Miss Edith Corse Evans

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Name: Miss Edith Corse Evans
Born: Tuesday 21st September 1875
Age: 36 years
Last Residence: in New York City New York United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17531 , £31 13s 7d
Cabin No.: A29
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered

Miss Edith Corse Evans, 36, was born on 21 September 1875.

A resident of of New York City, Miss Evans boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger. She occupied cabin A-29.

Miss Evans joined the group of sisters: Mrs E. D. Appleton, Mrs John Murray Brown and Mrs R. C. Cornell during the voyage and came to know Colonel Archibald Gracie who had gallantly offered his services to the unaccompanied ladies.

In the early hours of April 15th after all of the main lifeboats had got away Gracie rushed up to where Second Officer Charles Lightoller was shepherding women and children into collapsible D, he guided Mrs Brown and Miss Evans as far as he could before being stopped by the cordon Lightoller had set up to prevent a rush on the boat. Evans turned to Brown and said, 'You go first, you have children waiting at home.' Brown stepped into the boat but Evans faltered and the boat eventually left without her. As boat D hit the water seaman William Lucas called up to Miss Evans 'There's another boat going to be put down for you' but there was no boat and Edith was left to reflect on the words of the fortune teller who had recently warned her to beware of water.

References and Sources

Walter Lord (1976) A Night to Remember. London, Penguin. ISBN 0 14 004757 3

Credits
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK

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Do pictures of Edith exist? Since she was from a socially prominent family, perhaps her picture was in the newspaper. Or perhaps her sister Lena married and a descendant who has one. Perhaps this a mission for our man Phil! (Michael Poirier)

Michael, Phil would of course be my bet to turn up a photo if one exists but I believe this avenue must have been tried before. It has also always bugged me that no picture of Evans has surfaced. As you know in Geller's book she states none are known to exist. But like you I believe a little sleuthing is in order on this one. Maybe someday... Randy (Randy B. Bigham )

Hi Randy: Judging by the prominence of her family, I do wonder if one of the New York papers had a picture of her. As many of those young ladies had debutante parties and attended social events their picture appeared in the newspaper. Weren't they part of the group Daughters of the American Revolution or some such thing? Groups like that are famous for archives filled with old notes from meetings, pictures, etc (Michael Poirier)

Hi Mike, We have a picture of Edith's sister Lena (in later years) but have been unsuccessful in tracking one down of dear Edith herself. I have exhausted all resources here in New York so I don't know where to turn next. My fellow researchers have turned up with the same thing - plenty of information - but no picture. Keep the faith. I'm sure she'll allow us the opportunity to finally see her one day! She is one of my favorite Titanic passengers - all the more fascinating because she continues to remain visually elusive. Hope to get together for a chat soon! Best, Mike (Michael Findlay)

Hi Mike: I was hoping you'd see this message. Hmmmm.... So I take it Lena didn't leave any close relatives behind. It does amaze me that someone who was fairly well off didn't get her picture in the paper. Especially one with such a patriotic family tree. I think Shell is do back from Merry Old England soon, so hopefully we can forge ahead with our plans. See you soon, Mike (Michael Poirier)