Miss Emily Louisa Badman

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Name: Miss Emily Louisa Badman
Born: Friday 19th January 1894
Age: 18 years
Last Residence: in Clevedon England
Occupation: Servant
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 31416 , £8 1s
Destination: Skaneateles New York United States
Rescued (boat C)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Wednesday 17th July 1946
Cause of Death: Cause Not Disclosed
Buried: Mt. Carmel Cemetery Tenafly New Jersey United States

Titanic Survivor who had Thrilling Experience

Miss Emily Louisa Badman, 18, was born on 19 January 1894 in Clevedon, Somerset. She was the daughter of Solomon Badman (general labourer) and Emily Badman (née Cox). The family lived at 128 Kenn Road. She was one of seven children, four being Harry, Arthur, Caroline and Pauline.

She boarded the Titanic at Southampton having travelled from her home in Clevedon, Somerset. She travelled in third class (ticket number A/4 31416, £8 1s) and was bound for Skanteales, New York where her sister Pauline was living (1).

New York Tribune

In later interviews, Miss Badman stated that Edward Dorking had helped her to put on a lifebelt, she also claimed to have seen shootings on the deck, and to have heard the band play "Nearer My God to Thee."

She was rescued in Collapsible C. After her arrival in New York Emily spent some time at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York.

Emily had made friends with a fellow passenger, Sarah Roth. Sarah married Daniel Iles one week after arriving in New York on Carpathia, Emily was a bridesmaid.

Emily remained in America and in 1913 married Michael O'Grady. They had three sons, Thomas, Michael and John and a daughter Margaret. The family lived at 553 Prospect Avenue, Ridgefield, New Jersey.

Emily Louisa O'Grady (née Badman) died on 17 July 1946 and was buried in the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Tenafly, New Jersey. Her husband, Michael died in 1963, aged 75.

Notes
1. Destination listed as "Mrs Ernest Arthur R.F.D. 62 Skaneateles, N.Y."

References and Sources
Jersey Journal, 17 July 1946, Obituary New Jersey Department of Health Certificate of DeathContract 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

Credits
Stephen Coombes, UK Phillip Gowan, USA Judy Simms, USA Hermann Söldner, Germany

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