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	The Times	MEMORIAL SERVICE A memorial service for Mr. Henry Forbes Julian, of Torquay, who went down in the Titanic, will be held at noon on Monday next at St. Mary Magdelene Church, Upton, Torquay....	24th April 1912
	Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Mr Forbes Julian of Redholme, Braddons Road, Torquay, was a passenger on the Titanic. It is known that Mr Julian was on board when the liner left Southampton last Wednesday, it being his intention to spend several weeks in the United States. Up to ...	17th April 1912
		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....
	Torquay Directory	TORQUAY RESIDENT LOSES HER SON Mrs. Parsons, of Hardene, Bronshill Road, has lost her son. Mr. Edward Parsons, who was chief storekeeper on the Titanic. He had been in connected with the White Star Line for many years, and had previously served on the Oceanic, Teutonic, and Maje...	24th April 1912
	Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Among those on board the Titanic was a son of Mrs Parsons of Bronshill Road, Torquay. Mr Edward Parsons had been in the service of the White Star Line practically all his life and has a wife and five children at Southampton. He was visiting his mot...	17th April 1912
	Torquay Times	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
	The Times	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
	Exeter Flying Post	DEVONIANS ON BOARD Edward Parsons, chief storekeeper, son of Mrs. Parsons, Torquay, leaves a widow and five children....	20th April 1912
	Torquay Directory	A FULFILLED DREAM. ECHO OF THE LOSS OF THE TITANIC One of the stewards on board the Titanic was a son of the late organist and choirmaster of a church in Torquay. He leaves an aged widowed mother, who was dependent upon him. His sister narrates a strange dream. She says that for several nights pri...	15th May 1912
	The Times	IN MEMORIAM JULIAN – In loving memory of Henry Forbes Julian, the beloved husband of Hester Julian, of Redholme, Torquay, who gave his life for others on the RMS Titanic, 15 April 1912. “Quit you like men, be strong.”...	15th April 1913
		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
	South Devon Herald Express	STEWARD'S LUCKY TITANIC ESCAPE AMAZING events surrounding the tragic sinking of the Titanic have been brought vividly to life through the experiences of two South Devon men. Torquay Museum is hosting an extensive exhibition about the world's most-famous ship, which struck an iceberg on April 15, 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people....	21st July 2008
	South Devon Herald Express	TRUE IDENTITY OF TITANIC VICTIM HISTORIAN Mike Holgate has discovered the answer to a mystery surrounding the identity of a Torquay man who died on the Titanic....	29th April 2009
	Teignmouth Post	SHALDON AND THE DISASTER Mr. Henry Forbes Julian, one of the first-class passengers, of Redholme, Torquay, is also among the missing. He formerly resided at Ness House. Mr. Forbes made a fortune in South Africa with a patent for separating gold from quartz, and during his ...	26th April 1912
	Torquay Directory	LETTER FROM HIS MAJESTY THE KING The Late Mr. Forbes Julian.-Mrs. Forbes Julian, of Redholme, has been honoured by receiving, through Viscount Knollys, a letter expressing the sympathy of his Majesty the King with her in the loss of her husband in the Titanic disaster. The letter r...	15th May 1912
	Totnes Times & Devon News	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
	The Times	MR H.FORBES JULIAN The Carpathia has brought to New York no news of Mr H Forbes Julian, who was well known among metallurgical engineers. From 1886 to 1893 he was consultant for mines at Barberton, Johannesburg, and Kimberley, superintending the op...	20th April 1912
		THE MYSTERY OF CHARLES BARNES AND ROBERT BARNHOUSE Mike Holgate 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
	Transactions of the Devonshire Association	HENRY FORBES JULIAN 'Mr Julian, one of the noble band of heroes who sacrificed their lives in the Titanic disaster on 14 April 1912, so that the women and children might be saved, was the son of Mr Henry Julian, of Cork and Bolton, and belonged to a mixed...	1912
		PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
	Daily Chronicle	LAST WILL & TESTAMENT LOST ON TITANIC In the High Court of Justice Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division (Before the Rt. Hon. Samuel Evans, President) In the goods of S. S. Jacobsohn, deceased. page 3 This was a motion by a wid...	23rd July 1912
	Torquay Times	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
	Torquay Directory	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
		REV. HARRY PARSONS (YOUNGER BROTHER OF EDWARD PARSONS) Rev. Harry Parsons was born on 26 November 1878 in Barnstaple but spent his early years living with his family in Plymouth. He entered the Ministry of the Bible Christian Church in 1899 and subsequently spent a short time at Cheriton F...
	The Times	A VICTIM OF THE TITANIC. MEMORIALS OF HENRY FORBES JULIAN. By HESTER JULIAN (Griffin & Co. 6s. net.) There is no way of summing up the total loss to the nation and to the world of such a disaster as the wreck of the Titanic. The mere tale of the number...	19th June 1914
	Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping (1908)	SOUTHAMPTON, PORT OF Southampton, Port of. The Southampton Docks, now owned and managed by the London and South-Western Railway Co., are situated within a perfectly sheltered harbour, and have the unusual natural advantage of double tides, with pract...	1908