Society Weddings

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New York Times A DAY'S WEDDINGS
SCHEFTEL-STRAUS --- Herbert Adolph Scheftel was married to Miss Vivian Straus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isidor Straus, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, at Sherry's, by the Rev. Dr. Schulman.  The ceremony was follo...
18th January 1907
THOMAS ANDREWS' WEDDING   THOMAS ANDREWS' WEDDING
24th June 1908
New York Times MISS BENITA R. GUGGENHEIM MARRIES LIEUT. E. B. MAYER
The marriage of Miss Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin M. Guggenheim, and First Lieutenant Edward B. Mayer, United States Air Servive, which took place on Thursday at the homeof the bride, 270 Park Avenue. Lieutenant Mayer comes ...
18th May 1919
New York Times WM. K. DICK MARRIES MRS. VIRGINIA CONNER
Chairman of the National Sugar Refining Co. Weds in Akron --- Word has been received here of the marriage of Mrs. Virginia Keniston Conner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Conner of this city, to William K. Dick of this city and Al...
25th December 1941
WILLIAM FARR PENNY   WILLIAM FARR PENNY
Tony Evans
My great uncle...
New York Times SOCIETY AT HOME AND ABROAD
Mrs. Elinor Glyn and her sister, Lady Duff Gordon, have been visiting in Washington.  Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce entertained at luncheon for them one day this week. [This paragraph appeared in a long society column, the balance of which is ...
12th January 1908
New York Times HONORS W. T. STEAD
Peace Society Adopts Minute In Memory of Titanic Victim --- At the annual meeting of the New York Peace Society yesterday the following minute concerning the death of William T. Stead was adopted: The New York Peace So...
7th June 1912
New York Times WEDDINGS: APPLETON-LAMSON
Miss Charlotte Lamson was married to Edward Dale Appleton in the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest, Forty-fifth Street and Fifth Avenue, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Rev. Dr. D. Parker Morgan, rector of the Church, performed...
13th December 1894
Washington Times SOCIETY IS SHOCKED AT NEWS OF DEATH
Washington society was shocked when news that the name of James C. Smith, of Chicago, was not included in the list of those saved from death when the Titanic sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic. Mr. Smith was well known in Washington, where...
19th April 1912
TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP Belfast Titanic Society TITANIC SOCIETY TO COMMEMORATE 99 YEARS SINCE THE LOSS OF THE SHIP
On Friday 15th April at 12 noon, members of the Belfast Titanic Society will gather at Belfast City Hall to remember those from the city who were lost aboard RMS Titanic in 1912. Wreaths will be placed at the Titanic Memorial, on the Donegall Square East side of the City Hall grounds....
13th April 2011
New York Times THREATENED BANKER BELL
Mrs. H. C. Gage Arrested---Said He Kept Her Out of Washington Society --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, March 11---Through the instrumentality of Charles J. Bell, a banker, and a cousin of Alexander Graham ...
12th March 1912
CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH Belfast Titanic Society CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC'S LAUNCH
BELFAST TITANIC SOCIETY COMMEMORATES CENTENARY OF RMS OLYMPIC’S LAUNCH The Belfast Titanic Society will mark 100 years since the launch of Titanic’s sister ship, RMS Olympic with a short ceremony on ...
14th October 2010
MICHEL NAVRATIL JR IN PARIS   MICHEL NAVRATIL JR IN PARIS
At a Titanic Historical Society's Meeting ...
1996
New York Times BETWEEN SIPS OF TEA
Lady Duff-Gordon is one of the English titled women who are "in trade," as it is termed in England. She started a dress-making establishment some years since in London, and, having energy and taste, it has proved most successful. She is a Canadian...
11th December 1904
FRED FLEET'S GRAVE   FRED FLEET'S GRAVE
Hollybrook Cemetery, Lordshill, Southampton...
New York Times SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD
Personal and Otherwise --- Miss Esmé  Wallace, who is to marry Viscount Tiverton, son of the Earl of Halsbury, is a daughter of Lady Duff-Gordon by her first husband, and is a niece of Eleanor Glyn, the novelist.  Her mother marrie...
4th August 1907
The Times CALLS TO THE BAR
The undermentioned gentlemen were yesterday called to the degree of the Utter Bar:--- By the Hon. Society of the Middle Temple. John Charles Bigham, Esq., of the University of Lodon...
11th June 1870
Calgary Herald ANOTHER ADDED TO LIST OF LOST IS ALBERT MALLET, A TRAVELLER
MONTREAL, April 20.- The disaster to the Titanic was brought poignantly home to Montrealers today by the arrival in the city of some of the Montreal survivors. At ten o'clock yesterday morning a special train pulled into the Grand Trunk st...
20th April 1912
Jerseyman MRS. PATTERSON IS CALLED BY DEATH
(Morristown, New Jersey) Page 1 Wife of Editor of Jerseyman Dies in Memorial Hospital Mrs. Susan Ryerson Patterson, daughter of Mrs. Arthur Ryerson of Chicago, and wife of George W. Patterson, Jr., editor of THE J...
14th January 1921
Evening Bulletin 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 Post SOCIETY: MRS. CHURCHILL CANDEE
notice...
11th January 1912
Philadelphia Inquirer CROLIUS
April 21, 1958. OLIVE POTTER, wife of the late Allen Crolius, of Alden Park Manor, services Wed., 1 P.M., Kirk & Nice, 6301 Germantown Ave. Interment private. In lieu of flowers kindly make contributions to American Cancer Society....
23rd April 1958
ADDERGOOLE'S ANNUAL RINGING OF THE TIMONEY BELL   ADDERGOOLE'S ANNUAL RINGING OF THE TIMONEY BELL
Three members ring the Timoney Bell in daylight...
Chicago Tribune NEWS OF THE SOCIETY WORLD : MRS. RYERSON RETURNING
One of the many evidences of Mrs. Marshall Field’s loyalty to Chicago, in spite of nearly a decade spent away from here, is that she has always kept her box for the symphony concerts and has never failed to fill it with friends at each after...
13th October 1913
Brighton Argus CAR BOOT BARGAIN HUNT FINDS TITANIC TREASURE
Jessica Mangold
Bravery Award...
2nd April 2005
New York Times SOCIETY---HOME AND ABROAD
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Ismay of London, England, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Margaret Ismay, to Capt. Ronald Cheape of the First Dragoon Guards of the English Army.  Mrs. Ismay was Miss Florence Schieffelin of this city.  ...
26th November 1911
Washington Post SOCIETY: MISS MARIE GRICE YOUNG
Miss Marie Grice Young, of this city, who spends most of her time in New York with Mrs. J. Stuart White, is touring New England with Mrs. White. The ladies have recently been at Bretton Woods in the White Mountains of New Hampshire....
17th August 1916
The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand) ROUND-THE-WORLD RESEARCH
Nowadays there seems to be no dearth in the number of adventurers to remote parts of the earth. The latest ambitious project in the sailing line, says an Australian paper, is a cruise round the world in a 3000-ton yacht named...
25th October 1924
Exeter Flying Post THE TITANIC DISASTER
At a special meeting of the St. David’s (Exeter) District Committee of the National Deposit Friendly Society a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. and Mrs. Dyer in the loss of their son in the Titanic disaster. The deceased was a member of the St...
27th April 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times BELIEVE MRS. GAGE HAS SOCIAL DELUSION
Her Threats Against C. J. Bell, Alienists Testify, Were Due to Form of Paranoia --- DAUGHTER NAMES INFORMANT --- Says Mrs. Archibald Gracie Told That Banker Blocked Mother's Plans---Belva Lockwood Defends Her ---...
5th April 1912
New York Times TO PROVE MRS. GAGE DESCENDANT OF KINGS
Defense Introduces Family Tree in Proceedings Brought by Banker C. J. Bell --- ROOSEVELT'S ROYAL ORIGIN --- Miss Gage Testifies That an Ancestor of Colonel Was a Scottish King—--Threaten Mrs. Gracie with Arrest ---...
12th April 1912
New York Times FIERMONTE THREATENS DIVORCE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 9---Enzo Fiermonte, husband of Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, today took a screen test at Fox Movie Studio. Discussing the status of his marriage with the wealthy New Yor...
10th August 1934
Daily Sketch THE SADDEST OF MANY SAD STORIES
One of the saddest of the many sad stories which has to be told concerns the fate of Mr. Daniel W. Marvin, a young American who was returning with his wife from the honeymoon trip spent in Europe. Mr Marvin is missing, but M...
17th April 1912
New York Times SOCIETY NOTES FROM ABROAD
*** Miss Gladys Cherry, who was one of the passengers rescued from the Titanic, is a cousin of the Earl of Rothes, being a daughter of the late J. F. Cherry and Lady Emily Cherry. Miss Cherry was on her way to New York with Lady Rothes. She an...
12th May 1912
New York Times CRITICISE PASTOR WHO MARRIED ASTOR
Bought to Do a Nasty Job, Says the Rev. Mr. Richmond, and Others Join Attack --- WEDDING CALLED AN OUTRAGE --- No Conscientious Minister Could Have Performed it, Say Congregational Official---Carpenter-Parson Not Paid...
11th September 1911
Daily Telegraph ESTATE OF HERBERT JOHN PITMAN
Mr Herbert John Pitman, of Pitcombe, Somerset, retired purser, a survivor of the Titanic disaster, left estate in Great Britain valued at pounds 21,158 gross, pounds 21,116 net. He left the residue of his estate to his niece [name withheld] for life,...
9th April 1962
Chicago Tribune ROUND ABOUT THE SOCIETY WORLD.
Page 15 A number of Chicago relatives and friends will leave for the east Oct. 20 to attend the wedding of Miss Emily Ryerson and George Hyde Clark, which will take place on Oct. 23 at Ringwood, near Cooperstown, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Edw...
7th October 1915
Arlington Advocate MRS. J. MURRAY BROWN
Mrs. J. Murray Brown, formerly of Belmont, who, with her two sisters escaped from the wrecked Titanic, is well known to some of our readers. Her sons used to be quite prominent in Arlington society. Mrs. Brown has furnished some of the most clear and...
27th April 1912
New York Times SIR WILLIAM ARROL
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Feb. 20.-Sir William Arrol, biggest of British bridge builders, is dead. He constructed the present bridge over the Tay and that crossing the Firth of Forth. He was made a knight in 1890 a...
21st February 1913
Toronto Daily Star ETHEL FLORA FORTUNE GORDON
Page 36, column 6 On Tues., March 21, 1961, at her home, 1 Clarendon Ave., Toronto, Ethel F. Fortune, widow of Crawford Gordon, mother of Crawford Gordon and William Fortune Gordon. A private service was held at the funeral chapel of ...
22nd March 1961
TITANIC FASHION, AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER Titanic Stories TITANIC FASHION, AN EDWARDIAN MAKEOVER
Titanic Stories
For first class passengers on board Titanic, status was everything. Where you sat at dinner, the size of your suite and who you played cards with all marked out your position in society.But perhaps the most visual way to make your social statement was by what you wore. For the ladies in particular, an ensemble by the latest on trend designer could put you ahead of the game. You certainly could not be seen at dinner in the same dress as the night before.It was an era when fashion trends were moving quickly and even amongst the older generation there was a need to be seen to embrace modernity. One fashion faux-pas could knock you down the social ladder. It was a complicated game to play....
26th August 2011
Washington Post SOCIETY: MRS. CANDEE
notice...
30th April 1912
Shepton Mallet Journal REDISCOVERED POSTCARD STRENGTHENS LINK BETWEEN TOWN AND TITANIC
Castle Cary's connection with the world's most famous shipping disaster has been strengthened still further. This is because a New Forest pensioner has discovered a postcard found on the ship, which was to be sent to the wife of a local butcher....
2nd March 2000
New York Times MEMORIAL NOTICE
STRAUS-Resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Hebrew Sheltering Guardian Society (Orphan Asylum,) passed at a meeting specially called for the purpose of considering the tragic and untimely death of Isidor Straus: Isidor Straus t...
4th May 1912
  A NAME TO REMEMBER
Not many of Titanic's 'black gang' are remembered in the towns in which they once lived, but residents of West End on the outskirts of Southampton now have good reason to know the name of greaser Jim Jukes. For several years ...
Washington Times HEARTFELT SYMPATHY OF FRIENDS HERE GOES TO MRS. L. P. SMITH
Of the many soul-wringing sad pathetic partings that took place as the Titanic, with its precious burden, awaited the inrush of the waters that were to lower it to a grave two miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic, that between Mrs. Lucien P. Smi...
17th April 1912
New York Times MRS. W. K. DICK IN RENO
Former Madeleine Force Astor Will Ask Divorce --- RENO, Nev., June 9 (AP)---Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick, New York society woman, is in Reno to file suit for divorce for William K. Dick. She arrived last night. It was...
10th June 1933
Newark Star MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE PLANNED FOR TITANIC DEAD
ELIZABETH, April 22---Memorial services for Peter Reniff and Thomas Gavey, of 21B Florida street, and Clifford and Ernest Jefferies, who were lost while on their way to this city in the Titanic disaster, will be held by the local lodges of Sons and D...
23rd April 1912
New York Times 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 GUGGENHEIM-SELIGMAN
Delmonico’s was the scene of one of the handsomest weddings of the season at 6 o’clock last evening, when Miss Florette Seligman, the youngest daughter of James Seligman, was married to Benjamin Guggenheim, a son of Meyer Guggenheim of 66 West Sevent...
25th October 1894
New York American DEATH CLOSES CAREER OF LADY DUFF GORDON
Modiste Who "Dressed the Women of Three Generations" Once Had Shop in New York LONDON, April 21. - Lady Duff Gordon, for many years world celebrated as an arbiter of fashion, and a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic,...
22nd April 1935
  AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET
Case number 302. (English). A mother, sixty-three years of age, was drowned, while coming to this country to make her home with her daughter, whose husband had recently died, leaving two children aged six and two years. These children were to have be...
1913
Washington Post SEAT IN U.S. SENATE CHIEF AMBITION OF NOTED SOCIETY WOMAN FROM COLORADO
Mrs. J.J. Brown, a Favorite in Smart Set and Politics Mrs. J.J. Brown of Denver, a possible candidate for the United States Senate, is shown above with her niece, Miss Helen Tobin, who recently created a sensation in her J...
26th July 1914
New York Times 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 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 DEATH NOTICE OF EDITH EVANS
EVANS---At sea, on the Titanic, Edith Corse Evans, daughter of the late Cadwalader and Angeline B. C. Evans and granddaughter of the late Israel Corse. A memorial service will be held at Grace Church, Broadway and 10th St., on Monday morning ,April 2...
21st April 1912
New York Times ALEXANDER RICE, EXPLORER, WAS 80
Physician and Author Dies---Made Trips on the Amazon and Taught Navigation --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I, July 23---Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, explorer of the Amazon, author and member of the summe...
24th July 1956
North American NORTH WALES VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC ARRIVE
NORTH WALES, Pa., May 7---The bodies of Austin Van Billiard and one of his children, lost on the Titanic, which were picked up at sea by the Mackay-Bennett, reached here today and will be buried on Wednesday from the residence of his father, Burgess ...
8th May 1912
New York Times 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
New York Times MRS. MARY GAGE SANE
Must Now Answer Charge of Threatening Charles J. Bell. --- WASHINGTON, April 22---Mrs. Mary E. Gage of this city was adjudged of sound mind to-day, and to-morrow she mst [sic] face a police charge of making dangerous threats. Mrs. Gage...
23rd April 1912
The Daily Banner VICTIM SENDS A MESSAGE FROM SPIRIT WORLD
Paris, May 14      William T. Stead, the famous writer and delver into the psychic, who went down in the wreck of the Titanic, is said to have sent a message from the spirit world saying that his death was painless and perfectly calm. ...
14th May 1912
New York Times MRS. GAGE BLAMES ALL ON MRS. GRACIE
Court Adjourns to Give District Attorney Time to Find Missing Witness --- C. J. BELL STILL NERVOUS --- Banker Insists Upon Mrs. Gage Being Returned to the Asylum for Fear of a Tragedy --- Special to The New Y...
13th April 1912
  RED CROSS REPORT AND MEMORIAL
McGowan, Annie, Miss (later Mrs. Straube). Saved in Lifeboat number 14. Born 5th July 1895, died 30th January 1990 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the ...
Centerville Daily Citizen FRANK LEFEVRE BEREAVED MINER CALLED ELOPER - MRS. DUPONT SAYS HE FLED FROM FRANCE WITH HER BOTH MAY BE DEPORTED - EMIGRANT INSPECTOR WHITEFIELD INVESTIGATES CASE AT MYSTIC - WOMAN SAYS HE GOT $2,000 FROM HER
In Appanoose county’s foreign colony there lurks, in all probability, many a romance and as romances go, frequently there are sombre sides to them. The Citizen’s readers will recall having read some time ago of the loss of the wife and four childr...
13th July 1912
New York Times MRS. HOKAN STEFFANSON
Page 31, column 2 Mrs. Mary Eno Steffanson died last night at her home, 56 East Fifty-seventh Street, after an illness of several months. She was 71 years old. Mrs. Steffanson, daughter of the late John Chester Eno, was the...
14th December 1953
  BRAVERY AWARD
Trevor M. Bailey
Ernest G F Brown...
1st April 2005
New York Times HORSEWOMEN IN PARADE
Mrs. Burleson, Wife of Army Officer In Command of Suffrage Pageant --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, Jan. 10---A cavalcade of horsewomen is to lead the woman's suffrage parade, or p...
11th April 1913
Trenton Evening Times SKETCH OF BLACKWELL
Mr. Blackwell was the eldest son of former Senator and Mrs. Jonathan H. Blackwell of 167 West State Street. He was a widower and associated with his father in the wholesale grocery business. Besides his parents, Mr. Blackwell is survived by a sister,...
19th April 1912
Peoria Journal Star RICHARD BECKER
Page E-8 Richard F. Becker, 65, 2139 N. Wellington, died at 5:10 A.M. yesterday in Proctor Hospital, where he was admitted Aug. 26. He was a retired safety supervisor for Caterpillar Tractor Co. Born in I...
7th September 1975
New York Times STRAUS FOUNTAIN AWARD TO LUKEMAN
With Evarts Tracy, Architect, Sculptor Wins in Contest Including 59 Designs --- HE'LL GET $10,000 FOR WORK --- Four Other "Next Best" Designs Get Prize Money from $500 Down to $100 Each --- From a collection of fift...
21st March 1913
New York Times JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Brother-in-Law of Stanford White---Well-Known Sportsman --- James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is well known as a sportsman and in society circles both in this city and in Paris. Until May, 1911, when he r...
16th April 1912
The Times HAROLD COTTAM
Obituary...
31st May 1984
New York Times ASTOR INFANT CHRISTENED
Virginia French and Vincent Astor Are William's Godparents --- The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor was christened yesterday afternoon at a ceremony in the presence of a few relatives and friends in the Astor residence, 7 Eas...
15th January 1936
CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM   CAP ARCONA DINING ROOM
The principal feature of the Cap Arcona's dining room was ten pairs of large windows, arranged five per side, which allowed natural light into the room and gave it a less confined feel was achieved in the (mostly) enclosed dining rooms ab...
Gare Maritime
Voyage MUSGRAVE
John P. Eaton
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ...
12th December 2004
Voyage COLLINGWOOD
John P. Eaton
(Akties Collingwood) (Zernichow & O. Gotaas) Arrived at Belfast ( Musgrave Channel) 16 October 1908 from Bangkok via the Azores carrying a cargo of teak wood logs which in a finished sta...
28th November 2004
Voyage AJAX
John P. Eaton
Call letters: S P G B Port of Registry: Southampton Flag of Registry: British Funnel: Red, black top Company flag:...
27th February 2005
New York Times 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
Unidentified Newspaper MATTEI-MADILL
[Report of the marriage of Titanic survivor Georgette Madill]...
New York Times GUGGENHEIM ESTATE VALUED AT $3,551,994
Victim of Titanic Disaster Left Widow $785,199---Daughters Get About $500,000 Each --- MANY CHARITABLE BEQUESTS --- Sisters Receive Incomes from Trust Funds of $75,000 and Sisters-in-Law from $25,000 --- Benj...
18th January 1916
New York Times AUTEUIL SOUNDS THE PANNIER'S DOOM
Smart Display of Summer Fashions at Paris Race Course Shows Radical Style Changes --- NOVEL ROBESPIERRE GOWNS --- Immense Crowd Out to See the French Grand National---Americans Less Numerous Than Usual...
24th June 1912
Port Jefferson Echo A FRIGHTFUL DISASTER
J. CLINCH SMITH NOT SAVED James Clinch Smith, of Smithtown, one of the passengers of the steamship Titanic, whose name is not reported among the survivors, was well known on Long Island as a sportsman and society man. ...
20th April 1912
New York Times 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 CLERICAL CARPENTER TO MARRY COL. ASTOR
Rev. Mr. Straight of Providence, R. I., Pauses in Housebuilding to Undertake the Job --- VISITED BY ASTOR LAWYER --- All Arrangements Said to Have Been Made for a Ceremony at Newport---Colonel and Fiancee Sail ---...
9th September 1911
Hudson Dispatch MRS. LYNCH, 65; WAS SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING
Mrs. Bridget Lynch, 185 Lexington av., Jersey City, who always related with pride her rescue from the disastrous sinking of the “Titanic,” dies yesterday afternoon in Jersey City Medical Center. She was 65. Mrs. Lynch was a young immi...
4th October 1959
  JOYCE A. ROSENFELD
Joyce Aks Rosenfeld, 62, of the 1800 block of Banning Road, died August 13, 1996, in her home. Mrs. Rosenfeld was a native of Portsmouth. She was member of Ohef Sholom Temple in Norfolk and had worked at Antell's Women's Clothing Stor...
14th August 1996
New York Times VIRGINIA M. FRENCH HAS TWELVE ATTENDANTS AT HER MARRIAGE HERE TO WILLIAM F. DICK
A marriage uniting two families of prominence in society here and in Newport, R. I., took place in the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest yesterday afternoon when Miss Virginia Middleton French, daughter of Mrs. James Lenox Banks Jr. of 15 East Ni...
19th December 1941
Chicago Tribune MORGAN DINNER RECALLED
Friendship of Family for Capt. Smith Causes Withdrawal of Invitations _______ N...
17th April 1912
ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL   ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL
The Addergoole Titanic Society erected this memorial in St Patrick’s Church, Lahardane, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on...
New York Times 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 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
Atlantic Daily Bulletin MEMORIAL TO JAMES MOODY
Memorial...
1993
New York Times ARCHIBALD GRACIE
Prominent in Washington---His Wife's Whereabouts Not Known --- WASHINGTON , April 15---Archibald Gracie, one of the Titanic's passengers, is well known in Washington and New York society. His wife has recently attracted attention by le...
16th April 1912
Denver Times DENVER MEN AND WOMEN AMONG TITANIC PASSENGERS
Hugh R. Rood's name appears among those taken from the ship and a letter received by Mrs. Crawford Hill a few days ago from Mrs. Rood indicated that she, also, would be a passenger. Mrs. Rood was in London when she wrote Mrs. Hill. She...
15th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper ELEANOR I. SHUMAN, 87, TITANIC SURVIVOR
ELGIN, Ill. -- Eleanor I. Shuman, one of the last survivors of the Titanic, has died at age 87. After suddenly taking ill, Mrs. Shuman died Saturday in Elgin's Sherman Hospital. Mrs. Shuman, who was less than 2 years old when the...
10th March 1998
Chicago Daily Tribune ANXIETY FOR MISSING ONES
page. 3 Miss A. E. Isham, Formerly of Chicago, Probably Lost GUGGENHEIM GIVES UP HOPE Senator Convinced His Brother Perished When Titanic Sank Miss Anne Elizabeth Isham, a passenger on t...
18th April 1912
HORNBY Voyage HORNBY
John P. Eaton
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
Philadelphia Inquirer 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
Voyage HERCULES
John P. Eaton
One of the tugs that got lines aboard New York and kept her from striking Titanic as the latter was leaving her Southampton dock. Port of Registry: South...
20th February 2005
JACKAL Voyage JACKAL
John P. Eaton
While Titanic was outfitting, Jackal served as an auxiliary vessel moored alongside, her generator providing light and power aboard the ship for the outfitting workers. Also used as a yard tug. ...
5th December 2004
New York Times MRS. J. CLINCH SMITH DIES
Widow of Titanic Victim Never Recovered from Shock of His Death --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PARIS, Aug. 20---Mrs. James Clinch Smith, a well known American resident of Paris, died to-day at Leysin, Switzerl...
21st August 1913
  NEW TITANIC THEMED CHURCH STAINED GLASS WINDOW FOR LAHARDANE, IRELAND'S TITANIC VILLAGE
Addergoole Titanic Society
St Patrick’s Church in Lahardane Village, Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland gets two new windows with the themes Titanic Rescue and Emigration. ...
10th December 2011
99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST Titanic Stories 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF TITANIC'S SINKING COMMEMORATED IN BELFAST
15th April 2011 was the 99th anniversary of Titanic’s foundering after hitting an iceberg in mid Atlantic. In towns and cities throughout the world, the event is remembered in simple ceremonies. ...
16th May 2011
Philadelphia Inquirer 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
NOMADIC : THE BELFAST CHILD - REVIEWED Titanic Review NOMADIC : THE BELFAST CHILD - REVIEWED
Philip Hind
1987, on the lon...
25th June 2008
Voyage WALLASEY
John P. Eaton
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
Voyage ALEXANDRA
John P. Eaton
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
VULCAN Voyage VULCAN
John P. Eaton
Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...
13th February 2005
New York Times 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
New York Times 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-Y...
18th February 1891
Progress 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
Voyage SAMARA
John P. Eaton
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
Unidentified Newspaper LAST MALE SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DIES
One of the last known survivors of the Titanic, Michel Navratil, has died in southern France at the age of 92. He was just three years old when the ship hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic and sank shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912. ...
2nd February 2001
Voyage LUCIGEN
John P. Eaton
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
NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY   NEBRASKAN SURVIVOR RARELY SPOKE OF TRAGEDY
Einar Gervasius Carlson, formerly Karlsson was born in Oakarshamn, Sweden on June 19, 1890. He was 21 years old when he and a friend, Johan Charles Asplund boarded the Titanic for the United States. They were originally booked on the ship Adriatic...
New York Times MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT
President's Aid Had Gone on a Special Mission to the Pope --- Special to The New York Times --- WASHINGTON, April 15.-Major Archibald Willingham Butt, President Taft’s Military Aid, [sic] was returning on the Titanic afte...
16th April 1912
New York Times GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS LOST
Twelve-Year-Old Hazel Found In Grounds of Deserted Mansion --- Special to The New York Times --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 23---After being lost for seven hours to-day, Miss Hazel Barbara Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Gu...
24th June 1915
  LETTER FROM F.D. MILLET AND THE NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY
John Lamoreau
A letter written by F.D. Millet shortly before he left on a trip to Rome early in 1912. In the letter he discusses his plans for painting murals for the New Bedford Public Library in Massachusetts that was being remodeled. In the letter he mention...
6th February 1912
Chicago Tribune WIDOW SUES TITANIC OWNERS
Mrs. A. Willer of Chicago Asks $10,000 for Husband’s Death   Family Left Penniless   Red Cross Saves Them fr...
20th July 1912
New York Times COL. ASTOR'S WIFE SEEKS SEPARATION
Lawyer Appointed Referee by Justice Mills to Take Testimony in the Case --- GREAT SECRECY ABOUT IT --- Suit Comes Nearly a Year After Mrs. William Astor's Death---Col. Astor Yachting with His Son --- Mrs. Ava...
27th October 1909
Atlantic Daily Bulletin SOS : TITANIC NOT THE FIRST USER
Brian J. Ticehurst
OVER the years many myths and fallacies have grown up around the Titanic. Not least the myth that the Titanic was the first vessel to use the International Distress Call 'SOS'. This is not so - the facts are these:- ...
22nd November 2005
Voyage 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...
Progress - the Journal of Lever Brothers 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
Jersey Journal MRS. BRIDGET LYNCH; SURVIVOR OF TITANIC
Was Young Girl on Way to U. S. --- Arrangements were completed today for the funeral of Mrs. Bridget Lynch of Jersey City who, as a girl of 18, survived the iceberg crash of the Cunard White Star liner Titanic in 1912. Mr...
4th November 1959
BRIDE WHO WAS RESCUED FROM DEATH FINDS SHE IS DESTITUTE WIDOW New York Herald BRIDE WHO WAS RESCUED FROM DEATH FINDS SHE IS DESTITUTE WIDOW
MRS ARGENIA DEL CARLO AND SISTER OF SAN RAFFAELE HOME...
22nd April 1912
New York Times COL. ASTOR TO WED MADELEINE FORCE
Father of 18-Year-Old Debutante in Society Announces the Engagement --- MET JUST A YEAR AGO --- Col. Astor's Marked Attentions Soon Gave Rise to Rumors of Betrothal- Wedding Plans Not Yet Made --- Formal anno...
2nd August 1911
New York Times THE LOSS OF JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Amid the maelstrom of mourning in connection with the recent disaster, (which was indeed "Titanic,") the city press seems to have overlooked the loss of one of our most estimable citizens. I refer to Mr. James Clinch Smith, a bro...
24th April 1912
New York Times 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 COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
Wealthy Society Man and an Author and Inventor as Well --- Col. John Jacob Astor, the American head of the Astor family, has held a prominent place in the life of this city for many years. Not alone has he been a conspicuous club member...
16th April 1912
Voyage HERCULANEUM
John P. Eaton
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
Voyage GLENDUN
John P. Eaton
GLENDUN (Antrim Iron Ore Co., LTD.) On Sunday, December 10th, 1909, the immense stern framing of Titanic was transported from Darlington Forge Company’s works at Darlington by the North Eastern Railway...
26th October 2004
New York Times JOHN JACOB ASTOR TO WED DEBUTANTE
His Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Announced by Her Parents --- CAME OF AGE IN AUGUST --- Fiancee, Noted in Newport as a Tennis Player, Is From an Old American Family --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lew...
16th December 1933
New York Times MARRIED IN EARLY DECEMBER
A brilliant and fashionable assemblage gathered at noon yesterday in the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth-avenue, to witness the marriage of Miss Florence Schieffelin, a daughter of George R. Schieffelin and a great favorite in New-York society,...
5th December 1888
WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH? Titanic Research WAS THE TITANIC'S RUDDER LARGE ENOUGH?
Captain Charles B. Weeks
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
THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL Gare Maritime THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....
10th July 2007 Gare Maritime
New York Times MORGAN BUSY IN ROME
Wishes the Papers Would Stop Saying He Is Ill --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- ROME, April 6---This year J. Pierpont Morgan has not had his usual luck in regard to the wea...
7th April 1912
NOMADIC RETURNS   NOMADIC RETURNS
Kathleen Neill
The SS Nomadic is the last White Star Line vessel still afloat and the last real maritime link with Titanic.  Built on No.1 Slip by Harland & Wolff Shipyard, Belfast, and fitted out in the Abercorn Basin, Nomadic attended ...
3rd January 2007
New York Times 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
 

 
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