Mrs Blanche Greenfield (née Strouse)
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| Name: Mrs Blanche Greenfield
(née Strouse) Born: Thursday 21st February 1867 Age: 45 years Last Residence: in New York City New York United States 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17759 , £63 7s 2d Cabin No.: D10 Rescued (boat 7) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Thursday 5th November 1936 Cause of Death: Thyreotoxicosis Buried: Salem Fields Cemetery New York City New York United States |
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Mrs Leo David Greenfield (Blanche Strouse), 45, was born in New York City on 21 February 1867, the daughter of Henry Strouse and Hannah Mork
A resident of New York City, Mrs Greenfield boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with her son William Bertram Greenfield, they held ticket number PC 17759, price £63, 7s, 2d and occupied cabins D-10/12.
They were rescued in lifeboat 7.
For the rest of her life Blanche was haunted by the screams of those who died in the icy waters. The exposure to the icy elements had affected Mrs Greenfield's hearing in her later years.
Mrs Blanche Greenfield died on 5 November 1936 at the age of 69. She was buried at the Salem Field Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY.
Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr William Bertram Greenfield
References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
City of New York
Certificate Of Death
New York Times, 6 November 1936, Death
Notice
Credits
Nell Greenfield (Daughter of William Greenfield)
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK
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