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Grace Charity Robins


		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	FASHION DISPLAY AT PALACE Lady Duff-Gordon Appears far a War Charity---Herman Timberg --- A fashion display staged by Lady Duff-Gordon, and including that personage herself as an added attraction, was the mecca that drew an unusually large crowd to the Palace T...	4th December 1917
	The Associated Press	NYC'S ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL FIGHTS FOR LIFE A Greenwich Village charity hospital that has saved lives for more than 160 years - treating everyone from survivors of the Titanic to those injured on 9/11 - is now fighting for its own survival....	26th March 2010
		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 ...
	Norfolk Eastern Daily Press	SIX-FOOT TITANIC MODEL UP FOR SALE It may be a lot smaller than its seafaring namesake but this model made of matchsticks is certainly a Titanic piece of art.And now the Norfolk-based charity Daisy International, which helps people in Romania, hopes the Titanic model will give a huge boost to its fund to buy much-needed medical equipment for a hospital in the country....	30th September 2008
		MCINERNEY FAMILY GRAVESTONE Of your charity pray for the soul of Ellen McInerney who died 17th October 1909 aged 32 years also of her beloved husband Thomas McInerney who was lost in wreck of SS Titanic 15th ...
	philly.com	99 YEARS AFTER THE TITANIC SANK, ITS RIPPLE EFFECTS ARE STILL FELT Ninety-nine years ago tonight the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg in the still, starlit waters of the North Atlantic. Spoiler alert if you haven't seen the movie: The Titanic sank. Much of the good that came from the maritime disaster is lasting....	14th April 2011
	BBC News	SOUTHAMPTON AUTHORITY CRITICISED OVER ART SELL-OFF BID A council has been criticised by the Charity Commission over its plan to sell off art work in order to raise £5m to help fund a new Titanic museum. Southampton City Council had planned to sell work by French sculptor Auguste Rodin and British painter Sir Alfred Munnings but later dropped the idea. ...	26th February 2010
	Montreal Gazette	HICKSON Page. 70 Orian (nee Hays) Hickson. At her residence on Thursday, May 3, 1979. Dearly beloved wife of the late Robert N. Hickson. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Hays. Dear sister of Clara (Mrs. Hope Scott) and the late Ma...	1979
	New York Times	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
	Belfast Telegraph	TITANIC ARTWORK TO HELP WORLD'S POOR A painting of the Titanic could raise £10,000 for charity at auction, the artist who created it said today. Dozens of old cheques issued by the Belfast shipyard where the famous vessel was built have been used to create the image by Rita Duffy, who hopes to raise money for the poor in sub-Saharan Africa. The Titanic, which was dubbed unsinkable before it hit an iceberg and foundered in the north Atlantic in April 1912, is at the centre of plans to rejuvenate a large part of the city's docklands. ...	26th April 2009
		AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET Case number 302. (English). A mother, sixty-three years of age, was drowned, while coming to this country to make her home with her daughter, whose husband had recently died, leaving two children aged six and two years. These children were to have be...	1913
	New York Times	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
	New York Times	MAURETANIA'S CAPTAIN IS HONORED BY KING Roston [sic]Is Made a K. B. E. in Delayed Birthday List---48 Other Knights Created --- Copyright, 1926, by The New York Times Company --- Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- LONDON, July 2---The King's Bi...	3rd July 1926
		EDWARD DODD MEMORIAL On the west wall of the chancel in Christ Church Crewe is a plaque to the memory of Edward Dodd. It reads "In Memory of E...
	New York Times	MEMORIAL NOTICE FOR ISIDOR AND IDA STRAUS STRAUS---The Directors of the Sanitarium for Hebrew Children tender their heartfelt sympathy to the family of Isidor and Ida Straus, called by Him who holds the mighty ocean in the hollow of His hand. Isidor Straus was distinguished fo...	21st April 1912
		LETTER FROM THE DIOCESAN VICAR GENERAL TO WILLIAM BYLES Bishop's House My dear Mr. Byles, Last mail brought me the obituary card of your dear Rev. Brother; I have prayed for him, but to tell the truth, I am much more inclined to ask him to pray for me, to get through his inte...	28th August 1912
	Doncaster Evening Post	SAVED FROM OCEAN THANKS TO A TOY PIG Shirley Davenport A PROMISE and a toy pig saved an American woman from drowning on the Titanic's maiden voyage 62 years ago....	7th June 1974
	New York Herald	BRIDE WHO WAS RESCUED FROM DEATH FINDS SHE IS DESTITUTE WIDOW MRS ARGENIA DEL CARLO AND SISTER OF SAN RAFFAELE HOME...	22nd April 1912
	Cork Examiner	BANSHA LADY'S ESCAPE ...	11th May 1912
	BBC News	MONEY WORRIES FOR NOMADIC PROJECT The project to restore the Nomadic has received a £500,000 grant from the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, bringing the total pledged to £4m. However, less than £8,000 has been raised from corporate donors and a 'Sponsor a rivet' delivered just £330. ...	16th September 2009
	Worcester Telegram	BODY OF CHARLES ASPLUND, TITANIC VICTIM, WILL BE BURIED IN WORCESTER, WITHOUT EXPENSE TO SURVIVING FAMILY Subscription papers will be circulated, today and next week in the Slater building, State Mutual building and courthouse, in an effort to raise money for Mrs. Charles Asplund and family left in strained circumstances owing to the loss of Mr. Asplund ...	27th April 1912
	New York Times	P. A. B. WIDENER GIVES $4,000,000 TO SCHOOL Endowment Is Announced Coincident with the Filing of His Son’s and Grandson’s Wills --- TO AID CRIPPLED CHILDREN --- George Widener, Lost on the Titanic, Left His Estate to Family---Harry’s Rare Books for Harvard --...	21st May 1912
	New York Herald	BRAVERY OF TITANIC SURGEON DR. WILLIAM FRANCIS NORMAN O'LOUGHLIN In accounts printed about the Titanic and the bravery of her officers little has been said of one who probably was the most widely known and best beloved of all classes....	22nd April 1912
		ARCHIE JEWELL, BUDE BOY Bill Headdon King Street was owned by the Blanchminster of Charity, rent c2 old shillings a week. Our house was built of cob ...	28th May 2008
	Santa Barbara News-Press	RUTH BLANCHARD DIES, WAS SURVIVOR OF TITANIC Ruth Becker Blanchard, a survivor of the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, died Friday at home in Santa Barbara. She was 90. Mrs. Blanchard died of complications of a stomach ulcer and old age, said Don Lynch, spokesman for the Titanic Hist...	8th July 1990
	The Times	REQUIEM MASS AT WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL A Requiem Mass for the souls of those who lost their lives owing to the sinking of the Titanic was held in Westminster Cathedral yesterday morning. The clergy of the diocese have lost three of their members, the best known being Father By...	24th April 1912
	New York Times	SYNAGOGUE UNVEILS A STRAUS WINDOW Impressive Services When Memorial Is Dedicated Before Montefiore Cbongregation --- MR. STRAUS'S BROAD CHARITY --- Edward Lauterbach Praises Him for His Gifts to People of All Faiths --- Impressive services we...	27th May 1912
	Irish Independent	BABY OF THE TITANIC Millvina was a beautiful person and anybody who met her thought so. It wasn't being the baby of the Titanic which made her special, it was Millvina...	7th June 2009
	New York Times	DAUGHTERS OF JACOB HONOR IDA STRAUS Unveil Tablet in Their Home Commemorating Her Beautiful Life and Heroic End --- AGED CHANT PRAYERS FOR HER --- Self-Sacrificing Devotion of Titanic Victim Held Up as an Inspiration to the Women of Her Race ---...	25th November 1912
	Titanic Research	FACE TO BAREFACE LIAR! Senan Molony A steerage Titanic survivor confronted his own impostor in 1912...	16th January 2012