Miss Ellen "Nellie" Barber
Age: 26 years
Occupation: Personal Maid to Mrs Julia Florence Cavendish
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 19877 , £78 17s
Rescued (boat 6)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
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Miss Ellen "Nellie" Barber, 26, was born in Penshurst, Tonbridge, England, where her father lived at The Square.
She boarded the Titanic at Southampton as maid to Mrs Tyrell William Cavendish. Her last permanent residence was in Stafford. She travelled on the Cavendish's ticket (No. 19877). Mrs Cavendish and Miss Barber were rescued in lifeboat 6. She sent a Marconigramm to her parents' address, it was transmitted at 9.40 pm, probably on 18 April 1912:
Mrs Barber Penshurst nr Tonbridge Kent EnglandSafeNellie
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr Tyrell William Cavendish
Mrs Julia Florence Cavendish
References and 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
John Booth & Sean Coughlan (1993) Titanic Signals of Disaster. White Star Publicatons, Westbury, Wiltshire. ISBN 0 9518190 1 1
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