Benjamin Franklin

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	DOROTHY GIBSON IN 'HANDS ACROSS THE SEA' A scene from "Hands Across the Sea," produced by Éclair-America, the company’s debut film and Dorothy Gibson’s first starring role. She actually took several parts in this movie, which was an historical tableau enacting events of the American Revolut...	1911
New York Times	NOT BOATS ENOUGH (SAYS MRS. GUGGENHEIM) Many inquiries were made at the (White Star Line)office during the day about Benjamin Guggenheim, but no hopeful reply could be given as Mr. Guggenheim's name was not included in any of the lists of survivors received. About 10 o'clock...	17th April 1912
	POSTCARD FROM ONBOARD THE TITANIC Two framed full color postcards of the Olympic/Titanic, one of which was sent from the Titanic. The postcards have identical images of the Olympic/Titanic on the front which are very rare, but only one was written onboard the Titanic. The postcard on...	10th April 1912
	PROBATE REPORT (ALFRED BENJAMIN CHIBNALL) Alfred Benjamin Chibnall of Box End, Kempston, Bedfordshire died 11 October 1929 Probate Northampton 19 December to Harry Lionel Peacock auctioneer and James Kingswell Prettejohn retired insurance official Effects £10808 18s...	1929
The Times	PRESUMED DEATH IN THE TITANIC T. Franklin presumed deceased [Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Court hearing] This was a motion to swear the death of Thomas Parnham Franklin, of Sunningdale, Ceylon Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, who is believed to have lost his...	11th June 1912
Chicago Record-Herald	MRS. BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM RECEIVES HUSBAND' LAST MESSAGE FROM TITANIC SURVIVOR GETS ADIEU FROM SEA Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim Receives Husband’ Last Message From Titanic Survivor ‘I’ve Done My Duty,” Word ...	21st April 1912
New York Times	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
	BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM IN 1910	1910
	BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM, PHOTOGRAPHED BY MARCEAU, NEW YORK	1909
Unidentified Newspaper	BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM From an unidentified French paper...	17th April 1912
New York Times	BENJAMIN GUGGENHEIM Elected President of International Steam Pump Co. in 1909 --- Benjamin Guggenheim was born in Philadelphia, Oct. 26, 1865, the fifth of the seven sons of Meyer Guggenheim, founder of the famous house of M. Guggenheim & Sons, who came to...	16th April 1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND BOOKLET March 1913 Number 415. Franklin, Blanche, widow. Children: Alan Vincent and Blanche Elsie. All class D dependants....	1913
	MINUTES OF TITANIC RELIEF FUND Liverpool Area Committee No. 415. Franklin, Mrs. B. Address for cheques: The National Provincial Bank of England Limited, London Street, Norwich. Net monthly allowance to widow £3. 7 2d one child £1 1 8d total £4 8 10d....	1st December 1915
	MISS DOROTHY GIBSON, HARRISON FISHER MUSE, NOW PICTURE STAR Miss Dorothy Gibson, the well-known beauty who is the muse of Mr. Harrison Fisher, the popular illustrator of feminine charms, has forsaken the studio of the artist for that of the motion picture. Miss Gibson, who is the sitter for man...	1911
	CENSUS In 1901 Benjamin Howard (born in Lancs Ashton Under Lyne) was aged 52 years.He worked as a Foreman Bolt Maker Rly Works in Swindon, Wiltshire....	1901
New York Times	ISMAY UPHOLDS STRIKE POLICY President of Mercantile Marine Says His Company Will Not Advance Pay --- SAILORS DELAY A LINER --- Refuse to Sail on La Touraine Until Paid Full Wages for Loading and Unloading Cargo --- If the stri...	17th May 1907
New York Times	2 GUGGENHEIM HEIRS WILL BE BURIED TODAY Mother of Grandsons of Titanic Victim Still Suffers From Shock of Children's Fall --- Funeral services for the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Milton S. Waldman, Terence, 4, and Benjamin, fourteen months old, grandchildren of Benjamin Gugg...	21st October 1928
New York Times	FILES GUGGENHEIM REPORT Cornelius J. Sullivan, referee in the application of George J. Gillespie as guardian for Marguerite and Barbara, infant children of the late Benjamin Guggenheim, to the Surrogates' Court to determine whether the estate of their father had received th...	30th June 1918
New York Times	DEATH NOTICE OF CHARLOTTE APPLETON APPLETON---On Wednesday, June 25, 1924, at the Flushing Hospital, Charlotte L., wife of Edward Dale Appleton and daughter of the late Charles and Elizabeth R. Lamson of New York. Funeral services at her late residence, Franklin Av., Bayside, L. I., ...	26th June 1924
New York Times	YOUNG VAIL SENTENCED TO PRISON IN CAPRI But He and His Wife, Formerly Miss Guggenheim, Are Allowed to Leave After Appeal --- CAPRI, Italy, Oct. 18---Lawrence Vail, who married Marguerite Guggenheim, daughter of the late Benjamin Guggenheim, American copper magnate, was arrest...	19th October 1923
New York Times	MRS. LURATI WINS POINT Surrogate Indicates She Is Entitled to Accounting in Guggenheim Suit --- Surrogate Fowler announced yesterday that it was his opinion that Mrs. Amy G. Lurati, once known as Amy G. Tuska, is entitled to ask for an accounting of the execu...	13th November 1915
L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse	EMMA SäGESSER Miss Emma Sägesser, later Mrs Arnold-Sägesser, lived in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1956, when she was pictured for the weekly 'L'Illustré'. She was Mme Pauline Aubart's maid (Mme Aubart was Benjamin Guggenheim's French mistress)....	6th September 1956
Chicago Daily News	TITANIC : NAMES NOT ON SAILING LIST List of survivors whose names do not appear on the original sailing list, probably includes a large number of those who took the ship at Cherbourg...	16th April 1912
New York Times	RICHARD L. BECKWITH Richard L. Beckwith, formerly second vice president of the real estate firm of Ruland & Benjamin, died last night at his home, 224 East Sixty-first Street, after an illness of two years. He was graduated from Yale in 1898 and was a member of the Yale...	12th April 1933
New York Times	RED CROSS BOARD FILLS VACANCIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (AP)---Chief Justice Hughes presided today as the incorporators of the American Red Cross elected five new members to fill vacancies caused by deaths. Those named were Newton D. Baker, Frank T. Heffelfinger of Minneapolis, J. Fran...	10th December 1931
New York Times	SUES FOR LIFE PENSION Estate of B. Guggenheim, Who Died on Titanic, Asked to Pay $7,500 a Year --- Mrs. Amy T. Lucrati, who says that her home is in San Remo, Italy, through her attorney, John S. Wise, Jr., of this city, yesterday started suit in the Surroga...	10th August 1915
Kerry Sentinel	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
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM LEGACY UNCLAIMED An application in the Surrogates' Court yesterday for the settlement of the estate of Benjamin Guggenheim revealed the fact that no owner can be found for a legacy of $5,000 to the Union Home and School for Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans. The executo...	29th October 1919
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS LOST Twelve-Year-Old Hazel Found In Grounds of Deserted Mansion --- Special to The New York Times --- WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 23---After being lost for seven hours to-day, Miss Hazel Barbara Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Gu...	24th June 1915
Elizabeth Daily Journal	TWO BROTHERS NOT ON TITANIC Benjamin Peacock Learns They Are Still in England ---------- HIS MOTHER SEEKS NEWS OF HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN A letter postmarked “Merton, county Surrey, England,” has brought some happiness to Benjamin Peacock, of 609 Sout...	6th May 1912
New York Times	MRS. EDWARD B. MAYER Mrs. Edward B. Mayer died suddenly last night at her home, 21 East Eighty-second Street. She was the former Miss Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim. Her father was drowned in the Titanic disaster. Mrs. Mayer was ...	22nd July 1927
	PHOTOGRAPH OF TITANIC VICTIM VICTOR GIGLIO AGED 12 A rare photograph of Benjamin Guggenheim's personal assistant Victor Giglio as a pupil at Ampleforth Roman Catholic College in 1901. Victor and his three brothers all attended the North Yorkshire school where Victor excelled at p...
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM HEIRESS WED TO CORPORAL Mrs. Hazel McKinley Bride of Larry Leonard in Denver --- DENVER, Col., Sept. 30 (AP)---Mrs. Hazel Guggenheim McKinley, mining-family heiress, and Larry Leonard, an Army corporal, were married tonight at the home of Charles Ginsburg, Mrs...	1st October 1943
New York Times	MISS BENITA R. GUGGENHEIM MARRIES LIEUT. E. B. MAYER The marriage of Miss Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin M. Guggenheim, and First Lieutenant Edward B. Mayer, United States Air Servive, which took place on Thursday at the homeof the bride, 270 Park Avenue. Lieutenant Mayer comes ...	18th May 1919
New York Times	KEMPNER-GUGGENHEIM Sigmund M. Kempner, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Kempner of 305 West End Avenue, and Miss Barbara H. Guggenheim, a daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 270 Park Avenue, were married yesterday afternoon in the Ritz-Carlton ballroom and the receptio...	21st June 1921
New York Times	MRS. M. S. WALDMAN WINS PARIS DIVORCE Two Other American Women Also Receive Decrees From the French Courts --- TRAGIC ACCIDENT RECALLED --- Waldman Children Fell to Death From Penthouse Apartment Here in October, 1928 --- PARIS, Feb. 25 (AP)---Th...	26th February 1930
New York Times	CHANGE FATAL TO GUGGENHEIM Had Booked Passage on the Lusitania, Whose Sailing Was Canceled --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, April 18---A business friend of Benjamin Guggenheim says that had the Lusitania sailed as arranged on Apri...	19th April 1912
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM TAX $30,000 The State Will Refund the Excess if the Estimate is Too High --- Special to The New York Times --- ALBANY, Oct. 15---The estate of Benjamin Guggenheim, one of the Titanic victims, to-day paid Controller Sohmer $30,000 as ...	16th October 1913
jewishdayton.org	JEWISH CONNECTIONS TO TITANIC f one thinks at all about Jewish connections to the Titanic disaster, the Strauses come to mind first, and then maybe Benjamin Guggenheim. But there are other Jewish connections to Titanic as well. Here, we share some of them with you. Kosher food on Titanic sheds light on immigration via England Kosher deli in England a Titanic survivor’s legacy Philip Aks: Lost and found at sea At Halifax’s Jewish cemetery, a Titanic section Great-grandson reflects on lives, deaths of Isidor & Ida Straus...	21st March 2012
	MR BENJAMIN HOWARD & MRS ELLEN HOWARD Marion James Mr & Mrs Benjamin HOWARD On researching Benjamin Howard and his wife Ellen Howard who both perished, their bodies were never found. I have been able to locate some details about them and their family members....
Elizabeth Daily Journal	PEACOCK STILL HOPING TO FIND BROTHERS Benjamin Peacock, who lost his wife and two children in the Titanic disaster, returned to his work in the Public Service power house on South avenue, Cranford, yesterday. He told his friends that his wife and two children had been placed in one of t...	23rd April 1912
New York Times	MISS GUGGENHEIM TO WED JUNE 20 Miss Barbara Hazel Guggenheim, daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Guggenheim of 270 Park Avenue, and Sigmund Marshall Kempner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph W. Kempner of 305 West End Avenue, whose engagement was announced in April, will be married on June 20....	3rd June 1921
The Gazette (Montreal)	LAURENTIC'S RECEPTION The first of the official receptions on the White Star-Dominion R. M. S. Laurentic takes place today, when a luncheon will be provided, to which the following, amongst others, are the invited guests: Sir Wilfred Laurier, ...	11th May 1909
Brooklyn Daily Times	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
New York Times	GUGGENHEIM WILL FILED Two Daughters Share Estate of Widow of Titanic Victim --- Mrs. Florette Guggenheim, widow of Benjamin Guggenheim, who perished on the Titanic, left her residuary estate in trust for her two daughters, it was learned yesterday when her w...	7th December 1937
Newark Evening News	ELIZABETH MAN'S WIFE AND CHILDREN PERISH Special Service of the NEWS ELIZABETH, April 19--- The wife and two children of Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, perished on the Titanic, according to the list of those who were on the boat and whose names do not appear in ...	19th April 1912
Worcester Telegram	NAME NOT ON LIST BUT WOMAN IS SAFE The Associated Press Mrs. Edgar Meyer Wires New York That She Is Returning on Carpathia and That Her Husband Is Missing NEW YORK, April 17.- A wireless message was received today by relatives of Mrs Edgar Meyer, daughter of the late Andrew Saks, reporting ...	18th April 1912
New York Times	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
Newark Star	FEAR ELIZABETH FOLK WENT DOWN WITH TITANIC ELIZABETH, April 17---Benjamin Peacock, of 609 South Broad street, is fearful that his two brothers, Ernest and Robert, were among those lost on the steamship Titanic. Mr. Peacock's wife and two children were also passengers on the boat, but it is p...	18th April 1912
Washington Times	SENATOR GUGGENHEIM GOES TO NEW YORK TO MEET CARPATHIA Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado, all but despairing of getting any news from his brother Benjamin, who is believed lost with the Titanic, departed for New York this morning to await the arrival of the Carpathia. He has only the faintest hope tha...	17th April 1912

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