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	ELEANOR JOHNSON SHUMAN IN HER ELGIN, ILLINOIS HOME Survivor...	August 1997
Pittsburgh Post	MR. AND MRS. ALBERT C. CALDWELL Dr. C.S. Caldwell, 2219 Woodstock Avenue, Swissvale (suburb of Pittsburgh) fears that his cousin and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Caldwell, of near Monmouth, Illinois, are among the missing. Mr. Caldwell had been teaching English in Siam. ...	18th April 1912
	GENERAL INFORMATION Stokes, Mr. Phillip Joseph. Missing. c/o Thomas Cook & Son, Ludgate Circus, London, UK. Lived at 91 Hawstead Road, Catford, S.E. c/o Thomas Cook & Son, Paris, France. Bricklayer. En route to uncle Mr. Phillip O'Grady, Kewanee, Illinois. Aged 25 yea...
Belfast Newsletter	TICKET FOR TITANIC MAIDEN VOYAGE UNCOVERED A pristine ticket for the Titanic's ill-fated maiden voyage has been uncovered by a woman trying to trace her Ulster roots. The unused ticket belonged to the grandmother of Illinois woman Margaret Hallem, who produced it at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC while checking up on her Ulster roots....	10th July 2007
Worcester Evening Gazette	BOY'S PRAYER FOR LIFE ANSWERED New York, April 19- Edward Dorking, an English boy who was on his way aboard the Titanic to an Illinois farm and who saved himself by jumping from the deck, told today of the last minutes of the doomed vessel. "Three of us young fellows were standing...	20th April 1912
	EDWINA TROUTT AND JAMES CORRIGAN 1955 The marriage between Edwina Troutt Petersen and James Corrigan took place on July 23, 1955. It was the second marriage for both the bride and groom. ...	1955
	GENERAL INFORMATION ON MR. WILLER (WELLER) Weller, Mr. Aaron. (also listed as Harry Willer). Missing. En route to his wife at 1330 South Halstead Street, Chicago, Illinois. From Russia. Tailor aged 37 years (Aaron Weller). Had lived in America for several years but returned to London after fa...
Chicago Tribune	SISTER AND BROTHER LOST? Rockford, Ill., April 16.--- [Special.]---Curt Lustig and his sister, Dagmar Lustig, both of Skara, Sweden, were second class passengers on the Titanic. Their names appear on the sailing list as Carl and Dagmar Bryl. They were coming to ...	17th April 1912
Rockford Register Gazette	COUSIN OF DR. O'LOUGHLIN Myron McSweeney of the Rockford Life Insurance Company office force was a near relative of Dr. W. F. N. O'Loughlin, chief surgeon of the Titanic. Dr. O'Loughlin was the dean of the medical staff of the White Star Line. As he...	16th April 1912
Buda Plain Dealer	TITANIC SURVIVOR Edward Dorking, the young man from Oglesby who survived the terrible experiences of the "Titanic" disaster, will speak in Opera Hall in Buda, Saturday evening May 18. He gave his first address in Princeton, where it was heard with intense interest, f...	17th May 1912
	RED CROSS REPORT AND MEMORIAL McGowan, Annie, Miss (later Mrs. Straube). Saved in Lifeboat number 14. Born 5th July 1895, died 30th January 1990 and was buried in the All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois. (From The Emergency and Relief booklet by the ...
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
Chicago Tribune	HOLD MEMORIAL FOR THE TITANIC The Titanic catastrope so strongly religious in its effect, was the topic of sermons in most Chicago churches yesterday. Many ministers drew lessons of warning, some of thankfulness, in the theme. Collections were generally div...	22nd April 1912
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
Evanston Daily News	NO EVANSTONIANS ABOARD There were no Evanstonians aboard the ship. Arthur Ryerson and family, formerly of Lake Forest and well known in local social circles were among the passengers. All are reported saved except Mr. Ryerson. Mrs. Ida S. Hippach and daughter Jean...	16th April 1912
	1930 CENSUS RECORD - ANNA MCGOWAN STRAUBE Obituaries related to Anna McGowan Straube...	1930
Chicago Record-Herald	PREACHER EN-ROUTE HERE Among the passengers of the Titanic who are believed to have perished was Rev. John Harper of London, who was expected to preach Sunday from the pulpit of Moody Church, Chicago. Rev. Mr. Harper, who was pastor of the Walworth Road Baptist...	17th April 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
Chicago Tribune	FIRST CLAIMS DUE TO TITANIC DISASTER TO BE SETTLED PAY $20,000 LEWY INSURANCE First Claims due to Titanic Disaster to Be Settled In United States, So Far as Known ...	11th May 1912
Chicago Record-Herald	MRS. CROSBY OF MILWAUKEE, ON WAY HOME, TELLS OF EXCITEMENT IN LOWERING BOATS Mrs. E. G. Crosy, wife of Captain E. G. Crosby of the Crosby Lake Steamshipp Company, and her daughter, Miss Hattie Crosby, of Milwaukee, who were in the ill-fated ship, arrived in Chicago yesterday afternoon. Captain Crosby was drowned.&nbs...	23rd April 1912
Antioch News	DEATH OF ELSBURY POSITIVE Dispatch From the White Star Line Says That Elsbury is Not a Survivor ALL HOPE IS ABANDONED Gurnee Man on Titanic Not Among Survivors--Family Now Compelled to Give up Hope. The last hope of the James El...	2nd May 1912
Unidentified Newspaper	TITANIC SURVIVOR DIES IN DANVILLE Mrs. Helen Walton Bishop Passed Away While Guest of Mrs. O. W. Cannon TAKEN ILL FRIDAY Had Arrived Here on Previous Day For Visit With Her Companion on Long Trip Mrs. Helen Walton Bishop, one of the surv...	1916
New York Times	ASTOR BEQUESTS HAVE ALL BEEN PAID Cost of Administering Estate to Date, with Transfer Tax, Foots Up $3,305,480 --- $24,715,478 DISTRIBUTED --- The Four Executors File Their First Judicial Accounting, Covering Personal Property Only --- The fi...	29th April 1914
Chicago Tribune	JESSIE LEITCH'S STORY TELLS MISS LEITCH'S STORY Nana Harper, the 6 year old daughter of Dr. John Harper, who was on his way to Chicago to preach at the Moody church will return to England...	21st April 1912
News Palladium	MRS. NELLIE BECKER Mrs. Nellie Becker, of 391 Britain Avenue, died at 6:06 A.M. today at Mercy Hospital, where she was admitted four days ago following an apparent heart attack. Mrs. Becker was the widow of Rev. O. A. (sic) Becker, who served as interim ...	15th February 1961
	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	DEFICIT IN HARRIS ESTATE Theatrical Manager Left $365,443, but Had Large Debts --- Henry B. Harris, the theatrical manager who lost his life in the Titanic disaster of April 15, 1912, left a gross estate of $365,443, according to an appraisal filed yesterday in ...	2nd July 1914
Chicago American	3 VICTIMS LAUD TITANIC FILM Ann Marsters Three Survivors of the Titanic--the only three in Illinois--watched a screening yesterday of "A Night to Remember," an enormously exciting drama of the sinking of that magnificent liner on its maiden voyage 27 y...	25th February 1959
The Times	MR. CHARLES M. HAYS MISSING (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) --- MONTREAL, APRIL 18 --- A message by wireless telegraphy from the Carpatlhia was received at the offices of the Grand Trunk Railway Company in Montreal this morning signed ...	19th April 1912
The Toronto World	C. M. HAYS' CAREER When the White Star Liner Titanic struck an iceberg, it is feared Charles Melville Hays, president and general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway and the Grand Trunk Pacific Railroad was carried down with the doomed steamer. Mr. Hays had been in ...	17th April 1912