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L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse (1956) JACK THAYER JR. AND BARBARA STANWYCK
A man identified as "Jack Thayer Jr", shown visiting Barbara Stanwyck on the set of Fox movie "Titanic" (1953). Jack told star Barbara Stanwyck about his mother, who inspired Miss Stanwyck's character. [Jack Thayer Jr died in 1945 ed.]...
13th September 1956  
New York Times (1893) THE SAILORS WERE BEATEN
Morris Park Cricketers Put up a Good Game Against the Majestic Team --- The Morris Park Cricket Club was determined to defeat the team of the steamship Majestic yesterday at Morris Park, and they took no chances in t...
15th August 1893  
Guernsey Evening Press (1912) JACK POINGDESTRE
Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road Jersey, also had his home in Southampton. A month earlier he had been on the crew of the Oceana when it sank of Newhaven. That had been on March 16th. He at least was used to shipwrecks...
  April 1912  
  (1911) CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS
This card is dated 1911 to his sister Ethel. It is signed by Jack and has the name Phillips in the address. The subject of the card is about coming home....
  1911  
Washington Times (1912) MEN SNEAKED INTO BOATS, SAYS WOMAN
Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, Wife of Novelist, Says Many Were Brave, However --- NEW YORK, April 19---Mrs. Jacques Futrelle, who was rescued, but whose husband, the novelist, went down with the Titanic, declared today that the men who were sa...
19th April 1912  
  HENRY BREWER'S WIFE?
     This is the family story as it has been passed to me form my grandparents, Edith and William Prewitt, now deceased and my father, Ronald Prewitt, very much alive as of 11/25/2005 born 3/16/1920. I spoke with him this ev...
   
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Jersey Address: 28 Old St. Johns Road, Jersey. In 1996 his family were still in business in Southampton - Baitdiggers and Fishing Tackle Dealers. Jack Poingdestre, whose parents lived at 28, Old St. John's Road, also had hi...
   
  (1912) LETTER FROM JACK BUTTERWORTH
Prior to leaving on the Titanic, Jack had been courting his fiancee (a Miss May Hinton of Woolston, Southampton) and they had agreed to become engaged. Jack wrote the following letter (actual letter see next column) which was posted at Queenstown: (n...
  1912  
Atlantic Daily Bulletin (2002) JACK BUTTERWORTH
Butterworth, Jack. Lived at 270 Priory Road, St Denys, Southampton. Was 23 years old. Occupation on board the Titanic - Saloon Steward. (Born in Manchester). (From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913). Number 326. Butterwort...
  2002  
  (1912) A POSTCARD FROM TITANIC
On 11 April 1912, John Adams (real name Richard May) posted a card to his sister in Holsworthy, Devon. It read - "Dear Ethel, Just a few lines to tell you that I have found Jack and we are going on all right. We are having it fairly c...
11th April 1912  
  MEMORIALS TO JACK PHILLIPS
Phillips, John George (Jack). Chief Wireless Operator. Has perhaps the largest Titanic memorial, namely 'The Phillips Memorial Cloister', by the River Wey, covering some three acres, at Godalming, Surrey. Inscribed on the memorial stone is: 'The Cloi...
   
  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...
   
  (1924) JACK RYERSON
  1924  
  JACK PHILLIPS
Pictured (left) with a colleague aboard the Adriatic...
   
  (1912) CAPTAIN SMITH AND JACK PHILLIPS
From an unidentified French paper...
  1912  
  (1912) MARCONIGRAM
To: Hardy, Oakleigh, Holyrood Avenue, Highfield, Southampton, England. "Safe and well. - Jack"...
18th April 1912  
Worcester Telegram (1912) FUTRELLE MET DEATH LIKE HERO SAYS WIFE
New York, April 19.- Mrs. May Futrelle, whose husband, Jacques Futrelle, the short story writer and novelist, went down with the ship, was met here by her daughter, Miss. Virginia Futrelle, who was brought to New York, from the convent of Notre Dame ...
20th April 1912  
ET Research (2001) THE REAL JACK DAWSON
There is a grave in Halifax - a humdrum, unadorned marker, modest in comparison with many of its fellows, victims all of the RMS Titanic disaster. ...
11th March 2001  
Norwich Evening News (2008) MY REMARKABLE TITANIC TALE
When he takes to the stage to play a passenger on the doomed cruise liner Titanic, nine-year-old Jack Daly's thoughts might turn to his own family - he is related to one of the victims of the so-called 'unsinkable' ship. ...
21st January 2008  
New York Times (1914) PHILLIPS FOUNTAIN READY
Memorial to Titanic Operator Will Be Erected at the Battery Soon --- The fountain erected in memory of Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operrator [sic] who lost his life on the Titanic when she foundered an her maiden voyage on April ...
11th October 1914  
  (1913) JACK PHILLIPS IN A FRENCH BOOK FOR CHILDREN
This drawing by G. Dutriac was published by Hachette in the first French book about the Titanic, 'Les Petits Naufragés du Titanic' in 1913. The authors of the novel were J. Jacquin and A. Fabre....
  1913  
  MEMORIAL HEADSTONE
In Loving Memory Of George Simmons Died 31st October 1920 Aged 87 Also Mary Ann Simmons Died 7th March 1921 Aged 88 Also Jack, Son of the above Dr...
   
MinnPost.com (2009) MINNESOTA CONNECTIONS ADD EVEN MORE POIGNANCY TO TRAVELING 'TITANIC ARTIFACT EXHIBITION'
Jack and Rose weren't really on the Titanic. But Malcolm Johnson, a Swedish farmer heading for Minneapolis, was. And Walter Douglas, son of the founder of Quaker Oats, went down with the ship while on his way back to Minnesota from a European shopping trip....
9th June 2009  
New York Times (1912) CONSOLE PHILLIPS'S PARENTS
Flood of Telegrams of Sympathy Reaches Them from All England. --- Special Cable to The New York Times. --- LONDON, April 20.--Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Phillips of Farncombe, Godalming, parents of "Jack" Phillips, the hero...
21st April 1912  
New York Times (1915) TO HONOR WIRELESS HEROES
To Dedicate Jack Philips Titanic Memorial Fountain May 12 --- At a meeting yesterday afternoon in the Maritime Exchange, 78 Broad Street, plans were completed for the dedication of the Jack Philips Titanic memorial fountain at the base ...
1st May 1915  
The Bulletin (2007) 'A NIGHT TO REMEMBER'
For those born in the latter half of the 20th century, the best-known image of the Titanic is undoubtedly the one presented by James Cameron's film of the same name: Treasure hunters, Jack and Rose, the Heart of the Ocean. "Utter nonsense," proclaims J. Joseph Edgette, Ph.D., a professor at Widener University, and an expert on the Titanic. "They did get the sets right," he allowed. "They were re-created with precise accuracy."...
27th March 2007  
  CHARLES JOHN HURST
This a photo of my great grandfather Charles John Hurst (Jack). On the back of the photo is written Hurst, 3 Laundry Road, Shirley, paid 8/6....
   
Oklahoma City Friday (2008) TITANIC AT HERITAGE HALL
Lift up the ramp, and let go the lines!' It's time once again for another spectacular performance by the Heritage Hall Performing Arts Department. On Feb. 16 and 17, the Howard Theatre will showcase Titanic the Musical. Directed by Jay Michael Ferguson, Titanic is an ensemble version of the same story shown on the big screen in 1997 (think the sinking ship without Jack and Rose.)...
7th February 2008  
Get Surrey TITANIC MEMORIAL TO BE GIVEN A FACE LIFT
THE tribute to Godalming Titanic hero Jack Phillips is set to benefit from major improvement works in time for the centenary of his death, Waverley Borough Council has announced. A group will be formed at a public meeting next Thursday (August 20) to help drive forward the plans, after a number of organisations wrote to officials to say they were worried about the condition of Bury Fields gardens....
   
Southampton Times and Hampshire Express (1913) DEATH NOTICE: KIRBY & MCMULLEN
In loving and honoured memory of our dear cousin THOMAS KIRBY also our dearest friend JACK McMULLEN who both laid down their lives at Duty's call on board the SS Titanic, April 15, 1912. Greatly missed but never forgotten by all of us at Sholi...
19th April 1913  
  (1948) THE TITANIC
Blues singer/songwriter Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was born in Mooringsport, Louisiana in 1885. Leadbelly remarked in th...
15th October 1948  
Lectures pour Tous (1912) JOHN GEORGE PHILLIPS
The monthly magazine 'Lectures pour Tous' (France) published a long article on life saving appliances in its July 1912 issue. They illustrated the article with a dramatic vision of 'Jack' Phillips sending SOS messages...
  1912  
The Times (1912) THE TITANIC'S WIRELESS OPERATORS
It has been decided to erect a memorial fountain at Godalming in memory of Mr Jack Phillips, the senior wireless operator on board the Titanic, who was a native of the town. The Mayor (Alderman E Bridger) has received letters from all par...
20th May 1912  
Seattle Post Intelligencer (2008) TROUBLING NEW EVIDENCE LEADS LOCAL AUTHOR TO REWRITE TITANIC'S FINAL CHAPTER
Somebody had better call James Cameron and tell him his movie needs to be revised. The big finish in "Titanic" -- in which characters Rose and Jack cling to the stern of the ship before it slips into the sea -- is wrong.The 1997 film depicted the prevailing theory at the time to explain Titanic's sinking. After striking an iceberg, the ship sank bow-first, the stern bobbing up at a 45-degree angle and the ship breaking in half under the pressure....
10th October 2008  
Boston Globe (1912) PHILLIPS THE JACK BINNS
Wireless Operator on Titanic formerly on James Gordon Bennett's Yacht and on Oceanic. NEW YORK. April 15. - The wireless operator on the Titanic, who sent out the SOS message when she struck the iceberg is J. G. Phillips...
16th April 1912  
Toronto Daily Star (1959) BLISS, EMMA
Page 32 At the Nevers Nursing home, on Wednesday, June 17, 1959, Emma Junod, beloved wife of the late Ernest John Bliss, loving mother of Mrs. Amy Armstrong, Henry and Ernest Bliss, dear grandmother of Jack Armstrong and great-grandmo...
19th June 1959  
Washington Times (1912) DESCRIBES ASSAULT BY FRENZIED PASSENGERS
NEW YORK, April 19---Wireless Operator Jack Phillips did not desert his post when the Titanic sank, but was torn from the key by a party of fear-crazed first cabin passengers, who assaulted him in an effort to take from him a big life belt he wore. ...
19th April 1912  
Hanford Sentinel RELIVING A TRAGIC NIGHT ON THE SEA
Searching for one's roots has become a national pastime. What use to take years to research has become much simpler with the use of computers. Genealogy is no longer the sole intellectual occupation of a few scholars. Anybody can tract the history...
   
MinnPost (2009) TITANIC EXHIBIT OPENS ST. PAUL; RESEARCHER SAYS HIT MOVIE NOT ACCURATE
As the Titanic exhibit opens today at the Science Museum of Minnesota -- with artifacts from the 1912 shipwreck along with newly discovered articles from the ship that rescued many of the passengers -- a Minnesota writer with a passion for the top...
14th June 2009  
  (1912) LETTER FROM STAGG TO HIS WIFE
Dear Bertie, Just a few lines to let you know I arrived on board all right but what a day we have had of it, it's been nothing but work all day long but I can tell you nothing as regards what people I have for nothing will be settled ...
  1912  
Irish Independent (2004) J. BRUCE ISMAY RETREAT FOR SALE
The fishing lodge at Casla, Co Galway, where J. Bruce Ismay spent many happy years after his retirement from the White Star Line in 1913. There is a memorial stone to Ismay in the extensive gardens. This property, being sold by Agnes Toohey...
9th July 2004  
  (1911) ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
This 1911 record made by the Victor Military Band is very well recorded and gives an idea of the fast pace the song used to be played at. This is one song that many survivors recall being played on the night of the sinking. In fact it is not r...
  1911  
  FILLBROOK FAMILY INFORMATION
Joseph Charles Fillbrook (k/a as Charles) was born in Truro, Cornwall in 1894. He was the son of William Fillbrook, a mason by occupation and Kate (nee Vincent). He had five siblings, Edward John, William Arthur, George, Rose Hetta (k/a Rosetta) and...
   
  FAMILY INFORMATION
William Edwy Ryerson was the son of George Arthur Ryerson (1851-1881) and Catherine Eleanor Hamilton (1854-1889). He was born in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. His parents were married in 1875 and had three sons: George (b.1877), William Edwy (b. 1878)...
   
New York Times (1925) LORD RIBBLESDALE DEAD; LINE EXTINCT
Widow Was the First Wife of the Late John Jacob Astor, Formerly Miss Willing --- BARON LOST SONS IN WAR --- Aristocratic Appearance Drew Compliment From King Edward---Lady Oxford Kin by Marriage --- Copyright...
22nd October 1925  
Unidentified Newspaper (1912) WILLIAM LINDSAY
William Lindsay was one of the few saved from the Titanic on which he was a dynamo attendant. William Lindsay says he feels too upset to write much and his brother here hopes to hear more from him within a couple of weeks. The survivor of the great c...
22nd April 1912  
New York Times (1912) CAPT. ROSTRON GUEST OF MRS. J. B. THAYER
Philadelphia Survivor of the Titanic Entertains Commander of the Carpathia --- NOTABLES AT THE TABLE --- Skipper and His Surgeon Go to Haverford with Hostess Following Astor Luncheon---Come Back To-day --- S...
2nd June 1912  
  ELOPEMENT
Mr Denis Lennon and Mary Mullin were actually eloping to the United States together, hence the shroud of secrecy and the reason why the two are listed as brother and sister. The truth is Denis found a job as barman in the Mullin family's ...
   
New York Times (1912) MRS. HARRIS GAINS STRENGTH
Mrs. Henry B Harris, widow of the theatrical manager who was lost on the Titanic, was regaining strength yesterday, but she was still in a nervous condition. Her shoulder, which she injured a day before the sinking of the ship, was healing normally. ...
20th April 1912  
  INFORMATION ABOUT JOHN JAMES BOREBANK
Borebank, Mr. John. J. Missing. First Class Passenger. Cabin D22/1. Occupation - Horticulturist, c/o Lodges of the World, Winnipeg, Canada. Real Estate agent. Left Winnipeg in the Spring of 1911 for the Coronation of King George V. Then was re...
   
New York Times (1939) MRS. E. B. SHERFESEE, ONCE HOOVER AIDE
Head of the American Fund for French Wounded Won Croix de Guerre---Titanic Survivor --- Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., Dec. 29---Mrs. Emily Borie Sherfesee, wife of Forsythe Sherfesee, former fiananc...
30th December 1939  
Elizabeth Daily Journal (1912) LOCAL TITANIC VICTIMS HONORED AT SERVICES
In memory of Peter H. Renouf, Laurence Garvey, Clifford Jeffreys and Ernest Jeffreys, who went down on the Titanic, a special service was held in Grace Episcopal Church last night. The first two were communicants of the church and the other two were...
29th April 1912  
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Arthur Larned Ryerson was born on 12th January 1851 in Chicago, the son of Joseph Turner Ryerson (1813-1883) and Ellen Griffin Larned (1827-1881). He had three younger siblings: Edward Larned (b. 1855), Eleanor (b. 1858) and Josephine (b. 1865)....
   
Atlantic City Daily Press (1912) AN ATLANTIC MAN FINDS EVIDENCE FAVORING ISMAY
D. W. McMillan’s Sister, Titanic Survivor, Says He and Astor Helped Women ---------- DESCRIBES DEATH OF DOUGHTY CAPTAIN ---------- In a letter to his wife, D. W. McMillan, of Pleasantville, who visited New Yor...
23rd April 1912  
  (2007) RMS TITANIC’S MAIDEN VOYAGE 'RUN DATA' APRIL 11 - 14, 1912.
Date...
20th October 2007  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1945) JOHN B. "JACK" THAYER III:OBITUARY
J.B. THAYER, 3D, ENDS LIFE IN AUTO John B. Thayer, 3d, financial vice president of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of an old Philadelphia family, who had been reported missing since Wednesday, was found d...
23rd September 1945  
Cornwall & Devon Post (1936) AT SEA IN A BLIZZARD: BUDE SEAMAN FOUND WRAPPED IN THE MAINSAIL
Adventure recalled by death of Mr. J. Jewell The passing of Mr. John Jewell early Sunday morning at 8, King Street, Bude, at the age of 79 years, recalls the old days of Bude shipping, consisting of small coasters of 35 to 80 tons, whi...
24th January 1936  
The Times (1912) 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  
Worksop Today (2006) TITANIC SURVIVOR BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN CRESWELL CHURCHYARD
22 June 2006 AN AFTERNOON surfing on the internet led a Creswell woman to the discovery that a Titanic survivor, who died in the First World War, is believed to be buried in the village.Rita Williams, 63, of Wood Avenue, spott...
22nd June 2006  
Philadelphia Inquirer (1912) PARISIAN'S WIRELESS EXPERT OFF DUTY WHEN TITANIC STRUCK BERG
But for This It Is Believed the Stricken Giant's Cries for Help Would Have Been Heard in Time to Save All --------- HALIFAX, N. S., April 18.--With two expeditions on the way to search for Titani...
19th April 1912  
 

 
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