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| New York Times | (1912) | THE WIDENERS Another of the morning inquiries (at the White Star Line office) was a long distance one from Philadelphia. It was for the news of Mr. and Mrs. George D. Widener and their son, Harry Elkins Widener, who are of the well-known Philadelphia family of th... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Charleston Evening Post | (1962) | MRS. SAMUEL REEVES Page 2A, column 3 SUMMERVILLE Mrs. Lucile Carter Reeves, widow of Samuel Reeves, died last night at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Clinton W. Trowbridge. Funeral services will be held at Philadelphia, Pa. Local arrangement... | 20th October 1962 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | WILLIAM E. CARTER DIVORCED Wife Gets Decree at Philadelphia--Both Titanic Survivors --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 15---Mrs. Lucille Polk Carter, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Polk of Baltimore, widely known in society circles i... | 16th June 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1943) | MRS. THOMAS CARDEZA Page 21, column 1 Wife of Philadelphia Explorer, Kin of Racine, Red Cross Aide PHILADELPHIA, Nov 11 Mrs. Mary Racine Cardeza, wife of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia sportsman and explorer, ... | 12th November 1943 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | OBITUARY NOTES J. ALPHEUS VANSANT, a member of the firm of Sutton & Vansant, coffee dealers of Philadelphia, died Friday in Pasadena, Cal. His partner, Frederick Sutton, who lived in Haddonsfield,[sic; should be "Haddonfield"] N.J., was lost in the Titanic. Mr. V... | 9th February 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1939) | MRS. POTTER GETS GIMBEL AWARD PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 28 (AP)---Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., an active Red Cross worker since 1916, has received the eighth annual Gimbel Award presented to “Philadelphia’s outstanding woman of 1939.” Mrs. Potter, secretary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania ... | 29th December 1939 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | MRS. CARTER WEDS AGAIN Back from London, She Announces Her Marriage to George Brooke --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 31--The announcement today of the marriage of Mrs. Lucile Polk Carter, prominent in Philadelphia, New ... | 1st September 1914 | |||
| West Palm Beach Inquirer | (1940) | WILLIAM E. CARTER SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS William E. Carter, well-known sportsman and clubman of Philadelphia and Unionville, Pa., died early Wednesday morning at a West Palm Beach hospital after a brief illness. He had been spending the season at the Breakers, which he had visited each w... | 21st March 1940 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | LIKE AWFUL DREAM, DECLARES WOMAN Mrs. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, Tells of Her Experience In Wreck --- NEW YORK, April 19---Among the survivors were Mrs. J. R. Cardeza, her son Thomas, and maid, Annie Ward, all of Philadelphia. "We crashed into the iceberg... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1931) | RED CROSS BOARD FILLS VACANCIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP)---Chief Justice Hughes presided today as the incorporators of the American Red Cross elected five new members to fill vacancies caused by deaths. Those named were Newton D. Baker, Frank T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, J. Fran... | 10th December 1931 | |||
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| New York Times | (1940) | WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR Member of Old Philadelphia Family, Polo Player Before World War, Dies in Florida --- KNOWN AS A SPORTSMAN --- Was Seriously Injured in 1912 While Playing for Bryn Mawr Benedicts in Local Match --- PALM BEA... | 21st March 1940 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | MRS. DULLES FONTANA Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25---Mrs. Dulles Fontana, formerly Miss Margaret Dulles, who once sued her husband to prevent him from collecting $75 a week support from her, died today in the Barclay Hotel after a long ... | 26th January 1934 | |||
| New York Times | (1954) | $5,000,000 IS WILLED FOR BLOOD RESEARCH Page 14, Column 4 PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3-- Jefferson Medical College and Hospital will receive more than $5,000,000 for blood research under the will of Thomas Drake Martinez Cardeza, Philadelphia art collector, explorer ... | 4th August 1954 | |||
| New York Times | (1952) | THOMAS D. M. CARDEZA Page 19, column 2 PHILADELPHIA, June 6 Thomas D. M. Cardeza, explorer and art collector, died today in his home at the age of 77. Mr. Cardeza served on the board of directors of the old Fidelity Trust Company ... | 7th June 1952 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | PHILADELPHIA SURVIVORS ILL Two in Hospital, Hysterical---Mrs. Widener Has Severe Cold --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, April 22---Philadelphia survivors of the Titanic are under the care of physicians, several of them in a serious... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| Surrey Advertiser and County Times | (1912) | AN ASHTEAD VICTIM SAFE AGAINST ANYTHING BUT AN ICEBERG Another Surrey passenger on the Titanic was Mr. George H. Hunt, head-gardener at Ashtead Park. Mr. Hunt, who has for about four years been working in Philadelphia as head-gardener on a large estate, and who has a wife and two children living in that ... | April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | SAYS ISMAY CHOSE OWN BOAT CREW New York- April 19- According to Mrs. W.J. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, after she had arrived at the Ritz-Carlton with T.D.M. Cardeza, J.Bruce Ismay was not only safely seated in a lifeboat before it was filled, but he also selected the crew that rowed ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Haddonfield News | (1893) | HADDONFIELD HOMES: RESIDENCE OF FREDERICK SUTTON Frederick Sutton was born June 15, 1850, in County Suffolk, England, and educated in private schools of Cambridgeshire. He came to Philadelphia in 1870 and began business with White Bros. & Co., Coffee Importers, at No. 27 South Water Street. In 1877... | 10th June 1893 | |||
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PRESENT-DAY PHOTO OF CHURCH OF ST. LUKE AND THE EPHIPHANY, PHILADELPHIA The funeral service for William Crother Dulles was held here in May 1912... | |||||
| New York Times | (1954) | TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Mrs. Lilly Potter, 98, Was ‘Grand Old Lady’ of Red Cross --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2---Mrs. Lilly A. Wilson Potter, a descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims who was known as the “Grand Old Lady... | 3rd January 1954 | |||
| New York Times | (1913) | OBITUARY NOTES *** Mrs. JOHN J. BORIE of Philadelphia, died Wednesday while visiting her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Reyerson, at Boston, Mass. Mrs. Borrie was born in Perth Amboy seventy-nine years ago. ***... | 21st February 1913 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- William E. Carter, 37 years old, of Philadelphia, a nephew of Joseph W. Carter, of 43 South Broad street, a well-known Elizabeth resident, is one of the pas... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1977) | LOIS THAYER OF ROSEMONT; ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY AFFAIRS Lois Thayer, 82, a member of a prominent Philadelphia family, died Saturday a the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She lived at 103 Airdale Rd., Rosemont, PA. The former Lois Buchanan Cassatt, she was a great-great-niece of Jame... | 26th June 1977 | |||
| New York Herald | (1912) | MR. W. ROEBLING, 2D, AMONG PASSENGERS TRENTON, N.J. Monday - Washington Roebling, II a son of Charles G. Roebling, president of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, the Roebling Construction Company and the New Jersey Wire Cloth Company, who was a passenger on board the Titanic, togethe... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | FOUR ARE SAVED IN PHILADELPHIA FAMILY NEW YORK, April 19---William E. Carter, Mrs. William E. Carter, William T. Carter, and Lucille Carter, all of Philadelphia, were saved. All showed evidence of the terrible strain they had undergone. Mrs. Carter was a nervous wreck, but she bore up br... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | EXPLORER RICE WEDS MRS. G. D. WIDENER Law Requiring Five Days' Delay After Securing License Waived by a Court Order --- PLANS FOR SECRECY FAIL --- Bishop Lawrence Officiates at Ceremony in Emmanuel Church Vestry Witnessed by Twelve Persons --- Sp... | 7th October 1915 | |||
| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | PROBATE WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM Frederick Sutton, Coffee Importer, Leaves $50,000 and Upwards to Family ---------- The will of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, N. J., who lost his life in the wreck of the steamship Titanic, was probated yesterday aftern... | 30th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1939) | MRS. J. W. CARDEZA, TITANIC SURVIVOR Noted Yachtswoman and a Big Game Hunter of Early 90's Dies in Germantown ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY Twice Circumnavigated World in Own Yacht--Daughter of Late Thomas Drake PHIDADELPHIA, Aug. 1 ... | 2nd August 1939 | |||
| New York Times | (1932) | SWIFT HEIRESS IS SUED FOR DIVORCE IN NEVADA Aksel Wichfeld, Former Attache at Danish Legation, Files Action Secretly, Charging Cruelty --- RENO, Nev., Nov. 21 (AP)---Aksel C. P. Wichfeld, former attaché of the Danish Legation in Washington, filed suit secretly at Carson City Nov.... | 22nd November 1932 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | TITANIC SURVIVOR HURT W. E. Carter, Thrown in Bryn Mawr Polo Game, Lands on His Head --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Penn., June 5---William E. Carter, who pulled an oar in Ismay's boat in the escape from the Titanic disaste... | 6th June 1912 | |||
| Camden Daily Courier | (1912) | NOTHING HEARD OF FREDERICK SUTTON Relatives and friends of Frederick Sutton, of Haddonfield, who was on board the Titanic when she sank on Sunday night after colliding with a huge iceberg, have given up all hope of his survival. Mr. Sutton was president of the Collingswood National B... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | DEATH NOTICE OF ARTHUR L. RYERSON, JR. RYERSON---April 8, 1912. Arthur L., age 20 years, son of Arthur and Emily Borie Ryerson. Funeral services St. Mark’s Church, Philadelphia, on Friday, April 19, at 3 P. M.... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | MR. SUTTON’S BODY TO BE SENT HOME Dr. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, in Halifax to Care for Corpse of Titanic Victim -- WIDENER’S BODY IS BURIED AT SEA --- Dr. F. H. Tomlin, of Haddonfield, is in Halifax, N. S., to receive the body of Frederick Sutton, one of the... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | PHILADELPHIAN RESCUED BY PARTY IN LIFEBOAT NEW YORK, April 19---Richard Williams, of Philadelphia, remained on the Titanic until she sank. He was standing at the extreme stern when the final plunge came. "After we hit the water the Titanic rebounded," he said, "and I was hurled... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | DEATH NOTICE OF GEORGE ROSENSHINE ROSENSHINE---At sea, on April 15, 1912, steamer Titanic, George Rosenshine, beloved brother of Albert A. and Max Rosenshine and Mrs. Bertha Frank, in the 46th year of his age. Funeral services will be held at the Hotel Ansonia on Sunday morning, Ma... | 4th May 1912 | |||
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GEORGE HENRY HUNT WENT DOWN WITH TITANIC George H. Hunt, of 1309 Sotuh Ruby Street (Philadelphia), it was discovered yesterday, was one of the victims of the Titanic disaster. He had been visting his parents in England for several months and h... | |||||
| Chicago Tribune | (1912) | SIGHT BODY OF TITANIC VICTIM Philadelphia, Pa., July 20—The body of a man lashed to a spar was sighted about seventeen miles from the scene of the Titanic disaster by the British steamship Hudson, which just arrived here. The body was unrecognizable. ... | 21st July 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | PRAYER SERVICE NOTICE FOR GEORGE ROSENSHINE ROSENSHINE---AT SEA, Steamer Titanic, on April 15, 1912, George Rosenshine, in the 46th year of his age. Prayers will be held at the residence of his brother, Albert Rosenshine, Hotel Ansonia, on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday evenings, April 21,... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | OBITUARY: MRS. GEORGE BROOKE Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26---Mrs. George Brooke, wife of a retired steel executive, died of a heart attack tonight in her home, Almonbury House, Itahn. Mrs. Brooke was the former Lucille Polk of Baltimore. ... | 27th October 1934 | |||
| (2005) | RIO PIRAHY European and Brazilian Steam Ship Cp., Ltd. (Petersen and Co., Ltd. Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia via Halifax. Arrived Philadelphia 22 April and reported that on 8 April, in the vicinity of 42 degrees 44 ‘ N. by 49 ... | 12th April 2005 | ||||
| Le Figaro | (1912) | MR. WIDENER Mr. Widener's father was Mr. Peter A. Widener, the Philadelphia millionnaire, who recently bought a famous painting, Le Moulin (the Mill), from marquess of Lansdowne. ---------- Original French article ---------- M. Wide... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | MORE FROM JERSEY MAY HAVE PERISHED IN SEA PATERSON, April 20---Some residents of this city and of Hawthorne fear that several persons near to them perished on the Titanic. The supposed victims are John Mechan, of this city; Arthur Ford, formerly of th... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | HOW J. B. THAYER DIED Swept from Raft to Which His Son Managed to Cling --- The manner in which John B. Thayer, Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, met his death along with eighteen or twenty other men was described last night by Mrs. W. C. ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1910) | COL. THOMAS POTTER, JR. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 2---Col. Thomas Potter, Jr., a wealthy oilcloth manufacturer of Philadelphia, died here to-night. Mrs. Potter, Wilson Potter, his son, and Mrs. Allen Earnshaw, his daughter, were at the bedside when the end came. When Col... | 3rd December 1910 | |||
| (2005) | ANNIE West Hartlepool Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Port of Registry: West Hartlepool Flag of Registry: British Signal letters: P Q N&... | 24th April 2005 | ||||
| Elmer Times | (1912) | MARINE DISASTER [The following paragraph is the only passenger-specific one in a longer article.] Among the Titanic’s passengers reportedly was Frederick Sutton, whose home was at Haddonfield, but who had large business interests in Wildwood. He was ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
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BUILDING AT 319 SOUTH 12 ST., PHILADELPHIA (ADDRESS OF W.C. DULLES HOME) The contributor is uncertain if this building was the actual home of Mr. Dulles, or whether this building was constructed after 1912. Nonetheless, Mr. Dulles DID live at this address.... | |||||
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(2005) | ARGENTINE TRANSPORT Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte... | 20th March 2005 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | ELIZABETH RESIDENTS WERE ON THE TITANIC ELIZABETH, April 17 --- Former Elizabeth residents on the boat were Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carter and their children, Lucille, aged thirteen, and William, aged ten, of Philadelphia. They were accompanied by a maid. Mr. Carter, who is t... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Belfast Newsletter | (1912) | THE LADY PALMIST AND TITANIC PASSENGER Page 9The Central News says - Of the second class passengers of the Titanic, Walter Harris, of Enfield Highway and Percy Thomas Oxenham, of Ponders End, were booked on the "Philadelphia" for New York. Owing to the coal strik... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Paterson Morning Call | (1912) | MET DEATH LIKE A HERO ---------- William Johnson, Nineteen-year-old Hawthorne Boy, Went Down on the Titanic ---------- NEWS CAME YESTERDAY ---------- Not Known Until Then That He Took Passage on the Ill-Fated Ship---Borough Grieved... | 3rd May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1958) | SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DIES Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, April 23---Mrs. Olive Potter Crolius, who with her mother, the late Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, died Monday at her home in the Germantown section. ... | 24th April 1958 | |||
| New York Times | (1900) | DOG SHOW OPENS TO-DAY With more than 2,000 canine candidates for blue ribbons to be judged, the annual bench show of the Westminster Kennel Club will begin in Madison Square Garden this morning at 9 o'clock and continue until Friday. The show this year will be the largest... | 20th February 1900 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. B. THAYER Philadelphia Survivor of the Titanic Entertains Commander of the Carpathia --- NOTABLES AT THE TABLE --- Skipper and His Surgeon Go to Haverford with Hostess Following Astor Luncheon---Come Back To-day --- S... | 2nd June 1912 | |||
| (2004) | MARCONIGRAM FROM SS BALTIC The MARCONI INTERNATIONAL MARINE COMMUNICATION COMPANY, Ltd. Office of origin: S.S. Baltic 14 Apr 1912 Office sent to: MGY ... | 23rd July 2004 | ||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | MRS. LUCILLE CARTER AND HER FAMILY ARE SAVED FROM DEEP SEA Mrs. Stilson Hutchins, of this city, has received word that her cousin, Mrs. Lucille Carter, of Philadelphia, has been rescued. Mr. Carter and their two children also are among the saved. "I have just received a long distance phone fro... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Cleveland Plain Dealer | (1912) | MORGAN'S BARBER LOST Man Who Always Shaved Financier Was on Titanic By Plain Dealer's Leased Wire New York, April 18--Arthur White, once a rich English barber and known in England as the soap wrapper king, is among those lost on the Titanic. White used to... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | EAST ORANGE PEOPLE REPORTED SAVED Word has been received by Colonel Henry A. Potter, of 95 Harrison street, East Orange, that Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., his brother’s widow, is among the passengers who were rescued from the Titanic. With her was her daughter, Mrs. Boul... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1927) | MRS. EMMA W. BUCKNELL Widow of University Founder Dies at Saranac Lake Camp --- Special to The New York Times --- SARANAC INN, N. Y., June 28.---Mrs. Emma Ward Bucknell, 75 years old, widow of William Bucknell, founder of Bucknell University, d... | 29th June 1927 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | MEDALS FOR RESCUING CREW Bill Introduced in House to Decorate Men on the Carpathia --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 22---Representative Francis of Ohio to-day introduced a resolution calling for Federal recognition and deco... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
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| Atlantic City Daily Press | (1912) | COUSIN OF CITY CLERK DONNELLY AMONG RESCUED Elmer Taylor, Paper Cup Manufacturer, Mrs. Thos. Potter, Mrs. Boulton Earnshaw (Olive Potter) and Miss Hayes Are Safe On Carpathia ---------- COTTAGE SECTION HERE IN FERMENT ---------- Many Atlantic City people ... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Worcester Evening Gazette | (1912) | PRES. HAYS WIDOW LEAVES FOR HOME New York, April 19- Upon the arrival of the Carpathia, Mrs. Charles M. Hays, wife of the president of the Grand Trunk railway, who went down with the ill-fated Titanic and her two daughters, Mrs. Thornton Davidson and Miss. Margaret Hays, were met by... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | FEAR FRED. SUTTON SANK WITH TITANIC Name of Haddonfield Resident Does Not Appear on List of Survivors --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- The offices of Sutton & Vansant, No. 120 South Front street, Philadelphia, are busy in an endeavor to obtain some ... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| Chronicle | (1912) | BOUND BROOK INTEREST IN THE WRECK Aside from the deep interest in the loss of the Titanic, Bound Brook had a special anxiety to know the fate of the Ryerson family, of Philadelphia, Mrs. Arthur Ryerson being a daughter of Mrs. John J. Borie and a sister of Adolph E. Borie, of Piedmon... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | HAWTHORNE YOUTH ON TITANIC WAS A HERO HAWTHORNE, May 3---Through Frank Turnquist, one of the stewards of the Titanic, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Johnson, of Diamond Bridge avenue, have learned that their son, William C. Johnson Jr., who was a petty officer on the ill-fated steamship, mig... | 3rd May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1923) | MRS. ELOISE HUGHES SMITH REWEDS HUNTINGTON, W. Va., Apr. 10---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, to whom a divorce was granted a month ago from Robert P. Daniel of Philadelphia, another survivor of the same disaster, was married Saturday at Ironton, Ohio,... | 11th April 1923 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | LOVE FOR SEA PREVAILS --- Chief Barber on the Titanic Obtains Post on the Lusitania --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5---Unable to resist traveling over the sea, August F. Weikman of Palmyra, N. J., who was the ch... | 6th August 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | MRS. G. D. WIDENER TO MARRY DR. RICE South American Explorer to Wed Widow of Titanic Victim in Boston on Oct. 14 --- HER MEMORIAL GIFTS --- Philadelphia Society Woman Noted for Her Beauty and Jewels---Dr. Rice's Scientific Achievements --- Speci... | 6th October 1915 | |||
| Paterson Morning Call | (1912) | WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, JR. [The opening paragraphs of this article, which do not relate to Mr. Johnson, have been omitted.] The death of William C. Johnson, Jr., of Hawthorne, has been confirmed when his parents received a message reading as follows: “William C.... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1968) | R. NORRIS WILLIAMS 2D, TENNIS TITLIST, DEAD AT 77 Survivor of Titanic's Sinking Was on 7 Davis Cup Teams---Pennsylvania Historian --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 3---R. Norris Williams 2d, former national tennis champion and a survivor of the sin... | 4th June 1968 | |||
| 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).... | ||||||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1912) | E.Z. TAYLOR'S ACCOUNT E. Z. Taylor of Philadelphia, one of the survivors, jumped into the sea just three minutes before the boat sank, He told a graphic story as he came from the Carpathia. "I was eating when the boat struck the iceberg," he maid. "There was an... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | MAJOR BUTT'S MEMORY HONORED BY MASONS The memory of Major Arcxhibald Butt, believed to be among those who went down with the Titanic, was honored last night at a meeting of Robert de Bruce Council, Kinights of Kadosh, No. 1 of Ancient and accepted Scottish Rite Masons. Cap... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Herald | (1912) | SILENCE ENJOINED ON MANY SURVIVORS Officers of the Titanic Taken from the Carpathia Secretly by Third Class Passengers' Gangway Mrs. Antoinette Fliggenheim, who would not give her address, but friends who met her at the pier said she was Philadelphia, made the statemen... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1924) | AMAZON TRAFFIC HINDERED Booth Line Says Disturbances Make Deliveries Uncertain --- Political disturbances at Manaos, State of Amazonas, have interrupted navigation on the River Amazon. The Booth American Shipping Corporation, 17 Battery Place, announced yester... | 22nd August 1924 | |||
| La Presse | (1912) | TWO SURVIVORS Two Survivors This afternoon, the Daily Mail welcomed in their Parisian offices, rue des Capucines, the American doctor Joseph Leidy. Mr. Leidy was visiting the Daily Mail reporters in order to show them a wireless he had just received ... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1908) | P. A. B. WIDENER HOME; SUBPOENAED AT PIER His Famous $500,000 Van Dykes Sent on Six Weeks Ago to Lynwood Hall --- SERVED IN TRACTION SUIT --- Dr. Holland Decorated by Kaiser and Fallieres for Gifts of Carnegie Casts of Diplodocus --- Afte... | 10th July 1908 | |||
| New York Times | (1946) | COL. WILSON POTTER Big-Game Hunter Obtained Heads for Smithsonian Institution --- PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (AP)---Col. Wilson Potter, big-game hunter and University of Pennsylvania football star in 1906 and 1907, died last night at his home here after a long... | 13th June 1946 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1944) | 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 | |||
| (1926) | RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS "The next day, which was Sunday, we passed the Titanic, receiving many friendly radios from our friends on board. Personally, I exchanged messages with Mr. Isadore Strauss ( sp ) and Mr. John Jacob Astor. Captain Barr received a wirele... | 1926 | ||||
| New York Times | (1915) | MISS RYERSON TO WED Titanic Survivor Is Engaged to George Hyde Clark --- Special to The New York Times --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Sept. 4---Mrs. Arthur Ryerson of Chicago and Philadelphia announced today the engagement of her daughter, Miss Emil... | 5th September 1915 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | DR. ALEXANDER H. RICE GETS WIFE'S MILLIONS Will of Former Eleanor Elkins Leaves All to Two Children After His Death --- NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 16 (AP)--The will of Eleanor Elkins Rice, leaving an estate estimated variously at from $5,000,000 to $50,000,000, was filed today in Proba... | 17th August 1937 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1949) | HENRY BLANK Henry Blank of 138 Ridgewood Avenue died last Thursday at his home after a short illness. He was 78. Board chairman of Henry Blank Co., Newark jewelry manufacturing concern, Mr. Blank was born in Providence, R.I. He lived in Philadelphia f... | 1949 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | KARL H. BEHR Karl H. Behr, one of the foremost tennis players in this country, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Behr of 777 Madison Avenue. He is a lawyer at 40 Wall Street, having been admitted to the bar soon after his graduation from Yale in 1905. Mr. Behr wh... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | SAW FUNNEL SWEEP FATHER OVERBOARD Philadelphian Gives Up All Hope of Life of Parent --- PHILADELPHIA, April 22---Richard Norris Williams, jr., one of the survivors of the Titanic, who was coming to this city with his father after having spent many years abroad, is one o... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1953) | MRS. LOUISE U.-S. JONES IS ENGAGED TO MARRY Mrs. J. Hippach Unander-Scharin of Wianno, Mass., formerly of Chicago and Lake Forest, Ill., has announced here the engagement of her daughter, Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, to John Maclay Mirkil, son of William I. Mirkil of Meadowlane Farm, New... | 26th August 1953 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | ELIZABETH RESIDENTS WERE ON THE TITANIC (Newark Evening News, 17 April 1912) ---------- ELIZABETH, April 17---Two residents of this city and several former residents are known to have been on the Titanic when she sailed for this country. Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Renouf, of 20B... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1900) | OUTING IN NEW HANDS The Publication Purchased by Caspar Whitney and Ten Other Men --- Caspar Whitney, for many years connected with the Harpers as writer on sporting topics, announces that he and ten other men have bought the publication known as Outing, ... | 15th February 1900 | |||
| New York Times | (1915) | MRS. WIDENER NOT TO WED Denies Her Reported Engagement to Dr. Hamilton Rice, the Explorer --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, Aug. 19---Mrs. George D. Widener made an emphatic denial today of her reported engagement to Dr. Hamilton Ric... | 15th August 1915 | |||
| New York Times | (1916) | MISS LUCILE CARTER A BUD IN NEWPORT --- Daughter of Mrs. George Brooke of Philadelphia Greeted by Society Throng --- HER BOW AT DINNER DANCE --- Mrs. Beeckman and Mrs. Perin Fly in Hydröaeroplane with E. E. Dodge---Tennis Tourney Continues ---... | 12th August 1916 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1945) | J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found dead, his wrists and throat cut, in a parked automobile near the P.... | 23rd September 1945 | |||
| 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 | |||
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(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 | |||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1945) | JOHN B. "JACK" THAYER III:OBITUARY J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found d... | 23rd September 1945 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | MRS. BREWE COLLAPSES Widow 0f Physician Lost on Titanic in Serious Condition at Her Home Here --- Crushed under the news of the death of her husband, Dr. Arthur Jackson Brewe, on board the Titanic, Mrs. Brewe is in se... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | WIDENER WAS HEROIC TO END, SAYS FRIEND Traction Magnate Kissed Wife Good-By, Then Went Back To Die --- NEW YORK, April 19---Rushed to Philadelphia in a special train that had been sidetracked at the Communipaw station of the Pennsylvania railroad, in Jersey City, were the su... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1949) | ELMER ZELBY [SIC] TAYLOR Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- EAST ORANGE, N. J., May 22---Elmer Zelby [sic; should be "Zebley"] Taylor, a pioneer in the paper container industry and a consulting engineer for the Continental Can Company, Inc., of New York, died he... | 23rd May 1949 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN A PARIS STORE New York and Newport Society Woman, Wife of Explorer, Noted for Philanthropy --- A SURVIVOR OF TITANIC --- Lost First Husband and Son in Disaster---Gave Library to Harvard University --- Special Cable to THE ... | 14th July 1937 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. J. ASTOR Rescuer of Titanic Survivors Meets Again Mrs. Thayer and Mrs. Cumings --- GOES TO SEE MRS. WIDENER --- With the Crew of the Carpathia He Will Attend Concert for Musicians' Families --- Capt. Arthur Henry Ros... | 1st June 1912 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | DRUNKEN INDIAN IN PASSENGER'S HOME Former Employee Sleeps in Bed of Doctor Who Sailed on Titanic --- MIDDLETOWN, N. Y., April 18---While the friends of William C. Dulles of Philadelphia, who has a summer home at Goshen, a passenger on the lost Titanic, were awaiting with... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Camden Post-Telegram | (1912) | MR. SUTTON'S WILL PROBATED TO-DAY Victim of Titanic Left Estate to His Wife and Daughter and Latter's Children --- RELATIVE AT HALIFAX TO CLAIM THE BODY --- Through Attorneys Gaskill & Gaskill the will of Frederick Sutton, a former resident of Haddonfield,... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | WILLIAM CROTHERS DULLES NOW IS GIVEN UP AS LOST Cousin of Philadelphia Lawyer Says His Absence From Carpathia Shows He Didn't Survive --- On learning that William Crothers Dulles, a lawyer, 316 S. 12th st., was not among the survivors on the rescue ship Carpathia, friends and relativ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| The Greenwich News | (1912) | GREENWICH PEOPLE SAVED MRS. WILLIAM T. GRAHAM AND MISS MARGARET AMONG RESCUED FROM TITANIC. RELATIVES OF OTHER GREENWICH PEOPLE ON STRICKEN SHIP ALL REACH PORT - TALES OF THE DISASTER FROM MISS GRAHAM AND MR. CARTER'S ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | MISS M. GRAHAM WEDS Married to Eugene M. Moore---Bride a Titanic Survivor --- Special to The New York Times --- GREENWICH, Conn., June 6---Miss Margaret Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Graham of Belle Haven was married this aftern... | 7th June 1914 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1937) | MRS. A. H. RICE DIES IN PARIS AT 69 Wife of Explorer and Surgeon Was Widow of G. D. Widener --- Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice, the former Eleanor Elkins, of this city, died suddenly yesterday at her home in Paris. She was 69. Mrs. Rice's first husband was G... | 14th July 1937 | |||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | ISMAY LEFT SHIP AT WOMEN'S PLEA White Star Official Described as Refusing to Enter Boat at First --- New York, April 18---J. [sic] D. M. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, who was among the rescued passengers of the Titanic, told how he said he witnessed Bruce Ismay’s departur... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Croydon Times | (1912) | THORNTON HEATH FAMILY AMONG THE MISSING The loss of the Titanc has affected Croydon in at least one case, and that case a particularly pathectic one, it is believed that a whole Thornton Heath family has been lost, together with some relations who saild with them. Mr. and Mr... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CAPT ROSTRON AT CONCERT For the Benefit of Titanic's Musicians---Receives $10,000 To-day --- Capt. Arthur Henry Rostron of the Cunard liner Carpathia returned last night to the Carpathia after his trip to Philadelphia, where he had been the guest of Mrs. John ... | 3rd June 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | CLARENCE MOORE Washington Banker One of the Best-Known Sportsmen in America --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15---Clarence Moore of 1,748 Massachusetts Avenue, a passenger on the Titanic, is one of the best-known s... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | JERSEY DEATH ROLL DETAILS Besides Residents of This State, Many Victims Had Connections Here ---------- ANGUISH OF THE RELATIVES ---------- In addition to the New Jersey residents who lost their lives in the disaster, fourteen more who met death had friends and r... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | REPORT LOSS OF 5 PERSONS COMING HERE Two Women Only Ones of Reniff Party on Titanic Believed Saved ---------- FAMILY OF BENJAMIN PEACOCK UNACCOUNTED FOR ---------- There is mourning in several Elizabeth households to-day, as a result of the loss of the Titan... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1929) | R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr... | 11th October 1929 | |||
| (2005) | SAMARA Samara Steam Ship Samara Co., Ltd. (Maclay & MacIntyre, Managers) Westbound Cardiff to Philadelphia on April 1st at 43 degrees 12’ N. by 45 degrees 14”W. southeast off Newfoundland’s Grand Banks, rescued t... | 23rd January 2005 | ||||
| Philadelphia Inquirer | (1954) | MRS. POTTER DIES AT AGE OF 98 Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., honorary secretary of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cross, died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allen Potter Crolius, the Cambridge Apartments, Wissahickon ave. and School House lane. She was 9... | 2nd January 1954 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | J. J. ASTOR ACTED BRAVELY, DECLARE MANY WHO SAW HIM Millionaire Kissed His Bride Good-by, Saluted, and Then Stepped Back to Allow Women to Get Into Boats --- NEW YORK, April 19---Col. John Jacob Astor kissed his bride good-by as he placed her in the waiting lifeboat. Then he drew himself... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1949) | HENRY BLANK, 76, GLEN RIDGE, DIES Head of Newark Jewelry Concern Was Titanic Disaster Survivor --- Henry Blank, board chairman of Henry Blank Co., Newark jewelry manufacturing concern, died today at his home, 138 Ridgewood avenue, Glen Ridge, after a short illness. He ... | 17th March 1949 | |||
| Daily Home News | (1912) | JERSEY PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIVES ON BOARD PERTH AMBOY, April 17---Great anxiety in [sic] felt in this city by the members of the Parker, Jaudon, Marsh and Hechheimer families, who had near and distant relatives among the passengers on the ill-fated Titanic. Owner of Local Plan... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1952) | MRS. LOUISE JONES WED IN BAY STATE Church in Barnstable Is Scene of Marriage to John Maclay Mirkil, Marine Ex-Officer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- BARNSTABLE, Mass., Sept. 19---Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Hippach Unander... | 20th September 1952 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | BROTHER OF MONTCLAIR MAN ON MISSING LIST Henry Mitchell, one of the second-cabin passengers on the Titanic, who is among the missing, was on his way from Guernsey, England, to visit the family of his brother, John C. Mitchell, of 19 Portland place, Montclair. The brothers had pla... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| BLUE JACKET (Owner: P. Kavanagh) Departed St. John’s, Newfoundland 12 March 1912 with a capacity 86 ton cargo of codfish for Oporto, Portugal. Encountering high winds, heavy seas and ice, she had to put into another Newfoundland port for several days... | ||||||
| Washington Herald | (1912) | PEUCHEN COMES BACK AT ISMAY Charge of Negligence Preferred by Canadian Official Is Supported by Witness --- New York, April 20---Although J. Bruce Ismay branded the story as "absurd," Maj. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen, vice commodore of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club and... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1909) | MRS. ASTOR OBTAINS DIVORCE QUIETLY No Names Mentioned in Proceedings Before Justice Mills, Who Grants Interlocutory Decree --- ALL PAPERS IN CASE SEALED --- It Is Understood Counsel Had Earlier Agreement on Disposition of Children and Financial Settlement... | 9th November 1909 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | JUST TOLD SEA TOOK HUSBAND ---------- News that Gwinn Perished on Titanic Long Kept from Asbury Park Woman ---------- WAS MAIL CLERK ON LINER Special Service of the NEWS ASBURY PARK, April 26---It was not until today that the ... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1939) | MRS. E. B. SHERFESEE, ONCE HOOVER AIDE Head of the American Fund for French Wounded Won Croix de Guerre---Titanic Survivor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 29---Mrs. Emily Borie Sherfesee, wife of Forsythe Sherfesee, former fiananc... | 30th December 1939 | |||
| New York Times | (1891) | A MAGNIFICENT WEDDING JOHN JACOB ASTOR MARRIED TO MISS AVA L. WILLING --- THE CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AT THE HOME OF THE BRIDE'S FATHER IN PHILADELPHIA--HUNDREDS OF NOTABLE NEW-YORKERS PRESENT --- PHILADELPHIA, Penn., Feb. 17---New-York practicall... | 18th February 1891 | |||
| New York Times | (1962) | HOKAN B. STEFFANSON DIES AT 78; FINANCIER WAS ON THE TITANIC Page 45, columns 2-3 Hokan Bjornstrom Steffanson, a financier, died Monday night at Doctor's Hospital after a long illness. His age was 78 and he lived at 56 East Fifty-seventh Street. Mr. Steffanson was a survivor of t... | 23rd May 1962 | |||
| Washington Times | (1912) | CAPITAL RESIDENTS IN NEW YORK FOR CARPATHIA'S COMING Anxious for News From Friends Aboard the Titanic --- With barely one thread of hope that three of the Washingtonians who sailed from Southampton on the ill-fated Titanic a week ago yesterday are still alive, a party of Washingtonians to... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| (1912) | ASTOR'S FIRST WIFE TO ATTEND FUNERAL New York, May 3. The train bearing the body of John Jacob Astor reached R... | 3rd May 1912 | ||||
| Washington Times | (1912) | LIST OF WASHINGTONIANS ON FATED STEAMER GROWS As the list of passengers sailing from Southampton on the Titanic last Wednesday is made more complete, the list of Washingtonians known to have been on board grows larger. The list now contains the names of five Washingtonians who make this city the... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| PENNAL FAMILY INFORMATION Thomas Frederick Pennal (to use his full and correct names) was known as Frederick and because of uncertainty with his surname, for example, he appears on the Titanic Engagement Sheet as F. Pumal (Ref. No 178, 1st Class Victualling Dept.) he has unti... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1915) | MRS. M. S. MOORE MARRIES Wealthy Widow of Titanic Victim Weds A. C. P. Wichfeld, a Dane --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, May 1---Mrs. Mabelle Swift Moore, Washington's wealthiest widow, whose husband, Clarence Moore, lost his life... | 2nd May 1915 | |||
| New York Herald | (1914) | TITANIC SURVIVORS KEEP THEIR WEDDING QUIET Mrs. E. H. Smith and Mr. R. W. Daniel Married in New York Last August --- [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Monday---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, survivor of the Titanic disaster, was married August 18 ... | 27th October 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ACCUSE WIRELESS OPERATOR PHILADELPHIA, April 20---Charges were made to-day by the chief electrician of the United States scout cruiser Chester, which was sent to the aid of the Carpathia, having on board the survivors of the Titanic, that the wireless operators on board the ... | 21st April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. WICHFELD DEAD; WAS VISITING FRIENDS Former Wife of Clarence Moore Succumbs at Home of Earl of Portarlington --- LONDON, Feb. 3 (AP)---Mrs. Mabelle Swift Wichfeld, former wife of Clarence Moore, Washington capitalist and sportsman, who was lost on the Titanic, died of pneu... | 4th February 1933 | |||
| The Greenwich News | (1914) | MOORE-GRAHAM SUMMER RESIDENTS IN LARGE NUMBERS ATTEND SOCIETY AFFAIR The wedding of Miss Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Graham of New York and Belle Haven, and Eugene Maxwell Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Moore... | 14th June 1914 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | P. A. B. WIDENER GIVES $4,000,000 TO SCHOOL Endowment Is Announced Coincident with the Filing of His Son’s and Grandson’s Wills --- TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN --- George Widener, Lost on the Titanic, Left His Estate to Family---Harry’s Rare Books for Harvard --... | 21st May 1912 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1912) | TITANIC SURVIVOR WRITES OF HORROR TO FRIEND HERE “Like Scene on Stage," Says Dr. Alice Leeder in Letter to Mrs. Sarah Babcock --- One of the most interesting accounts of the Titanic disaster which has come to light is in a letter written on board the Carpathia by Dr. Alice Leeder, New... | 20th April 1912 | |||
