September 1911

196 items found relating to : September 1911

OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION   OLYMPIC / HAWKE COLLISION
From 'The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters'...
1912
DOROTHY GIBSON (1911)   DOROTHY GIBSON (1911)
Dorothy Gibson in a 1911 promotional portrait...
1911
  1911 CENSUS - ALLISON FAMILY
In the 1911 Canadian census, The Allison family are living at 464 Roslyn Avenue in Westmount, Quebec. Hudson's occupation is listed as "financial broker". He worked 40 hours a week and had life insurance at the time of the census. Bes...
1911
OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK The Sphere OLYMPIC ENTERING THOMPSON GRAVING DOCK
Takes 23,000,000 gallons to fill...
30th September 1911
9/11 MEMORIAL AT SITE OF BRENNAN HOME   9/11 MEMORIAL AT SITE OF BRENNAN HOME
The Brennan family town home in Carmel NY, occupied in 1934 by Eleanor's aunt, Mary Lynch, no longer exists. The structure was cleared soon after it hosted Miss Brennan's wake and replaced by the town's first Art Deco diner. The diner, in turn, wa...
Gare Maritime
TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET   TITANIC LAUNCH TICKET
An extremely rare example of a ticket to the launch of the Titanic Launch of t...
31st May 1911
MILLVINA DEAN   MILLVINA DEAN
Taken at her nursing home September 2007...
September 2007
AUSTIN PARTNER   AUSTIN PARTNER
[This item will be sold by Aldridges at their 18th September auction in Devizes.]...
GRAVE OF LYYLI KAROLIINA SILVéN   GRAVE OF LYYLI KAROLIINA SILVéN
Later Mrs Otto Wilhelm Mailanen...
17th September 2002
MEMORIAL   MEMORIAL
Memorial in honor of Georges Alexandre Krins inaugurated on 14th September 2002...
Staffordshire Advertiser STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIMS OF THE DISASTER
Captain E. J. Smith, the commander of the ill-fated vessel, was a native of Hanley, the son of Mr. E. J. Smith. He was educated at the British School, then under the mastership of the late Mr....
20th April 1912
MEMORIAL   MEMORIAL
Plaque inaugurated on 14th September 2002...
Titanic Crew Biography CHARLES S. REED, 2ND CLASS BEDROOM STEWARD
Peter Northover
New research reveals the identity of a Titanic steward....
10th December 2011
1911 Census EDITH AND TREASTEALL PEACOCK IN THE 1911 CENSUS
  Here is the 1911 census for Edith and her daughter, Treasteall. They were living in a four room house at 17 Orchard Place, Southampton.   Name: Trea...
2nd April 1911
1911 Census WILLIAM EDWARD BESSANT IN 1911 CENSUS
Tracey Wellard
William Bessant was residing at 36 Henry Road, FREEMANTLE, Southampton at the time of the 1911 census.  He was recorded as being a labourer. He was arried to Emily Ellen for 17 years.  They had five children  Char...
  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...
  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
  PROBATE REPORT
Hodges, Henry Price, of "The Cotswolds", Highfield Lane Portswood, Southampton. Probate registered London 3rd September 1912, to Ellen Hodges, widow. Effects £16,694.5.3d. ...
3rd September 1912
KNORR   KNORR
The Research Ship Knorr, from which the wreck of the Titanic was discovered, 1st September, 1985The vessel is pictured at Woods Hole, Massachusetts in October 1999....
  TITANIC DISCOVERY -SEPTEMBER 1985
Old news clip the day after the Titanic was first discovered in 1985. They still hadn't ascertained the condition of the wreck. ...
BUILDING THE TITANIC   BUILDING THE TITANIC
This original picture shows the Titanic under construction in Belfast, certainly in late 1911. Note that three funnels are not yet painted, there is a scaffolding around the fourth funnel....
1911
TRAFFIC Voyage TRAFFIC
John P. Eaton
On 10 April 1912 Titanic arrived at Cherbourg from Southampton at 6:35 p.m. after a voyage of little more than five hours. After taking aboard mail and pasengers she departed at 8:10 p.m. Boarding were 274 passengers: 142 first class, 30 second...
22nd September 2005
  PROBATE REPORT
Moody, James Paul of 136 Fildes Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Ships Officer. Probate registered: London 16th September 1912 to Christopher William Moody solicitors clerk and Margaret Moody spinster. Effects £449.8.8d....
16th September 1912
  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Born August 18th 1893 (Ref. register Book no 327 at Kennington Sub District Office). After returning to the UK she later married, September 12th 1931 to one James Barrow, Company Director of M. Ralph paper merchant of Upper Thames Stre...
  THE STRANGE MYSTERIES OF MOVIE MAKER WILLIAM HARBECK
John Lamoreau
William Harbeck was one of the very first moving picture film makers. In 1911 his film of southern Alaska became the center of a major story. American railroad tycoon J P Morgan and Meyer Guggenheim bought up claims for large tracts of land in Alaska...
MINE WHERE MARIE LEFEBVRE'S HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED   MINE WHERE MARIE LEFEBVRE'S HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED
Franck Lefebvre was employed at the mines in Bruay-la-Buissière, pictured here in 1911...
1911
PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON   PORTRAIT OF DOROTHY GIBSON
Dorothy in a publicity portrait taken at the time of her joining Eclair Studios in the summer of 1911....
1911
MARCH HEADSTONE   MARCH HEADSTONE
MARCH JOHN S. MARCH 1862-1912 NELLIE E. HARDING HIS WIFE 1858-1911 ANTOINETTE H. MARCH 1884-1936...
  INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
Norman Harrison (1873-1912) AMIMechE Elected: Associate Member of the Inst...
17th November 1911
BOBBY SILVA   BOBBY SILVA
Bobby Silva was born in 1911....
Gare Maritime
1985 A TITANIC FIND   1985 A TITANIC FIND
This French card commemorates the discovery of the wreck of the Titanic by a French-American team on 1 September 1985....
LUSITANIA'S MAIDEN ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK   LUSITANIA'S MAIDEN ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK
A previoulsy unpublished view of the Lusitania's maiden arrival in New York City, September 1907....
Gare Maritime
BARBARA STANWYCK IN TITANIC Mon Film BARBARA STANWYCK IN TITANIC
This studio picture of Miss Barbara Stanwick was published on 14 September 1955 in the French weekly 'Mon Film'. The Fox version of the Titanic disaster by Jean Negulesco was just about to open in France and this magazine published a two page coverag...
14th September 1955
  HICHENS: PROBATE INDEX
HICHENS, Robert of 40 Shirley Road, Southampton Died 23 September 1940 at Aberdeen Bay Aberdeen. Administration Winchester 20 January 1941 to Robert Hichens transport clerk and Phillis May Russell (wife of Alfred Sydney Russell). Effects £124 16s 10...
1941
  PICTURE OF MARGARET DEVANEY
A very nice picture of Margaret Devaney can be found in the Herald Tribune published on 12 September 1973, illustrating article 'Survivors and Buffs of the Titanic' by Edward C. Burks. Other survivors pictured: Mrs Bertha Marshall and Mr. Franck Gold...
12th September 1973
BERTHE LEROY'S MOTHER MARIE-ADELINE CALONNE   BERTHE LEROY'S MOTHER MARIE-ADELINE CALONNE
Marie-Adeline Calonne was married to Jules Leroy (died 22nd September 1888) on 23rd December 1865. She died on 17th February 1927....
  MEMORIAL PLAQUE
In September 1998 a plaque to the memory of Mr. Hodges was unveiled at the County Hotel (now the Highfield House Hotel), Highfield Lane, Portswood, Southampton. SO17 1AQ, which is the site of the large house that Mr. Hodges lived with his wife and ei...
THE GOLDSMITH FAMILY, CIRCA 1911 Irish Independent THE GOLDSMITH FAMILY, CIRCA 1911
Frank Goldsmith Snr, his wife Emily, Frank Junior, and the baby that died before the family embarked on the Titanic....
OLYMPIC AFTER HAWKE ACCIDENT   OLYMPIC AFTER HAWKE ACCIDENT
The hull of the Olympic after the Hawke rammed it (Sept. 20, 1911)...
20th September 1911
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Harper, Reverend John. Missing. Lived at 3, Claude Villas, Denmark Hill, London. UK. Born in Houston, Renfrewshire in 1872. In 1911 had a three month mission in Moody Church, Chicago and was travelling there when the ship sank. ...
  MUTINY ON TITANIC RESCUE VESSEL - 1937
TROUBLE ON SOUTH AFRICAN VESSEL 'Mutiny' on Titanic Rescue Ship The Admiralty was informed last night that a wireless message had been received by HMS Resolution from the Sherard Osborn, bound from Table Bay to Rotterdam, which ...
1937
  FAMILY INFORMATION
Ernest Charles Cann was born in the village of Chapel Amble in the parish of St Kew near Wadebridge, Cornwall in 1883. He was the son of William Cann (labourer)and Sarah Jane Cann. (Sarah was 27 years younger than her husband and had been widowed sh...
CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS   CARD WRITTEN BY JACK PHILLIPS
Written just a few months before he joined the Titanic...
1911
Chicago Examiner OLYMPIC TO BE REBUILT
Special Cable to the Examiner. Belfast, Sept. 24---The White Star Line announces definitely that the steamer Olympic, sister of the Titanic, will come to Belfaast from Southampton for renovation.  She will be ma...
25th September 1912
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC   CAPTAIN EDWARD JOHN SMITH ON OLYMPIC
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...
May 1911
  MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF MARRIAGE GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE...
1911
  SHIP MANIFEST
on 15th April 1911, Hudson arrived at New York from Liverpool, England. He was on board the S.S Campania, 29 years old, married his occupation was a broker, he could read and write, his residence was Montreal, Canada. he had no nearby freinds or rela...
15th April 1911
  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...
INTERLAKEN 1908 (BACK)   INTERLAKEN 1908 (BACK)
Interlaken. September, 1908. Lee Schwabacher writes to Herman and shares some playful details of his and Henry's trip to the Jung Frau. "This is one of the finest views live. We were up the highest mountain yesterday. The Jung Frau 13670 feet high, amid ice and snow. had a sleigh ride. Was very novel looking below and seeing green grass and wild flowers. Unlce Henry snowballed me. This is the place you would like. Plenty of snow. Lots of love, (?) Lee....
Gare Maritime
New York Times MRS. DICK MARRIED TO FIERMONTE, BOXER, IN CIVIL CEREMONY IN HOSPITAL ROOM HERE
Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick and Enzo Fiermonte, Italian middleweight pugilist, were married at 5:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon in Mrs. Dick's room at the Doctors Hospital, East End Avenue and Eighty-seventh Street. Mrs. Dick is 40 years old; Mr. ...
28th November 1933
  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...
  WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE'S FAMILY AND THE MANSION HOUSE TITANIC RELIEF FUND
William's family and the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund...
New York Times ADRIATIC'S MAIDEN VOYAGE
Great New White Star Liner Leaves Liverpool for New York --- LIVERPOOL, May 8---The White Star Line steamer Adriatic left here to-day for New York. The Adriatic was launched at Belfast last September. She has an...
9th May 1907
  PROBATE REPORTS
Bailey, Annie Margaret of Fourwynds, 2 Wellesworth Lane, Bowes Hill, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire (wife of Joseph Northey Bailey) died 1 March 1960. Probate Winchester 9 May 1960 to National Provincial Bank Limited. Effects £22894 6s 11d ...
The Times CAPTAIN E. J. SMITH MEMORIAL
A committee has been formed for the purpose of arranging for the erection of a suitable memorial to the late Commander Edward John Smith RNR, the Captain of the Titanic. It is proposed that it should take the two-fold form of ...
27th September 1913
WALTER BELFORD L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse WALTER BELFORD
Walter Belford did not appear on the Titanic's crew lists. In fact, he never was a Titanic crewman, he just told Walter Lord he was, and became famous as a "fake" Titanic survivor. At the time when this picture was published in Switzerland, in Septem...
20th September 1956
WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG   WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG
The GALLIC was the White Star Line's first tender in Cherbourg. It was replaced in 1911 by the NOMADIC and the TRAFFIC, which better fitted the new giant liners OLYMPIC and TITANIC...
1910
WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG   WHITE STAR LINE TENDER GALLIC, CHERBOURG
Broad view of the White Star tender GALLIC in Cherbourg. The GALLIC was replaced in June 1911 by the NOMADIC and the TRAFFIC...
1910
New York Times PASSENGERS FROM EUROPE GRIEVED
[Note: U.S. President William McKinley was shot by an assassin on 6 September 1901, and died on 14 September.] Heard with Amazement About the Shooting of the President ---------- News Casts Gloom Over Big Liner...
8th September 1901
ARGENTINE TRANSPORT Voyage ARGENTINE TRANSPORT
John P. Eaton
Empire Transport Co., Ltd. (Houlder Brothers, Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia. Left Narvik 3 April 1912 with a cargo of iron ore. On arrival at the intermediate stop of Louisburg, Nova Scotia, her captain reporte...
20th March 2005
1911 EVENTS OF THE SEASON Sphere 1911 EVENTS OF THE SEASON
Olympic maiden voyage; Titanic launch...
28th February 1911
New York Times MRS. DULLES FONTANA
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES --- PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 25---Mrs. Dulles Fontana, formerly Miss Margaret Dulles, who once sued her husband to prevent him from collecting $75 a week support from her, died today in the Barclay Hotel after a long ...
26th January 1934
IROQUOIS PASSENGER LIST COVER   IROQUOIS PASSENGER LIST COVER
An unusual Iroquois passenger list cover from August 1934. Less than a month later, Iroquois was pressed into Ward Line service to replace the lost Morro Castle on her outbound September 8th voyage. About 50 passengers c...
Gare Maritime
  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
1911 Census THE SAGE FAMILY IN THE 1911 CENSUS
The Sage family in 1911 were living at 246 Gladstone Street, Peterborough. The house had 5 rooms. Name:  John G. Sage Relationship to ...
2nd April 1911
  REV. JOHN HARPER
Rev. John Harper was minister at Paisley Road Baptist Church, in Plantation area of Glasgow, near Govan, (now the Harper Memorial Baptist Church) before moving to London. He had completed a Mission time at the Moody Church in Chicago, in 1911,...
The Times FIRST CLASS PASSENGER NUMBERS
21,600 carried First Class by White Star in 1911...
26th January 1912
PLOT MARKER   PLOT MARKER
FREDERICK SUTTON TOMLIN MARCH 2ND 1910-OCT. 26TH 1911 FREDERICK SUTTON JUNE 15TH 1850-APRIL 15, 1912 LOST AT SEA ON S. S. TITANIC ELLEN C. SUTTON MAY 27TH 1852-APRIL 2ND 1931 1879 FRANCIS H. TOMLIN...
Chicago Tribune CHILD FEARED LOST ON TITANIC REPORTED LIVING IN MICHIGAN
Montreal, Que., Sept. 4 (AP)--A Montreal family was stirred today by the prospect that Lorraine Allison, long believed to have been drowned in the Titanic disaster of 1912, still is alive and residing in Berkley, Mich., as Mrs. Laurence K...
5th September 1940
  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...
OLYMPIC IN CHERBOURG   OLYMPIC IN CHERBOURG
The RMS Olympic in Cherbourg - 1911...
1911
Washington Times ARCHIBALD BUTT, MILITARY AIDE TO PRESIDENT TAFT
Major Archibald de Grafenreid Willingham Butt, who was on the Titanic, was returning to Washington on sick leave, and expected to resume his duties as military aide to President Taft at once. Suffering from that mild poisoning which follows an unendi...
16th April 1912
New York Times EMILY RYERSON CLARKE SUES FOR DIVORCE
RENO, Nev., June 2 *** Mrs. Emily Borlie Clarke brought suit for divorce on ground of cruelty against George Hyde Clarke, to whom she was married at Cooperstown, N. Y., on Oct. 23, 1915. Agreement has been made regarding custoday of the...
3rd June 1932
New York Times MRS. FIERMONTE DEAD IN FLORIDA
--- Former Madeleine Force Was Married to Col. Astor, W. K. Dick and Italian Boxer --- SURVIVOR OF THE TITANIC --- Gave Up Fortune to Marry Again, Then Got Divorce to Wed Pugilist --- PALM BEACH, Fla.,...
29th March 1940
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser MR. AND MRS. CHAPMAN
Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, Liskeard, were also among the lost. Mrs. Chapman declining to go without her husband. Mrs. Hocking tells of how Mrs. Chapman was behind her when they were getting into the lifeboat. But when Sarah found that her husband J...
April 1912
New York Times MRS. DICK GOES TO RENO
Her Secretary Refuses to Comment on Divorce Report --- Mrs. William K. Dick, widow of the late John Jacob Astor, who was lost in the Titanic disaster, left last night for Reno. At her home at 7 East Eighty-fourth Street M...
5th June 1933
  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...
Surrey Advertiser and County Times TWO WITLEY VICTIMS
Widows sad experience Among those who were serving on board the ill-fated vessel was Mrs. Lucy Violet Snape, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Leonard, of Well Lane, Sandhills, Witley, who was employed as a second class stewardess. At the ti...
20th April 1912
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH   ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY CENOTAPH
The place chosen by Maj. Butt as his final resting place...
New York Times SUES GUGGENHEIM ESTATE
Dentist Claims $7,500 for Services to Daughter of Titanic Victim --- Dr. Asher F. F. Buxbaum, a dentist, has started suit against the executors of Benjamin Guggenheim to recover $7,500 for treatment given to Miss Marguerite Guggenheim i...
28th January 1913
  PROUDFOOT FAMILY INFORMATION
Richard Royston Proudfoot, signed on as a trimmer for the Titanic engine department in April 1912. His birth was registered at Plymouth, Devon in the September Quarter of 1890. He was the son of Royston Jesse Proudfoot and Jane Gendle (nee W...
The Mercury (Hobart) THE TITANIC'S COMMANDER
BRISBANE, April 24 For some time past there has been in Brisbane Captain Anning, who at one time was commander of the White Star liner Persic, trading to Australia. He said, in...
25th April 1912
  MR WILLIAM ANGLE
Marion James
Family History of Mr William ANGLE In 1901 William is recorded as living at 23 Tower Road Ashton Manor Birming...
  GENERAL INFORMATION
HARRIS, MRS. IRENE R, (NEE WALLACH). Saved in Lifeboat D. Cabin C83. European address - c/o Fraulein Woolf, Kapellenstrasse 81, Wiesbaden. Germany. (Born 15th June 1876, died 2nd September 1969). Buried in Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale...
New York Times JAMES CLINCH SMITH
Brother-in-Law of Stanford White---Well-Known Sportsman --- James Clinch Smith, a brother-in-law of the late Stanford White, is well known as a sportsman and in society circles both in this city and in Paris. Until May, 1911, when he r...
16th April 1912
  EDWARD JAMES WILLIAM ROGERS (FAMILY RESEARCH)
Edward James William Rogers was born on 9th September 1880, to Robert James Rogers and his wife Priscilla Susan (nee Bagley). His father was a bricklayer and the family lived at 3 Robert Street, North Woolwich. Edward JW was baptized on 3rd November ...
2003
Glas DEATH NOTICE
"Umria nam je draga mama, sestra, stara mama in teta Manca Juvan Karunova mama iz Milj, do danes deina prezivela s Titanika Pogreb drage pokojnice bo v nedeljo, 19. septembra, ob 15. uri izpred hise zalost...
18th September 1971
Voyage MUSGRAVE
John P. Eaton
On October 1911, when Titanic was moved from the deep water wharf to the Alexandra Wharf to clear a convenient mooring for the incoming Olympic, the move was accomplished with the assistance of the ...
12th December 2004
  MEMORIALS TO WILLIAM DICKSON MACKIE
Named on the magnificent Southampton Engineers Memorial, East Park. also named on the Glasgow Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also remembered on the London, Institute of Marine Engineers memorial. also r...
MEMORIAL PLAQUE   MEMORIAL PLAQUE
Plaque at Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo...
New York Times COL. JOHN JACOB ASTOR
Wealthy Society Man and an Author and Inventor as Well --- Col. John Jacob Astor, the American head of the Astor family, has held a prominent place in the life of this city for many years. Not alone has he been a conspicuous club member...
16th April 1912
Chicago Examiner BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT
BLAMES WRECK ON PILOT Admiralty Court Renders Decision in Olympic Collision Case Special Cable to the Examiner Sir Samuel Evans, president of the Admiralty Court, announced...
20th December 1911
New York Times ST. LOUIS PASSENGERS
Theophile Papin, Jr., and Wealthy Miss Madill Among the Missourians --- Special to The New York Times --- ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15---Among the St. Louis folk on the Titanic were Mrs. Edward Robert of 4,140 Lindell Avenue, ...
16th April 1912
  MEMORIAL
There is a new memorial in the Lifeboat House at Scarborough which was unveiled in April 2002 and reads: HMS Conway Trust Memorial James Paul Moody O.C. 6th Officer Titanic Born Scarborough, 21 August 1887...
FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH   FILM OF CAPTAIN SMITH
These shots were taken in New York on board the Olympic probably on the occasion of her first arrival in 1911.  The photographer is unknown. ...
May 1911
The Times MR. CHRISTOPHER HEAD
Mr Christopher Head was the fifth son of the late Mr Henry Head, a well-known London underwriter. He was in his 43rd year, and was educated at Lancing end at Trinity College Cambridge. Called to the Bar ...
18th April 1912
THE MYSTERY OF TITANIC'S CENTRAL PROPELLER Voyage THE MYSTERY OF TITANIC'S CENTRAL PROPELLER
Mark Chirnside
...
5th May 2008
  ABOUT OLE OLSEN
Ole Olsen...
9th October 2007
New York Times LLOYD MOORE WEDS MRS. E. H. PRESTON
Daughter of Former Senator Hawes of Missouri Bride in Ceremony Here --- Mrs. Eppes Hawes Preston, daughter of former Senator and Mrs. Harry B. Hawes of Missouri, was married to Lloyd Moore of this city, son of the late Clarence Moore of...
8th December 1935
ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL   ADDERGOOLE TITANIC MEMORIAL
The Addergoole Titanic Society erected this memorial in St Patrick’s Church, Lahardane, Addergoole, Co Mayo, Irish Republic on...
New York Times WILL OF LORILLARD SPENCER
Bulk of His Estate Left to Mrs. Spencer in Trust for Life --- Special to The New York Times --- NEWPORT, R. I., April 1---The will of Lorillard Spencer, who died in New York last month, was filed for probate to-day, and di...
2nd April 1912
  GENERAL INFORMATION
Sofia was a maid. She was born in the village of Riistavesi, near Kuopio, in 1874. She moved to Helsinki in 1905, where she worked at the School For The Blind for three years. After this job she worked for some time at the Missionary House, and then ...
  TITANIC PASSENGERS FROM COUNTY MAYO, IRELAND AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS
John Kelly
by a great-nephew of Anna Katherine Kelly...
3rd September 2011
  GOODWIN FAMILY 1911 CENSUS
Name Relationship To Head of Household ...
2nd April 1911
  TWO CASTLEBAR VICTIMS OF THE TITANIC
Tony McDonald
The story of Francis Young and William Duffy from Castlebar who were crew onboard The Titanic...
16th June 2011
New York Times MRS. D. R. BENJAMIN WED TO G. H. CLARKE
Ceremony by Justice P. J. McCook Soon After the License Is Obtained --- Mrs. Dorothy Rennard Benjamin of the Hotel Berkshire and George Hyde Clarke of Hyde Hall, Cooperstown, N. Y., obtained a marriage license at the Municipal Building ...
13th December 1933
Whitehaven News LOCAL CONNECTION WITH TITANIC DISASTER
The Blackburn Times of the 20th inst. contains the following account of an interview with Mr. James Shepherd, son of the late Mr. Jonathan Shepherd, formerly of Whitehaven, and now residing at Blackburn, whose son, Mr. Jonathan Shepherd, was one of t...
2nd May 1912
New York Times MINISTER WHO WED ASTOR QUITS CHURCH
The Rev. Joseph Lambert Resigns Pulpit in Providence Because of Criticism --- SAYS HE'LL GO INTO BUSINESS --- Many a Pastor Has Done for Poor Men What He Did for a Rich One and Escaped Censure, He Declares ---...
8th November 1911
HORNBY Voyage HORNBY
John P. Eaton
May 31, 1911 Assisted following the launch of Titanic April 2, 1912 Assisted Titanic on her sea trials Port of Registry Liverpool Flag of Registry British Funnel B...
5th December 2004
Daily Chronicle LAST WILL & TESTAMENT LOST ON TITANIC
In the High Court of Justice Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division (Before the Rt. Hon. Samuel Evans, President) In the goods of S. S. Jacobsohn, deceased. page 3 This was a motion by a wid...
23rd July 1912
GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL Titanic Research GEORGES KRINS - THE LOST MEMORIAL
Philippe Delaunoy
Some years ag...
25th May 2006
New York Times R. W. DANIEL MARRIES MRS. C. B. CHRISTIAN
President of Liberty National Bank Weds as Third Wife Distant Relative in Virginia --- Special to The New York Times --- RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 10---Robert W. Daniel, president of the Liberty National Bank of New York, and Mr...
11th October 1929
A LINER TO ECLIPSE THE OLYMPIC Weekly Irish Times A LINER TO ECLIPSE THE OLYMPIC
A New Leviathan The new Atlantic liner which Messrs Harland and Wolff Limited are building for the White Star Line will eclipse in size and tonnage the Olympic and the ill-fated Titanic. The new vessel will be called the Britannic in ...
21st September 1912
TITANIC BLUEPRINT   TITANIC BLUEPRINT
"R.M.S. Titanic" Harland & Wolff design dept schematic scale blueprint of "Titanic's" plumbing & water systems. Approx 9ft x 20ins. This drawing was the personal property of W.D. Wilson esq., leading draughtsman at Harlan...
The Times A ROUND THE WORLD TRIP
The first meeting of creditors was held yesterday at Bankruptcy-buildings under a receiving order made against Maurice Allan Robinson, of 47, Victoria-street, Westminster. Mr. D. WILLIAMS, Official Receiver, reported that the ...
3rd November 1925
  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...
CASSANDRA Voyage CASSANDRA
John P. Eaton
(Donaldson Brothers) On 9 April, while eastbound St. John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Cassandra transmitted a warning of ice at 43 degrees 38’ N. by 49 degrees 16’ W. which was relayed at 2:55 p.m. by the Caledonia to the Bul...
23rd May 2005
Voyage WALLASEY
John P. Eaton
Wallasey assisted during Titanic’s sea trials and launch on May 31, 1911 and stood by on her sea trials out of Belfast on 2 April, 1912. Port of Registry: Liverpool Flag of Regi...
30th October 2004
  TURPIN FAMILY INFORMATION
William John Robert Turpin was born in Plymouth, Devon in 1883. He was the son of John R Turpin (general labourer) and Mary Jane. They had married in about 1880 and were living in Commercial Street, Plymouth at the time of the 1881 census. Both wer...
  LAST CONTACT WITH TITANIC?
Pete Morrall
Was Jack Mew the last man to have contact with Titanic before she left Southampton?...
Voyage ALEXANDRA
John P. Eaton
Alexandra Towing Co., Ltd. Alexandra assisted during Titanic’s launch on 31 May, 1911 and during her sea trails Port of R...
14th November 2004
TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT   TITANIC SCHOOLS PROJECT
Terry Madill conducts a schools visit to the Titanic Quarter, Belfast, helping to educate young people about what life was like for those who worked on the building of the Titanic, the world's most famous ocean going liner...
30th August 2011
VULCAN Voyage VULCAN
John P. Eaton
Vulcan struggling to pull the stern of the New York (left) away from Titanic's port side (Eaton-Haas Collection)...
13th February 2005
  FAMILY INFORMATION : GEORGE PELHAM
George Pelham was one of six children, having four sisters and one brother: Thomas Walter (born Jan [1867]?), Ann (born 1 April 1869), Caroline (born 26 July 1872), George was next, Elizabeth (born 26 October 1875) and Louis...
11th August 2005
  THE SAGE FAMILY OF PETERBOROUGH
Geoffrey E. Whitfield
John George Sage was born in Hackney, London in 1867. He followed a number of trades until his marriage, on 2nd November 1890 to Annie Elizabeth Cazaly. The Cazaly family were originally Huguenot refugees, and had been settled in the London are...
2001
  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...
New York Times DR. RICE, IN WILDS OF BRAZIL, IN TOUCH BY RADIO WITH HIS FRIENDS IN NEW YORK EVERY NIGHT
Deep in the wilds of Brazil, Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, surgeon and explorer, is encamped on the Rio Brancho in Manaos, studying tropical diseases. New York, although long ago over its uneasiness for the safety of the Rice party which arose late la...
16th December 1924
New York Times MARITAL RIFT OVER, FIERMONTE RADIOS
Italian Boxer Sends Word From Ship on Which Wife Sailed Suddenly on Saturday --- A DIVORCE WAS RUMORED --- Couple Were Wed Here Late in 1933---She Is the Former Mrs. Madeleine Force Astor Dick --- Enzo Fierm...
31st January 1935
Voyage RIO PIRAHY
John P. Eaton
European and Brazilian Steam Ship Cp., Ltd. (Petersen and Co., Ltd. Managers) Westbound, Narvik, Norway to Philadelphia via Halifax. Arrived Philadelphia 22 April and reported that on 8 April, in the vicinity of 42 degrees 44 ‘ N. by 49 ...
12th April 2005
THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD' Titanic Research THE FINAL IDENTIFICATION OF THE 'UNKNOWN CHILD'
Alan Ruffman
The Final Identification of the ‘Unknown Child’ of the TITANIC buried as Body No. 4 on May 4, 1912 in the Fairview Lawn Cemetery of Halifax, Nova Scotia...
9th September 2011
CARPATHIA CREW MEDAL ON SALE Bonhams CARPATHIA CREW MEDAL ON SALE
One of the bronze medals presented to the crew of RMS Carpathia, following their heroic rescue of 705 survivors of the stricken Titanic on April 15 1912, is to be sold at Bonhams as part of The Marine Sale on 28 September ...
21st September 2010
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle TITANIC SURVIVOR ETHEL BEANE DIED IN NURSING HOME
Page 1A-3A She, husband honeymooned aboard the ill-fated ship Ethel Bean, one of the remaining survivors of the sinking of the S.S. Titanic on April 15, 1912, died Saturday in Rochester. She had been living at a Roches...
17th September 1983
  THE ADDERGOOLE PARISH LOSS
John Bourke, his wife Katherine, his sister Mary, Honora Fleming and Mary Mangan were from the townland of Carrowskeheen (quarter land of the little bush), Lahardane, Addergoole Parish, Co Mayo, Irish Republic. All perished. Data from the 1911 cen...
The Times THE RT. REV. ALOYSIUS SMITH
The Rt. Rev. Aloysius Smith was the eldest brother of Reginald George Smith, one of the saloon stewards on Titanic. This is his obituary- FIRST ABBOT OF BODMIN The Rt. Rev. Abbot Aloysius Smith, C.R.L., First Abbot of Bo...
23rd August 1960
  TITANIC RELIEF FUND MINUTE BOOK
(From: Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913) Number 102. Foster, Elizabeth Ann, mother. Foster, Mary, widow. Children: Vera and Leah. All class G dependants. (From the Titanic Relief Fund Minute Book number 2, S...
Unidentified Newspaper DIGBY COUNTY AND THE TITANIC DISASTER...
Question: What do the sinking of the Titanic and Digby County have in common? Answer: The rescue ship, Carpathia's Chief Officer was Thomas W. Hankinson. Thomas William Hankinson, born 1857, was ...
Washington Herald MAJ. BUTT' S PLACE NOT YET FILLED
President Taft Has Not Asked War Department to Fill Vacancy as Chief Aid --- President Taft has not yet asked the War Department to detail a chief White House aid to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Maj. Butt. The War Department ...
21st 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....
New York Times THOMAS HENRY ISMAY DEAD
Founder and Chairman of Board of Directors of White Star Line---Gave £20,000 for Poor Sailors --- LIVERPOOL, Nov. 23---Thomas Henry Ismay, the founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the White Star Line Steamship Company, died...
24th November 1899
The Times LADY PIRRIE
WIDOW OF THE GREAT SHIPBUILDER --- Viscountess Pirrie, widow of the famous Belfast shipbuilder and shipowner, died yesterday at her home in Carlos Place, W., at the age of 78. She was Margaret Montgomer...
20th June 1935
THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL Gare Maritime THE LEAVING OF LIVERPOOL
A family sets sail for Canada in the 1930s....
10th July 2007 Gare Maritime
  REV. HARRY PARSONS (YOUNGER BROTHER OF EDWARD PARSONS)
Rev. Harry Parsons was born on 26 November 1878 in Barnstaple but spent his early years living with his family in Plymouth. He entered the Ministry of the Bible Christian Church in 1899 and subsequently spent a short time at Cheriton F...
THE CHEEK OF WILLIAM WELLER Titanic Research THE CHEEK OF WILLIAM WELLER
Senan Molony
Research Article...
3rd June 2004
WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA   WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA
NYI, the following lot is among the highlights in Swann's Sept 15 auction of the Eric C. Caren Collection: Sale 2253 Lot 309 WHAT REALLY SANK THE LUSITANIA? (STEAMSHIPS.) John Brown ...
30th August 2011
New York Times EX-WIFE GIVES UP CLAIM ON W. K. DICK
Bride of Fiermonte, Boxer, and Once Widow of J. J. Astor, Rejects Dower --- GOT DIVORCE LAST JULY --- She Also Relinquished $300,000 Income From First Husband's Estate When She Wed in 1916 --- Mrs. Enzo Fierm...
21st March 1934
New York Times SIR ARTHUR ROSTRON TO RETIRE FROM SEA
Commodore of Cunard Fleet and Captain of Berengaria 35 Years in Line's Service --- SAVED 706 FROM TITANIC --- Rescue by Carpathia Won for Him American Decoration and Plaudits of World --- Wireless to THE NEW ...
1st November 1930
MARIA PANULA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH   MARIA PANULA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPH
Maria Panula and her husband Juha Panula on their wedding day 14 Feb. 1892...
19th September 2011
OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG   OLYMPIC'S MAIDEN STOP IN CHERBOURG
Note handwritten date: 14 June 1911 (1st stop)...
14th June 1911
  LETTER FROM CAPTAIN SMITH'S WIDOW
Woodhead Winn Road Southampton Telephone 1400 Dear Frank, I'm sorry to be so long in answering your letter and picture of your family which I am pleased to have. What a lovely outlook from your home. By the "Olympi...
6th June 1912
TITANIC MISSION BRINGS TITANIC LUXURY TO LIFE PA TITANIC MISSION BRINGS TITANIC LUXURY TO LIFE
The luxurious surroundings enjoyed by some of the passengers on board the doomed Titanic can be seen for the first time in almost 100 years after a team of experts recreated parts of the ship....
27th September 2010
THE MYSTERY OF RHODA ABBOTT REVEALED Voyage THE MYSTERY OF RHODA ABBOTT REVEALED
Robert L. Bracken
Unravelling a Titanic enigma...
7th June 2004
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea News CHRISTOPHER HEAD
A former Mayor of Chelsea was among the 1,523 lost in the Titanic disaster of April 1912. Christopher Head served as Mayor between 1909 and 1911 and had been a Conservative councillor since 1906. According to contemporary accounts, Head wa...
April 1998
  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
Centerville Daily Citizen FRANK LEFEVRE BEREAVED MINER CALLED ELOPER - MRS. DUPONT SAYS HE FLED FROM FRANCE WITH HER BOTH MAY BE DEPORTED - EMIGRANT INSPECTOR WHITEFIELD INVESTIGATES CASE AT MYSTIC - WOMAN SAYS HE GOT $2,000 FROM HER
In Appanoose county’s foreign colony there lurks, in all probability, many a romance and as romances go, frequently there are sombre sides to them. The Citizen’s readers will recall having read some time ago of the loss of the wife and four childr...
13th July 1912
New York Times KARL H. BEHR DIES; DILLON, READ AIDE
Page 87, column 3 Vice President of Banking Firm for 24 Years Once Known as Leading Tennis Player. Karl H. Behr, vice president of Dillon, Read & Co., bankers, 28 Nassau Street, who was one of the country's leading tenni...
16th October 1949
VIOLET'S BARREN WHITE STAR WEDDING Titanic Research VIOLET'S BARREN WHITE STAR WEDDING
Senan Molony
The story of Titanic survivor Violet Jessop's short-lived marriage revealed for the first time....
27th April 2011
  WILLIAM MCMASTER MURDOCH
Mark Garfien
William McMaster Murdoch was born 28th February 1873 in Dalbeattie, Scotland. He was the fourth of seven children of Captain Samuel Murdoch and his wife Jeanie. The Murdochs had been a se...
TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK Titanic Research TITANIC'S HIDDEN DECK
Samuel Halpern
An examination of Titanic's double bottom...
8th April 2005
  GOODWIN FAMILY UPDATED BIOGRAPHIES
Goodwin, Mr. Charles Frederick. (40). Missing. Watson's Court, High Street, Melksham, Wiltshire. Ticket number CA2144 cost £46 18s 0d. There is a memorial to the whole famil...
Providence Journal R.I. WOMAN, SURVIVOR OF TITANIC, DIES AT 92
Page 26 Mrs. Lulu Thorne Opie, 92, of the Old Post Road at Dunn's Corners in Westerly, a survivor of the sinking of the British passenger liner Titanic in 1912, died Tuesday at the Watch Hill Nursing Home. One of the other ...
4th June 1970
The Times HAROLD COTTAM
Obituary...
31st May 1984
Billboard Magazine HENRY B. HARRIS
Loses Life When Ill-Fated Titanic Sinks – Other Victims Of Disaster Connected With Amusement Field Include Albert A. Stewart, Emil Brandeis and Franz Addelmann – Dorothy Gibson Saved New York, April 20 (Special to Billb...
27th April 1912
 

 
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