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(1912) | F. BEST - RELIEF FUND POSTER Titanic disaster poster from Frederick Best and Sons, a fish business, at 33 Millbank Street, Northam, Southampton. it states, in full: "TITANIC" DISASTER. F. BEST BEGS TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF HIS MANY PATRONS AND OTHERS, THAT A... | 27th April 1912 | |||
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Daily Graphic | (1912) | EMILY RICHARDS AND SONS Emily Richards and the two sons who were with her on the Titanic.... | 4th May 1912 | ||
| New York Times | (1940) | MRS. DICK’S ESTATE LEFT TO 2 OF SONS William F. and John H. to Get Principal at Age of 28 --- Mrs. Madeleine T. Dick, who died at Palm Beach, Fla., on March 27, left her estate in trust for the benefit of two of her sons, William Force Dick and John Henry Dick of Islip, L.... | 10th April 1940 | |||
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King's Notable New Yorkers | ISIDOR AND NATHAN STRAUS ISIDOR STRAUS (left) Memb. 53d U.S. congress. L. Straus & Sons, China & Glass. R. H. Macy & Co. and Abraham & Straus, Dept. Stores. NATHAN STRAUS (right) L. Straus &... | ||||
| New York Times | (1912) | YOUNG ROEBLING ON TITANIC Son of President of Roebling Sons and Noted Autoist --- Special to The New York Times --- TRENTON, N. J., April 15---Washlngton A. Roebling, second, a son of Charles G. Roebling, President of the John A. Roebling Sons Co.,... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Guernsey Weekly Press | (1912) | REPORTED MISSING: E. H. WHEADON Mr. E.H. Wheadon was in his 67th year. He was the head of the agricultural firm of E.H. Wheadon and Sons, Couture. He was a man of most kindly nature and charitable disposition. Among the members of the family and their very wide circle of friends hi... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| (1913) | MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND BOOKLET Number 538. O'Connor, E. E., widow and two daughters and three sons. All class B dependants.... | 1913 | ||||
| Shoreham Society Newsletter | (1998) | A TITANIC LINK Little did any of us realise as we beat a path to South Coast Cinema doors to see that blockbuster movie Titanic that it had a Shoreham connection. A prominent Shoreham family lost one of their sons on the so-called ‘unsinkable ship’. Henry Head, ... | April 1998 | |||
| Daily Mail | (1912) | FATE OF A FAMILY Parents and Nine Children in Titanic Page 6 On board the Titanic were eleven residents of Peterborough, Mr. and Mrs. John Sage, of Gladstone-street, and their nine children, whose ages range from twenty-two to five years. M... | 18th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | IDA STRAUS ESTATE $260,000 All Is In Personal Property and Will Be Divided Among Children --- Application for letters of administration on the estate of Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband Isidor Straus in the wreck of the Titanic on April 15, was made... | 22nd June 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1918) | CHARLES G. ROEBLING, BRIDGE BUILDER., DIES Engineer and Philanthropist, Head of John A. Roebling's Sons Co. Expires in Trenton at 69 --- Charles Gustavus Roebling, millionaire philanthropist and engineer, who, with his brother, Washington Augustus Roebling, completed the constru... | 6th October 1918 | |||
| The Daily Banner | (1912) | FOR THE CHILDREN Two Baby Waifs Rescued From the Sunken Titanic. When the steamship... | 9th May 1912 | |||
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Canada.com | (2007) | JOURNEY ON THE TITANIC I am handed a White Star Line boarding pass, bearing a name - my new identity for the next hour - before I enter the Titanic exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre.My name is Mrs. William Coutts, but you can call me Winnie. I'm from Southampton, England and I'm boarding the RMS Titanic here with my two young sons. We'll be staying in the third-class cabins.... | 3rd August 2007 | ||
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Lancashire Telegraph | (2008) | NEW COLNE PUB TO BE NAMED AFTER TITANIC HERO A NEW £1.4million pub in Colne will be named after one of the town's most famous sons. Wetherspoons has announced that its new premises will be called The Wallace Hartley after the Titanic's bandleader. Hartley, who was born in Greenfield Road, famously instr-ucted the band to continue to play as the ship started to sink after hitting an iceberg.... | 29th October 2008 | ||
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Brighton Standard Blade | (2007) | SHIP OF DREAMS DOCKS AT DENVER MUSEUM OF NATURE AND SCIENCE As hard as it is for me to swallow, I didn't survive. Nor did my wife, Augusta, sons Charles, William, Harold and Sidney, or daughters Lillian and Jessie. My entire family, lost to the frigid waters of the north Atlantic.The worst part? The circumstances leading to our demise were a cruel mistake, a wicked, unplanned twist of fate.... | 3rd August 2007 | ||
| New York Times | (1925) | OBITUARY NOTES [LAURA VAN DER HOEF] Mrs. LAURA ELLEN NEWELL VAN DERHOEF, widow of Wyckoff Van Derhoef, who was one of the victims of the Titanic disaster, died yesterday at her home, 15 Clark Street, Brooklyn. Her husband was Secretary of the Williamsburg Fire Insurance Company in Man... | 18th March 1925 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ROEBLING IS EXCUSED FROM JURY Special to The New York Times --- TRENTON, N. J., April 16---When the panel for the April term of the United States Grand Jury reported to-day, Charles G. Roebling, President of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, and father of Washingto... | 17th April 1912 | |||
| Paterson Evening News | (1956) | CHARLES JOUGHIN RITES TOMORROW; TITANIC SURVIVOR A service for Charles Joughin, 78, of 574 E. 23rd St., who survived the sinking of the trans-Atlantic liner, Titanic, will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the R. Charles D. Legg and Sons Home for Funerals, 384 Broadway. The Rev. Wi... | 10th December 1956 | |||
| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | (1948) | BEANE Edward Beane of 44 Michigan St., Sunday, Oct. 24, 1948. Survived by his wife, Ethel Beane; two sons, Edward Jr., and George Beane; one brother, Ernest Beane of Pekin, N.Y. Also three brothers and three sisters in England; four grandchildren. He was a... | 26th October 1948 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | EXPRESS GRATITUDE FOR SYMPATHY SHOWN Mrs. Lillian Renouf and Fred Jefferys, relatives of the Elizabeth victims of the Titanic, wish to thank the Rev. Henry Hale Gifford, Ph.D., rector of Grace Church and the Sons and Daughters of St. George for their kindness and sympathy shown. ... | 1st May 1912 | |||
| Bernardsville News | (1947) | MRS. WILLIAM D. CLELAND MRS. WILLIAM D. CLELAND Mrs. William D. Cleland of Bedminster died Sunday, March 23 in Somerset Hospital, Somerville. She was the former Alice Herman. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p. m., Wednesday in St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Gladsto... | 27th March 1947 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | ELIZABETH GIVES AID TO TITANIC WRECK VICTIMS ELIZABETH, April 24---Mayor Stein has so far collected $72 for the relief of the sufferers of the Titanic disaster. He is receiving contributions as a member of the committee of nine Mayors appointed by Governor Wilson. Hawthorne Lodge... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| Arlington Advocate | (1912) | 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 | |||
| Daily Mining Gazette | (1933) | MRS. AGNES EDWARDS SUMMONED BY DEATH Mrs. Agnes Edwards, 69 years old, well known Hancock matron, died at St. Joseph's hospital last evening at 5 o'clock. She had been a resident of the Copper Country for 21 years, residing on Railroad Avenue. Mrs. Edwards was a survivor of th... | 5th August 1933 | |||
| Chicago Evening Post | (1912) | CHICAGO HEARS ECHO OF NEW TITANIC WOE French Miner From Iowa Arrives Here and Learns Wife and Children Were Lost With the Liner Sons Ignorant of Wreck Passengers at Union Station Take Up Collec... | 25th April 1912 | |||
| Paterson Morning Call | (1956) | CHARLES JOUGHIN, TITANIC SURVIVOR, DIES IN HOSPITAL Charles Joughin, 78, who was chief baker and one of the survivors of the luxury liner Titanic which sunk [sic] on its maiden trip in April, 1912 in the Atlantic, died yesterday in the Barnert Memorial... | 10th December 1956 | |||
| CAPTAIN SMITH WAS TUSSAUDS EXHIBIT 1919 Madame Tussaud & Sons Catalogue entry 27. Commander Edward J. Smith, R.N.R., born 1853. Commander Smith was Captain of the White Star liner ''Titanic'' which went down in the Atlantic on 14 April, 1912, during her maiden voyage t... | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| FAMILY GRAVESTONE IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY CATHERINE (POLLY) THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF LIEUT. HENRY T WILDE RNR. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 24th DECR. 1910 AGED 38 YEARS. ALSO THE TWIN SONS OF THE ABOVE, ARCHIE AND RICHARD WHO DIED IN INFANCY DECEMBER 1910 "A LOVI... | ||||||
| GENERAL INFORMATION He was born in the Parish of Jacob, City of Stockholm and married to Anna Johanssonon on December 7,1907 they had 2 children. He was traveling with his sister, Elna Strom and her daughter and were going to East Chicago, Indiana. His s... | ||||||
| Inglewood Daily News | (1969) | DEATH NOTICE LITTLE, Karen M. of Inglewood Survived by husband Harry S. Little; sons Norman H. of La Palma and Francis C.Little of Buena Park; daughters Wanda M.Martin of Inglewood and Iris E. Roeder of Anaheim; sisters Lisa Sandness of Culver City, Bertha... | 28th July 1969 | |||
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Daily Mirror | (2006) | £10,000 PRICE ON 'TITANIC IS SAFE' TELEGRAM A TELEGRAM saying the Titanic was safe 18 hours after it sank is set to fetch £10,000 at auction. It was sent by the ship's owners White Star Line to US senator James Hughes who had heard rumours of the tragedy in which 1,523 died. The message said: "Titanic proceeding to Halifax, passengers will probably land there Wednesday all safe." His newlywed and pregnant daughter Eloise Smith, above, did survive but she had to kiss goodbye to husband Lucian. The telegram led to initial reports the Titanic had not sunk. It will go on sale tomorrow at Henry Aldridge and Sons in Devizes, Wilts. ... | 29th September 2006 | ||
| New York Times | (1914) | C. E. H. STENGEL, TITANIC SURVIVOR C. E. Henry Stengel, member of the firm of Stengel & Rothschild, manufacturer of leather, died yesterday at his home 109 Lincoln Park, Newark, of pneumonia. He was one of the Titanic survivors. Mr. Stengel was 56 years old and was born in Newark. ... | 20th April 1914 | |||
| GENERAL INFORMATION Previous to his Titanic trip he had made at least two other sea voyages, both times on the Lucania, once in 1907 and again the following year. He was 5' 4 1/2" tall, with dark brown hair and brown eyes and, by 1901, at age of 36, was married with a f... | ||||||
| Newark Star | (1912) | 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 | (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 | |||
| Evening News | (1988) | FRANK MILLET Frank Millet, 65, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who had lived the last 25 years of his life in Broadway, and was widely popular in the picturesque Cotswold village. He was born in America, served as a drummer boy w... | 24th January 1988 | |||
| San Francisco Examiner | (1912) | SACRAMENTO PAIR IN PASSENGER LIST Special Dispatch to “The Examiner.” SACRAMENTO, APRIL 15.–Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hold of this city were passengers on the Titanic. They were returning from a visit to Mrs. Hold’s father and other relatives in Cornwall, where they were m... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Toronto Daily Star | (1961) | MRS. E.F. GORDON Page 36, Column 2 Private funeral services were held for Mrs. Ethel Flora Fortune Gordon, wife of the late Crawford Gordon, a former manager of a Toronto branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Mrs. Gordon died yes... | 22nd March 1961 | |||
| Bergen Record | (1961) | ANNA JOSEPHSON Titanic Survivor, Resident of Haworth, Dies At 71 Mrs. Anna J. E. Josephson, 71, a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, died yesterday at her home, 3 Seneca Place. Born in Worcester, Mass., Mrs. Josephs... | 20th February 1961 | |||
| War Cry | (1912) | SALVATIONISTS ON THE TITANIC: TWO RESCUED - Mother spends five hours on raft and sees sons drown - Died Like true Soldiers Commissioner Eva Booth Meets Survivors Indescribably Pathetic Scenes at Wharf - New York Stricken with Grief - Army Shelt... | 27th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1956) | TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Mrs. Annie May Stengel, 88, Was in Third Lifeboat --- Special to The New York Times --- MONTCLAIR, N. J., Jan. 24 ---Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Annie May Stengel, a survivor of the sinking of the Tita... | 25th January 1956 | |||
| Passaic Herald News | (1974) | MRS. J. JOSEPH O'NEILL CLIFTON Mrs. Margaret O'Neill, 82, died yesterday in St. Mary Hospital, Passaic. Mrs. O'Neill was born in Ireland and came to the United States in 1912. She lived in Jersey City and Montclair before moving to Clifton five y... | 13th June 1974 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | CHURCH HOLDS SERVICE FOR VICTIMS OF TITANIC ELIZABETH, April 28--- Memorial services for Peter R. Renouf, Lawrence Garvey [sic] and Clifford and Ernest Jeffries, who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster, were held tonight at Grace Episcopal Church. The services were conducted by the Rev. D... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | MINIA REPORTS TWO BODIES Ship Returning to Halifax---Patrick O'Keefe's Story of Rescue --- The White Star Line agent at Halifax wired the New York office yesterday that the Captain of the steamship Minia had sent the following message: ["]Returne... | 4th May 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1925) | LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright... | 22nd October 1925 | |||
| Evening News | (1986) | MILLET ''Drowned, too was a famous man from Broadway - 65-years-old F. D. Millet, a distinguished artist, author and war correspondent who lived at Russell House on the main approach from Evesham into the picturesque Worcestershire village. ... | 5th August 1986 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | BOXER DENIES HE'LL WED Enzo Fiermonte Says He Scarcely Knows Mrs. W. K. Dick --- RENO, Nev., June 17 (AP)---Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, who has been seen here in the company of Mrs. William K. Dick, the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor, today characterized ... | 18th June 1933 | |||
| Evening Bulletin | (1958) | MRS. CROLIUS DIES; TITANIC SURVIVOR Mrs. Olive Potter Crolius, widow of Allen Crolius, died Monday at her home in Alden Park Manor, Germantown. She was 70. Mrs. Crolius and her mother, the late Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., were survivors of the sinking of the Titanic off th... | 23rd April 1958 | |||
| Free Press | (1912) | THE TITANIC FUND During the last week it has transpired that one of the bandsmen on board the Titanic was a man named J. W. Woodward, who was born and educated at Hill Top, West Bromwich. Woodward's father was at one time manager of the Hill Top Foundry, and W... | 26th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ANDREW SAKS'S WILL $25,000 for Charities to be Specified by His Wife --- The will of Andrew Saks, who died at Sherry's on April 8, was admitted yesterday in the Surrogate's Court for probate. The petition does not give the actual value of his estate but m... | 13th April 1912 | |||
| St. Paul Pioneer Press | (1959) | JOHN P. SNYDER, 71, DIES ON GOLF COURSE John Pillsbury Snyder, 71, longtime Minneapolis automotive firm owner, died of a heart attack while playing golf Wednesday at Woodhill Country club. He owned and operated Snyder Garage, Inc., in Minneapolis for 43 years before retiring in ... | 23rd July 1959 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK GOES TO RENO Her Secretary Refuses to Comment on Divorce Report --- Mrs. William K. Dick, widow of the late John Jacob Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, left last night for Reno. At her home at 7 East Eighty-fourth Street M... | 5th June 1933 | |||
| HELEN MELVILLE SMITH The daughter of master mariner Edward John Smith and Sarah Eleanor Pennington, was born on Saturday 2nd April 1898 at 20 Alexandra Road, Waterloo, Litherland, near Liverpool. The birth was registered by Edward John Smith on 3rd May 1898. Helen Melvi... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1904) | GUGGENHEIM IN MINING CO. Holthoff and Loomis-Pettibone Corporations Are Merged --- Special to The New York Times --- MILWAUKEE, Dec. 31---The Holthoff Machinery Company of Cudahy has issued a circular announcing a change i... | 1st January 1904 | |||
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(1911) | TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t... | 31st May 1911 | |||
| Semi Weekly Iowegian | (1912) | TAKEN EAST TO BE DEPORTED - LEFEVRES AND WOMAN AND HER CHILD BEING TAKEN BACK TO NEW YORK TO SAIL FOR FRANCE Appanoose county saw the last of Frank Lefevres, the woman with whom he eloped from France, and one child of each Saturday when they were started to New York in charge of a government official and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baker who went along to assi... | 30th July 1912 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1933) | FUNERAL OF MRS. ARTHUR STEAD Funeral services for Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, who died Friday, wife of Arthur Stead, of 128 Reid street, were held yesterday afternoon at J. S. Stiner's Home for Services, 97 West Grand street. Rev. William G. Felmeth, D. D., pastor of the Third Presb... | 13th July 1933 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM Elected President of International Steam Pump Co. in 1909 --- Benjamin Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1865, the fifth of the seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, founder of the famous house of M. Guggenheim & Sons, who came to... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Chicago Tribune | (1976) | MRS. BERTHA CHRISTENSEN Mrs. Bertha Christensen Services for Mrs. Bertha Christensen, 83, of 4205 Fullerton Av., will be at 1 p.m. ... | 29th December 1976 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| OBITUARY WAS born on the 31st March, 1880, at Whitehaven, Cumberland. When quite young his parents moved to Blackburn, where he passed his apprenticeship days with the firm of James Davenport, of the Canal Works. From this firm he went to Messrs Howar... | ||||||
| Free Press | (1912) | WEST BROMWICH MEN MISSING Among the passengers were the following West Bromwich people, who were on their way to America: Alfred Davies (24), of Harwood Street, West Bromwich: John Davies (22), of the same address; Joseph Davies (17) of the same address; James Lester (39) ... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ANDREW SAKS DEAD AT 65 President and One of the Founders of Dry Goods House of Saks & Co. --- Andrew Saks, President and one of the founders of Saks & Co., the dry goods house, died yesterday morning in his apartment at Sherry's. Death followed a long illness... | 9th April 1912 | |||
| Cornwall & Devon Post | (1936) | AT SEA IN A BLIZZARD: BUDE SEAMAN FOUND WRAPPED IN THE MAINSAIL Adventure recalled by death of Mr. J. Jewell The passing of Mr. John Jewell early Sunday morning at 8, King Street, Bude, at the age of 79 years, recalls the old days of Bude shipping, consisting of small coasters of 35 to 80 tons, whi... | 24th January 1936 | |||
| Daily Home News | (1912) | VAN BILLIARD BOYS MAY HAVE STUCK TO FATHER Relatives, However, Hope That They May Be Among the Titanic Waifs in New York---Father Was Returning Home With Many Diamonds. ---------- Many tales of heroism displayed by men, women and children aboard the Steamer Titanic during the la... | 23rd April 1912 | |||
| (2004) | MUSGRAVE 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 | ||||
| Torquay Times | (1922) | DEATH OF AN ESTEEMED RESIDENT. Torquay has lost an old and respected inhabitant in the death of Mrs. Rebecca Parsons, of Bronshill Road. Originally of Torrington, she had for many years resided at Torquay and took a very active interest in the work of the United Methodist Church ... | 1st December 1922 | |||
| LOBB FAMILY INFORMATION The correct origins of William Arthur Lobb, third class passenger on Titanic have now been established. The 1891 Cornwall Census shows that William Arthur Lobb was born in the parish of Luxulyan (5 miles NE of St. Austell) in 1881 and that he was th... | ||||||
| FAMILY INFORMATION William Edwy Ryerson was the son of George Arthur Ryerson (1851-1881) and Catherine Eleanor Hamilton (1854-1889). He was born in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. His parents were married in 1875 and had three sons: George (b.1877), William Edwy (b. 1878)... | ||||||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1982) | FRANK GOLDSMITH, TITANIC SURVIVOR A former Detroit resident who survived the sinking of the liner Titanic in 1912 is dead at 79. Frank John William Goldsmith died Wednesday in Orlando, Fla., where he had lived since 1979 after retiring from business. The funeral will ... | 1982 | |||
| Cambridge Chronicle | (1912) | CAMBRIDGE MAN ABOARD It is feared that a Cambridge man was among those who lost their lives, and great anxiety is felt by his parents, who live in Cambridge, and relatives and close friends, as to his safety. We refer to Mr. A. W. Barringer, a native of Cambridge, who we... | 19th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1965) | MRS. DEAN MATHEY, TITANIC SURVIVOR, 72 Special to The New York Times --- PRINCETON, N. J., Sept. 7---Mrs. Helen Newsom Mathey, a survivor of the liner Titanic, sunk in 1912 by an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, died today in Princeton H... | 8th September 1965 | |||
| Newark Star | (1912) | ORANGE CHURCH HONORS VICTIM OF TITANIC Grace Episcopal Church, Orange, was crowded to the doors yesterday afternoon during memorial services held for the Titanic victims. W. Anderson Walker, who lost his life on the ship and who was a well-known member of the church, was remembered durin... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1955) | EDWARD MAYER IS DEAD World War I Air Veteran Had Been Investment Broker --- Special to The New York Times --- SCRANTON, Pa., June 10---Edward B. Mayer of Dalton, a veteran of World War I and a retired New York investment broker, died today in ... | 11th June 1955 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | ACCEPT OFFER BY DICK Mrs. Fiermonte's Executors Agree to Compromise on Claims --- The executors of the estate of Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte were authorized by Surrogate James A. Foley, it was learned yesterday, to accept a compromise offer of... | 17th December 1940 | |||
| 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 | |||
| FAMILY INFORMATION Elizabeth Walton Allen was born on 1st October 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the daughter of George Washington Allen (1853-1917)a Judge from St. Louis and Lydia Jeanette McMillen (b. 1853)from Indiana. They married on 21st June 1876 in St. Lou... | ||||||
| Torquay Directory | (1912) | THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES The Countess of Rothes, who, as reported in last week’s Directory, was saved, was on her way to the States to meet her husband, who is a son of Mrs. Leslie Leslie, of Paignton, Devon. Before marriage Lady Rothes was Miss Edwardes, only child of Mr. ... | 24th April 1912 | |||
| 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 | (1941) | MRS. FIERMONTE'S ESTATE She Left a Gross of $1,149,142 and Net of $983,637 --- Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died on March 27, 1940, left a gross estate of $1,149,142, according to an accounting filed in Surrogate's Court yesterday by P. Lyndo... | 3rd May 1941 | |||
| New York Times | (1952) | C. H. LIGHTOLLER,78, OFFICER ON TITANIC Sole Ranking Member of Crew to Survive Disaster Dies---Aided Dunkerque Evacuation --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, Dec. 8 --- Comdr. Charles Herbert Lightoller, the only officer of the White Star liner Titanic... | 9th December 1952 | |||
| New York Times | (1976) | MARGARET MOORE, 83, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC Margaret Graham Moore of Greenwich, Conn., a passenger on the Titanic when the ship sank on her maiden voyage in April 1912, died in Greenwich Hospital yesterday. She was 83 years old. The 882-foot luxury liner, crowded with celebriti... | 27th April 1976 | |||
| Waterbury Republican | (1963) | MRS. MARY (MOWAD) NACKID Mrs. Mary (Mowad) Nackid, 184 Meriden Rd., who was among the survivors when the Titanic sank, died yesterday in St. Mary's Hospital after a long illness. Mrs. Nackid was the widow of Said Nackid. Mrs. Nackid... | 24th January 1963 | |||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1937) | MRS. B. GUGGENHEIM SUCCUMBS HERE AT 66 Her Husband, Member of Family Noted in Mining Industry, Perished on Titanic --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, died yesterday in her apartment in the Hotel Plaza, after a brief illne... | 16th November 1937 | |||
| The Times | (1916) | LORD MERSEY - NEW VISCOUNT His Majesty has been pleased to confer the dignity of a viscounty of the United Kingdom upon:--- THE RIGHT HON. LORD MERSEY Lord Mersey's reputation as a Judge and as an authority on inte... | 1st January 1916 | |||
| New York 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1914) | MRS. STRAUS LEFT $319,940 Titanic Victim's Estate Divided Equally Among Six Children --- Mrs. Ida Straus, who perished with her husband, Isidor Straus, in the Titanic disaster on April 15, 1912, left a net estate of $319,940, according to an appraisal of her est... | 29th April 1914 | |||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1928) | 2 GUGGENHEIM HEIRS DIE IN 13-STORY FALL Baby Boy and Brother Drop From Arms of Mother on Hotel Surrey Roof --- SHE IS STRICKEN BY SHOCK --- Mrs. M. S. Waldman, Daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim, Unable to Explain Accident --- Terrence and Benjamin W... | 20th October 1928 | |||
| New York Times | (1912) | ROSENSHINE WILL HOLDS Court Dismisses Contest Over $1,000,000 Estate of Titanic Victim --- Surrogate Colahan dismissed from the bench yesterday the contest of the will of George Rosenshine, a feather importer, who perished in the wreck of the... | 21st June 1912 | |||
| The Times | (1907) | OBITUARY: MARGARET ISMAY MRS. ISMAY, widow of Mr. Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder of the White Star Line, and mother of Mr. Bruce Ismay, head of the International Mercantile Marine Company, died yesterday morning, at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Geoffrey Drage, in Cad... | 10th April 1907 | |||
| 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.... | |||||
| Rochester Democrat and Chronicle | (1931) | SINKING OF TITANIC STILL HORROR TO COUPLE HONEYMOONING ON SHIP MRS. EDWARD BEANE, THEN BRIDE OF 17, SAW SHIP SINK AS SHE CRUISED NEARBY IN BOAT; HUSBAND SWAM AROUND TILL PICKED UP; NOW HAVE 2 CHILDREN It was a strange honeymoon for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Beane of 44 Michigan Street when on April 14, ... | 15th April 1931 | |||
| 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) | FUNERAL OF ISIDOR STRAUS The funeral of Isidor Straus, who died in the wreck of the Titanic, was held at noon yesterday at the family residence, an old frame house at 105th Street and Broadway, which is one of the landmarks of early New York. In order to avoid a great outpou... | 9th May 1912 | |||
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JOHN COTTER, HARBOR PILOT FOR QUEENSTOWN To all who are interested in John Cotter, Harbor Pilot for Queenstown My name is Peter Gauthier and I am the Great, Great Grandson of said John Cotter. Specifically, one of his daughters Maggie or Margaret, who my mother is named ... | |||||
| New York Times | (1912) | MONEY LOSS NOTHING---MORGAN But He Is Upset by Loss of Life, Due to Faith in Boat --- By Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph to The New York Times --- PARIS, April 21---An interesting interview was obtained by a correspondent at Aix w... | 22nd April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1941) | 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Brooklyn Daily Times | (1912) | WYCOFF VAN DERHOEF HAD BIG CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Wycoff Van Derhoef, of 109 Joralemon street, was one of the wealthiest and best known residents of the Eastern District and Secretary of the Williamsburgh City Fire Insurance Company. Mr. Van Derhoef was on his way from a visit to his sister in Euro... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1953) | JOHN HARDY DIES AT 82 New Providence Resident Survived the Sinking of Liner Titanic --- John Hardy of 71 Gales drive, New Providence, who was chief steward of the second class accommodations aboard the White Star liner Titanic when it sank in 1912, died yest... | 8th October 1953 | |||
| San Francisco Call & Post | (1919) | DR. DODGE DIES AS RESULT OF WOUNDS Page 2, column 2 [Photo] Dr. Washington Dodge, former banker, supervisor, library trustee and assessor of San Francisco, died at 9:25 o'clock this morning at the St. Francis Hospital from a bullet wound self-inflicted a ... | 30th June 1919 | |||
| 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 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (2001) | 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 | |||
| (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 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| OUR GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST (O God, Our Help in Ages Past) The Hymn "Our God, our help in ages past" was recalled by Colonel Archibald Gracie, as the last to be sung at the morning service, presided over by Captain Smith... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1913) | $4,427,608 ESTIMATE OF STRAUS ESTATE The Figures, However, Are Tentative, as Final Appraisal Has Not Been Filed --- MORE HEARINGS TO BE HELD --- Partial Schedules in the Estate of Benjamin Guggenheim Show Assets of $748,000 --- Edmond E. Wise, head of th... | 11th August 1913 | |||
| New York Times | (1975) | MARY C. WELLMAN DIES AT 80; WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC TOPSFIELD, Mass., Nov. 25 (AP)---Mary C. Wellman, a survivor of the liner Titanic, died Sunday at her home. She was 80 years old. When Mrs. Wellamn was 16 and studying in Paris, her father booked passage for her and her mother on the ... | 26th November 1975 | |||
| CONFUSION OVER A NAME: YROIS OR YVOIS Almost since the Titanic sank there has been confusion over the name of a second class passenger. What we know for positive was that her first name was Henriette. She was traveling with film maker William Harbeck. They both lost t... | ||||||
| New York Times | (1943) | GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS WED TO CORPORAL Mrs. Hazel McKinley Bride of Larry Leonard in Denver --- DENVER, Col., Sept. 30 (AP)---Mrs. Hazel Guggenheim McKinley, mining-family heiress, and Larry Leonard, an Army corporal, were married tonight at the home of Charles Ginsburg, Mrs... | 1st October 1943 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1956) | MRS. C.E.H. STENGEL Widow of Patent Leather Manufacturer Dies; Was Survivor of Titanic Disaster --- Special to Newark News --- NORWALK, Conn.---Mrs. Annie May Stengel of Montclair, widow of Charles E. H. Stengel, Newark patent leather manufac... | 24th January 1956 | |||
| Unidentified Newspaper | (1965) | WIFE OF STATE FARM FOUNDER DIES AT 80 MRS. MECHERLE SURVIVOR OF ILL-FATED TITANIC Mrs. Sylvia Mecherle, 80, widow of the founder of State Farm Insurance Companies, died at 12:36 a.m. Thursday at Brokaw Hospital, where she had been a patient for 14 months. Her fu... | 15th January 1965 | |||
| Newark Evening News | (1912) | TWO TRENTON FAMILIES FEAR FATE OF YOUNG MEN TRENTON, April 16---Two prominent young Trentonians aboard the Titanic are Washington A. Roebling, second, and Stephen W. Blackwell, who were returning home from an automobile trip through Europe. Mr. Roebling is a son of Charles G. Roebl... | 16th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1930) | MRS. M. S. WALDMAN WINS PARIS DIVORCE Two Other American Women Also Receive Decrees From the French Courts --- TRAGIC ACCIDENT RECALLED --- Waldman Children Fell to Death From Penthouse Apartment Here in October, 1928 --- PARIS, Feb. 25 (AP)---Th... | 26th February 1930 | |||
| DYER FAMILY INFORMATION Henry Ryland Dyer, or Harry, was born in Jhansi, India on 21 December 1887 during the time that his father was serving with the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Quartermaster Sergeant. Harry’s father, Henry Thomas Dyer was born a... | ||||||
| (2005) | TUNISIAN Eastbound, St. John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. On 10 April reported heavy ice in the vicinity of an area that was later the disaster site. Port of Registry: Glasgow ... | 12th November 2005 | ||||
| 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 | |||
| PRIDEAUX FAMILY INFORMATION John Arthur Prideaux (k/a Jack) was born at Southampton, Hampshire on 24 April 1888 at a house in Victoria Road, Woolston. He was the son of John Davey Prideaux and Annie Elizabeth (formerly Slade). His father, originally from Teignmouth, Dev... | ||||||
| The Washington Post | (1912) | RESCUED WOMAN PAYS TRIBUTE TO HEROIC MEN ON TITANIC From the lips of the woman who was saved from the Titanic came today one of the most glowing tributes yet paid to the heroism and self-sacrifice of the brave men who gave their lives that women and children might be spared a watery grave. ... | 20th April 1912 | |||
| Elizabeth Daily Journal | (1912) | LOCAL TITANIC VICTIMS HONORED AT SERVICES In memory of Peter H. Renouf, Laurence Garvey, Clifford Jeffreys and Ernest Jeffreys, who went down on the Titanic, a special service was held in Grace Episcopal Church last night. The first two were communicants of the church and the other two were... | 29th April 1912 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | 1,500 ARE AT FUNERAL FOR MRS. FIERMONTE 500 Wait in the Street During Rites at St. Bartholomew's --- Funeral services for Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick Fiermonte, who died suddenly on Wednesday in Palm Beach, Fla., were held yesterday in St. Bartholomew's Church. About 1,50... | 2nd April 1940 | |||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1934) | EX-WIFE GIVES UP CLAIM ON W. K. DICK Bride of Fiermonte, Boxer, and Once Widow of J. J. Astor, Rejects Dower --- GOT DIVORCE LAST JULY --- She Also Relinquished $300,000 Income From First Husband's Estate When She Wed in 1916 --- Mrs. Enzo Fierm... | 21st March 1934 | |||
| 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 Times | (1912) | STRAUS A FAMOUS MERCHANT Member Both of R. H. Macy & Co. and Abraham & Straus --- Isidor Straus, who, with Mrs. Straus, was aboard the Titanic, was born in Rhenish Bavaria on Feb. 6, 1845. His father's family came to this country in 1852, and settled at Talbott... | 16th April 1912 | |||
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JOHN QUINN: A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY John Quinn was born in Belfast on 3rd March 1876 the son of a shoemaker, he was one of ... | |||||
| Hampshire Magazine | (1980) | DID THIS MAN SURVIVE THREE DAYS IN THE ICY OCEAN? By far the most exciting story concerning a Titanic crewman has survived through Mrs. Louise Parker of Golden Grove, a surviving daughter of greaser George Prangnell. The story of Prangnell's escape is truly incredible, and is told here in print for ... | 1980 | |||
| CARGO MANIFEST SS Titanic: Commercial Cargo Manifest: Net worth of total cargo: $420,0... | ||||||
| The Times | (1937) | MR. BRUCE ISMAY AN ABLE SHIPOWNER --- Mr. Bruce Ismay, who died yesterday at his residence, 15, Hill Street, Mayfair, at the age of 74, was well known, particularly in Liverpool, as an able shipowner. His grandfather, Joseph Ismay, was a... | 18th October 1937 | |||
| New York Times | (1922) | COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay Hi... | 19th August 1922 | |||
| New York Times | (1940) | MRS. FIERMONTE DEAD IN FLORIDA --- Former Madeleine Force Was Married to Col. Astor, W. K. Dick and Italian Boxer --- SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC --- Gave Up Fortune to Marry Again, Then Got Divorce to Wed Pugilist --- PALM BEACH, Fla.,... | 29th March 1940 | |||
| 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 | |||
| New York Times | (1933) | MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ... | 28th November 1933 | |||
| New York Times | (1953) | WILLIAM DICK DIES; AN INDUSTRIALIST Director of the National Sugar Refining Co., Best Foods, Inc., and Irving Trust Was 65 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- ISLIP, L. I., Sept. 5---William K. Dick, industrialist, banker and grandson of a pioneer in the f... | 6th September 1953 | |||
| New York Times | (1899) | THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died... | 24th November 1899 | |||
| Salford Reporter | (1912) | THE FUNERAL OF MR ARTHUR GEE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAREER The remains of Mr. Arthur Gee, who was one of the passengers who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster were laid to rest on Monday afternoon in the graveyard of St. Johns Church the Height. Mr. Arthur Gee was born at the Height 47 years ago, his f... | 23rd May 1912 | |||








