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  (1958) WILLIAM MACQUITTY, BOXHALL AND PITMAN AT THE PREMIERE OF A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
Taken at the "Odeon" Leicester Square London July 3rd 1958 on the occasion of the premiere of the Titanic film "A Night to Remember". Left to Right. Wm McQuitty [sic] Director of th...
3rd July 1958  
Unidentified Newspaper (1967) PERINE
On October 1 1967, ADA E. (nee Hall) of the Masonic Homes, Cockeysville; the beloved wife of the late William R. Perine; mother of Rev. William Ball and Mr Edgar William Ball. Funeral services at the William Cook-Brooks —Towson — Fu...
  1967  
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  
  WILLIAM FARR PENNY
William Farr Penny was my great uncle. In this wedding photo of my grand parents, George Stoddart Starling to Winifred Marian Penny 7 June 1897, William can be seen in the middle standing directly behind his mother Annie Maria Penny (nee Farr)....
   
1911 Census WILLIAM EDWARD BESSANT IN 1911 CENSUS
William Bessant was residing at 36 Henry Road, FREEMANTLE, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census.  He was recorded as being a labourer. He was arried to Emily Ellen for 17 years.  They had five children  Char...
   
New York Times (1913) 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  
  WILLIAM MCCARTHY, LIFEBOAT 4 CREWMAN
MR WILLIAM McCARTHYGrattan Hill, Cork, who is fortunately amongst the survivors. Elite, San Francisco...
   
Paterson Morning Call (1912) WILLIAM C. JOHNSON, JR.
[The opening paragraphs of this article, which do not relate to Mr. Johnson, have been omitted.] The death of William C. Johnson, Jr., of Hawthorne, has been confirmed when his parents received a message reading as follows: “William C....
20th April 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Number 98. Farquharson, Martha, widow. Children: George; William; Millicent. All class A dependants....
  March 1913  
  WILLIAM GREENFIELDS ACCOUNT
William was involved in his Father's fur business and sailed to Russia once a year to purchase pelts. Blanche went with him this time to buy silk in Paris for the linings of the coats. William met his ...
   
  WILLIAM CARBINES ?
Photograph, thought by some to be of William Carbines himself, found amoug his possessions....
   
  NANCARROW FAMILY INFORMATION
William Henry Nancarrow was the only son of the second marriage of Thomas Nancarrow (b1819). His mother was Maria (b1840). His birth took place in or near St. Austell, Cornwall in 1877. His father was described in the various census returns ...
   
Cumberland News (1912) MR. WILLIAM MURDOCH
The first officer of the ill-fated ship was Mr. William Murdoch, son of Captain Samuel Murdoch, Oakland, Dalbeattie, who was transferred from the Olympic, on which he was one of the chief officers....
20th April 1912  
  EDITH LOUISE ROSENBAUM RUSSELL (1879-1975)
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on 12 June 1879, the fashion writer, consultant, importer, buyer and stylist Edith Louise Rosenbaum began her career abroad as a saleswoman in 1908 for the Maison Cheruit in the Place Vendome in Paris. Later she wrote for 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)...
   
Cambridge Independent Press (1912) ARTHUR WILLIAM BARRINGER
Mr. Arthur William Barringer, son of Mr. William Barringer, of 15 Thoday Street, Cambridge, was a Steward on the Titanic. It is hoped that he may be among those of the crew who were rescued, but his name has not appeared among the survivors. Mr. Barr...
19th April 1912  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Farquharson, William Edward, of 90 Wilton Avenue, Southampton. Ships engineer. Administration, London 24th May 1912 to Martha Ellen Farquharson, widow. Effects £428.7.0d....
24th May 1912  
St. Ives Times & Express (1912) MR. WILLIAM CARBINES
Mr. William Carbines, 19, of Nanjivey, was the fourth son of Mr. Nicholas Carbines, and he sailed on the "Titanic" in order to join one of his three other brothers also in Michigan. Although he had been mining in this part of the county for some time...
19th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE OF WILLIAM A. SPENCER
SPENCER---On Monday, April 15, at sea, William Augustus Spencer, son of the late Lorillard and Sarah J. G. Spencer. Memorial services to be held in the chantrv of Grace Church on Friday, May 10, at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Friends and relatives...
8th May 1912  
  CAPT. WILLIAM CREESE
Henry Creese's eldest brother, William Creese, was born in 1857 and was a mariner by occupation. He had married in about 1889 to Alice (formerly Smith) whom he had met whilst based in Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Their first 2 children, Hen...
   
  ANCHOR MADE BY TITANIC CREW SURVIVOR
This anchor was fashioned following the disaster by Irish AB William McCarthy, of Cork, who was saved in lifeboat 4. McCarthy was praised for his heroism by Mrs Walter Miller Clark, who said he had conducted himself "most commendably." ...
   
Le Soir (1912) WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD IN 1909
This picture of William Thomas Stead was taken in Constantinople in 1909 and published by the Belgian paper 'Le Soir' on 5 May 1912 in their 'Titanic special issue'...
5th May 1912  
New York Times (1914) WILLIAM E. CARTER DIVORCED
Wife Gets Decree at Philadelphia--Both Titanic Survivors --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, June 15---Mrs. Lucille Polk Carter, daughter of Mrs. Stewart Polk of Baltimore, widely known in society circles i...
16th June 1914  
  MEMORIAL TO JACOB WILLIAM GIBBONS
In 1999 a memorial stone to Jacob William Gibbons was placed on the side of Studland Methodist Church....
   
  WILLIAM LINDSAY DIS A BOOK
Auction catalogue picture of William Lindsay's Discharge A book. ...
   
  THE PARENTS OF WILLIAM JEFFREY WARE
William Jeffrey Ware was the only child of Samuel Ware and Ann Louisa (formerly Witheridge). Their marriage was registered at Tavistock, Devon in the December Quarter of 1888. His father Samuel worked as a blacksmith at one of the copper mine...
   
  (1847) BAPTISMAL RECORD OF WILLIAM PIRRIE
Pirrie---J. A. Pirrie of Quebec merchant, and Eliza his wife had a son born on the thirty first day of May and baptized on the seventeenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, named William by John Cook, D.D., Min'r...
17th June 1847  
  WILLIAM EDWARD MINAHAN
Gravesite of William Edward Minahan...
   
  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...
   
New York Times (1922) MISS KATHERINE FORCE TO WED MAJOR SPENCER
Their Marriage to Take Place Tomorrow at the Home of Her Sister, Mrs. William K. Dick --- Although the engagement of Miss Katherine B. Force, daughter of Mrs. William H. Force, to Major Lorillard Spencer has never been formally announce...
5th December 1922  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) LONG ISLANDERS WHO WERE ON TITANIC
Some Whose Names Are Not on the List of the Saved --- GREENPORT, April 17---All Greenport is fearful that James V. Drew and Marshall, the 5-year-old son of William J. Drew, brother and partner of James Drew, are among the Titanic’s dead...
17th April 1912  
  LOLA STERN : WILLIAM GREENFIELDS MOTHER IN LAW
Lola Stern was born in Belgium c. 1878 to the largest diamond distributors in the world at the time. She married William Greenfields father-inlaw after his wife died - shortly after the ...
   
New York Times (1940) WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR
Member of Old Philadelphia Family, Polo Player Before World War, Dies in Florida --- KNOWN AS A SPORTSMAN --- Was Seriously Injured in 1912 While Playing for Bryn Mawr Benedicts in Local Match --- PALM BEA...
21st March 1940  
Berkshire County Eagle (1947) THE WILLIAM PERINES CELEBRATE 25TH ANNIVERSARY
[Pittsfield, Massachusetts] Mrs. Perine was passenger on ill-fated Titanic Among the 700 survivors of the White Star liner, Titanic which sank in the North Atlantic April 14, 1912, after striking an iceberg, was Mrs. ...
29th January 1947  
  (1895) PROBATE REPORT (WILLIAM BOWERMAN)
Bowerman, William of Thorncliffe, 145 London-road St. Leonards-on-sea gentleman died 3 May 1895 Probate London to Edith Martha Bowerman widow George Bowerman gentleman and John Wilkie Bell butcher Effects £2851 19s 3d...
  1895  
BBC News (2006) POIGNANT JOURNEY TO TITANIC GRAVE
His family always thought their grandfather had been lost at sea when Titanic sank. William McQuillan was a stoker on the Titanic But more than 90 years later, his granddaughter was astonished to see William McQuillan's grave pictured in a television documentary. Following up the information from the programme, Marjorie Wilson became the first member of her family to pay their respects at the graveside in Nova Scotia, almost a century later. ...
30th October 2006  
  EXTRA INFORMATION
William Edwy Ryerson was born on 7th dec 1878 in Portland Dover, the son of George Arthur Ryerson and Catherine Hamilton. William had a brother, George A Ryerson born in 1880. when Williams father died on 21 january 1881, his mother took him and his...
   
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  
New York Times (1897) DEATH NOTICE OF JOHN STUART WHITE
DIED *** WHITE---Wednesday, May 19, John Stuart White, beloved husband of Ella Holmes White, and only son of the late William White. Funeral at the residence of his mother, Mrs. William White, 55 West 48th St., Friday mor...
20th May 1897  
Washington Times (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR IS EXPECTED HERE
Wife of Former Washington Man Will Visit Relatives In Washington --- Mrs. William Beard Silvey, of Duluth, Minn., one of the survivors of the Titanic, comes to Washington tomorrow night and will, for several days, be the guest of her mo...
22nd April 1912  
  (1901) HOLSWORTHY, DEVON - 1901 CENSUS
At the time of the 1901 census John Henry Perkin, aged 12, was living at the family butcher shop at Lower Square in the town of Holsworthy, Devon. Those present on census day were - William Perkin Head 49 Butcher/Shopkeeper Eli...
31st March 1901  
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  
  MEMORIAL
In Memory of William Stone, late Inspector of L & S W Railway, died November 13th 1909 aged 64. Also of Agnes Mary Jane, wife of the above, died March 3rd 1929 aged 85. Also of Edmund Stone, son of the above, who was lost ...
   
Toronto Daily Star (1912) TITANIC SURVIVOR ARRIVES
Mrs. William Baird Silvey Lost Her Husband in the Disaster. Mrs. William Baird Silvey, of Duluth, Minn., a survivor of the Titanic, arrived in Washington last night from New York, on a visit to her mother-in-law, Mrs. Will...
25th April 1912  
  (1912) THOMAS WHITELEY, JOHN THOMPSON AND OTHER SURVIVORS IN NEW YORK
John William Thompson, Thomas Whiteley, William McIntyre, Emilio Pallas y Castillo are shown in New York after the sinking.  Whiteley was being treated at St. Vincent's Hospital...
  April 1912  
  (1912) WILLIAM T. STEAD, A PICTURE AND AN ARTICLE
The French monthly dictionnary LAROUSSE published an article, illustrated with a Lafayette picture, about William Thomas Stead in its July 1912 issue....
1st July 1912  
Chicago Tribune (1912) WILLIAM EDWARD MINAHAN
17th April 1912  
  STONE FAMILY INFORMATION
Edmund Stone was born in Southampton in 1879. He was the son of William Stone (Railway Inspector) and Agnes Mary Jane Stone. In 1881 the UK Census has the family at 7 Brinton's Terrace, Southampton. With William and Agnes Stone were their 4 ...
   
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate, and Cheriton Herald (1912) MR. WILLIAM PENNY
We regret to hear that Mr. William Penny, eldest son of Mrs. A. Penny, of 4, Waverley Villas, Cheriton Road, was among the victims in the catastrophe to the Titanic. Mr. Penny had been a medical steward in the service of the White Star Lin...
25th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) ELIZABETH RESIDENTS WERE ON THE TITANIC
ELIZABETH, April 17 --- Former Elizabeth residents on the boat were Mr. and Mrs. William E. Carter and their children, Lucille, aged thirteen, and William, aged ten, of Philadelphia. They were accompanied by a maid. Mr. Carter, who is t...
17th April 1912  
  (1875) BIRTH CERTIFICATE : WILLIAM DUFFY
Diocese of Tuam Parish of Castlebar. Postal Address: Main Street Castlebar. I certify that according to the Register of Baptisms kept in this parish. William L. Duffy was born on 8th of October 1875 and was bap...
8th October 1875  
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  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) WILLIAM LINDSAY
William Lindsay was one of the few saved from the Titanic on which he was a dynamo attendant. William Lindsay says he feels too upset to write much and his brother here hopes to hear more from him within a couple of weeks. The survivor of the great c...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1958) SCREEN: SINKING OF THE TITANIC
'A Night to Remember' Opens at Criterion --- By BOSLEY CROWTHER --- EVEN though the tragic story of the sinking of the Titanic is an old and oft-repeated one, it still makes for tense, exciting and supremely awesome drama ...
17th December 1958  
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
   
Washington Herald (1912) W. B. SILVEY KNOWN HERE
Missing Titanic Passenger's Family Prominent in Army --- William B. Silvey, who is one of the missing passengers of the ill-fated Titanic, is well known in Washington. His father was a lieutenant colonel in the First United States Arti...
19th April 1912  
St. Ives Times & Express (1912) MR. CARBINES INTERRED
Through the courtesy of Mr. Carbines — brother of the late Mr. William Carbines, a passenger on the "Titanic" and who has only just arrived in St. Ives from America — we are able to give some information from a letter which Mr. William Cogar, loca...
10th May 1912  
  (1904) WILLIAM FREDERICK GOODWIN BAPTISM
When Baptised Child's Christian Name Parents Christian Names...
29th May 1904  
  MR WILLIAM ANGLE & MRS FLORENCE AGNES ANGLE NEE HUGHES
Mr William ANGLE & Mrs Florence Agnes ANGLE nee HUGHES Researching Mr William ANGLE I have been able to trace the following information. William Angl...
   
  WILLIAM ALEXANDER
   
  WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
   
  WILLIAM GREENFIELD
   
  WILLIAM T CARTER
   
  (1921) WILLIAM SLOPER
  1921  
Charleston Evening Post (1962) MRS. SAMUEL REEVES
Page 2A, column 3 SUMMERVILLE Mrs. Lucile Carter Reeves, widow of Samuel Reeves, died last night at the residence of a daughter, Mrs. Clinton W. Trowbridge. Funeral services will be held at Philadelphia, Pa. Local arrangement...
20th October 1962  
  MEMORIALS
Named on Millbrook Church Memorial. Named on St Mary's Church, Eling, nr. Southampton Memorial. The memorial is situated just inside the church on the right. ''To The Memory of'' Frederick Walter Godwin, 34 years old. Will...
   
Newark Evening News (1912) HAWTHORNE YOUTH ON TITANIC WAS A HERO
HAWTHORNE, May 3---Through Frank Turnquist, one of the stewards of the Titanic, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Johnson, of Diamond Bridge avenue, have learned that their son, William C. Johnson Jr., who was a petty officer on the ill-fated steamship, mig...
3rd May 1912  
  WILLIAM CARBINES GRAVESTONE
   
  WILLIAM ERNEST MCMURRAY
   
  WILLIAM FARR PENNY
   
  WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN
   
  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...
   
  WILLIAM NEAL THOMAS FORD
William Neal Thomas Ford was born in Five Ashes, near Mayfield, East sussex on the 20th August 1897. He was the fourth child of Margaret Ann Watson and Edward Ford. He was enrolled at Rotherfield Council School on the 30th May 1904 aged 6. He con...
   
New York Times (1909) EXTENDING PUMP CO. PLANTS
On Inspection Tour President Guggenheim Finds Orders Beyond Capacity --- President Benjamin Guggenheim of the International Steam Pump Company, who has just returned from a tour of inspection of the company's Eastern plants, issued a sta...
21st October 1909  
  PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS FOX
   
  WILLIAM CARBINES GRAVE INSCRIPTION
   
  WILLIAM T. SLOPER GRAVE MARKER
   
  (1905) PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD
  1905  
  (1910) PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD
  1910  
  (1912) WILLIAM MCCARTHY AFTER THE TITANIC DISASTER
  1912  
  (1925) PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM J. MELLORS C.1925
  1925  
  (1926) IN SEARCH OF WILLIAM GILLESPIE (LETTER 1)
16th February 1926  
  (1926) IN SEARCH OF WILLIAM GILLESPIE (LETTER 3)
2nd March 1926  
  (1926) IN SEARCH OF WILLIAM GILLESPIE (LETTER 2)
8th March 1926  
  (1926) IN SEARCH OF WILLIAM GILLESPIE (LETTER 4)
12th April 1926  
Worcester Telegram (1912) STEAD AND ASTOR CLING TO RAFT
New York, April 19- One version of the deaths of John Jacob Astor and William T. Stead was told by Philip Mock, who, with his sister, Mrs.Paul Schabert, were among the survivors. "Many men were hanging on to rafts in the sea," said Mr....
20th April 1912  
  CREW PHOTOGRAPH : THOMAS WILLIAM HANKINSON
   
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE TO HIS SISTER (1/2)
  1912  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE TO HIS SISTER (2/2)
  1912  
  (1912) WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD
From 'Le Petit Journal'...
17th April 1912  
  (1947) WILLIAM J. MELLORS AND HIS GRANDSON THOMAS C. BELL
  1947  
  MRS WINNIE (MINNIE) COUTTS
  Information Held on the COUTTS Family MARRIAGE Taken from UK BMD Index Vol 2a Page 1180 ...
   
  FRANK PRENTICE, EDWARD BROWN AND WILLIAM LUCAS
   
  MRS. WILLIAM GREENFIELD (FLORA STERN) AS A YOUNG WOMAN.
   
Washington Times (1912) HENRY B. HARRIS, MAJ. ARCHIBALD BUTT, WILLIAM B. SILVEY
16th April 1912  
  (1912) WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD
From an unidentified French paper...
17th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) MORE FROM JERSEY MAY HAVE PERISHED IN SEA
PATERSON, April 20---Some residents of this city and of Hawthorne fear that several persons near to them perished on the Titanic. The supposed victims are John Mechan, of this city; Arthur Ford, formerly of th...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1933) MRS. DICK GETS DIVORCE
Former Mrs. John Jacob Astor Silent About Future Plans --- MINDEN, Nev., July 21 (AP)---The former Mrs. John Jacob Astor was divorced here today from William K. Dick of New York City, remaining silent meanwhile on reported plans for a ...
22nd July 1933  
ET Reviews (2009) LOST VOICES OF THE TITANIC : THE DEFINITIVE ORAL HISTORY
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21st October 2009  
  WILLIAM AND BLANCHE GREENFIELD HOLDING WILLIAMS DAUGHTER ANNE.
   
  STANLICK FAMILY INFORMATION
Cordelia (Delia) Stanlick was born at Tywardreath, Cornwall in 1878. She was the daughter of Thomas and Amelia Stanlick. Her father, born in Devon in 1832 worked as a miner and in later years as a farm labourer. The 1881 Cornwall Census has t...
   
  HENRY BREWER'S WIFE?
     This is the family story as it has been passed to me form my grandparents, Edith and William Prewitt, now deceased and my father, Ronald Prewitt, very much alive as of 11/25/2005 born 3/16/1920. I spoke with him this ev...
   
New York Times (1912) 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  
  BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Mr. William Lahtinen a minister of religion aged 30 years lived in Minneapolis USA. He was returning from a visit to relatives in Kemi, Finland with his wife and Lyyli Silven whose father was Reverend Lahtinens cousin. During the visit...
   
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  
Trenton Evening Times (1912) 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  
  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 ...
   
  FAMILY MEMORIES
William Dyer was my great great uncle - my Mother's Mother's Uncle. He was known in the family as Uncle Will. My Grandmother was the same age as his children (cousins). She died in February 2004, and these are her memories. William Dy...
   
  (1913) THOMAS WILLIAM SOLOMON BROWN'S DEATH CERTIFICATE
DEATH CERTIFICATE 1 - Name of deceased: Thomas William Solomon Brown 2 - Birthplace of the deceased: Cape Town 3 - Names of the parents of the deceased: Father: Thomas William Brown Mother: Unknown 4 ...
9th January 1913  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) ELIZABETHANS ON BOARD BIG LINER TITANIC
News of Relatives Anxiously Awaited by Families In This City ---------- William E. Carter, 37 years old, of Philadelphia, a nephew of Joseph W. Carter, of 43 South Broad street, a well-known Elizabeth resident, is one of the pas...
16th April 1912  
  MR WILLIAM TAGGART – DELIVERY CREW TRIMMER
Mr William Taggart was born in Belfast in 1889 and began work with the Harland & Wolff yard as an apprentice. He was one of the workers who helped to build Titanic from day one. He had also been a crewmember of the Olympic. When the Titanic was deli...
   
  (1912) PERMIT FOR INTERMENT OF WILLIAM CROTHERS DULLES
This form was used by Laurel Hill Cemetery to document interments....
28th May 1912  
Washington Times (1912) MRS. DESHLER HEARS HER SISTER-IN-LAW IS SAFE; NO WORD FROM BROTHER
"God grant that my brother, too, is safe," said Mrs. Frances Silvey Deshler of the Wilmington apartments Wyoming avenue northwest, when told today by a Times' reporter that her sister-in-law, Mrs. William B. Silvey, of Duluth, Minn., was among the pa...
16th April 1912  
  PRESENT-DAY PHOTO OF CHURCH OF ST. LUKE AND THE EPHIPHANY, PHILADELPHIA
The funeral service for William Crother Dulles was held here in May 1912...
   
  (1901) CENSUS
In 1901 William Abrams (born in Hants Gosport) was aged 23 years. He lived in Southampton and worked as a Stoker....
  1901  
New York Times (1912) CLASSIFIED AD
[Classification:]Personal *** Mr. Gustave Lesueur, from Titanic, is requested to communicate with the French Consulate, 35 South William Street. ...
20th 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  
Hampshire Independent (1912) IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
In loving memory of my ever dear husband, Will, who sacrificed his life in the engine-room, R.M.S. Titanic. Fondly remembered....
17th April 1912  
  ALLUM FAMILY INFORMATION
Owen George Allum was born in a village called Mabe near Falmouth, Cornwall in 1894. His father, William Allum (b.1865 Bray, Berkshire) was a gardener by occupation who had married Clara Alice Eggleton (b.1867 Jersey, CI) at Wokingham, Berkshi...
   
  THE BYLES FAMILY
Left to right: Roussel, Winter, Louisa Davids, Alfred Holden, William Esdaile, Lawrence, Hilda, Helen and Mary ...
   
  (1901) CENSUS
In 1901 William Angle (born at Stafford Newcastle Under Lyne) was aged 20 years. He worked as Minton Tile Fixer in Warwickshire....
  1901  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) BROTHER OF BROOKLYNITE, A PRIEST, WAS ON TITANIC
Two of the visitors to the White Star line offices were Laurence M. Byles, Vice President of the W. E. Byles Company, Ltd., of 90 Wall street, Manhattan, and his brother, W. Hunter Byles, of Omaha. They went to inquire as to the safety of another bro...
17th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) ELIZABETH RESIDENTS WERE ON THE TITANIC
(Newark Evening News, 17 April 1912) ---------- ELIZABETH, April 17---Two residents of this city and several former residents are known to have been on the Titanic when she sailed for this country. Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Renouf, of 20B...
17th April 1912  
  FILLBROOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Joseph Charles Fillbrook (k/a as Charles) was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1894. He was the son of William Fillbrook, a mason by occupation and Kate (nee Vincent). He had five siblings, Edward John, William Arthur, George, Rose Hetta (k/a Rosetta) and...
   
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  
  ANNE GREENFIELD
The daughter of William Greenfield at one of her many ballet shows....
   
  WILLIAM GREENFIELD PLAYING THE PIANO.
   
  (1901) CENSUS
In 1901 William Turpin (born in Plymouth, Devon) was aged 18 years. He worked as a Carpenter in Plymouth. ...
  1901  
Cambridge Chronicle (1912) EXCERPT
Falling ice from the berg killed many persons on the decks. - William Jones, of Southampton, fireman. [page 5]...
26th April 1912  
New York Times (1894) 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  
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Booking Agent:- Mr. Jolliffe, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Escorted by family friend William J. Downton. Insurance claim B75. Property $2017. Later became Mrs. Black. ...
   
  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...
   
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE
Murdoch, William. Beloved Husband of Ada Murdoch, Belmont Road, Portswood. [Also Hampshire Independent 1st June 1912]...
28th May 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : ARTHUR MAY
Number 182. May, Amelia, widow. George Arthur William, child. Both class G dependants....
  March 1913  
  (1909) DATE OF MARRIAGE
William Farr Penny married Phyllis Maud Harrison on the October 21st 1909 in the parish of St Matthews at Southampton. He was 28 bachelor and his occupation was listed as a Steward...
21st October 1909  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : ARTHUR WILLIAM MAY
Number 190. May, Ann, widow. Children: Joy; Grace; Mabel; Annie Louisa; Philip Nelson, Gladys. All class G dependants....
  March 1913  
  LAWRY FAMILY INFORMATION
Charity, who travelled as a third class passenger with her husband Alexander Robins was born in the parish of St. Mewan, Cornwall on 18 January 1865. At the time of the 1871 Census, aged 7, she was living at St. Austell with her parents and 8 ...
   
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  
Steubenville Herald-Star (1957) DEATHS AND FUNERALS : WILLIAM COUTTS
Police said William L. Coutts, 55, of 561 S. Negley Ave., Pittsburgh, was found dead at 11.31 p.m., Tuesday, between two houses in the 100 block of S. Water Street. Coutt's body was discovered by Alfred Rhea of 155 S. Wter St., who told po...
25th December 1957  
Washington Times (1912) W. B. SILVEY'S DAUGHTER TRIES TO ENCOURAGE HER GRIEVING GRANDMOTHER
"Daddy may be safe aboard some ship." This little ray of hope, coming in a letter from Miss Melville Silvey, the seventeen-year-old daughter of William B. Silvey, who is believed lost in the Titanic disaster, was extended today to Mrs. William Beard...
17th April 1912  
Coventry Standard (1912) MR AND MRS W. E. CARTER
Others saved Mr and Mrs W.E. Carter and Lucille and William Carter their children, who we understand are relatives of Mr and Mrs Mackay of Beauchamp Hall, Warks. ...
19th April 1912  
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  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Rogers, Edward James William of 120 Oxford Avenue, Southampton. Ships storekeeper. Administration Winchester 31st July to Elizabeth Rogers, widow. Effects £131.5s.0d....
31st July 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
March 1913 Number 529. Mackie, Mary, widow. Children: Elsie Mary; Jessie Martha; Geo. William. All class C dependants....
  1913  
Chicago Examiner (1912) INVESTIGATORS SEND TUG 25 MILES DOWN HARBOR TO TAKE SAILOR OFF LINER; INQUIRY GOES TO WASHINGTON TO PREVENT TAMPERING WITH WITNESSES.
New York, April 20---The Senate committee appointed to investigate the sinking of the liner Titanic closed a day of unearthing developments of supreme importance by having Quartermaster Hichens of the Titanic taken from the outgoing liner Lapland ...
21st April 1912  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM MCQUILLAN
Has a stone in Fair view Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Titanic section, number 183. also named on the Belfast City Hall Memorial, Belfast....
   
  (1915) MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND, LIVERPOOL AREA COMMITTEE: WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
No. 98. Farquharson, Mrs. Martha: Address for cheques: Head office. net monthly allowance to widow £7 13 10 two children £1 3 10 total £8 17 8d....
1st December 1915  
The East Oregonian (2008) IN THE WAKE OF THE RMS TITANIC
Among the list of movers and shakers who perished during the Royal Mail Steamer Titanic's maiden voyage was filmmaker William Harbek, who filmed the 1911 Round-Up and reportedly had the original copy with him on the ship. ...
22nd April 2008  
  (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  
  MOTHER OF BLANCHE GREENFIELD
Hannah Mork Strouse was grandmother of William Greenfield ...
   
  SAILED ON LUSITANIA
William Greenfield sailed to England on the Lusitania in March. Henry Blank was also on this voyage and this is where they most likely met, unless they were acquainted earlier....
   
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Number 173. Millar, Thomas, child. Millar, William, child. Both class C dependants....
  March 1913  
  PROBATE REPORT
Barringer, Arthur William, Elsingore, Bath Street, Southampton. Probate - Winchester to Ethel Isabel Barringer. Estate £232 19s 11d....
   
  WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD STUDIO PORTRAIT
Published in 1912 in 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters - By Logan Marshall'....
   
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Murdoch, William McMaster, of 94 Belmont Road, Portswood, Southampton. Ships Officer. Administration, London 22nd July 1912 to Ada Florence Murdoch, widow. Effects £1141.9.4d....
22nd July 1912  
  (1910) SIR HENRY WILLIAM ("HARRY") DUFF GORDON, YOUNGER BROTHER OF SIR COSMO EDMUND DUFF GORDON
  1910  
  (1896) MARRIAGE OF FREDERICK WILLIAM EDGE
Was married on November 3rd 1896 when aged 23 years to Catherine Fanny Youtman aged 21 years at St Marys Church Southampton....
3rd November 1896  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND BOOKLET
March 1913. Number 496. Peters, parents. Grant £25. Returning home to New York after a three month visit to her father William Peters, at Ballydrehid, Cahir....
  1913  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : GEORGE FOX HOSKING
Number 123. Hosking, Ada Alice. Children: Iris May; George Thomas; William Bock. All class B dependants....
  March 1913  
New York Times (1915) TO UNVEIL STRAUS FOUNTAIN
Dedication of Memorial to Philanthropist and His Wife Tomorrow --- The Isidor and Ida Straus Memorial in Straus Park will be dedicated tomorrow afternoon with impressive ceremonies. The beautiful granite and bronze fountain, which form...
14th April 1915  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Hamblyn Ernest William, of 2 Norman Villas, Dyer Road, Shirley Southampton. Ships Steward. Probate registered London 3rd June 1912 to Henry Archibald Jamieson, journalist. Effects £320.0.0....
3rd June 1912  
Calgary Herald (1912) WILLIAM HARBECK WITH MOVIE CAMERA
Well known in Calgary, who is said to have been on the Titanic. Mr Harbeck was engaged, it is said, to take a series of pictures of the Titanic's first voyage. He took many pictures in Alberta in connection with C.P.R. advertising. ...
20th April 1912  
Washington Times (1912) FOUR ARE SAVED IN PHILADELPHIA FAMILY
NEW YORK, April 19---William E. Carter, Mrs. William E. Carter, William T. Carter, and Lucille Carter, all of Philadelphia, were saved. All showed evidence of the terrible strain they had undergone. Mrs. Carter was a nervous wreck, but she bore up br...
19th April 1912  
  MACKIE FAMILY INFORMATION
The birth of George William Mackie was registered at Lambeth, London in the 1st quarter of 1878. He was the son of William and Mary Mackie. George married Mary Broomfield, the daughter of James and Martha Broomfield. James was a Devon dairy farmer...
   
  MEMORIAL PLAQUE
This elegant bronze plaque is affixed to the wall in the narthex (entrance hall) of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo, New York. Edward Austin Kent, along with his brother William Winthrop Kent, were the architects of this church. The...
   
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Gee, Arthur, of ''Morningside'' Riley Avenue, St. Annes on Sea, Lancashire. Probate registered, London, 16th July, 1912, to Edith Gee, widow, William Edward Horrocks, chemist and Henry Scholes bank clerk. Effects £4,240.10.11d....
16th July 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
March 1913 Number 400. Edge, Catherine, widow. Children: Frederick William; Richard Charles; Catherine Doris and Edge, Mrs., mother. All class C dependants....
  1913  
  (1901) NORTHLEW, DEVON -1901 CENSUS
John Hall Lovell was born at Pynda Farm in the parish of Hatherleigh, mid-Devon in early 1892. He remained at that address until 1897 when he and the family moved to Lower Gorhuish Farm in the parish of Northlew. The 1901 censu...
31st March 1901  
New York Times (1933) MRS. D. R. BENJAMIN WED TO G. H. CLARKE
Ceremony by Justice P. J. McCook Soon After the License Is Obtained --- Mrs. Dorothy Rennard Benjamin of the Hotel Berkshire and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N. Y., obtained a marriage license at the Municipal Building ...
13th December 1933  
New York Times (1912) NEWS ARTICLE AND MEMORIAL NOTICE
Thomas H. Kelly, Treasurer of the fund for establishing a memorial of Dr. William O'Loughlin, who perished in the Titanic, announces that he has already received contributions amounting to $1,512 made up of two contributions of $500 each, one of $150...
12th May 1912  
  (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  
Southern Daily Echo (1912) DEATH NOTICE: EDGE, FREDERICK WILLIAM
Dearly Beloved Husband of Kate Edge, of 28 Clovelly Road. Aged 39. Deeply Mourned by His Mother, Sisters and Brothers. [Also on 28th May 1912 and Hampshire Independent on 4th May 1912]...
27th May 1912  
  W. T. STEAD
Portrait of William Thomas Stead...
   
  (1912) WILLIAM DAVID ARCHER (PRINCIPAL SHIP SURVEYOR - BOARD OF TRADE) TESTIMONY (BRITISH ENQUIRY)
17th June 1912  
New York Times (1913) OBITUARY NOTES
Mrs. MARIE E. SPENCER died in Paris on Sunday, according to word received here yesterday. She was the widow of William Augustus Spencer, a well-known collector of rare editions. Her husband, who was an uncle of Lorillard Spencer, Jr., lost his life...
29th October 1913  
  (1912) GEORGE WILLIAM BEAUCHAMP TESTIMONY (BRITISH ENQUIRY - DAY 3)
7th May 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Millar, Kate Breingan, sister; Millar, Mary Hartley, sister. Millar, William, brother. McDougall, Lillian, fiancee. All class C dependants. Assistant Electrician. ...
  March 1913  
Evening Bulletin (1912) WILLIAM CROTHERS DULLES NOW IS GIVEN UP AS LOST
Cousin of Philadelphia Lawyer Says His Absence From Carpathia Shows He Didn't Survive --- On learning that William Crothers Dulles, a lawyer, 316 S. 12th st., was not among the survivors on the rescue ship Carpathia, friends and relativ...
19th April 1912  
  DOWNSHIRE HOUSE
This is the house where in the summer of 1907, the Olympic & Titanic were conceived by Lord William Pirrie and J. Bruce Ismay....
   
Chicago American (1912) OLYMPIC BARRED SENDING TITANIC NEWS BY WIRELESS
By wireless to Glace Bay, N. S. --- Edward L. Doheny of Los Angeles, a passenger on the Olympic, says that a bulletin stating that all the Titanic passengers were safe, was po...
24th April 1912  
  (2004) JACKAL
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  
  FAMILY GRAVE
Also Edward James William son of the above aged 38 years Also Edward Henry Bagley Nephew of the above Who Lost Their Lives in the Titanic Disaster April 15th 1912 Out of the Deep I Call To Thee ...
   
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Moody, James Paul of 136 Fildes Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Ships Officer. Probate registered: London 16th September 1912 to Christopher William Moody solicitors clerk and Margaret Moody spinster. Effects £449.8.8d....
16th September 1912  
  (1912) HAMBLYN: PROBATE INFORMATION
HAMBLYN Ernest William of 2 Norman Villas Dyer Road Freemantle Hampshire died 15 April 1912 at sea Probate London 3 June 1912 to Henry Archibald Jamieson journalist. Effects £320....
  1912  
  (1912) ASTOR'S FIRST WIFE TO ATTEND FUNERAL
New York, May 3.      The train bearing the body of John Jacob Astor reached R...
3rd May 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
Number 83. Chisnall, Alice Hardy, Widow. Chisnall Dorothy Hardy, child. Chisnall, William Chapman. Child....
  March 1913  
  (1912) PROBATE REPORT
Bell, Joseph of Barnton, 1 Belvidere Road, Great Crosby, Liverpool. Ships Engineer. Probate registered, London 2nd August 1912 to Maud Bell, widow and William Ralph Bates, Iron Works Manager. Effects £6457.0s.10d....
  1912  
New York Times (1912) DEATH NOTICE OF TYRELL CAVENDISH
CAVENDISH---At sea, on April 15, Tyrelll William Cavendish, only son of the late Charles T. Cavendish of Crakemarsh Hall, Uttoxeter, England, and son-in-law of Mr. Henry Siegel of New York. Funeral services private. "I will not leave the ship while...
4th May 1912  
New York Times (1912) MRS. HARRIS GAINS STRENGTH
Mrs. Henry B Harris, widow of the theatrical manager who was lost on the Titanic, was regaining strength yesterday, but she was still in a nervous condition. Her shoulder, which she injured a day before the sinking of the ship, was healing normally. ...
20th April 1912  
  ASHES (URN)
Tyrell William Cavendish: Born October 1875. Drowned on S.S. Titanic, April 15th 1912 Julia Florence Cavendish: Born 3rd November 1886. Died 16th January 1963...
   
Daily Sketch (1912) THE MAY FAMILY AWAIT NEWS
The family of Arthur William May and his son, both crewmembers on the Titanic, await news of their fate....
  April 1912  
Ulster Star (2009) AUCTION OF TITANIC FURNITURE PIECE
IT may only be a small piece of furniture, but its special link to the Titanic means it is set to create a buzz when it goes under the hammer at an auction in Lambeg Parish Church next Saturday (May 30th).Nearly 100 years after its launch...
22nd May 2009  
Newark Evening News (1912) SURE BROTHER PERISHED
EAST RUTHERFORD, April 18---That his brother, William L. Gwinn, has lost his life in the wreck of the Titanic, is the belief of Cass J. Gwinn, of this place. The missing man, who sailed in the ship as an empl...
18th April 1912  
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  
  MEMORIAL
There is a large rock with attached anchor in the Common Cemetery, Southampton: In loving memory of Ernest William Hamblyn who was lost at sea through the foundering of the S.S. Titanic on April 15th 1912. Aged 46 years. ''We cannot bend before his g...
   
  MEMORIAL TO WILLIAM T. STEAD
"W. T. Stead. 1840-1912. This memorial to a journalist of wide renown was erected near the spot where he worked for more than 30 years by journalists of many lands in recognition of his brilliant gifts, fervert spirit, and untiring devotion to t...
   
  (1901) 1901 CENSUS - GUNNISLAKE, EAST CORNWALL
At the time of the census William Jeffrey Ware, aged 11, was living with his parents, Samuel and Annie Ware at King Street, Gunnislake, Cornwall....
31st March 1901  
  (1891) 1891 CENSUS - GUNNISLAKE, EAST CORNWALL
At the time of the census William Jeffrey Ware, aged 1, was living with his parents, Samuel and Annie Ware at 1 Bowhay Cottages, Newbridge Hill, Gunnislake, Cornwall....
31st March 1891  
  IN MEMORIAM
"In Loving and Affectionate Remembrance of William Farr, the loved and beloved husband of Phyllis Maud Penny, who was lost at sea through the foundering of the S.S...
   
The Times (1896) PIRRIE INSTALLED AS LORD MAYOR
BELFAST, JAN 1 At the meeting of the City Council to-day Sir William M'Cammond vacated the chair, and Alderman Pirrie was installed as Lord Mayor. He is, as he stated in his address, a Libe...
2nd January 1896  
New York Times (1941) 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  
Rutherford Republican (1912) MAIL CLERKS DIED BRAVELY
Worked in Two Feet of Water to Save Registered Mail on Titanic ---------- The families of the three sea postal clerks who died like heroes on the Titanic will each received $2,000 if Congress complies with a recommendation made this wee...
20th April 1912  
Glasgow Courier (1955) SERVICES FOR TAMPICO MAN SET FOR TODAY
Page 1, Column 5 Funeral services for William DeMessemaker, 79, early-day Tampico homesteader and a survivor of the Titanic sinking, Atlantic disaster of 1912, were to be held at 3 this afternoon in St. Raphael's Catholic Church. The ...
9th June 1955  
  GREENFIELD FAMILY.
Left to Right: William B. Greenfield, Seated Blanche Greenfield's mother Hannah Mork Strouse, Blanche Greenfield and Leo D. Greenfield....
   
The Greenwich News (1912) GREENWICH PEOPLE SAVED
MRS. WILLIAM T. GRAHAM AND MISS MARGARET AMONG RESCUED FROM TITANIC. RELATIVES OF OTHER GREENWICH PEOPLE ON STRICKEN SHIP ALL REACH PORT - TALES OF THE DISASTER FROM MISS GRAHAM AND MR. CARTER'S ...
19th April 1912  
  (1891) 1891 CENSUS FOR WALWORTH
1891 Census for Walworth London, shows Frederick Dent Ray, aged 11 years living at 35, Darwin Buildings, with parents Charles & Sarah, Brothers Charles, Herbert, John, William & Sister Rose....
  1891  
Southern Daily Echo (1912) IN MEMORIUM
Barringer, Arthur William. Dearly loved Husband of Ethel Barringer, Elsinore, Bath Street Bevois Town, (Late of 52 Padwell Road). [Also 30th April, 30th April, 1st May 1912 and Hampshire Independent 4th May 1912)]...
29th April 1912  
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  
Chicago Record-Herald (1912) MRS. CROSBY OF MILWAUKEE, ON WAY HOME, TELLS OF EXCITEMENT IN LOWERING BOATS
Mrs. E. G. Crosy, wife of Captain E. G. Crosby of the Crosby Lake Steamshipp Company, and her daughter, Miss Hattie Crosby, of Milwaukee, who were in the ill-fated ship, arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon.  Captain Crosby was drowned.&nbs...
23rd April 1912  
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  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest Charles Cann was born in the village of Chapel Amble in the parish of St Kew near Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1883. He was the son of William Cann (labourer)and Sarah Jane Cann. (Sarah was 27 years younger than her husband and had been widowed sh...
   
  (1919) WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD, A PORTRAIT
The French magazine 'Sciences et Voyages' published a long article highly criticizing mediums and seers in 1919. They noted that Stead, who had founded the Bureau Julia, was completely unable to foresee his own death on the Titanic....
  1919  
  EDWARD DODD
The William Salt Library, Stafford Dodd, Edward C. Son of Mr. Dodd former electrical engineer and contractor of Crewe. Formerly in Crewe railway Works, was 3rd engineer on the Titanic....
   
  WILLIAM GREENFIELD AND HIS WIFE FLORA GREENFIELD.
Flora Greenfield was a Well known New York City opera singer....
   
Western Morning News (1912) BOUND FOR SALT LAKE CITY
Mr. and Mrs. William Turpin, we understand left Plymouth for Salt Lake City. They resided at 59 Chaddlewood-avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Turpin, sen., live in Beaumont-road, Plymouth....
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MRS. ASTOR
William H. Force, father of Mrs. John Jacob Astor, remained up all night in hopes of getting news of his daughter and her husband. When he saw that Mrs. Astor's name was on the list of rescued he was overcome with joy. He lost no time...
17th April 1912  
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  
Kerry Sentinel (1912) KERRY SURGEON ON TITANIC
Dr Wm F N O'Loughlin, the senior Surgeon of the S.S. Titanic, and who went down with that great steamer on the morning of the 15th inst, was born in Tralee. He was second son of the late Mr William O'Loughlin, and some of the older inhabitants may re...
27th April 1912  
The Times (1902) FIREMAN KILLED WIFE
Western Assizes William Mintram, 33, a mariner, was tried for the wilful murder of Eliza May Rose Mintram, his wife, at Southampton, on October 18th [1902].    Mr Evans Austin, and Mr E. L. Craik appeared for the prosecution on beh...
24th November 1902  
Daily Home News (1912) MR. SILVEY LOST WHEN WIFE WAS SAVED
With the landing of the Carpathia last night came final confirmation of the sad news that William B. Silvey, brother of Mrs. Fred Deshler, formerly of this city, now of Washington, was lost with the Titanic. Mrs. Silvey was taken off in a lifeboat a...
19th April 1912  
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  
New York Times (1944) J. J. ASTOR MARRIES GERTRUDE GRETSCH
Son of the Late Colonel John Jacob Astor Weds Alumna of Finch at Her Home --- The marriage of Miss Gertrude Gretsch, daughter of Mrs. Walter Gretsch of 3 East Seventy-seventh Street and the late Mr. Gretsch, to John Jacob Astor of 998 F...
19th August 1944  
  PROBATE REPORT
LOBB William Arthur of Bugle St Austell Cornwall engine driver died 14 April 1912 at sea Administration Bodmin 3 August 1912 to George Lobb clay labourer Effects £50 NB. Engine driver in this sense is a mine engine rather than conventional r...
   
Stockport Express (2007) COMMEMORATING THE LIFE OF TITANIC VICTIM
A BLUE plaque was unveiled at the weekend to commemorate Stockport's only victim on the ill-fated SS Titanic, William Watson.The plaque was unveiled by Stockport Heritage Trust, on the the outside of the Ratpit Club on Lower Bents Lane, Bredbury. This was the site of Mr Watson's home, who lived at number 3 before it was demolished....
6th September 2007  
  BRAUND BROS
Lewis Richard Braund (front row, left), Owen Harris Braund (back row, right), with their brothers William James Braund (back row, left) and John Morcom Braund (front row, right). ...
   
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  
Beaver County Times (2008) TITANIC RISES IN PITTSBURGH
Had the RMS Titanic successfully sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, Englishman Escott Phillips and his daughter, Alice, would have made New Brighton their first home in America.William Phillips wanted to welcome his 42-year-old brother and his 21-year-old niece to his house on 13th Street. He'd found his brother a factory job....
24th May 2008  
San Francisco Call & Post (1919) FUNERAL OF DR. DODGE TO BE HELD THURSDAY
Page 8, column 3 Funeral services for Dr. Washington Dodge, who died yesterday at the St. Francis Hospital, will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock in the parlors of the N. Gray & Co., at Geary and Divisadero Streets. Bishop Willi...
1st July 1919  
  CLEAN-SHAVEN MCQUILLAN, THE MYSTERY BLADE-DONOR?
AT THE START of Chapter 5 in Walter Lord's A Night To Remember, the author writes: ...
   
Liverpool Echo (1912) FRESHFIELD AIRMAN - ONE OF THE TITANIC'S ORCHESTRA
Our photo is of Mr. William T. Brailey, who was a member of the now famous and heroic orchestra of the Titanic. Mr. Brailey was at one time associated with Mr. Compton Paterson at the Freshfield aerodrome, and Mr. J. Gaunt at the Southport hanger. He...
25th April 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : WILLIAM MCQUILLAN
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 199. McQuillan, Margaret, widow. Children: Annie and James. All class G dependants....
  March 1913  
Daily Sketch (1912) WILLIAM THOMAS STEAD: THE BIOFIX PICTURES
A few days before he boarded the Titanic W.T. Stead travelled to the Biofix studios at 56 The Strand, London. Photographs were taken of him displaying C...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1934) OBITUARY: MRS. GEORGE BROOKE
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 26---Mrs. George Brooke, wife of a retired steel executive, died of a heart attack tonight in her home, Almonbury House, Itahn. Mrs. Brooke was the former Lucille Polk of Baltimore. ...
27th October 1934  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM J. MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - QUEENSTOWN
April 11th, 1912 Dear Mother, ...
11th April 1912  
  PENGELLY (PENGILLY) FAMILY INFORMATION
Frederick (Fred) William Pengelly was born in the parish of Calstock, East Cornwall in early 1893 whilst his father was working in the area as a mining engineer. Fred’s father, Frederick William Cardell Pengilly (sic) was born in 1861 ...
   
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) CAMDEN MAN MOURNS BROTHERS ON TITANIC
Edgar and Fred. Giles Were Bound for This City From England to Make Home With Their Brother William, Who Hourly Expects Word That His Aged Father is Dead --- Bound for this city from England to make their home here with their brother, E...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1952) MRS. LOUISE JONES WED IN BAY STATE
Church in Barnstable Is Scene of Marriage to John Maclay Mirkil, Marine Ex-Officer --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- BARNSTABLE, Mass., Sept. 19---Mrs. Louise Unander-Scharin Jones, daughter of Mrs. J. Hippach Unander...
20th September 1952  
Washington Herald (1912) CLAIMS MRS. GAGE SUFFERS PARANOIA
Dr. William A. White Testifies Concerning Examination of Defendant in Insanity Case --- Dr. William A. White, Superintendent of the Government Hospital for the Insane, testified yesterday afternoon before Justice Barnard and a jury, giv...
18th April 1912  
Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) SMITH MEMORIAL
SPECIAL SERVICES AT ST. JAMES FOR TITANIC VICTIM ST. JAMES, May 11 - This afternoon at 3 o'clock a memorial service will be held at the St. James' Episcopal Church for J.Clinch Smith, who lost his life when the Titanic sank. Archdeacon Wi...
11th May 1912  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM J. MELLORS TO HIS MOTHER - SOUTHAMPTON
April 10, 1912 Dear Mother, I am glad to say ...
10th April 1912  
  (1992) SALE OF ROGERS' POSTCARD
In Sotheby's July 21/22 1992 Sale Lot 278: RMS Titanic postcard sent from the Titanic, written to James Day of Swansea by his friend ''W.J.R.'' in pencil . .. Just a line to show that I am alive & kicking going grand its a treat . . . '' coloured pos...
21st July 1992  
New York Times (1926) MRS. DOROTHY A. HARDER
Mrs. Dorothy A. Harder --- Mrs. Dorothy Annan Harder, wife of George A. Harder, died Wednesday at her residence, 510 Park Avenue. She was the only child of the late Edward Annan Jr. and Maude Earle. Edward Annan of Brooklyn, her grandfa...
3rd December 1926  
New York Times (1912) PHILADELPHIA SURVIVORS ILL
Two in Hospital, Hysterical---Mrs. Widener Has Severe Cold --- Special to The New York Times --- PHILADELPHIA, April 22---Philadelphia survivors of the Titanic are under the care of physicians, several of them in a serious...
23rd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) ONE VICTIM LEGALLY DEAD
Surrogate Accepts Proof That William F. Hoyt Perished in Disaster --- The first victim of the Titanic disaster to be pronounced legally dead was William F. Hoyt.  Surrogate Cohalan accepted proof of Mr. Hoyt's death y...
27th April 1912  
Toronto Daily Star (1961) 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  
Syren & Shipping (1937) 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SINKING
Castings for Liner 522 (The Queen Elizabeth) Workers at Messrs William Beardmore & Co., Parkhead Forge, casting a rudder trunk on April 15 (1937) for the Queen Elizabeth, now building at Clydebank. Seventy tons of molten stee...
15th April 1937  
  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...
   
Chicago Tribune (1925) THIRD TRAGEDY IN FAMILY
The shooting marked the third tragedy in the Minahan family within recent years. N uncle, William E. Minahan, an attorney, perished when the steamship Titanic was sunk in 1912. And, according to reports from Green Bay, the boy’s mother was k...
19th February 1925  
Scottish Field (1985) THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE TITANIC
Captain William MacMaster Murdoch joined the Titanic from her sister ship the Olympic, of which he had also been First Officer. His family had been seafarers for generations. His father left his native Isle of Lewis and settled in Dalbeattie, Kirkcud...
  April 1985  
  (1912) LETTER FROM WILLIAM BYLES TO HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW
Bernards' Inn Bernardsville, N.J. April 21, 1912 My dear Mamma, Here we are at Bernardsville...went to St. Vincent's Hospital, when we met first some young boys and afterwards some girls who had been on the...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1912) WILLIAM T. STEAD
English Editor and Author of "If Christ Came to Chicago." --- William T. Stead is the editor of the English Review of Reviews. He is known as an advocate of international peace and an investigator of psychical phenomena. He was born in...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1912) MANY GIFTS TO CHARITY
Joseph Hirsch's Will Filed---W. A. Spencer Gives $1,000 to Library --- A large number of public institutions received bequests by wills filed for probate yesterday in the Surrogates' Court. [Description of the will of Joseph Hirsch omi...
29th May 1912  
  BUILDING AT 319 SOUTH 12 ST., PHILADELPHIA (ADDRESS OF W.C. DULLES HOME)
The contributor is uncertain if this building was the actual home of Mr. Dulles, or whether this building was constructed after 1912. Nonetheless, Mr. Dulles DID live at this address....
   
The Express Times (2008) 'TITANIC THE MUSICAL' A TITANIC SHOW
William Sanders was busy Monday "refining and tweaking" cues with his technical crew in preparation for tonight's opening of "Titanic the Musical" at Civic Theatre of Allentown. Sanders says the Tony Award-winning musical focuses on the actual passengers aboard the trans-Atlantic liner, RMS Titanic, on that fateful night of April 15, 1912, as the "ship of dreams" was making her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York....
6th June 2008  
Ormskirk Advertiser (1998) WALTER JAMES BROWN
WALTER JAMES BROWN was 39 [sic] years old when he joined the crew of the Titanic as a First Class Saloon Steward. Before joining The White Star Lines, Brown worked for his older brother, William, in his grocery store on Moor Street in Ormskirk. Walte...
5th February 1998  
Newark Evening News (1912) WILL OF TITANIC VICTIM PROBATED
TRENTON, April 27---The will of Stephen Weart Blackwell, who perished on the Titanic, was filed for probate yesterday. No inventory of the estate was given. Harry and William Blackwell, brothers, and Jonathan H. Blackwell, father, are the executors...
27th April 1912  
New York Times (1913) TITANIC SURVIVORS MARRY
Karl H. Behr and Miss Newsom Wed in Church of the Transfiguration --- The wedding of Karl Howard Behr and Miss Helen Newsom, a daughter of Mrs. Richard Leonard Beckwith by her first husband, took place at 3 P.M. yesterday in the Church ...
2nd March 1913  
Macclesfield Express (2006) TOWN?S TITANIC LINK EXPECTED TO FETCH ?6K
A POIGNANT postcard sent from the doomed ship Titanic to a Macclesfield hotel is going up for auction next weekend – and is expected to fetch up to ?6,000.Second-class passenger, William Angle, sent a message from the liner to Miss Nelly Angle at the former Macclesfield Arms Hotel.He posted the card when the Titanic docked at Queenstown, Ireland, on its maiden voyage – just days before the vessel crashed into an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean....
19th April 2006  
Newark Evening News (1912) TITANIC VICTIM’S WILL ADMITTED TO PROBATE
No especial proof of death was required by the surrogate today, when the first will of a Titanic victim, William Anderson Walker, the head of Hope Lodge, No. 124, F. and A. M., of East Orange, was offered for probate by his widow, Mrs. Frances Moorho...
27th April 1912  
The Syracuse Herald (1912) WITNESS SWEARS TITANIC SAILORS WERE UNTRAINED
Special to The Syracuse Herald New York, May 3 – Mrs J Stuart White of Briarcliffe, N.Y., a survivor of the Titanic disaster yesterday testified before Senator William Alden Smith, chairman of the United States Senat...
3rd May 1912  
New York Times (1935) FIERMONTE BUYS ESTATE
Husband of Former Mrs. Astor Gets Southern Plantation --- CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 30 (AP)---The purchase of Dixie Plantations, a 600-acre estate on a high bluff overlooking Stono River, by Enzo Fiemonte of New York was announced here t...
1st December 1935  
New York Times (1934) EILEEN GILLESPIE NOT TO WED ASTOR
Canceling of Engagement Is Announced buy Her Parents, the L. L. Gillespies --- WEDDING SET FOR FEB. 6 --- Bridal Attendants and Ushers Chosen for Ceremony to Have Been at St. Thomas --- Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence ...
22nd January 1934  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM FARQUHARSON
Is remembered on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also remembered on the Liverpool Titanic and Engineers memorial. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial also remembered o...
   
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2002) JACK BUTTERWORTH
Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort...
  2002  
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM KELLY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. ...
   
Western Morning News (1912) TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW
Our Gunnislake correspondent writes that William Ware, who was 22 years of age, returned from South Africa six weeks ago. His mother resides at King Street, Gunnislake; his father in South Africa. Frederick Pengelly is 21 years of age, his mother r...
18th April 1912  
New York Times (1915) HARVARD’S LARGEST CLASS GRADUATED
Degrees for 1,205 Students at the University’s 274th Commencement --- LOWELL TALKS ON WAR --- Says Conflict Imposes Burden Upon Us---Widener Memorial Library Is Dedicated --- Special to The New York Times...
25th June 1915  
New York Times (1911) TAFT AT PRESS CLUB DINNER
He and Major Butt Entertained in Louisville-Col. Watterson Speaks --- LOUISVILLE, Nov. 8.--A dinner by the Louisville Press Club was the principal feature of President Taft's visit here this evening, and at it the President divid...
11th August 1911  
  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...
   
  (1912) TITANIC POSTCARD SENT BY WILLIAM MELLORS - SOUTHAMPTON
...
10th April 1912  
  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....
   
  MR WILLIAM ANGLE
Family History of Mr William ANGLE In 1901 William is recorded as living at 23 Tower Road Ashton Manor Birming...
   
New York Times (1933) 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  
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  
The Times (1889) SIR EDWARD HARLAND BECOMES AN M.P.
ELECTION INTELLIGENCE BELFAST (NORTH DIVISION) The nomination for North Belfast took place yesterday. Six papers containing the names of Sir John Preston, Sir William Quartus Ewart, and Mr. Thomas M'Cormick (secretary of...
13th August 1889  
Newark Evening News (1912) FAMILY OF J. S. MARCH MAY RECEIVE $10,000
WASHINGTON, April 22---Resolutions authorizing $10,000 appropriations for the families of each of the three postal clerks who lost their lives on the Titanic were introduced in the House today by Representative Reilly, of Conne...
22nd April 1912  
  (1912) MARCONIGRAMS
Marconigram sent 18th April 1912 to: Boultons, Upper Holloway, London. ''Inform friends safe Carpathia, arrange Baggage insurance. - Collett.'' Marconigram sent 18th April 1912 to: Collett, Baptist Parsonage, Port Byron New York. ''Saf...
18th 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  
New York Times (1888) 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  
Newark Evening News (1912) PRIEST GIVES AWAY A LIFEBELT OFFERED HIM
Special Service of the NEWS WHIPPANY, April 23---More about the heroism of Rev. Thomas R. Byles, of England, who lost his life on the Titanic, was told yesterday by his brother William, of Brooklyn, who was a guest of Father Clifford, ...
23rd April 1912  
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 (1933) BARRED FROM BERMUDA
Enzo Fiermonte, Boxer, Will Return to the United States --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Oct. 13 (AP)---Refused permission to land in Bermuda, Enzo Fiermonte, Italian boxer, who is reported to be seeking the hand of the wealthy Mrs. Madeline Dick...
14th October 1933  
Washington Times (1912) WILLIAM T. STEAD KNOWN AS FAMOUS NEWSPAPER MAN
William Thomas Stead, an English newspaper man, attained wide notoriety as the man who introduced the methods of American journalism into England. Before his day the interview, illustrations, and extra editions were unknown to British journalism. Tho...
16th April 1912  
Newark Evening News (1912) EAST ORANGE PEOPLE REPORTED SAVED
Word has been received by Colonel Henry A. Potter, of 95 Harrison street, East Orange, that Mrs. Thomas Potter Jr., his brother’s widow, is among the passengers who were rescued from the Titanic. With her was her daughter, Mrs. Boul...
16th April 1912  
New York Times (1927) MRS. EMMA W. BUCKNELL
Widow of University Founder Dies at Saranac Lake Camp --- Special to The New York Times --- SARANAC INN, N. Y., June 28.---Mrs. Emma Ward Bucknell, 75 years old, widow of William Bucknell, founder of Bucknell University, d...
29th June 1927  
  (1881) 1881 CENSUS, WEYMOUTH, DORSET
Reginald George Smith was born in Weymouth, Dorset in the summer of 1879. At the time of the 1881 census he was living with his mother and brothers at 5 Salisbury Terrace, Melcombe Regis, a suburb of Weymouth. His moth...
31st March 1881  
New York Times (1912) SENATORS GREET ROSTRON
Hero of Titanic Disaster Warmly Welcomed in Congress --- WASHINGTON, Dec. 9---Capt. Arthur S. [sic] Rostron, who drove the steamship Carpathia at full speed through a sea of icebergs to the rescue of the survivors of the Titanic disaste...
10th December 1912  
New York Times (1908) COL. ASTOR AT NEWPORT
Will Improve Beechwood, Where He and Mrs. Astor Will Live --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., Nov. 30---Col. John Jacob Astor is contemplating extensive improvements to Beechwood, which has become his pro...
1st December 1908  
New York Times (1899) COL. ASTOR READY TO SERVE
Would Willingly Go Out to the Philippines---Does Not Approve of W. W. Astor's Course --- Special to The New York Times --- RHINEBECK, N. Y., Aug. 10---Col. John J. Astor was home at Ferncliff yesterday, and the corresponde...
11th August 1899  
Chicago Daily News (1965) CLAIMED TO BE THE OLDEST SURVIVNG MEMBER OF THE CREW OF THE TITANIC
Deaths Elsewhere Jacob Gibbons, 89, who claimed to be the oldest survivng member of the crew of the Titanic; an engine room worker who was one of the last to leave it when it sank; in Studland, England....
2nd March 1965  
  (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  
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  
  ERNEST WALDRON KING FAMILY INFO
I believe E. W. King's father, Thomas Waldron King, was my great-great-grandfather John King's brother, and that their parents were Thomas King, who was a Church of Ireland scripture reader in Selerna, County Galway, and Elizabeth. Here's ...
   
New York Times (1934) MRS. DULLES FONTANA
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25---Mrs. Dulles Fontana, formerly Miss Margaret Dulles, who once sued her husband to prevent him from collecting $75 a week support from her, died today in the Barclay Hotel after a long ...
26th January 1934  
New York Times (1933) LINKS MRS. DICK AND BOXER
Fiermonte Says He Plans to Wed Former Mrs. Astor --- ROME, Saturday, June 17 (AP)---Signora Tosca Manetti Fiermonte, wife of a boxer, Enzo Fiermonte, now in America, is quoted in an interview in the newspaper Popolo di Roma today to the...
17th June 1933  
New York Times (1909) JUDGMENT FOR $266,249 LOAN
Judgment for $266,249 was entered by default yesterday against John D. Baumann & Co., a New York corporation, in favor of Charles G., Hugh L., Herbert R., and William R. Arbuthnot, merchants of London. The judgment was entered for amounts claimed as ...
4th February 1909  
New York Herald (1912) EDWARD A. KENT
Edward A. Kent, who is a well-known architect at Buffalo, N. Y. and whose brother, William Kent, is an architect in New York city, was a passenger on board the Titanic who is not reported among the rescued. Mr. Kent, who is fifty-eight years old, is...
17th April 1912  
  (1891) BRANSCOMBE, DEVON - 1891 CENSUS
Bertram Frank Dean was born on 30 June 1886 in the small East Devon village of Branscombe. This is the census information for 1891. Dwelling: New Castle Cottage, Branscombe Charles Dean Head. 29 Thatcher, born. Branscombe Eliza...
31st March 1891  
New York Times (1933) MRS. DICK IS INJURED
Falls on Floor of Bermuda House, Breaking Shoulder --- HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 13 (AP)--- Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick slipped and fell on the polished floor of her house last night and broke her shoulder. Mrs. Dick, w...
14th September 1933  
  VARIOUS MEMORIALS: WILLIAM DUFFY
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park, Southampton. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial....
   
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  
Asbury Park Evening Press (1912) GWINN FAMILY LEAVES SUDDENLY
Mrs. William L. Gwinn, whose husband, a postal clerk on the Titanic stood at his post trying to save the mails as the ship went down, left Asbury Park suddenly yesterday with her two children. The Gwinn’s [sic] had moved to this city some weeks befor...
27th April 1912  
The Times (1899) FUNERAL OF MR. ISMAY
In the presence of a large and representative gathering the remains of Mr. Ismay were buried yesterday in the churchyard at Thurstaston, Cheshire. The road along which the funeral cortége passed w...
28th November 1899  
New York Times (1955) MRS. RICHARD L. BECKWITH
Page 86, Column 8 Mrs. Sallie Monypeny Beckwith, widow of Richard L. Beckwith, died Friday night at her home, 224 East Sixty-first Street. She was born in Columbus, Ohio, eighty-nine years ago. Mrs. Beckwith was a memb...
13th February 1955  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
William Tracy Eustis (1822-1906), from Boston, married to Martha Gilbert Dutton (1828-1900), also from Boston, on 3rd October 1849. The couple had six choldren: Eleanor Tracy (1851-1922), Henry Dutton (b. 1853), Mary St. Barbe (b. 1857), Elizabeth Mu...
   
New York Times (1914) TITANIC SURVIVOR TO WED
Miss Margaret Graham Engaged to E. M. Moore---Palm Beach Romance --- The wedding of Miss Margaret Graham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Graham of Greenwich, Conn., and Eugene Maxwell Moore, whose engagement has just been announced...
20th March 1914  
  LINEN KEEPER ON THE LUSITANIA
My grandfather William Mitchell was a Linen Keeper on the Lusitania. He survived the sinking, only to died within a year, of pneumonia. My mother was born a few months later.He lived in Liverpool. This postcard was sent to his sister Alice, from, ...
   
New York Times (1934) ELLEN TUCK FRENCH IS ENGAGED TO WED
Betrothal to John Jacob Astor Announced by Mother, Who Denied Report Week Ago --- WEDDING EARLY IN JULY --- Her Fiance's Engagement to Miss Eileen S. S. Gillespie Called Off in January --- Mrs. Livingston Fre...
31st May 1934  
Bridgwater Mercury (1912) WEST COUNTRY PEOPLE IN THE TITANIC
Melksham Among the passengers was a Melksham family of eight persons - Mr. and Mrs. F. Goodwin, Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, and their six children, whose ages range from 17 months to 16 years. Goodwin, M...
20th April 1912  
Newark Star (1912) MASONIC SERVICES FOR TITANIC VICTIM
Brief but impressive memorial services for W. Anderson Walker, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, were held last night by Hope Lodge No. 124, F. and A. M. of East Orange, of which Mr. Walker was master. Acting Master John A. Gilbert was in ch...
2nd May 1912  
  (1913) MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : PENNY
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 543. Penny, Phyllis, widow. Penny, Lionel William, child. Both class D dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area)...
  March 1913  
Stratford Express (1912) THE TITANIC DISASTER
Mr William Dixon Mackie, fifth engineer on the steamship Titanic, who, it is feared has perished in the wreck of that ill-fated vessel. Mr Mackie, who was 31 years of age, had resided recently when ashore at 2b, Margery Park-road, For...
20th 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  
Camden Post-Telegram (1912) HADDONFIELD MAN ON BOARD TITANIC
Nothing Yet Heard from Frederick W. Sutton Whose Name is on Passenger List --- BUDGET OF GOSSIP FROM THE BOROUGH --- Fredrich [sic] W. Sutton, a highly esteemed wealthy resident of Haddonfield is said to have been on board...
17th April 1912  
New York Times (1953) JOHN HARDY
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEW PROVIDENCE, N. J., Oct. 9---John Hardy of 71 Gales Drive, who was chief steward of second class accommodations on the Titanic, died on Wednesday at the home of his son, Ronald M. Hardy, in Maplewood...
10th October 1953  
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 (1908) GUGGENHEIM CHANGE OF FAITH
Reports Don't Refer to Me, Says B. Guggenheim, Nor to the Family --- Benjamin Guggenheim, who arrived here yesterday from Europe on the Mauretania, said last night at the Hotel St. Regis in regard to published reports that membe...
3rd June 1908  
The Daily Banner (1912) 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 (1913) CAPT. ROSTRON TO RECEIVE MEDAL TO-MORROW
Special to The New York Times --- Feb. 26---Capt. A. H. Rostron, who drove the Carpathia at full steam through a sea of broken ice to rescue the survivors of the shipwrecked Titanic, will come to Washington on Friday to receive a gold m...
27th February 1913  
  (1901) WENDRON PARISH, CORNWALL. 1901 CENSUS
The 1901 census for Wendron, Cornwall reveals Frederick James Banfield, aged 17. A grocers assistant he was at home with his widowed mother, Ellen (his father had died in September 1900)and younger brother William John. Also in Wendron was hi...
  1901  
Providence Journal (1912) STEAD'S BROTHER INDIGNANT-ASKS WHAT RIGHT ISMAY SAVED FROM WRECK
London, April 20, 1912- Alfred Stead, brother of William T. Stead who went down with the Titanic is thoroughly aroused over the circumstances under which so many persons went to their doom in the waters of the north Atlantic. He said yesterday: "Spe...
20th April 1912  
  ST KEVERNE CHURCH, CORNWALL, BAPTISM REGISTER
The baptism register for St Keverne reveals that Hayden Sobey (son of Richard & Mary Jane Sobey nee Hayden)was one of 8 children, strangely though, both he and his sister Amelia do not feature in the register. The children that do, with their date...
   
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  
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  
  FAMILY INFORMATION ABOUT ARTHUR PAINTIN, HIS WIFE AND CHILD
Alice and Arthur courted for four years before they married. Arthur had intended to come out of the merchant Navy in 1912 because Alice was pregnant, Titanic being his last planned voyage. He and Alice wanted to buy a small hotel in Ox...
   
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1933) SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER PASSES AWAY
Mrs. Lillian E. Stead, wife of Arthur Stead, of 128 Reid street, died last night at her home after a lingering illness. Mrs. Stead was a survivor of the "Titanic" disaster twenty-one years ago. Born in England, she came to this country twenty-five ...
8th July 1933  
New York Times (1912) WAR UPSETS WEDDING PLAN
P. E. Mock Unable to Leave Germany to Marry Miss Alvis Ehrman --- The plans for the wedding of Miss Alvis Constance and Philipp Edmund Mock have been upset by the European war. The wedding was to have taken place on Aug. 22 at Pocantic...
21st August 1912  
Salt Lake Tribune (1912) WESTERN SURVIVOR OF TITANIC HERE
Page 4 Mrs. Walter Clark, Whose Husband Went Down to Death, Prostrated INTERVIEWERS DENIED W. A. Clark, Jr., Son of Former Senator, Will Escort Her to Los Angeles William A. Clark, Jr., ...
24th April 1912  
Daily Northwestern (1912) A SAD FAREWELL
William F. Bonnell, a cousin of the party, made the following statement as coming from Mrs. Wick: "When the collision occurred, Mrs. Wick and her husband were In their Stateroom. They thought that a boiler, had exploded. When they reached ...
17th April 1912  
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) 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  
Cedar Rapids Gazette (1945) MRS. WALTER DOUGLAS DIED IN CALIFORNIA
Page 1A Mrs. Walter D. Douglas died Saturday afternoon at her home in Pasadena, Calif., according to word received by Mrs. George B. Dutton, 2224 Country Club Parkway SE. Funeral services will be announced later. Mrs. Doug...
22nd April 1945  
New York Times (1933) 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 (1953) 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  
New York Times (1910) DYING MAN’S SON FOUND
Potter Coming from Alaska to Atlantic City to See His Father --- ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 28---For more than a month the family of Col. Thomas Potter, who is dying at his seaside home here, has been searching for his favorite son, Wil...
29th October 1910  
  THE STRANGE MYSTERIES OF MOVIE MAKER WILLIAM HARBECK
William Harbeck was one of the very first moving picture film makers. In 1911 his film of southern Alaska became the center of a major story. American railroad tycoon J P Morgan and Meyer Guggenheim bought up claims for large tracts of land in Alaska...
   
Worcester Telegram (1912) FUNDS FOR SURVIVORS
By the Associated Press New York and London Mayor's Start Movement for Titanic's Survivors New York- April 17 - Mayor William J. Gaynor today received the following cablegram: "London, England, April 17, 1...
18th April 1912  
Los Angeles Times (1933) RACE SWINDLER SUSPECTS HELD
Victim Spends Year on Trail of Asserted Fleecers ---------- SAN JOSE, July 4. (AP) - Charged with swindling J. T. Taylor, retired New Yorker, out of $27,000 in a fake horse race deal, C. W. Coleman 55 years of age, and...
5th July 1933  
Cork Examiner (1913) TITANIC GANTRY DESIGNER DIES
Sir W. Arrol "The famous millionaire bridge contractor who has just died. Designed the Tower, Tay and Forth bridges." DEATH OF SIR WM. ARROL Ayr, Thursday. (February 6, 1913) The Press Association ...
8th February 1913  
New York Times (1933) FIERMONTE GETS DIVORCE
Pugilist Was Linked in Nevada Reports With Mrs. Dick --- RENO, Nev., Sept 4 (AP)---A divorce has been awarded to Enzo Fiermonte, Italian pugilist, linked in some reports in a romance with the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor. ...
5th September 1933  
Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) SAYS ISMAY CHOSE OWN BOAT CREW
New York- April 19- According to Mrs. W.J. Cardeza, of Philadelphia, after she had arrived at the Ritz-Carlton with T.D.M. Cardeza, J.Bruce Ismay was not only safely seated in a lifeboat before it was filled, but he also selected the crew that rowed ...
20th April 1912  
New York Times (1946) COL. WILSON POTTER
Big-Game Hunter Obtained Heads for Smithsonian Institution --- PHILADELPHIA, June 12 (AP)---Col. Wilson Potter, big-game hunter and University of Pennsylvania football star in 1906 and 1907, died last night at his home here after a long...
13th June 1946  
  (1912) MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
Page 77 (Coat of Arms) Certificate...
14th February 1912  
Sphere (1912) INVENTOR OF THE LIFEBOAT
The grave of John Lukin, the original inventor of the lifeboat. He received the King’s patent for his invention in the year 1784, according to his gravestone. (The Sphere, December 21, 1912.) Lukin predates by ...
21st December 1912  
Derbyshire Times (1912) CHESTERFIELD VICTIM
A young lady who has intimate relatives in Chesterfield was among the officers on the ill-fated Titanic. She is Miss Evelyn Marsden, and is a niece of Mr. and Mrs. G. Robinson, Ash Tree, Chesterfield. A nurse-stewardess in the first saloon, Miss Mars...
  1912  
  INFORMATION FROM THE WILLIAM SALT LIBRARY, STAFFORD
Hodgkinson, Leonard. Engineer. Stoke man educated at St. Thomas's School, Stoke. With White Star for several years. WAS forty-six years of age and his birthplace Liverpool. His apprenticeship was served with Messrs. Hartley, Armour and Fanning...
   
Orland Park Prairie  TITANIC ARRIVES IN ORLAND PARK
It was a honeymoon gone wrong for John Henry Chapman and his bride, Sarah Elizabeth Lawry. Lawry, 29, of Spokane, Wash., was headed from Southhampton, England, to Fitzburn, Wisc. with her husband to be closer to her brother, William. The...
   
New York Times (1942) WILLS FOR PROBATE
MANHATTAN *** WHITE, ELLA HOLMES (Jan. 31). Estate,more than $10,000. To C. Helene Berkeley, 509 W. 122d St., $10,000 and personalty; Ella B. Putnam, 10 Beekman Pl., $10,,000; Marie G. Young, Plaza Hotel, personal effects and life esta...
6th February 1942  
 

 
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