Father Byles

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Brooklyn Daily Times	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
Daily Mail	REV. BYLES MISSING Page 6 The Rev. T.R.D. BYLES. - Roman Catholic Priest of Ongar, Essex. Nephew of Mr. F. Byles, of Bradford, and son of the late Rev. A.H. Byles, first pastor of Headingley Hill Congregational Church, Leeds....	18th April 1912
Newark Evening News	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
	FR THOMAS BYLES OF THE TITANIC This article concerns just one passenger aboard the Titanic on that fateful voyage; one which Saint Pius X would call a martyr for the Church. His name was Father Thomas Byles....
	FR BYLES In Memoriam card for second class passenger Fr Byles...
	PORTRAIT OF FATHER BYLES
	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
	BYLES AT ROSSALL SCHOOL (C.1889)
Evening World	HEROIC PRIESTS GAVE UP LIVES TO QUIET CROWDS Went Down on Titanic With Men and Women Grouped About Them. ------------- ALL CREEDS IN PRAYER ------------- Three Girl Survivors Tell How They Chose Death to S...	22nd April 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
	THE BYLES FAMILY Left to right: Roussel, Winter, Louisa Davids, Alfred Holden, William Esdaile, Lawrence, Hilda, Helen and Mary ...
	LETTER WRITTEN BY FR. BYLES TO HIS BROTHER WINTER Father Thomas Byles writes to his brother Winter from Germany where he had been staying at a Benedictine Convent....	14th September 1897
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
MKKZ	UNTITLED 'In the Titanic were two Catholic priests: Professor Byles, an Irish man [sic], who wanted to act in the marriage of his brother and his bride and a German monk (Padre). They helped women and children, climbing into the boats. The people on the last ...	12th April 1987
Newark Evening News	FATHER AND BROTHER ON TITANIC'S DEATH LIST ROEBLING, April 30---In the death list of the Titanic Mrs. Olaf Swanberg of Third avenue, yesterday discovered the names of her father and brother among the third-class passengers who were lost. The brother, a prosperous settler in Minnesota, had re...	30th April 1912
Newark Evening News	LOST FATHER IN SHIP; HAS MENTAL COLLAPSE JERSEY CITY, April 19---The police found it necessary yesterday to take care of Frederick Myles, of 256 Grove street, whose father, Thomas F. Myles, of Cambridge, Mass., is among the lost passengers of the Titanic. Young Miles appeared to be under s...	19th April 1912
Newark Star	FATHER TITANIC VICTIM; SON LOSES HIS MIND JERSEY CITY, N. J., April 18---Frederick Myles, 30 years old, of 256 Grove street, whose father, Thomas F. Myles, of Cambridge, Mass., was a passenger on the Titanic, is today locked up at the Seventh street police station for safe keeping because he...	19th April 1912
	LETTER BY FR BYLES TO MISS FIELD Dear Miss Field, On board ship one has little to do to fill up time so I start to write a letter to yo...	10th April 1912
Washington Times	SAW FUNNEL SWEEP FATHER OVERBOARD Philadelphian Gives Up All Hope of Life of Parent --- PHILADELPHIA, April 22---Richard Norris Williams, jr., one of the survivors of the Titanic, who was coming to this city with his father after having spent many years abroad, is one o...	22nd April 1912
San Francisco Examiner	SACRAMENTO PAIR IN PASSENGER LIST Special Dispatch to “The Examiner.” SACRAMENTO, APRIL 15.–Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Hold of this city were passengers on the Titanic. They were returning from a visit to Mrs. Hold’s father and other relatives in Cornwall, where they were m...	16th April 1912
Newark Evening News	MICHAEL DUANE LEARNS FATHER WAS ON TITANIC MORRISTOWN, April 23---The fears of Michael Duane, of Morris Township, that his father was a victim of the Titanic disaster were confirmed this morning, when he received an answer to a cablegram announcing that Mr. Duane had sailed on the vessel....	23rd April 1912
Primitive Methodist Leader	OUR BOYS ON THE 'TITANIC' April 1912 Extract '...there was Harry, whose desire was to help mother, he being the eldest of the four and his mother's mainstay, his father having died at his post a few years ago. He might have saved himself, but thought first of ...	1912
bbc.co.uk	TITANIC'S FINAL PHOTOGRAPHS BY FATHER FRANK BROWNE - BBC NEWS Some of the finest photographs taken of the Titanic will feature in a new edition of Father Frank Browneâ€™s Titanic Album which is to be launched at Cobh Heritage Centre in County Cork on Wednesday. The Jesuit's photographs were used by director James Cameron to reconstruct the ship for his 1997 blockbuster...	23rd November 2011
Jersey Journal	BROTHER CLAIMS DISTRACTED SON OF WRECK VICTIM Frederick Myles of 256 Grove Street, the young man who was picked up for safe keeping Wednesday night by Patrolman May of the City Hall station, grief-stricken because of the loss of his father, Thomas F. Myles, in the Titanic...	19th April 1912
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser	BODMIN PRIESTS BEREAVED At Mass at St. Piran’s Roman Catholic Church, Truro on Sunday morning, prayers were offered for those who went down in the Titanic, and special mention was made of Mr. Hugh McElroy, the chief purser, brother of the present Prior of Bodmin, and Mr. Re...	20th April 1912
News	DEATH OF MRS. M. DUTTON Mrs. Marjorie Dutton (61), a survivor of the Titanic disaster, has died at the Langdale Nursing Home, Gosport, after a long illness. With her father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Collyer, Mrs. Dutton, then aged eight, was bound for America in ...	1st March 1965
The Independent	LAST BRITISH 'TITANIC' SURVIVOR DISGUSTED BY SALVAGERS SELLING OFF SHIP'S TREASURES The last British survivor from the Titanic has condemned the people plundering the ship's wreckage where the bodies of hundreds, including her father, remain. Milveena Dean, 94, was shocked to learn that parts from the ship that is her father's grave are on sale on the black market as salvage companies and divers plunder the wreck....	30th October 2006
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser	BODMIN PRIESTS BEREAVED At Mass at St. Piran’s Roman Catholic Church, Truro on Sunday morning, prayers were offered for those who went down in the Titanic, and special mention was made of Mr. Hugh McElroy, the chief purser, brother of the present Prior of Bodmin (Fr. Richar...	20th April 1912
New York Times	VINCENT ASTOR'S GRIEF Vincent Astor's Grief Pitiable ___________ Son of John Jacob offers a fortune for word of his father ___________ Vincent Astor, son of Col. John Jacob Astor, who is believed to have g...	17th April 1912
Hudson Observer	JERSEY CITY MAN HEARS FATHER AND SISTER ARE SAFE Among the passengers aboard the ill-fated steamer Titanic were MissGertrude Myles, of 266 Grove street, Jersey City, and her father,Thomas F. Myles, of Cambridge, Mass., who was her companion on a trip toLondon. Frederick Myles...	17th April 1912
Titanic Stories	A LUCKY ESCAPE FROM THE TITANIC - FATHER BROWNE Titanic Stories Hear the story of the man who captured unique photos of Titanic before she sank. He was luckily summoned back to his duties instead of going on the maiden voyage....	12th May 2011
	HENRY BREWER'S WIFE? Robert J.Prewitt 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...
	THOMAS HUGHES 1822-1896 (FATHER OF MRS. LILIAN CARTER) Lilian's father, Thomas Hughes was educated at Oriel College, Oxford. He was a Liberal MP and barrister and spent much time promoting Working Men's Education and the Co-operative movement. He is most well known as author of 'Tom Brown's School...
Daily Mail	REVEALED: HOW HERO FATHER DIED ON TITANIC AFTER LEAVING LIFEBOAT TO FETCH FLASK OF MILK FOR WIFE AND CHILDREN An heroic father perished on the Titanic while his wife and children sang songs to drown out the screams of drowning passengers, it has been revealed.New archives reveal how brave Arthur West helped wife Ada and daughters Constance and Barbara onto a lifeboat before dashing back to their cabin to grab a flask of hot milk for them....	26th March 2009
Western Morning News	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
	1881 CENSUS - LONDON At the time of the 1881 census Lilian Hughes (14) was living with her mother and father, Thomas Hughes (57) and Frances (Fanny) (50) at 80 Park Street, London. The census confirms Lilian's birthplace as within the parish of St George's Hanover...	31st March 1881
Chicago Record-Herald	BUYER FOR NUGENT BROTHERS ON TITANIC Spencer V. Silverthorne, whose name appears among the Titanic passengers on the Carpathia, is a buyer for Nugent Brothers of St. Louis and a brother of Mrs. H. H. Harris, 820 Foster street, Evanston, whose husband is assistant pastor of the First ...	18th April 1912
New York Times	JOHN JACOB ASTOR 3D, 21, COMES INFO VAST FORTUNE Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NEWPORT, R. I., Aug. 14---John Jacob Astor, whose father lost his life in the Titanic disaster twenty-one years ago, reached his majority today and came into possession of the fortune left by his father...	15th August 1933
Chicago Daily News	FATHER OVERCOME WITH JOY FATHER OVERCOME WITH JOY Willaim Haines, a publisher, father of Mrs. Marion Smith, who was reported rescued from the doomed vessel, was prostrated with grief when ...	17th April 1912
Daily Mirror	IN THE TOWN OF SORROW (From our Special Correspondent) Southampton April 29th. Joy and sorrow, elation and depression are mingled in the homes here of the seamen, firemen and stewards of the Titanic. Feelings of compassion for the heroes who died and ...	30th April 1912
	FAMILY INFORMATION Constance's father, David H. Willard (1852-1916) was originally from Wisconsin but when he married to Miss Cora Day (1856-1916), he moved to Minnesota and was employed by his father-in-law at Minneapolis in the lumber business. David W...
	REGINALD GEORGE SMITH & HUGH WALTER MCELROY It is quite likely that Hugh Walter McElroy (purser) and Reginald George Smith (saloon steward) were acquainted as they both had brothers who were Roman Catholic Priests. Father Richard McElroy and Father Aloysius Smith both served to...
Unidentified Newspaper	OLDEST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DEAD AT 100 SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died at 100. Mrs. Haisman died Monday at a nursing home in Southampton, 80 miles southwest of London, her family said. Mrs. Haisman r...	22nd January 1997
	COPY OF LETTER SENT BY MR. KNOWLES'S DAUGHTER Dear Cousin, What a pleasant surprise to receive your letter on November 22nd. I am Thomas Knowles's daughter. My father would have been 104 years old last May, therefore he would, I presume, be the ninth generation. I myse...	28th November 1973
guardian.co.tt	THE UNHEARD STORY OF AMY AND THE TITANIC - TRINIDAD GUARDIAN Amy Pollard was a Guyanese infant who lost her English mother Elizabeth, in Guyana, at the age of one. The year was 1872. Her father William Branch Pollard, was from Demerara, but his ancestors had migrated to, and lived continuously in Barbados from the early 1600’s. William’s father was Barbadian. The Pollards’ ancient origins were Cornwall, England. Amy’s maternal English aunt was Hannah, nee Blackley, the barren wife of the “prince of shipbuilders,” illustrious William Imrie. Along with his partner, a Belfast Irishman—Robert Ismay, many famous sea vessels, including the Titanic, came into being. ...	8th October 2011
Brooklyn Daily Times	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
	MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENE...	1908
Hudson Dispatch	TWO WEST HOBOKEN MEN WERE AMONG VICTIMS ON TITANIC So far as can be learned two of the victims of the Titanic disaster lived in West Hoboken. They are John Ashby, father of Arthur Ashby, of 629 Traphagen street, and Albert Walker, father in law of Charles Robertson, proprietor of the Colonial Theatre...	17th April 1912
New York Times	COMES FOR $250,000 HE RISKED IN WAR Fighting Kept Captain Douglas From Earning $2,500 a Year Prescribed by Will --- BROTHER GETS HIS SHARE --- British Officer on Way to Minneapolis to Lay His Case Before Father's Executor...	19th August 1922
	MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE...	1911
	LETTER FROM CATERINA GILARDINO, NIECE OF VINCENZO GILARDINO I do not know the year Vincenzo Gilardino came to England but it must have been in the last years of the 1800s because in 1901 my father (Paulo) Gustavo, Vincenzo's brother, was sent to England by their father to try + persuade Vincenzo to return to ...
Hudson Observer	CRAZED WITH GRIEF BY FATHER'S DEATH Jersey City Man Whose Father was Aboard the Titanic Taken Into Custody---Driven to the verge of insanity by the thought that his father in allprobability went down with the ill-fated Titanic, Frank Myles, 29 yearsold, liv...	18th April 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	LAST MALE SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DIES One of the last known survivors of the Titanic, Michel Navratil, has died in southern France at the age of 92. He was just three years old when the ship hit an iceberg in the north Atlantic and sank shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912. ...	2nd February 2001
	EDWARD HENRY BAGLEY (RESEARCH ABOUT HIS LIFE) Edward Henry Bagley was born to Edward Bagley and his wife Lucy Bagley (nee Longhurst) on the 4th March 1879. The family lived at 17 Wightman Street, Plaistow, London. His father worked as a labourer at a soap works, and by the time of the boy's bapt...	2003
	AMALGAMATED MUSICIANS' UNION ON ROGER BRICOUX Letter sent by the Amalgamated Musicians' Union to Bricoux' father...	25th June 1912
Chicago Evening Post	ANOTHER CHICAGOAN HIT IN TITANIC WRECK Mrs. Oren E. Taft, Who's in Europe, Loses Her Father, A. A. Stewart, New York...	20th April 1912
	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
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 93. Ervine, father. Grant £25....	March 1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 172. McReynolds, father. Grant £15....	March 1913
	WILLIAM EDWY RYERSON : 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 an...
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND P2 Cairns, Mother and Father 4 shillings per week....	May 1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND P2 Cairns, Mother and Father 4 shillings per week....	May 1913
Daily Mail	THE MAY FAMILY Mrs May, across the way, lost her husband and eldest son. The son was married a year ago and his wife had a baby six weeks ago... Crossing the road I had a talk with the elder Mrs May, a slight, pale woman with dark sorrowful eyes. She ask...	18th April 1912
Semi Weekly Iowegian	TAKEN EAST TO BE DEPORTED - LEFEVRES AND WOMAN AND HER CHILD BEING TAKEN BACK TO NEW YORK TO SAIL FOR FRANCE Appanoose county saw the last of Frank Lefevres, the woman with whom he eloped from France, and one child of each Saturday when they were started to New York in charge of a government official and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Baker who went along to assi...	30th July 1912
Washington Times	MISS GRACIE GOES TO NEW YORK TO GET INFORMATION Worn to a point of desperation by the suspense she has undergone since receiving news that her father, Col. Archibald Gracie, was among those saved from the sea tragedy, Miss Edith Gracie, of 1527 Sixteenth street northwest, gave way to her anxiety t...	17th April 1912
Derbyshire Times	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
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number P. 60. Jarvis, Matthew, father and Elizabeth, mother 7s 0d. weekly....	March 1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 228. Shepherd, Ruth, sister and Jonathan B, father. Both class B dependants....	March 1913
New York Times	MISS EMILY R. CLARKE A PROSPECTIVE BRIDE Cooperstown Girl Betrothed to Danilo Machado of Havana --- Announcement has been made here by Mrs. S. Beach Cooke of Cooperstown, N. Y., of the engagement of her second daughter, Miss Emily Ryerson Hyde Clarke, to Danilo Machado, son of...	4th October 1939
Shoreham Society Newsletter	A TITANIC LINK Little did any of us realise as we beat a path to South Coast Cinema doors to see that blockbuster movie Titanic that it had a Shoreham connection. A prominent Shoreham family lost one of their sons on the so-called ‘unsinkable ship’. Henry Head, ...	April 1998
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND March 1913 Number P. 77. Mudd, Thomas, father and Elizabeth, mother received 7s 0d. weekly....	1913
	BIRTH CERTIFICATE CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH Registration District Southam...	1881
	LILLIAN ASPLUND - AGED 5 YEARS Pictured in 1912, after the Titanic disaster which claimed the life of both her father & 3 brothers - Filip (13), Clarence (9)and her twin Carl (5)....	1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND March 1913 Number P. 92. Stokes, Phillip, father and Sarah, mother, received weekly pension....	1913
New York Times	TIMES "AD" FOR MISSING BOY E. H. Bull of 33 Linden Street, Bayonne, N. J., recognizing the value of the Lost and Found columns of THE NEW YORK TIMES, has inserted an advertisement in it asking for information concerning Arne Salstrom, [sic] a nineteen-year-old Norwegian boy, w...	20th April 1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 319. Barnes, Mrs, Mother. Barnes Mr. Father. Both class G dependants....
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : DAVID BARTON Number P. 301. Barton, Shaw, father, 7s 0d. per week....	March 1913
Cambridge Chronicle	CAMBRIDGE MAN ABOARD It is feared that a Cambridge man was among those who lost their lives, and great anxiety is felt by his parents, who live in Cambridge, and relatives and close friends, as to his safety. We refer to Mr. A. W. Barringer, a native of Cambridge, who we...	19th April 1912
Sphere	LUCIEN P. SMITH'S DECEMBER BABY Mary Eloise Smith pregnant on Titanic...	28th December 1912
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND March 1913 Number 489. Kerley, Mr. Father and Kerley, Mrs, mother. Both class D dependants. ...	1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND Number 22. Tamlyn, Mrs., mother and Mr., father. Both class F dependants.(Son: of Annie and Alfred Tamlyn)....	March 1913
Camden Post-Telegram	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
	ETERNAL FATHER, STRONG TO SAVE The Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" was one of those sung at the hymn service lead by Revd. Ernest Courtenay Carter. William Whiting (1825-1878) wrote the lyrics, in 1860, as a poem for a student about to sail for America. T...
Scannell's New Jersey's First Citizens	JONATHAN H. BLACKWELL Stephen Blackwell's Father...	1917
	THE BLUE PLAQUE Blue Plaque on his old House...
New York Times	WEIR HEIRS' DISPUTE ENDED Estate of Mining Engineer, a Titanic Victim, Now Appraised --- Col. John Weir, the mining engineer, who lost his life in the Titanic disaster, left a net estate of $26,876, part of which consisted of stocks and bonds he had with him on ...	29th April 1914
	CENSUS in the 1900 census, Bess is living with her father Arville, mother Sarah and elder sister Mabel H. it says she was white, female, born in 1886 and was 13 years old, and she was at school....	11th June 1900
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND March 1913 Number 144. Jupe, Mr. father. Jupe, Elizabeth mother. Both class D dependants. [Received 12/6d per week for life.]...	1913
Hampshire Independent	DEATH NOTICE Tamlyn, Frederick Dearly Beloved Son of Alfred and Annie Tamlyn of 20 Upper Southampton Street. Aged 23. Deeply Mourned by His Father and Mother, Brothers and Sisters....	11th May 1912
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF BOOKLET No. 135. (American). Girl, 6 years old, deserted by step-father, was saved by her nurse, on trip to her grandparents in New York. Needed new supply of clothing. ($100)....	1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: EDWARD DODD Number 86 B. Dodd, H. C. father; Dodd, Mrs., mother; Dodd, sister all class B dependants....	March 1913
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND : KANTOR Number P. 64. Kantor. Widow and father received a grant of £100. Insurance claim C64. Life $50,000. Property $2,200 filed by his wife. Annual income $2,500....	March 1913
New York Times	STARTS NEW SEARCH FOR SMART CHILDREN Friend of Man Lost on the Titanic Has Found Many Persons Who Heard Father Speak of Them --- A FORMER QUEST IN VAIN --- Lawyer Ryan Thinks Children Provided for by Mother's Will May Not Want Father's Estate ---...	9th March 1913
The San Francisco Call	RELATIVES HERE AWAIT TIDINGS John Bartholomew, son of John Bartholomew, head of the commissary of the Titanic, is staying at the St. Francis. Young Bartholomew is a traveling agent of a large linen house of England and is here on one of his regular ...	16th April 1912
Totnes Times & Devon News	UGBOROUGH MAN'S GRAPHIC STORY OF THE GREAT OCEAN TRAGEDY This item was almost word for word the same as that reported in the Western Morning News of 29 April 1912. However, in addition the article stated that his father was in the Metropolitan Police at Devonport. ...	4th May 1912
	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
	GRAVESTONE Also of James Wyeth, her father and the beloved husband of Annie Wyeth, who lost his life in the foundering of the S.S. Titanic, April 15th 1912. He giveth his beloved sleep....
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 Times	ARCHIBALD GRACIE Prominent in Washington---His Wife's Whereabouts Not Known --- WASHINGTON , April 15---Archibald Gracie, one of the Titanic's passengers, is well known in Washington and New York society. His wife has recently attracted attention by le...	16th April 1912
Daily Mirror	THE LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR As a 10-week-old baby she was the youngest person to escape the Titanic, lowered overboard in a sack.Now, aged 95, Millvina Dean has become the last survivor of the disaster that killed 1,500 people, including her father....	7th November 2007
	TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK NUMBER 2, SOUTHAMPTON AREA Case number A grant of 5/- per week be paid from the Compassionate Fund to purchase surgical appliances for Mr. Reed (Partially dependent father)....	27th November 1913
Titanic Research	FATHER BROWNE: THE MISSING PHOTOGRAPHS Senan Molony Defamation, anonymity and some missing photographs?...	19th January 2004
Elizabeth Daily Journal	RECOVER MARCH'S BODY On board the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, whicn [sic] is due in Halifax to-morrow with the bodies of nearly 200 dead recovered from the wreckage of the Titanic are the remains of John S. Marsh, of Newark, father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles st...	29th April 1912
New York Times	MR. AND MRS. T. W. CAVENDISH Among the passengers on the Titanic were Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Cavendish of London, and their two children. Mrs. Cavendish is a daughter of Henry Siegel, President of the Simpson-Crawford Company. She was making the trip here to visit her father at his ...	16th 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....
	GENERAL INFORMATION Harper, Miss Nina. Saved in Lifeboat number 11 with her cousin Jessie Leith. Returned to England via SS Celtic, 25th April 1912. Aged 6 years. Later (1934) became Mrs. Pont, died 1986. (Gleaned from the Internet 20th S...
	GRAVESTONE OF EUGENE DALY EUGENE DALY'S gravestone in St Raymond's cemetery, the Bronx. The Titanic survivor, a 'beloved father and grandfather' is said to be "safely home at last." Died October 30, 1965. ...
	1881 CENSUS 1881 Census for Middlesex...	31st March 1881
Unidentified Newspaper	OLDEST TITANIC SURVIVOR PLANS VISIT TO SITE Ceremony will honor tragic sinking BOSTON -- The oldest living survivor of the sinking of the Titanic wants to visit the site this summer and throw a rose into the Atlantic Ocean where her father went down with the ship 84 years ago. ...	10th April 1996
New York Times	VINCENT ASTOR AS HEAD OF HIS FAMILY Would Probably Share $100,000,000 Estate With Stepmother in Event of His Father's Death --- IS NOT YET 21 YEARS OF AGE --- Settlement of $10,000,000 Upon Col. Astor's First Wife Believed to Comprise His Daughter's Share...	17th April 1912
	THE ROSSENDALE BARD FROM ADDERGOOLE Andrew Houston was born in Doonbreedia in the parish of Addergoole, Lahardane, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on 1st May 1849, and would have attended Rathkell National School w...
New York Evening Journal	ASTOR TO DYNAMITE TITANIC A plan to blow up the wreckage of the Titanic with a powerful explosive in order to recover the body of John Jacob Astor, one of the passengers who was carried down, is being seriously considered to-day by Vincent Astor, son of the late Colonel....	20th April 1912
The Evening Telegram	J. BOREBANK KNOWN HERE Newspaper article...	16th April 1912
New York Times	TWO RECEIVE SHARES IN ELKINS 27 MILLION G. D. Widener and Mrs. Dixon of Pennsylvania to Get Income From $13,500,000 --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- NORRISTOWN, Pa., Aug. 10---George D. Widener of Whitemarsh and his sister, Mrs. Eleanor Widener Dixon of E...	11th August 1937
	RN WILLIAMS II BURIAL PLACE Mr. Williams is buried in the cemetery of St. David's Radnor Episcopal Church in Wayne, PA. His wife Sue passed away in 2001 or 2002, and is buried next to him. Next to their grave is a memorial marker for Mr. Williams's father C. Dua...
Atlantic Daily Bulletin	PURSER MCELROY Hugh Walter McElroy was born on 28th October 1874 at 3, Percy Street, Liverpool, the son of Richard McElroy, and his wife Jessie (nee Fox). On Hugh’s certificate his father’s occupation is shown as Shipbuilder, [he was a ships carpenter] and he was k...	April 1999
	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 ...
	BERLIN 1908 (BACK) Berlin, July 16, 1908. "isn't this a fine card? We are having a dandy time, on the go constantly. Leave tomorrow morning and call on your aunt on Thursday. Give my love to your mother father & all. Kiss Grandma, Elsa and Bruder for us. Lots of love from Uncle Henry and Lee"...
Mirror.co.uk	SECRETS OF THE TITANIC SURVIVOR LILLIAN ASPLUND REVEALED For 94 years, Titanic survivor Lillian Asplund refused to speak about the tragedy that had claimed the lives of her father and three brothers.But when she died aged 99, a shoebox was found containing letters, photos and mementos of her family's demise....	28th March 2008
	ANN DEVORE AND MARION BATTEN Mrs. Devore, Mrs. Batten, Speedway Lady and Billy Devore, who was not a passenger aboard the Vestris. he became an automobile racer like his father and competed in the Indianapolis 500....	November 1928
	PARSONS FAMILY INFORMATION Edward Parsons (Chief Storekeeper) was born in Barnstaple, North Devon in 1875. He was the son of James Hill Parsons and Rebecca. One of 6 children his siblings were Edith (b.1865 Bradworthy, Devon), Richard (b.1868 Exeter, Devon), James (b. ...
Unidentified Newspaper	DODGE In this city, June 30, 1919, Dr. Washington Dodge, beloved husband of Ruth Dodge, father of Henry W., Washington, Jr. and Vida Dodge, a native of California, aged 60 years. Friends are invited to attend the funeral service at 10 o'clock Thursday morn...	1st July 1919
Daily Home News	VAN BILLIARD BOYS MAY HAVE STUCK TO FATHER Relatives, However, Hope That They May Be Among the Titanic Waifs in New York---Father Was Returning Home With Many Diamonds. ---------- Many tales of heroism displayed by men, women and children aboard the Steamer Titanic during the la...	23rd April 1912
	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...
Dorset Echo	AUTHOR TELLS OF MEETING WITH LAST TITANIC SURVIVOR Roger Hardingham, of Osmington Mills, met with Millvina Dean, 97, two weeks ago after finishing her biography and was planning a dinner event with her as the guest of honour. ...	5th June 2009
Drogheda Independent	LOCAL FAMILY UNCOVER A PIECE OF HISTORY WITH TITANIC PAPER A local family has uncovered a piece of history after finding a newspaper chronicling the aftermath of the titanic sinking and a will for a man with the same name as their father....	7th August 2008
New York Times	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
	MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: GOODWIN 1894 Marriage Solemnnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of...	25th December 1894
	AMERICAN RED CROSS EMERGENCY AND RELIEF FUND Case number 13. (English). A boy, seventeen years of age, coming to join his father and work with him as a gardener, was lost. His mother, 46 years of age, and another son, 23, and a daughter 14, were in England. The mother was completely broken down...	1913
New York Times	ROEBLING IS EXCUSED FROM JURY Special to The New York Times --- TRENTON, N. J., April 16---When the panel for the April term of the United States Grand Jury reported to-day, Charles G. Roebling, President of the John A. Roebling Sons Company, and father of Washingto...	17th April 1912
Western Mail	SWANSEA VALLEY VICTIMS It now transpires that the Titanic has claimed another victim from the Swansea Valley. In addition to Mr. W. J. Rogers, whose name appeared in the list of passengers in the Western mail in the early part of the week, it seems that he was accompanied ...	20th April 1912
Exeter Flying Post	THE TITANIC DISASTER At a special meeting of the St. David’s (Exeter) District Committee of the National Deposit Friendly Society a vote of condolence was passed with Mr. and Mrs. Dyer in the loss of their son in the Titanic disaster. The deceased was a member of the St...	27th April 1912
Chicago Daily News	CHARLES WILLIAMS OBITUARY Williams—Charles Williams passed away Oct. 27, beloved husband of Lois Williams, fond father of Eugene, Ninian, John, Dorothy, Jean and Hilda. Funeral services Wed., Oct. 30th, at 2 pm, from residence, 5524 Lakewood av. Interment Rosehill ce...	29th October 1935
	MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reporte...	23rd July 1912
Western Daily Mercury	A SIDMOUTH FAMILY. FATHER DROWNED: WIFE & CHILDREN SAVED Mr. and Mrs. Dean, of Branscombe near Sidmouth, with their two children, were passengers in the Titanic. Mrs. Dean and children were among the saved, but Mr. Dean perished....	23rd April 1912
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW Mr Turpin, of Plymouth, who was employed at Salt Lake City, came home with his wife last August principally for the purpose of seeing Mrs Turpin's father Mr Wonnacott, of Endsleigh Place, Plymouth. Mr Turpin's mother lives in Beaumont Road, Plymouth...	17th April 1912
Beneath This Stone	BOOKLET ABOUT CLEWER CHURCHYARD OWEN GEORGE ALLUM was a passenger on the "unsinkable" White Star Liner, Titanic which struck an ice berg and sank on her maiden voyage. Owen Allum was one of the 1,489 whose lives were lost. He had lived at Gerald Villas, Vansittart Road, Wind...
Salford Reporter	THE FUNERAL OF MR ARTHUR GEE AN ACCOUNT OF HIS CAREER The remains of Mr. Arthur Gee, who was one of the passengers who lost their lives in the Titanic disaster were laid to rest on Monday afternoon in the graveyard of St. Johns Church the Height. Mr. Arthur Gee was born at the Height 47 years ago, his f...	23rd May 1912
Newark Star	GIRL SAYS FATHER SAVED HER IN WRECK Miss Lillian Cribb Led Through Passageways on Titanic to Lifeboat --- To the rare presence of mind of her father, John H. Cribb, who lost his life when the Titanic sank, Miss Lillian M. Cribb, 17 years old, believes she owes her life. C...	20th April 1912
Liverpool Echo	AMONG THE MISSING One of the Titanic’s first-class passengers not yet accounted for is Mr. W. H. Parr, a young electrical engineer, whose wife, with her infant child, is now in Northwich on a visit to her father, Mr. Joseph Poole, a guardian over-seer and a well-known...	17th April 1912
Hampshire Independent	IN MEMORIAM Sacred to the memory of our dear boy Herbert Jupe, electrician, who lost his life at his duties on the foundering of the SS Titanic. . . Lost to sight, but to memory very dear. From his father and mother. Absent in body, present in spirit. ...	17th April 1915
Primitive Methodist Leader	OUR BOYS ON THE 'TITANIC' April 1912 There were three of them sailed with her - Percy (Bailey), Harry (Cotterill) and George (Hocking). The first named we knew well, for although all were brought up in our Sunday school the latter two had ceased attending regu...	1912
Western Morning News	EDGAR & FRED GILES, PORTHLEVEN Edgar Giles, aged 20, his brother Fred, aged 22, well behaved young men, had been in the employ of Mr. Wells, of the posting establishment, Porthleven. Both sailed in the Titanic, going to join another brother at Camden. The father has been unable ...	17th April 1912
Le Figaro	MR. WIDENER Mr. Widener's father was Mr. Peter A. Widener, the Philadelphia millionnaire, who recently bought a famous painting, Le Moulin (the Mill), from marquess of Lansdowne. ---------- Original French article ---------- M. Wide...	18th April 1912
	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 ...
	ACCOUNT BY GERALD DUQUEMIN His brother, Gerald, of Capelle's Building Stores, Guernsey, takes up the story: ''I was only ten years old at the time the Titanic went down but I can remember very well what results the sinking brought home. We heard about it on the ...
	MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were reported toget...	23rd July 1912
	MINUTE BOOK OF THE WHITE STAR COMPANY The White Star Company had a Committee meeting on 23rd July 1912 at 10 Winter Street, Liverpool at 11.55am. Present Mr. J. Bruce Ismay (in the chair) and others. During the meeting it was announced that the following cases were...	23rd July 1912
Voyage	MAGGIE MADIGAN - AN IRISH IMMIGRANT'S DREAMS UNFULFILLED Robert L. Bracken ...	1st January 2005
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
Leatherhead, Advertiser, Epsom District Times and County Post	WRECK OF THE TITANIC LITTLE GIRLS ACCOUNT Mrs. Tate, of Elm Villas, Leatherhead, has just received from her daughter (Mrs. Collyer) a copy of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, containing an account of the wreck of the Titanic, as depicted by her daughter Margery, eight years of age. It will be remem...	18th May 1912
	BAPTISM REGISTER, ST KEVERNE CHURCH, CORNWALL The Baptism Register of St. Keverne Church shows that John Richard Jago Smith was baptised at the parish church on 31 December 1877. His father was John Smith, farmer of Trevithian and his mother was Mary Augusta Smith....	1877
New York Times	F. J. MCCARTY Marlene Tromp Michael McCarty, father of Frederick J. McCarty, was also a steward. He arrived in New York on the Allan Line steamer Victoria on April 23, 1912, seeking information about his son. Michael's ship passed through the same ice field that ...	23rd April 1912
New York Times	BOY WIRELESS SAVED THEM Rescues Resulted from Coltain's [sic] Untiring Devotion to Duty --- Harold Thomas Cottam, the wireless operator of the Carpathia, through whose efforts more than to any one [sic] else the saving of a part of the Titanic's passengers wa...	19th April 1912
	OREGON'S ONLY FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS: THE WARRENS John Lamoreau Frank and Anna Warren were the only first class passengers on the Titanic from the state of Oregon. They were returning from Europe after a three month celebration of their 40th wedding anniversary. Frank Warren may wel...
Worcester News	ELLEN ASHES JOIN TITANIC VICTIM DAD The ashes of Mrs Walker, who married twice and had a son, were scattered off Cataclew Point, on the north Cornish coast, by the RNLI lifeboat Spirit of Padstow. Mrs Walker, known as Betty, died at Red Hill Nursing Home, Worces-ter, last year. Among those at the ceremony was north Cornwall auxiliary coastguard Ian Fuller, who became a friend to Mrs Walker when she lived next door to his father. He said: She kept all the cuttings about the Titanic that she could collect, and I believe she had a cabin key from the ship....	3rd November 2006
	EDWARD THOMAS STONE FAMILY INFORMATION Edward Thomas Stone was born in 1882/83 in Shirley, Southampton. He himself quotes his birthplace as Cornwall when signing on Titanic but this appears to be erroneous. (It is currently assumed that he lived there for a while when young). He was the ...
New York Times	COL. THOMAS POTTER, JR. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Dec. 2---Col. Thomas Potter, Jr., a wealthy oilcloth manufacturer of Philadelphia, died here to-night. Mrs. Potter, Wilson Potter, his son, and Mrs. Allen Earnshaw, his daughter, were at the bedside when the end came. When Col...	3rd December 1910
	KATE PHILLIPS' DAUGHTER'S STORY (CONCEIVED ON TITANIC CLAIM) Submitted by Senan Molony...
Royal Purple	"THE UNKNOWN CHILD" OF THE TITANIC After the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, seamen recovered a 2-year-old boy from the water who would be known as “the unknown child” for years to come. It took more than 92 years for US Armed Forces DNA identification scientists and researchers to correctly identify “the unknown child” as Sidney Leslie Goodwin, who was aboard the maiden voyage with his mother Augusta, father Frederick, and five siblings Lilian (16), Charles (15), William (14), Jessie (12) and Harold (11)....	22nd November 2011
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
New York Times	EASTON [DEATH NOTICE] Suddenly, at the New York Hospital, on Thursday, Oct. 4, in the fifty-ninth year of his age, Dr. Charles Daniel Easton, dearly beloved husband of Margaret Hays Easton, father of Polly and Peggy Easton, son of the late Daniel C. and Florence Leach Eas...	6th October 1934
Scottish Field	THE FIRST OFFICER OF THE TITANIC Graham Kirkpatrick 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
	FAY FAMILY GRAVESTONE In loving memory of our dear father, Andrew Fay, beloved husband of Mary, who died 14th October 1914 aged 58 years "Sweet Heart of Jesus be my Salvation" also Thomas, son of the above who lost his life on the Tita...
	FAMILY INFORMATION Edith's father was Cadwalader Evans (1847-1880). He married to Angeline B. Corse (b. 1847), the eldest daughter of Israel Corse jr. (1819-1885) and Catherine Ketchum (1828-1906), on 28th May 1872. Their first daughter, Lena Cadwalader...
Foxnews.com	LAST US SURVIVOR OF TITANIC DISASTER DIES AT 99 BOSTON - Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, has died, a funeral home said Sunday. She was 99. Asplund, who was just 5 years old, lost her father and three brothers - including a fraternal twin - when the "practically unsinkable" ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg.She died Saturday at her home in Shrewsbury, said Ronald E. Johnson, vice president of the Nordgren Memorial Chapel in Worcester, Mass....	7th May 2006
New York Times	CHARLES G. ROEBLING, BRIDGE BUILDER., DIES Engineer and Philanthropist, Head of John A. Roebling's Sons Co. Expires in Trenton at 69 --- Charles Gustavus Roebling, millionaire philanthropist and engineer, who, with his brother, Washington Augustus Roebling, completed the constru...	6th October 1918
Newark Evening News	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
The Times	MILLVINA DEAN, LAST LIVING SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC, DIES AGED 97 Nearly a century after she was rescued from the decks of the sinking Titanic, the last remaining survivor of the disaster has died, aged 97....	31st May 2009
Southern Daily Echo	MILLVINA DEAN TO BE BURIED TODAY Mourners are due to gather in Southampton to say a final farewell to Millvina Dean, the last remaining survivor of the Titanic disaster, today. Millvina, who died aged 97, was the youngest passenger on board the illfated White Star liner when the ship left on her maiden voyage from Southampton in April, 1912 The funeral service at Southampton Crematorium was set to include the seafarers' hymn Eternal Father, Strong to Save, which includes the famous chorus: For those in peril on the sea....	16th June 2009
	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
	MARY MANGAN'S GOLD WATCH A memorial to the Addergoole Fourteen was erected in St Patrick's Church in Lahardane in April 2002 for the ninetieth commemoration. It is sited near to where the old baptismal font stood. The marble memorial is in the background of this p...
	FAMILY INFORMATION Harry Cotterill's father, Thomas Cotterill died in November 1898, aged 45. He was buried in Penzance Cemetery. Harry's mother died on 6 June 1940, aged 81 and was buried with her husband, there is no gravestone marker. Her administration repo...
	MEMORIAL ON GRAVESTONE In Loving Memory of RICHARD ALLSOP died 30 November 1829 Aged 35 and of JAMES ALLSOP son of the above born 1 September 1827 died 6 April 1917 also of FRANK RICHARD ALLSOP so...
New York Times	MORGAN HOME FROM EUROPE Financier Refuses to Discuss Business or Politics J. Pierpont Morgan returned yesterday on the White Star liner Olympic from his seven months' stay abroad. He was met at Quarantine by his son, J. P. Morgan, Jr., who ha...	25th July 1912
	LETTER FROM FRASER'S DAUGHTER ''I was only two years old at the time and my brother six weeks old, my mother died at the age of forty-nine. When war was declared my brother James choose to serve in the Navy. After a short training at HMS Collingwood, I think I am correct in sa...	1991
	DYER FAMILY INFORMATION Henry Ryland Dyer, or Harry, was born in Jhansi, India on 21 December 1887 during the time that his father was serving with the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment as a Quartermaster Sergeant. Harry’s father, Henry Thomas Dyer was born a...
	LETTER TO HIS SON FRANK, WRITTEN ON BOARD AND POSTED AT QUEENSTOWN Dear Frank, I hope that you got to Belfast all right and started work on time, I got your wire from Liverpool. We have made a good run from Southampton everything working A1, we nearly had a collision with the New York and Oceanic when ...	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 ...
ABC News	PLUNDERING THE TITANIC The last British survivor of the Titanic disaster condemned black-market dealers today, after it emerged that relics from the world-famous shipwreck were up for sale. Millvina Dean, 94, of Hampshire, England, who was just an infant when the ship went down, said the sale of items from the Titanic was "awfully wrong" and showed the greed of those involved. "My father [who died on the ship] is still on there," she said to ABC News. "It's awfully wrong to take things especially from a ship where so many people perished. I don't suppose these people thought of that. ¢€¦ They just thought of the money." ...	31st October 2006
Western Morning News	TITANIC DISASTER, WESTCOUNTRY PASSENGERS AND CREW A Truro passenger, Charles P Fillbrook, resided at Charles Street, with his parents, was on his way to join an uncle at Howder County, Michigan, with the intention of becoming a miner, or of following his trade as a painter. He had not long finished...	18th April 1912
Chicago Tribune	RAYMOND A. STRAUBE : OBITUARY Raymond A. Straube, beloved husband of Ann F., nee Mc Gowan; loving father of Jacqueline Komay, Mary A. Kapolnek, and the late France King; devoted grandfather of nine, including Raymond R., Robert A., and Arthur W. Kopp; great-grandfath...	4th July 1965
Atlantic Daily Bulletin	JACK BUTTERWORTH Brian J. Ticehurst 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
Elizabeth Daily Journal	FUNERAL OF TITANIC VICTIM The body of John F. Marsh, superintendent of mails on the steamer Titanic and the father of Mrs. John A. Corwin, of 261 Stiles street, this city, will be taken to the home of his daughter, Miss Nettie Marsh, of 50 Emmett street, Newark, when it arriv...	30th April 1912
New York Times	MRS. ASTOR IS ILL, BUT NOT CRITICALLY Alarming Reports as to Her Condition Formally Denied by Secretary --- VINCENT ASTOR STILL HOPES --- Mrs. Henry B. Harris Slowly Regaining Her Strength --- Robert W. Daniel Receives Friends at...	20th April 1912
Washington Times	MISS GRACIE HEARS FATHER IS AMONG PASSENGERS SAVED Capital Resident Said to Be Aboard the Carpathia With Others Taken From the Titanic --- STEAMER IS NOW HEADED FOR SOME AMERICAN PORT --- Col. Archibald Gracie, 1627 Sixteenth street, is saved from the wreck of the Titanic ...	16th April 1912
Rahway Daily Record	SERVICES FOR ARTHUR KEEFE Solemn Requiem High Mass Is Celebrated At St. Mary's Chrch Today ---------- In memory of Arthur Keefe, who went down when the steamer Titanic foundered, a solemn requiem high mass was celebrated in St. Mary's church this morning...	24th April 1912
San Francisco Chronicle	DR. DODGE AND HIS FAMILY ARE SAFE Page 1 Assessor Sends Two Messages From Carpathia to His Son Here-- Mayor Wires Reply Relieving the deep anxiety of his relatives and thousands of friends in this city, Dr. Washington Dodge, Assessor of San Francisco, ...	18th April 1912
Canada.com	LILLIAN GERTRUD ASPLUND, LAST U.S. SURVIVOR OF TITANIC SINKING, DEAD AT 99 Lillian Gertrud Asplund, the last American survivor of the sinking of the Titanic, has died, family and friends said Sunday. She was 99.Asplund, who was five years old that night in 1912, lost her father and three brothers - including a fraternal twin - when the "practically unsinkable" ship went down in the North Atlantic after hitting an iceberg. "She even said she saw the ship slip into the water," said Philip Maloof, her lawyer and close friend. "She was the last one (left) in the world to actually see the disaster." ...	8th May 2006
'Berth 44'	CARL SPENCER ~ A TRAGIC LOSS Sunday 24 May 2009, whilst diving on the wreck of the Britannic, 37 year old Carl Spencer part of the expedition team exploring the wreck site in the Agean sea, 150 nautical miles south-east of Athens, was taken ill with Decompression sickness (the bends). Carl was airlifted to a Naval hospital in Athens but never regained consciousness, he was pronounced dead at the military medical facility. Carl father of two was from from Burton-on-trent, Staffordshire, I only met him once, he will be a great loss to us all, our deepest sympathy to his family....	25th May 2009
Newark Evening News	CLINGING TO HOPE SON DIDN'T SAIL ON TITANIC Although nothing has been heard from W. Hull Botsford, the member of the Orange Y. M. C. A., whose name appeared on the list of passengers on the Titanic, his parents have not given up hope. His father and mother live in Elmira. N. Y., and during th...	23rd April 1912
	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...
	PERSONAL INFORMATION Miss Hildur Elisabeth Hirvonen, 2, was born in Finland on 15th February 1910 as the daughter of Alexander Hirvonen and Helga Elisabeth Lindqvist. She lived in Taalintelidas, Finland. Hildur boarded as a third class passenger at Southa...	1912
Jersey Journal	BAYONNE MAN SAVED, HOBOKEN BOY LOST Joy and Sorrow in Hudson County Homes---Son of Victim Temporarily Insane from Grief ---------- With the latest revision of the lists of saved and lost from the Titanic disaster, joy and sorrow were brought to several ho...	18th April 1912
Washington Herald	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
Herald News	SCIENTIST DECRIES HUGE TITANIC AUCTION He said he agrees with Hart, who last saw her father when he wrapped her in a blanket and placed her in a lifeboat with her mother. Hart, who died in 1996, equated taking artifacts from the Titanic site to robbing graves in a cemetery. Blasco said such a thing would never be allowed on land, and watery graves such as the Titanic site should be treated the same as gravesites on land. He likened the American company’s actions to driving a truck into a cemetery, taking things from gravesites and selling them....	16th January 2012
New York Times	ASTOR WEDDING DAY NOT SET Col. Astor Spends Day in Boston Looking Over Quarters for Son --- Col. John Jacob Astor, who arrived on the Noma Wednesday morning with his fiancée, Miss Madeleine Force, and her father, W. H. Force, spent most of yesterday in Boston lo...	1st September 1911
New York Times	TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES Mrs. Edith Temple Gracie Adams, wife of Captain Dunbar Adams, and daughter of the late Colonel Archibald Gracie of Washington, died Tuesday of pneumonia, following influenza, at the Nursery and Child's Hospital. Mrs. Adams was a survivor of the Tita...	2nd January 1919
Chicago Tribune	SHOTGUN ENDS STUDENT'S LIFE; JILTED, THEORY “Frat” Brothers Scout Talk of Suicide. While police and University of Chicago authorities yesterday wavered between a theory of accident and suicide in explanation of the shooting to death of John B. Min...	3rd February 1923
Geneva Times	MRS BERTHA CHRISTENSEN DIES - TITANIC SURVIVOR Mrs. Bertha Christensen. 82 of 88 White Springs Rd., one of the few remaining survivors of the Titanic, which went down April 14 1912 in the Atlantic Ocean, died this morning at Geneva General Hospital. The Bennett Funeral Home is in charge of...	30th September 1976
New York Times	MRS. S. BEACH COOKE Special to The New York Times --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., June 25---Mrs. Emily Borie Ryerson Cooke, widow of S. Beach Cooke, an artist and writer, died today of a cerebral hemorrhage at Ringwood, her home here. She was 66 years old. ...	26th June 1960
New York Times	C. E. H. STENGEL, TITANIC SURVIVOR C. E. Henry Stengel, member of the firm of Stengel & Rothschild, manufacturer of leather, died yesterday at his home 109 Lincoln Park, Newark, of pneumonia. He was one of the Titanic survivors. Mr. Stengel was 56 years old and was born in Newark. ...	20th April 1914
Hopewell Herald	MRS. EMILY THOMAS BLACKWELL Mrs. Emily Thomas Blackwell wife of Stephen Weart Blackwell of New York City was buried in the Old School Baptist Churchyard in this place saturday afternoon. The funeral was held from the residents of ex-Senator...	19th December 1906
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND From the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913: Number 36. Bennett, Mr. Father. Bennett Mrs. Mother. From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, Southampton Area: Date 23rd April 1914. Case...
Hudson Observer	WEST HOBOKEN MAN A PASSENGER ON THE LOST STEAMER John Ashby, of Traphagen street, West Hoboken, is on the list of second cabin passengers of the ill-fated Titanic and so far his name has not appeared among those of the rescued. He was returning from England to his son-in-law and two daughters in No...	17th April 1912
Southern Daily Echo	MILLVINA DEAN, LAST SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES She died this morning after being cared for at a nursing home in Woodlands, in the New Forest. ...	31st May 2009
New York Times	SEALBY DEFENDS ISMAY Tribute from Republic’s Captain, Who Served Father and Son 25 Years --- Special to The New York Times ...	22nd April 1912
Ontario Vital Records	SPENCER VICTOR SILVERTHORNE BIRTH RECORD E.R.Barclay, Registrar Ontario birth record for Spencer Victor Silverthorne...	17th October 1876
New York Times	JOHN RYERSON John Ryerson, an amateur golfer and one of last survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, died Tuesday at a nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was 87 years old. Mr. Ryerson was born in Chicago, a scion of the Ryerson steel...	24th January 1986
	PENNAL FAMILY INFORMATION Thomas Frederick Pennal (to use his full and correct names) was known as Frederick and because of uncertainty with his surname, for example, he appears on the Titanic Engagement Sheet as F. Pumal (Ref. No 178, 1st Class Victualling Dept.) he has unti...
NY Daily News (4/20/08	TITANIC TICKET MAKES WAVES A ticket for the Titanic's ill-fated voyage belonging to the last survivor with memories of the disaster sold for $65,772 at a British auction. Lillian Asplund who died in 2006 at the age of 99 was just five years old when the Titanic hit an iceber and sank during her maiden voyage from England to New York. Her father and three siblings were among the 1500 people who died. Asplund was the last American survivor of the disaster and the last with memories of it. Asplund's ticket--bought by a collector from the United States--was among 364 items sold at auction....	20th April 2008
	LETTER FROM SARAH GILL TO THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA Stamp: RECEIVED Mrs. J. Gill AUG 3 1912 3 Griffin Road Provincial Secretary's Clevedon Office Somerset E...
Washington Times	COL. GRACIE TO BE MET IN NEW YORK BY HIS DAUGHTER Rescued Man Was Returning From Trip to Europe Taken In Search of Health --- Col. Archibald Gracie, whose rescue from the Titanic is indicated by all the lists of passengers saved, made the trip abroad on account of poor health, it is st...	18th April 1912
	6 AND 7 LEMON STREET, TRURO 6&7 Lemon Street, the location of Netherton & Worth, the firm which Ada's father was a partner of....
Voice	FORGOTTEN TITANIC HERO WHO SAVED HIS FAMILY Haitian Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche is not mentioned among the 1912 press descriptions of the Titanic disaster, but he is the only black man who was aboard the luxury ship when it hit an iceberg and went down on April 15, 1912, killing 1,500 passengers. ...	15th June 2009
The New York Times	THINKS TIMES LIST SAVED FATHER'S LIFE Survivor Says Aged Man Got Hope from Interpretation of Faulty Wireless Message --- 'WILLIAMS' MEANT 'WILHEMS' --- ...	21st April 1912
New York Herald	TITANIC SURVIVORS KEEP THEIR WEDDING QUIET Mrs. E. H. Smith and Mr. R. W. Daniel Married in New York Last August --- [SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Monday---Mrs. Eloise Hughes Smith, survivor of the Titanic disaster, was married August 18 ...	27th October 1914
Chicago Daily Journal	PITIFUL APPEALS FOR NEWS AT OFFICE HERE UNGRATIFIED Heartrending appeals for information concerning the dead or rescued from the Titanic poured into the Chicago offices of the White Stair line, throughout the day. Men, Women and children telephoned the offices at LaSalle and Washington stre...	17th April 1912
	HODGE FAMILY INFORMATION Charles Hodge (Snr. Asst. 3rd Engineer) was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1884. He was the son of Alfred and Emily Hodge. The 1891 census has the family living at 6 Princess Street in Plymouth and it was here that Charles' father ran his bakery ...
Detroit Journal	MRS. JANE QUICK Mrs. Jane Quick, wife of Frederick Quick 383 Brooklyn Avenue, with her two daughters, one aged eight and the other three years, all survivors of the Titanic, also arrived on the same train with Mrs Hamlin. ''Jane''! cried a mans voice as Mrs....	20th April 1912
	HOLD FAMILY INFORMATION In this article, to avoid confusion, the Stephen Hold lost on Titanic is referred to as Stephen jnr and his father as Stephen snr. Porthoustock in the parish of St Keverne is a small fishing village located close to the southern tip of...
Cornishman	SAFETY OF A HAYLE MAN - MR. SAMUEL RULE Capt. Rule of Hayle, has received a telegram from his niece announcing the safety of his brother, Mr. Samuel Rule, chief steward of the Titanic. The telegram reads as follows:- ‘Anfield, Liverpool,-To Rule, Carnsew, Hayle. Fath...	18th April 1912
North American	NORTH WALES VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC ARRIVE NORTH WALES, Pa., May 7---The bodies of Austin Van Billiard and one of his children, lost on the Titanic, which were picked up at sea by the Mackay-Bennett, reached here today and will be buried on Wednesday from the residence of his father, Burgess ...	8th May 1912
	1881 CENSUS - LIVERPOOL Hugh Richard Walter McElroy was born at 3 Percy Street, Liverpool on 28 October 1874. He was the son of Richard R. McElroy and Jessie (formerly Fox). At the time of the 1881 census he was living at 6 Eversley Street, Toxteth, Liverpool with h...	1881
	FAMILY GRAVESTONE For the love of the sacred heart pray for the soul of Alicia Ashcroft who died 27th March 1891 aged 69 years. also Austin Aloysius, grandson of the above lost in the Titanic 15th April 1912 aged 2...
Semi Weekly Iowegian	MYSTIC MAN LOSES WIFE AND CHILDREN - MRS. FRANK LEFEBRE COMING ON TITANIC FROM FRANCE REPORTED AMONG THOSE MISSING Frank Lefebre, of Mystic, has almost given away to despair of ever seeing his wife and four children who were on board the ill fated Titanic. They were coming from France to join him after separation of a year while he worked hard in the mines to ...	19th April 1912
The Times	COMMANDER C. H. LIGHTOLLER Commander C. H. Lightoller died at his home at Twickenham yesterday at the age of 78. He was for many years with the White Star Line and was second officer in the Titanic when on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1912 she struck and iceb...	9th December 1952
	CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN HERBERT JUPE'S FATHER AND THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, NOVA SCOTIA July 19th 1912 74 Bullar Road Bitterne Park Southampton Dear Sir, I have been informed by Mr. F. Blake, Superintendent Engineer of the White Star Lines, Trafalgar Chambers, Southampton, that the body...	19th July 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 ...
Chicago Daily Tribune	MERCHANT FAINTS FROM JOY page 3 Business Man Swoons on Learning Relatives Were Rescued from Titanic Wreck Aurora, Ill., April 17- [Special]- Oscar W. Johnson, 32 years old, a business man living at St. Charles, Ill., fell over in a dead faint ...	18th April 1912
Chicago Examiner	MISTAKEN FOR WOMAN; FORCED INTO LIFEBOAT Hartford, Conn., Apr. 18--Resolved to die after having done his utmost to aid in placing the women and children of the Titanic aboard the lifeboats Councilman William T. Sloper, clad in a white night robe, was himself taken for a woman and thru...	19th April 1912
	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 ...
Free Press	THE TITANIC FUND During the last week it has transpired that one of the bandsmen on board the Titanic was a man named J. W. Woodward, who was born and educated at Hill Top, West Bromwich. Woodward's father was at one time manager of the Hill Top Foundry, and W...	26th April 1912
	PASCOE FAMILY INFORMATION Charles was born on the 18 March 1867 in the village of Breage, a few miles west of Helston in south-west Cornwall. He was baptised at the parish church on 18 August 1867 and was the son of Anthony and Jane Anne Pascoe. (The 1881 UK census shows his...
New York Times	SEEK THE CHILDREN OF TITANIC VICTIM John M. Smart's Son and Daughter at School in Europe, Ignorant of Father's Fate --- HE HAD JUST VISITED THEM --- But Said Nothing of His Personal Affairs to His New York Business Associates --- By Marconi Tra...	5th June 1912
New York Times	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
	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Brian J. Ticehurst 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...
Worcester Telegram	FOUR OF THE ASPLUNDS ARE TITANIC VICTIMS Searching dilligently in New York Thursday night and all day yesterday at the pier where the rescued passengers of the ill-fated Titanic were delivered Thursday night by the Cunard liner, Carpathia, John Carlson, 193 Vernon Street, a brother-in-law o...	20th April 1912
	CHARLES VALENTINE CLARKE Charles was born on St Valentine’s Day in 1883. His parents were Harry Clarke and his wife Jane Emma (nee Hall). He was born in Cosham, (which was in the district of Widley at that time), Portsmouth in Hampshire. The family home was a public house ca...
New York Times	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 ...	29th October 1910
St. Paul Pioneer Press	JOHN P. SNYDER, 71, DIES ON GOLF COURSE John Pillsbury Snyder, 71, longtime Minneapolis automotive firm owner, died of a heart attack while playing golf Wednesday at Woodhill Country club. He owned and operated Snyder Garage, Inc., in Minneapolis for 43 years before retiring in ...	23rd July 1959
Trenton Evening Times	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
	THE MILLER'S SON Albert Barker was born in the village of King's Worthy on the River Itchen in Hampshire, just a few miles upstream from the dock where Titanic would begin its voyage 19 years later. His father was a miller at nearby Abbot's W...
	MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND: JAMES SMITH (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 681. Smith, John, father. Class B dependent. (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 227. Smith, Hannah Davidson, widow. Child: Ian...	March 1913
Torquay Times	ECHO OF THE TITANIC DISASTER : STRANGE STORY OF MAN WITH TWO NAMES There was an echo of the Titanic disaster at the Torquay County Court on Saturday, when Mr E Hutchings made an application under the Workmen’s Compensation Act on behalf of George Barnhouse, an old age pensioner, residing at Arch Row, Stenti...	25th April 1913
Surrey Advertiser and County Times	AN ASHTEAD VICTIM SAFE AGAINST ANYTHING BUT AN ICEBERG Another Surrey passenger on the Titanic was Mr. George H. Hunt, head-gardener at Ashtead Park. Mr. Hunt, who has for about four years been working in Philadelphia as head-gardener on a large estate, and who has a wife and two children living in that ...	April 1912
New York Times	COMFORT FOR OSCAR STRAUS Messages of Sympathy from Every Part of the World --- Oscar S. Straus has been deeply touched by the scores of cablegrams, telegrams, and letters which he has received, each bearing its message of sympathy and paying warm tribute to the...	21st April 1912
	ANNIE MCGOWAN'S AGE The purpose of this note is to clarify Annie McGowan's age in the absence of a birth certificate. It was put together after reading several pieces of information on this site and other sources that can easily be construed from the t...
New York Times	MISS RYERSON TO WED Titanic Survivor Is Engaged to George Hyde Clark --- Special to The New York Times --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Sept. 4---Mrs. Arthur Ryerson of Chicago and Philadelphia announced today the engagement of her daughter, Miss Emil...	5th September 1915
	MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE Page 77 (Coat of Arms) Certificate...	14th February 1912

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