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  (1985) ROBERT BALLARD: CO-DISCOVERER OF THE TITANIC
Dr Robert Ballard photographed in 1985, the year he co-led an expedition that discovered the wreck of the Titanic....
  1985  
  BALLARD RETURNS WITH NOAA
Breathtaking... Nearly 20 years after first finding the sunken remains of the R.M.S. Titanic, marine explorer Robert Ballard returned in June 2004 helped by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)......
   
KPNX-12 (2008) TITANIC EXPLORER DEBUTS NEW SCIENCE PROGRAM
With a hearty laugh, Dr. Robert Ballard, world renowned oceanographer and discoverer of the Titanic, likes what he's seeing in north Phoenix. It's Ballard's latest project, and sharing his discoveries has been worth the struggle. "I go to incredible places, but it's hard to take a lot of people with me," Ballard confided....
7th April 2008  
Monsters and Critics.com (2008) NAT GEO'S BOB BALLARD TAKES US ON TWO DEEP SEA ADVENTURES JUNE 2 AND 3
Explorer Bob Ballard loves the sea and all its secrets and history. He was the man who first gave us intimate glimpses of the Titanic years ago, working in tandem with filmmaker James Cameron....
2nd June 2008  
  ARTEMIS OF VERSAILLES
The Artemis of Versailles, a small copy of the classical statue, lay on the mantle piece above the fireplace in the Titanic's first class lounge. The statue was one of the artefacts photographed when Dr Robert Ballard and ...
   
Seattle Post Intelligence (2008) 12-YEAR-OLD STUDENT FINDS A TITANIC MENTOR
When you want to find out about a profession, sometimes it's best to go straight to the expert.It was 1985 when underwater explorer Robert Ballard made his discovery of the Titanic shipwreck and Kris Ludwig was growing up in Colorado....
27th February 2008  
Dallas Morning News (2007) MAN WHO FOUND TITANIC WRECK VISITS KIDS AT FAIR PARK
Robert Ballard divides his time between the past and the future. He journeys centuries back by finding wrecked ships and other accidental time capsules that rest on the ocean floor. ...
13th February 2007  
Charlottesville Daily Progress (2007) AREA STUDENTS MEET TITANIC DISCOVERER
Exploration is not a thing of the past. That was the message imparted by Robert Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered the wreckage of the Titanic, to a group of sixth-graders at Walker Upper Elementary School on Monday morning....
21st November 2007  
Arizona Republic (2009) EXPLORER TO SHARE LATEST INFO ON TITANIC AT MESA ARTS CENTER
Robert Ballard, the marine biologist and deep-sea explorer best known for discovering the Titanic shipwreck, will be at Mesa Arts Center to share tales of his underwater explorations....
15th January 2009  
International Herald Tribune (2005) THE TITANIC'S DEMISE
Twenty years ago, a team of scientists led by Robert Ballard discovered the remains of the Titanic 12,400 feet under the surface of the North Atlantic. It was a big deal. When the search team returned to Woods Hole, it held a brief service to honor t...
31st December 2005  
www.physorg.com (2005) TITANIC: SANK MORE QUICKLY THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
The scientists also discovered that after hitting an iceberg, the ship split into three pieces. During their visit they found two large pieces of the ship's hull half a kilometer away from the stern. Before this discovery, experts had beli...
31st December 2005  
Unidentified Newspaper (1996) OLDEST TITANIC SURVIVOR PLANS VISIT TO SITE
Ceremony will honor tragic sinking BOSTON -- The oldest living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic wants to visit the site this summer and throw a rose into the Atlantic Ocean where her father went down with the ship 84 years ago. ...
10th April 1996  
New York Times (1943) ROBERT J. HOPKINS
Member of Titanic Crew Aided in Rescue of Mrs. John J. Astor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOBOKEN, N. J., Nov. 18---Robert J. Hopkins, who was a member of the crew of the ill-fated liner Titanic when it struck an ...
19th November 1943  
  (1941) HICHENS: PROBATE INDEX
HICHENS, Robert of 40 Shirley Road, Southampton Died 23 September 1940 at Aberdeen Bay Aberdeen. Administration Winchester 20 January 1941 to Robert Hichens transport clerk and Phillis May Russell (wife of Alfred Sydney Russell). Effects £124 16s 10...
  1941  
New York Times (1915) OBITUARY OF ROBERT DOUGLAS SPEDDEN
SPEDDEN---Suddenly, at Winter Haven, Me., on Aug. 8, Robert Douglas, only child of Frederic O. and Margaretta C.  Funeral services on Wednesday at 11 A. M. at the residence of Mrs. J. D. Wood, 118 East 36th St.  Interment privately.&n...
10th August 1915  
ET Reviews (2009) RETURN TO TITANIC, BY DR. ROBERT D. BALLARD
Minnetonka, Minnesota. May, 1988... In a one-level rambler on a street with the pretty name "Croftview Terrace", a young boy sits mesmerized. A letter in his hand. A letter written on the stationary of the Woods Hole Oce...
9th April 2009  
  (2003) EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS (FAMILY RESEARCH)
Edward James William Rogers was born on 9th September 1880, to Robert James Rogers and his wife Priscilla Susan (nee Bagley). His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 3 Robert Street, North Woolwich. Edward JW was baptized on 3rd November ...
  2003  
Times Online (2008) TITANIC SEARCH WAS COVER FOR SECRET COLD WAR SUBS MISSION
The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover story to camouflage the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines. When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985 he had already completed his main task of finding out what happened to USS Thresher and USS Scorpion....
24th May 2008  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) MRS. CORNELL SAVED?
Magistrate's Wife Probably Rescued from Titanic --- BAYSIDE, April 17---News was received to-day at the home of Edward W. Apppleton, whose wife, a sister of Magistrate Robert C. Cornell, of Manhattan, and sister-in-law of Daniel W. Appl...
17th April 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1965) RAYMOND A. STRAUBE : OBITUARY
  Raymond A. Straube, beloved husband of Ann F., nee Mc Gowan; loving father of Jacqueline Komay, Mary A. Kapolnek, and the late France King; devoted grandfather of nine, including Raymond R., Robert A., and Arthur W. Kopp; great-grandfath...
4th July 1965  
  HMS HECATE'S ROLE IN DISCOVERY OF TITANIC WRECK
I read with interest on this site regarding HMS Hecate's apparent role in the discovery of Titanic in 1977. Actually this is a mistake. I served on board HMS HECATE between 1980 and 1982...
   
Jersey Observer (1943) ROBERT HOPKINS, HERO OF TITANIC, DIES IN HOBOKEN
The funeral of Robert J. Hopkins, 77, of 1035 Garden street, Hoboken, one of the heroes of the disastrous sinking of the Titanic in mid-Atlantic in 1912, will be held at 8 a. m. tomorrow from the Bosworth Funeral Home, 311 Willow avenue, Hoboken....
18th November 1943  
  (1901) CENSUS, NEWLYN, CORNWALL
Robert Hichens, aged 19 is at home at St Peters Hill, Newlyn, Cornwall with his family. He is described as a fisherman. The family are listed as follows: Philip Hichens 45 Fisherman b. Newlyn Rebecca Hichens 39 b. Whitby, York...
  1901  
  (1915) ROBERT DANIEL
  1915  
  (1919) ELISABETH ROBERT
  1919  
TDN (2009) TITANIC'S HISTORY LIVES ON THROUGH LOCAL MAN
When John Stuart saw a newspaper article Monday about the death of the last Titanic survivor, his first thought was, 'My gosh, I talked to her. I have her signature.'The retired Castle Rock history teacher chatted with Millvina Dean at...
5th June 2009  
New York Times (1913) MISS KORNELIA T. ANDREWS
Miss Kornelia T. Andrews, eldest daughter of the late Robert E. Andrews of Hudson, N. Y., died of pneumonia at her home in that city yesterday. Miss Andrews was graduated from Oberlin College and had been for many years a leader in society and chari...
5th December 1913  
ET Research (2006) TITANIC CITATION CATALOG
Titanic Citation Catalogby Captain Charles WeeksI created this document to assist Titanic researchers. I have found it maddening to have to thumb through numerous books to find a particular citation on a certain subject. Using this...
21st October 2006  
  FAMILY GRAVESTONE
In loving memory of Sarah Jane, the beloved wife of Robert Henry Davies who died 17th May 1914 aged 62 Years "Peace Perfect Peace". Also Gordon Raleigh, second son of the above who lost his life in Tita...
   
ET Research (2002) NAVIGATIONAL CONFIRMATION OF TITANIC'S CQD POSITION
On September 1, 1985, an expedition led by Dr. Robert Ballard located the wreckage of the Titanic on the ocean floor in position 41° 43.9’ N., 49° 56.8’ W., some thirteen miles east of where she had reportedly foundered. Shortly after t...
7th November 2002  
  MY GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER JOHN WEIR
Col John Weir was my Great Great Grandfather. He was born on May 14th 1852 to parents John Weir and Jane Gillies. He had two brothers and two sisters: James b. 28/5/1856, Sarah b. 16/2/1858, George b. 29/1/1862 and Jane b. 30/7/1864. John marri...
   
Washington Times (1912) MRS. HENRY B. HARRIS SAVED FROM WRECK
Little Hope Is Entertained For Recovery of Theatrical Promoter --- Two telegrams were received in Washington last night confirming previous reports that Mrs. Henry B. Harris, who was Miss Rene Wallack, [sic] was saved from the wreck of ...
18th April 1912  
  (1912) MISS EARNSHAW'S MYSTERIOUS SECOND CLASS LIST
A member of the Association Francaise du Titanic owns a very strange document, which he inherited from Miss Earnshaw. At the time she gave him it, he did not thought that it would be the source of many questions and just accepted it. Miss Earn...
  1912  
Hudson Dispatch (1943) HERO OF TITANIC “LIFEBOAT 13,” WHICH RESCUED MRS. ASTOR, DIES
Robert Hopkins, Hoboken, Was Crew Member on Ill-Fated Steamer --- Robert Hopkins, 66, of 1035 Garden st., Hoboken, who died early yesterday morning at St. Mary's Hospital, was a survivor of the steamship Titanic which was sunk by an ice...
18th November 1943  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
March 1913 Number 569. Rogers, Elizabeth, widow. Children: Edward James; Arthur Vernon; Norman Robert. All class F dependants....
  1913  
New York Times (1912) ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS
Theophile Papin, Jr., and Wealthy Miss Madill Among the Missourians --- Special to The New York Times --- ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15---Among the St. Louis folk on the Titanic were Mrs. Edward Robert of 4,140 Lindell Avenue, ...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) OBITUARY NOTES
ROBERT DOUGLAS SPEDDEN, son of Frederic O. and Mrs. Margaretta C. Stone Spedden of "Wee Wah Ladge," Tuxedo Park, N. Y., died yesterday at the family Summer home at Winter Harbor, Maine. ...
9th August 1915  
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY
D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor...
23rd April 1912  
Sarasota Herald-Tribune (2008) AN OCEAN-FLOOR VIEW OF TITANIC'S STAIRCASE
Robert Williams first heard of the Titanic when his English grandmother gave him a copy of "The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters" for his 8th birthday.The book, printed in 1912, was the first narrative of the disaster, and it made an instant impact....
6th October 2008  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
JULIAN Henry Forbes of Redholme Torquay esquire died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate Exeter 18 July to William Robert Davies examiner and Hester Julian widow. Effects £1238 0s 11d...
  1912  
  FAMILY PHOTO OF REV. ROBERT J. BATEMAN
A Family Photo (origin unknown) copied from a copy hanging in my mothers dining room. She, Born Betty Jane Bateman was his granddaughter. ...
   
  (1912) TRANSCRIPT OF LETTER BY WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Gateside Margery Park Rd Forest Gate E 15/03/12 My Dear Sister Just a line to let you know that I am still in the land of the living. You will see by the above address that I am at home. ...
  1912  
New York Times (1911) MRS. GUGGENHEIM'S DANCE
Debutante, Miss Benita Guggenheim, Receives with Mother at St. Regis --- Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 763 Fifth Avenue gave a dance last night at the St. Regis for her débutante daughter, Miss Benita Guggenheim. Mrs. Gugge...
25th December 1911  
  (1901) 1901 CENSUS - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON
At the 1901 census date Alice Frances Phillips, aged 10, was at home with her parents, Escott Robert & Hannah Marie Phillips, they were living at 9 Belvedere, Ilfracombe....
31st March 1901  
New York Times (1911) LATEST DEALINGS IN REALTY FIELD
Lady Duff Gordon, who some months ago opened a dressmaking establishment at 17 West Thirty-sixth Street under the name of "Lucile," has leased from the Robert Goelet estate the building at 34 and 36 East Fifty-first Street. [Note: This par...
11th June 1911  
ET Research (2008) DETERIORATION OF THE RMS TITANIC
The RMS. Titanic has laid 2.5 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean since her sinking, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 14, 1912. Many questions were raised on the state of the vessel condition and how sh...
11th January 2008  
Unidentified Newspaper (1968) DRISCOLL
In Victoria on Monday Feb. 19, 1968, Mrs. Mabel Fortune Driscoll, of 1630 York Place. She had been a resident of Victoria for some years. She leaves a son, Robert F. Driscoll, of Islington, Ontario. Rev. Dr. J.L.W. McLean will conduct the funeral ser...
21st February 1968  
Washington Times (1912) SURVIVOR TELLS OF THE HEROISM OF CLARENCE MOORE
Robert W. Daniels Says Banker Went to His Death Like a Man --- Stories of the heroism and resignation with which Clarence Moore, the well-known local banker and horseman of international repute, went to his death on the deck of the Tita...
22nd April 1912  
Mail on Sunday (2008) FAMILY OF 'COWARD' WHO STEERED THE TITANIC INTO AN ICEBERG REVEAL HIS 'LIFE-LONG GUILT AND SHAME'
The sinking of the Titanic left a legacy of grief and heartbreak for hundreds of the survivors. But the suffering was not confined to those who lost loved ones in the icy seas of the North Atlantic. Quartermaster Robert Hichens was at the wheel of the liner on April 15, 1912, when she struck the iceberg that destroyed her. ...
18th August 2008  
  WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE'S FAMILY AND THE MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
William Dickson Mackie married Annie Thompson Anderson, in the West Ham district in 1903.  Annie died on 2nd November 1911, aged 31.  Her death was registered in Southampton...
   
Montreal Gazette (1979) HICKSON
Page. 70 Orian (nee Hays) Hickson. At her residence on Thursday, May 3, 1979. Dearly beloved wife of the late Robert N. Hickson. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hays. Dear sister of Clara (Mrs. Hope Scott) and the late Ma...
  1979  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) REJOICE TO HEAR OF MRS. CORNELL’S RESCUE
BAYSIDE, April 17---Friends of Mrs. Robert C. Cornell, wife of the Manhattan Magistrate who has a home here, rejoice to hear that she was among those rescued. She was on the Titanic in company with her husband’s sister, Mrs. E. D. Appleton, whose na...
17th April 1912  
Unidentified Newspaper (1972) MARGUERITE SCHWARZENBACH-FRöLICHER
T O D E S A N Z E I G E Unsere liebe Mutter und Großmutter Marguerite Schwarzenbach-Frölicher ist nach langer Krankheit ruhig gestorben. Lilo und Georg Sulzer-Schwarzenbach und Ki...
16th July 1972  
Chicago Tribune (1925) THIRD SUICIDE IN FAMILY MYSTERY
Northwestern ‘U’ Student Kills Himself Two years ago Dr. John R. Minahan, wealthy and prominent surgeon of Green Bay, Wis., was summoned to Chicago. His oldest son, John Jr., had ended his life in a frat...
20th February 1925  
Chicago Tribune (1960) FRANCES A. KING, NéE STRAUBE - OBITUARY
Frances A. King, née Straube, loving mother of Raymond R., Robert A. and Arthur W.; devoted daughter of Raymond and Ann Straube, née McGowan; fond sister of Jacqueline Komay and Mary Kapolnek. Funeral Monday, 9:30 a.m., from funeral home,...
27th March 1960  
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Two residents of Ilfracombe, Devon were in the Titanic, viz., Mr. Robert Phillips, aged about 45 years, and his daughter, Alice, a young woman about 19 or 20. For some time he was barman in the Royal Clarence Tap, and subsequently was in the employ ...
17th April 1912  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) STILL PLAYING AS WATER CREEPS UP
New York, April 19- Mrs. John Murray Brown of Acton, Mass, who with her sister, Mrs. Robert C. Cornell and Mrs. E.D. Appleton, was saved, was in the last life-boat to get safely away from the Titanic. "The band played marching from dec...
20th April 1912  
Cornishman (1912) NEWLYN MAN RESCUED
AT THE WHEEL WHEN THE SHIP STRUCK The quartermaster at the wheel when the ship struck the iceberg was Mr. Robert Hichens, believed to be a native of Newlyn, who is one of the survivors. Interviewed on landing Mr. Hichens said when the collisi...
18th April 1912  
The Times (1933) TORQUAY SHOOTING CHARGE
TITANIC OFFICER SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE Robert Hitchens, 51, a ship's navigating officer, who was stated to have been at the wheel of the Titanic when she was sunk in 1912 after striking an iceberg, appeared in the dock at Winchester A...
30th November 1933  
  GRAVE OF JAMES ROBERT MCGOUGH
This picture is not a mistake. According to the staff of Holy Cross Cemetery, Mr. McGough is buried in section 3, range 1, lot 57 of the cemetery. This lot is marked by the monument (shown) of Patrick Hughes. However, Mr. McGough's own grave is un...
   
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) ON WAY TO REUNION; IS LOST ON TITANIC
Pittsburgh Man Hears Brother Is Lost, but Girl Saved --- PITTSBURGH, April 17---Looking forward to a reunion after years of separation, William Phillips, of New Brighton, was stunned by the news that his brother, Robert Phillips, on his...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1913) TITANIC SURVIVOR MARRIES
Miss M. Froelicher Weds R.J.F. Schwarzenbach in Switzerland --- Robert J. F. Schwarzenbach of 471 Park Avenue was married to Miss Marguerite Froelicher of Zurich, Switzerland, one of the survivors of the Titanic, on Monday at Zurich....
9th January 1913  
New York Times (1900) SPEDDEN-STONE
Frederick Oakley Spedden of this city and Miss Margaretta Corning Stone, a daughter of the late George F. Stone, were married at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon in the First Presbyterian Church at Morristown, N. J. The bride's only attendant was her...
7th June 1900  
Newark Star (1912) FEAR ELIZABETH FOLK WENT DOWN WITH TITANIC
ELIZABETH, April 17---Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, is fearful that his two brothers, Ernest and Robert, were among those lost on the steamship Titanic. Mr. Peacock's wife and two children were also passengers on the boat, but it is p...
18th April 1912  
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 (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  
Torquay Times (1913) ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER : STRANGE STORY OF MAN WITH TWO NAMES
There was an echo of the Titanic disaster at the Torquay County Court on Saturday, when Mr E Hutchings made an application under the Workmen’s Compensation Act on behalf of George Barnhouse, an old age pensioner, residing at Arch Row, Stenti...
25th April 1913  
Unidentified Newspaper (1950) UNTITLED
Joseph Duquemin of 47 Tormuck La., a veteran of World Ward I, died this morning at Stamford Hospital after a lingering illness. Born in England on November 24th 1892 Mr. Duquemin was a resident of Stamford, for 24 years. he was formerl...
6th January 1950  
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  
  (2009) THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES BARNES AND ROBERT BARNHOUSE
In April 1913, an article appeared in the Torquay Times under the headline: Echo Of The Titanic Disaster : The Strange Story Of The Man With Two Names. A hearing at Torquay County Court had established the true identity of a stoke...
9th April 2009  
Evening Bulletin (1965) GRETCHEN LEOPOLD, TTITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES ABOARD SHIP
Mrs. Gretchen Longley Leopold, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in the North Atlantic in 1912, died yesterday aboard the SS. Constitution in the Mediterranean. She was the widow of Dr. Raymond S. Leopold, former executive vice ...
12th August 1965  
South Devon Herald Express (2009) TRUE IDENTITY OF TITANIC VICTIM
Thursday, April 23, 2009, 09:04HISTORIAN Mike Holgate has discovered the answer to a mystery surrounding the identity of a Torquay man who died on the Titanic.Despite the vast amount of research undertaken during the 98 years ...
29th April 2009  
  POOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Percy Robert Pook was born in Torquay, Devon in 1876. His birth being registered at Newton Abbot in the June Quarter of that year. He was the son of Henry Pook (house decorator) and Kate (nee Manley) who had married at Torquay in early 1872....
   
Newark Evening News (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR TO THE DEFENSE OF ISMAY
Special Service of the NEWS PLAINFIELD, April 23---Miss Georgette Alexander Magill, aged sixteen years, who was among the first of those rescued from the Titanic to be put aboard the Carpathia, yesterday at Plainfield defended J. Bruce...
23rd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR ENGAGED
Miss Frolicher of Zurich to Wed R.J.F. Schwarzenbach of New York --- The engagement is announced in New York and Zurich of Miss Marguerite Frolicher of the latter city, to Robert J. F. Schwarzenbach of New York. Mr. Schwarzenbach, who ...
3rd October 1912  
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  
Concord Journal (1928) CAROLINE LAMSON BROWN
The death of Mrs. John Murray Brown on Tuesday, June 26th, at the Emerson Hospital in Concord, removed from the scene a type of the handsome, accomplished woman who so well represented old New York in the late sixties and seventies of the last centur...
28th June 1928  
Cumberland News (1912) LOCAL VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Carlisle and Border men among the Crew Mr. Joseph Bell left the district when a youth to serve his apprenticeship as an engineer at the works of Mr. Robert Stephenson, on Tyneside, which were founded by the famous engineer of that name who inv...
20th April 1912  
ET Research (2004) MYSTERY SHIP MADE SIMPLE
THE PERSISTENT notion that the Californian is the Titanic's mystery ship - seen at an average of 5.6 miles off the port bow by Inquiry evidence from Titanic witnesses - can be exploded by this relatively...
17th February 2004  
New York Times (1914) DEFICIT IN HARRIS ESTATE
Theatrical Manager Left $365,443, but Had Large Debts --- Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager who lost his life in the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912, left a gross estate of $365,443, according to an appraisal filed yesterday in ...
2nd July 1914  
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  
Totnes Times & Devon News (1912) THE LOCAL PASSENGERS
The Countess of Rothes, who was on board the Titanic, which has sunk in the North Atlantic, is among the passengers reported as safe. She is a daughter-in-law of Mrs. Leslie-Leslie, of Adelphi Terrace, Paignton. Definite information on the su...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MRS. ASTOR IS ILL, BUT NOT CRITICALLY
Alarming Reports as to Her Condition Formally Denied by Secretary --- VINCENT ASTOR STILL HOPES --- Mrs. Henry B. Harris Slowly Regaining Her Strength --- Robert W. Daniel Receives Friends at...
20th April 1912  
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) ALARMED COUNTY MAN FINDS SISTER WAS RESCUED
D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, Reassured as Carpathia Docked ---------- MRS. THOMAS POTTER TELLS ABOUT ASTORS ---------- Weikman, Titanic Barber, Saved, Known to George Lipipncott [sic] ---------- ...
20th April 1912  
Daily Mirror (1937) TITANIC SURVIVORS PRISON CELL CLAIM
Survivor of the Titanic disaster, Charles Hichens will be released in a few weeks from Maidstone Gaol, where he is serving ten years' penal servitude for shooting another seaman dead. Hichen who seeks only to end his days in "peace and quiet", is cla...
26th July 1937  
New York Times (1940) ROBERT W. DANIEL, EX-BANKER HERE, 56
Virginia State Senator, Once Head of Liberty National, Stricken in Richmond --- OWNED HISTORIC ESTATE --- Brandon-on James Was Visited by Many Presidents---Was Survivor of the Titanic --- RICHMOND, Va., Dec. ...
21st December 1940  
Concord Enterprise (1912) MRS. J. MURRAY BROWN
"Among the passengers o the Titanic was Mrs. J. Murray Brown, widow of the late J. Murray Brown, and mother of Mrs. George S. Keyes of Concord. Mrs. Brown went to England in the early part of March, accompanied by her sisters, Mrs. E. D. A...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1900) YACHT ELEANOR'S LONG CRUISE
Mrs. James W. Martinez-Cardeza's steam yacht Eleanor has been prepared at Tebo's basin, South Brooklyn, for another of the many long voyages she has made during the six years of her existence, and will probably sail within a wek [sic] or ten days for...
16th June 1900  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
ALLEN, Miss Elisabeth Walton. Saved. Cabin B5. (Saved in Lifeboat number 2). (Niece of Mrs. E. S. Roberts and cousin of Miss Georgette Madill, which see). Home address: Tunbridge Wells, England. (Mrs. J. B. Mennell). Insurance c...
   
Belfast Telegraph FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR TITANIC'S 'LITTLE SISTER' NOMADIC
Some 1,600 curious visitors have poured across the gangplank of Titanic’s ‘little sister’ since last week to see the vessel before wholesale restoration gets under way. Although plans for SS Nomadic’s restoration had been delaye...
   
New York Times (1936) LORRAINE GRAVES ENGAGED TO MARRY
Daughter of Mrs. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer to Be Bride of Clarence Moore --- Announcement was made at a dinner party given on Thursday evening by Mrs. Helene van Nostrand at her home, 45 East Eighty-first Street, of the engagement of Miss ...
7th November 1936  
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 (1935) ASTOR HOME SCENE OF NEWPORT PARTY
Ang 14,1935 --- Mr. and Mrs. Enzo Fiermonte, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer and Mrs. J. L. Banks Jr. Guests --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 13---Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor gave a small ...
14th August 1935  
  MANSION HOUSE FUND ETC.
Wardner, Fred Albert.  Lived at 45 Endle Street, Chapel, Southampton. Occupation - Fireman. 39 years old. (Born in Hampshire). (Wife: Nellie). (Death Notice Southern Daily Echo 30th April 1912 an...
   
ET Reviews (2002) COMPELLING TITANIC THOUGHTS FROM THE ROCK
It is often not an easy task, nor a popular enterprise, to be a revisionist of ocean liner history. Proof of this is found, for example, in Coli...
29th September 2002  
Belfast Telegraph (2009) TITANIC ARTWORK TO HELP WORLD'S POOR
Sunday, 26 April 2009 A painting of the Titanic could raise £10,000 for charity at auction, the artist who created it said today. Dozens of old cheques issued by the Belfast shipyard where the famous vessel was built have been...
26th April 2009  
Torquay Directory (1913) MAN WITH TWO NAMES : TORQUAY PENSIONER AND HIS SAILOR SON
Claim For Loss on the “Titanic” At Torquay County Court on Saturday Judge Lush-Wilson arbitrated in an action under the Workman’s Compensation Act by George Barnhouse, of Stentiford’s Hill, T...
23rd April 1913  
St. Ives Times & Express (1912) ST. IVES TITANIC VICTIM
FUNERAL OF MR. W CARBINES The body of Mr. William Carbines, of Nanjivey, St Ives, one of the "Titanic" victims, was brought to St. Ives from Southampton on Monday by the 10:14 a.m. train. It was expected that the remains would have ...
31st May 1912  
Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens JONATHAN H. BLACKWELL
JONATHAN H. BLACKWELL---Born at Hopewell, Mercer County, December 20. 1841; son of Stephen and Francenia (Hunt) Blackwell; married at Hopewell, N. J., on October 5, 1865, to Susan Weart, daughter of Spencer Weart of Hopewell....
   
New York Times (1923) R. W. DANIEL WED TO MRS. CAMPBELL
Vice President of Liberty National Bank Marries Daughter of W. C. Durant in Newark *** Robert W. Daniel of 19 West Sixty-ninth Street, Vice President of the Liberty National Bank of this city, and Mrs. Marjorie Durant Campbell of 635 P...
7th December 1923  
New York Times (1932) HAROLD SANDERSON, SHIPPING MAN, DIES
Former Head of International Merchant Marine Stricken While in North of Italy --- DIRECTED WHITE STAR LINE --- Came From a Family of Leaders in Maritime Matters Both Here and in England --- Special Cable to T...
27th February 1932  
  TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION
William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer...
   
  INTERMENTS IN THE GRACIE PLOT
Lot # 971-974, Plot: Catalpa, Sec. 23 & 24, Area 1024' Deed # 609 Aff. # 4,757. Archibald Gracie IV, died 12/4/1912, age 54 Constance Julie, wife of Archibald Gracie, IV died 12 December 1937, age 88 Co...
   
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  
San Francisco Chronicle (1912) DR. DODGE AND FAMILY MAY HAVE MISSED TITANIC
Page 2 [Photo] Assessor Washington Dodge, Mrs. Washington Dodge Relatives of Assessor Received Word That He Would Stop Over in Paris Shortly before 2 o'clock this morning the "Chronicle" was notified by...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) STRAUS MEMORIAL MEETING
Mayor Gaynor, Bishop Gailor, and Andrew Carnegie Will Take Part in It --- A civic memorial meeting for Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus will be held in Carnegie Hall Sunday afternoon, May 12, at 4 o'clock. Justice Samuel Greenbaum, President ...
4th May 1912  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) TWO BROTHERS NOT ON TITANIC
Benjamin Peacock Learns They Are Still in England ---------- HIS MOTHER SEEKS NEWS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN A letter postmarked “Merton, county Surrey, England,” has brought some happiness to Benjamin Peacock, of 609 Sout...
6th May 1912  
  (1912) STAND TO YOUR POST / BE BRITISH
Recorded in London May or June 1912 "Stand To Your Post" by Bennett Scott "Be British" by Lawrence Wright and Paul Pelham ...
  June 1912  
ET Research (2003) TITANIC'S FINAL MANOEUVRE
She never was under a port helm? - She did not come on the port helm, Sir - on the starboard helm. ------Titanic’s QM Robert Hitchens to the British enquiry At both inquiries it was adduced that, at the time of the look...
8th February 2003  
Virginia Pilot (1966) MRS. CELINEY DECKER, 69, SURVIVOR OF LINER 'TITANIC'
NORFOLK--Mrs. Celiney Alexander Decker, 69, of 1158 Larchmont Crescent, who as a 15-year-old immigrant bride from Lebanon survived the sinking of the passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Thursday at 5:30 P.M. in a hospital. Only one other ...
11th March 1966  
  WONNACOTT FAMILY INFORMATION
Dorothy Wonnacott was born in Plymouth in 1885. She was a daughter of Arscott and Mary Jane Wonnacott. Her parents, both originally from the Holsworthy area of mid-Devon had married in about 1878 and were living in Plymouth from that time....
   
ET Research (2007) RMS TITANIC: THE FUNERALS, MEMORIALS AND LEGACY OF THE LOST PASSENGERS AND HER CREW
Titanic, a word that conveys a history and numerous amounts of thoughts, ideas. The American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition defines titanic as, “of enormous scope, power, or influence.”1 The origin of the word ...
9th March 2007  
ET Research (2002) WAS THE TITANIC’S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH?
There have been several times when the question has been raised about whether the Titanic’s rudder was large enough. It has been suggested that if the rudder had been larger she would have turned more quickly and t...
29th September 2002  
San Francisco Chronicle (1919) DR. WASHINGTON DODGE DIES AT LOCAL HOSPITAL
Section 2, page 13, columns 7-8 [Photo] Gunshot Wound, Inflicted in Attempt to Kill Himself June 21, Causes Death RELATIVES AT BEDSIDE Financier and Ex-Assessor Unconscious for 3 Days Befo...
1st July 1919  
Worcester Telegram (1912) FUND FOR RELIEF OF MRS. ASPLUND AND HER CHILDREN IS GROWING SLOWLY
Money for the Worcester Titanic relief fund that is to be used for the financial assistance of Mrs. Charles Asplund and her two children who survived the Titanic disaster, in which her husband and three children were lost, is coming slowly to the rel...
30th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) TITANIC WRECK ECHO AT HOE LIBRARY SALE
Harry E. Widener, on Sunk Liner, Expected to Attend Part III. Sessions --- SAW BOOKS BEFORE SAILING --- Caxton "Golden Legend" Bring $3,100---$1,400 Paid for Christopher Columbus's "Epistola” --- "The Golden ...
17th April 1912  
Washington Herald (1912) MAJ. BUTT IS PAID TRIBUTE BY MASONS
Scottish Rite Order Respects Memory of Aid to President Reported Drowned --- The ceremonies incident to the conferring of the thirtieth degree of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, last night upon a large class of candi...
18th April 1912  
  (1912) THE TITANIC'S DISASTER : DER NASER KEIVER
Words (in Yiddish) by S. Small Music by Henry A. Rusotto Listen to this Piece [...
  1912  
Acton-The Beacon (2009) ACTON LIBRARY TO HOST 'TITANIC SINKS'
Mon Apr 27, 2009, 08:37 AM EDTActon, Mass. - The Delvena Theatre Company will present 'The Titanic Sinks as Acton Sleeps' at the Acton Memorial Library on Wednesday, May 6, at 7 p.m. Actors Lynne Moulton and Carl Rossi will assume multipl...
29th April 2009  
Chronicles of the Cumming Club (1887) (1887) SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.
SIR EDWARD J. HARLAND, BART.; 'the sixth of a family of eight.' His father, Dr. Harland, a graduate of Edinburgh University, practised in Scarborough until nearly the period of his death, in 1866. He was a man of remarkable skill...
  1887  
 

 
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