Mrs Ada Julia Doling (née Bone)

Mrs John T. Doling (Ada Julia Bone), 34, from 33 Canute Road, Southampton, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger together with her sister-in-law Elsie.

Mrs Doling was travelling to New York to visit her mother Julie Bone at 144 East 52th Street. She and Elsie held ticket number 231919, price: £23.

Mrs Doling and her relative were rescued by the Carpathia. On board she tried to sent a telegram to Southampton, but it was not transmitted, because of the operators' workload.

Express, Southampton, England Ada Elsie safe

They returned to England on board of the Philadelphia on 11 May 1912.

Mrs Doling was a native of Southampton, her husband was councillor. They had two sons "Willie" and "Reggie".

Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer
At Port of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National
Archives, NWCTB-85-T715-Vol. 4183.
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee on Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912.
John Booth & Sean Coughlan (1993) Titanic Signals of Disaster. White Star Publicatons, Westbury, Wiltshire. ISBN 0-9518190-11
Dave Bryceson (1997) The Titanic Disaster: As Reported in the British National Press April-July 1912. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN-1-85260-579-0
Donald Hyslop, Alastair Forsyth and Sheila Jemima (1997) Titanic Voices: Memories from the Fateful Voyage, Sutton Publishing, Southampton City Council. ISBN 0 7509 1436

Acknowledgements
Hermann Söldner, Germany

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Elsie Doling

Travelling Companions
Mr Henry Price Hodges Friend