILLIAM SALT LIBRARY, STAFFORD
Hodgkinson, Leonard. Engineer. Stoke man educated at St. Thomas's School, Stoke. With White Star for several years. WAS forty-six years of age and his birthplace Liverpool. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. Hartley, Armour and Fanning...
   
Southend Standard (1912) TITANIC VICTIM'S FUNERAL
Pathetic Ceremony at Liverpool. Impressive Scenes at the Funeral of Steward Lawrence. A funeral unique in the history of Liverpool was solemnised at the West Derby Cemetery, on Monday, when the body of Arthur Lawrence, ...
16th May 1912  
The Times (1984) HAROLD COTTAM
Wireless operator in rescue of Titanic survivors page 18 Mr Harold Cottam, who died yesterday in Nottingham at the age of 93, was the wireless operator on he Carpathia on the night of April 12 (sic) 1912, when the Titani...
31st May 1984  
Southport Visitor (1912) MR. JAMES WALPOLE
As stated in Tuesdays Visitor among the crew of the ill fated liner was Mr. James Walpole, brother of Mr. Horace Walpole, of 17 Line-street, Southport and brother-in-law of the late Mr. W. E. Browne. A native of Southport...
18th April 1912  
The Times (1937) MR. BRUCE ISMAY
AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a...
18th October 1937  
  OBITUARY
WAS born on the 31st March, 1880, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. When quite young his parents moved to Blackburn, where he passed his apprenticeship days with the firm of James Davenport, of the Canal Works. From this firm he went to Messrs Howar...
   
  (1987) FAMILY INFORMATION
Re: Liverpool Echo article. "Henry had four children and his wife died on 24th December 1910, hardly shortly before sailing!. Of the four children, Jane, Harry, Arnold, and Nancy, Arnold is the sole survivor - he also happened to be ...
23rd June 1987  
The Times (1896) T. ISMAY CONTRIBUTES TO PIRRIE HOSPITAL FUND
BELFAST, DEC 16 Much gratification is expressed in Belfast with regard to a letter received by the Lord Mayor, who is a partner in the large shipbuilding firm of Harland and Wolff, from Mr. Thom...
17th December 1896  
New York Times (1912) JOSEPH BRUCE ISMAY
Chairman and Managing Director of the White Star Line --- Joseph Bruce Ismay has been considered one of the most prominent ship owners in the world. As chairman and managing director of the White Star line he took passage on the Titani...
16th April 1912  
Connaught Telegraph (1912) WRECK OF THE TITANIC
The White Star Liner, Titanic, which sailed from Southampton on Wednesday, after calling at Queenstown for passengers for New York, collided with an iceberg on Monday morning and was wrecked. She had 1,455 passengers and 903 of a crew, was on her ...
20th April 1912  
Barking Chronicle (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER. EAST HAM RESIDENTS MISSING
We learn that Mr and Mrs R.J. Rogers, of 11 Southchurch Gardens, East Ham, have a son and a nephew amongst the crew of the Titanic, the deplorable sinking of which has created such widespread consternation...
19th April 1912  
Boston Daily Globe (1914) WOMAN LEAPS FROM DEVONIAN
Formerly Stewardess on the Titanic Passengers on the Leyland Line steamship Devonian, in yesterday afternoon from Liverpool, reported that Mrs. Anna Robinson, a widow, aged 44, who was...
11th October 1914  
New York Times (1906) WIRELESS JOKER AT SEA
Passengers of the Baltic All Stirred Up by Fake Dispatches --- When the White Star liner Baltic, in yesterday from Liverpool, was two days out of Queenstown, some one who was characterized by the officers ...
13th January 1906  
New York Times (1904) CLUBMEN AND THEIR CLUBS
[Note: This is extracted from a longer article about several prominent members of New York social clubs.] J. Bruce Ismay, who succeeds Charles [sic; should be "Clement"] A. Griscom as President of the International Mercantile Marine Co...
28th February 1904  
New York Times (1907) MORGAN HOPEFUL FOR OUR STOCKS
Tells a Doubtful Fellow-Traveler He'll Change His Mind About Them --- A BIG DECLINE YESTERDAY --- Erie Issues Lead It-Dividend on the Second Preferred May Be Passed---Gold Coming Soon --- Special Cabl...
23rd March 1907  
New York Times (1907) NEW WHITE STAR SERVICE TO TAP CHERBOURG TRADE
Adriatic, Biggest Ship Yet Built, to Start It in May --- SHE WILL CARRY 3,000 SOULS --- And Have a Turkish Bath, Plunge, and Orchestra Aboard---Line to Liverpool to Stay. --- With the putting in commis...
7th January 1907  
Washington Times (1912) CLARENCE MOORE, WHO MAY HAVE LOST HIS LIFE, WELL KNOWN IN CAPITAL
Clarence Moore, of Washington, whose name is included in the list of first-cabin passengers on the Titanic, left Washington March 16. He was particularly interested in seeing the Liverpool steeplechase races while abroad, and if he remained to see th...
16th April 1912  
  (2005) NEW YORK
(American Line) ex-City of New York, Inman Line As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic...
20th July 2005  
The Times (1924) OBITUARY---MR. C. BOWER ISMAY
Mr. Charles Bower Ismay, of Hazelbeech Hall, Northampton, who had been ill for some weeks, died yesterday morning. He was well known on the Turf, and was the owner of Craganour, which ran in the famous Derby of 1913. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay was...
26th May 1924  
The Times (1899) DEATH OF MR. T. H. ISMAY
We regret to announce that Mr. Ismay died at his residence, Dawpool, near Birkenhead, about 6 o'clock last night, after a long illness. The immediate cause of death was collapse of the heart, following on operations performed for an internal trouble....
24th November 1899  
  (1912) ESTRATTO RIASSUNTO DAL REGISTRO DEGLI ATTI DI MORTE
COMUNE DI CASALMAGGIORE PROVINCIA DI CREMONA UFFICIO STATO CIVILE ESTRATTO - riassunto dal registro degli ATTI di MORTE ...
  1912  
  MR WILLIAM ANGLE & MRS FLORENCE AGNES ANGLE NEE HUGHES
Mr William ANGLE & Mrs Florence Agnes ANGLE nee HUGHES Researching Mr William ANGLE I have been able to trace the following information. William Angl...
   
  (2004) HORNBY
May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B...
5th December 2004  
  CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE
Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
   
New York Times (1905) J. P. MORGAN AS A GRANDPA
Eager as a Boy to Meet the Home-Coming Hamilton Children --- When the White Star steamship Oceanic reacher [sic] her pier from Liverpool yesterday morning the most eagerly expectant person awaiting her was J. Pierpont Morgan, who was t...
23rd November 1905  
Staffordshire Advertiser (1912) STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912  
The Daily Banner (1912) RESCUED FROM THE SINKING TITANIC WAS CHARLES BURGESS
Nephew of Mrs. Brining Of This City A Telegram Received Here from White Star Line The following telegram was received from New York shortly before noon today: ...
19th April 1912  
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  
The Times (1912) ICEBERGS IN THE ATLANTIC
The Corsican's Injuries As announced in the later editions of the Times of yesterday, the Allan liner Corsican struck an iceberg at 4pm on Monday (August 12, 1912). The vessel was at the time about 120 miles east of Belle Isle, and was...
14th August 1912  
  (1912) CONTEMPORARY OBITUARY : HENRY WILDE
THE appalling disaster to the Titanic has taken away, in the person of Lieut, H. T. Wilde, RNR, one of the most promising officers serving with the White Star Line. Lieut. Wilde, who was chief officer of the Titanic, commenced his sea career in the s...
  1912  
  (2004) WALLASEY
Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Regi...
30th October 2004  
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1912) MR. C. H. LIGHTOLLER, THE SECOND OFFICER
Mr. C. H. Lightoller, the second officer on the ill-fated Titanic, who is reported to be among the survivors, lived at Netley Abbey, and on Wednesday one of our representatives called on his wife at their residence at Hound to convey congratula...
20th April 1912  
Godalming and District News (1912) POST OFFICE MEMORIAL
At the Godalming Post Office, where Phillips was employed as a telegraphist for three years before leaving to enter the Marconi School at Liverpool, the Postmaster (Mr. W. R. Williams), and his staff have provided a suitable memorial to their ...
4th May 1912  
  (2004) ALEXANDRA
Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. Alexandra assisted during Titanic’s launch on 31 May, 1911 and during her sea trails Port of R...
14th November 2004  
  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. ...
   
Surrey Advertiser and County Times (1912) THE HEROIC WIRELESS OPERATOR
The wireless operator who flashed out the terrible signal SOS, and gave the first intimation to the world of the appalling disaster to the Titanic, belongs to Farncombe, where he is well known and popular. He is Mr. John George Phillips, and his pare...
  April 1912  
New York Times (1912) FLOWERS FOR OCEAN GRAVE
Wife of Titanic Victim Strews Then Near Scene of Wreck --- When the Cunarder Carmania was in latitude 39.16, longitude 50.14 West, the nearest she approached to the place where the Titanic foundered, Mrs. J. H. Loring, a first-cabin pas...
13th May 1912  
Chicago American (1912) UNEXPLAINED FEATURES OF WORLD'S GREATEST STEAMSHIP DISASTER
Whence came the wireless messages of Monday assuring the world of the rescue of passengers and crew from the Titanic without the loss of a life? What was the origin of the report—by wireless via Cape Race—that the steamer Virgi...
16th April 1912  
  (1912) BIOGRAPHY - FROM INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERS MAGAZINE 1912
THE Commander of the Titanic Captain Edward J. Smith, Royal Naval Reserve, (widely know as E.J. by all passengers and crew) was very well known and was one of the most popular masters in the Atlantic service. He was in command of the Olympic, and her...
  1912  
Progress (1912) PORT SUNLIGHT
Progress : the Journal of Lever Brothers Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Tit...
  July 1912  
  (2005) LUCIGEN
Lucigen – Lucigen Steamship Co., (H.E. Moss & Co.) Departed Bremen, Germany 8 March for New York. On 24 March at 46 degrees N, 46 degrees West, encountered heavy pack ice with numerous bergs...
2nd January 2005  
Progress - the Journal of Lever Brothers (1912) PORT SUNLIGHT DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY ASSOCIATED
Port Sunlight was directly and indirectly associated with the great suspense, and subsequent sorrow, which thrilled this country and the world when the new and gigantic White Star Liner Titanic heir of all the ages of constructive ...
  July 1912  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Mrs Stephen Hold (Annie Margaret, nee Hill) was born in the fishing village of Porthoustock in Cornwall and baptised at the parish church of St. Keverne on 23 May 1883. She was the daughter of Augusta Lavinia Hill. Annie’s mother was the daugh...
   
St. Annes on the Sea Express (1912) LOCAL PASSENGERS
There were at least three local residents on board the Titanic' Amongst the passengers was Mr. Arthur Gee, who resided at Morningside, Riley Avenue, St. Annes. Mr. Gee represented Messrs. Whitehead, Summer, Harker, and Company, machinery exporters, o...
19th April 1912  
 

 
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