Miss Gretchen Fiske Longley
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Boston Globe, 16 April 1912
Miss Gretchen Fiske Longley, 21, was born on 1 September 1890.
A resident of Hudson, New York, Miss. Longley travelled with her aunts Kornelia Theodosia Andrews and Mrs John C. Hogeboom. The three ladies boarded the Titanic in Southampton under ticket number 13502 (£77). Miss Longley occupied cabin D-9.
Gretchen Longley opened a farewell letter when she arrived in her cabin. It was a good wish for every day of the voyage.
Good weather
Refreshments
Every desire
Tommies to burn
Chocolate icecream
Heavenly evenings
Entire meals
No regrets
The curious note spells out "Gretchen".
The ladies were rescued in lifeboat 10.
Gretchen Fiske Longley later married Dr. Raymond Leopold. She died as Mrs Gretchen Leopold on 11 August 1965 and was buried at West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
(© Michael A. Findlay, USA)
References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Walter Lord (1960) The Good Years, Harper & Bros. New York
Credits
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Michael Poirier, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK
Summary
Born: Monday 1st September 1890
Age: 21 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: in Hudson New York United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 13502 , £77 19s 2d
Cabin No. D9
Rescued (boat 10)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Wednesday 11th August 1965
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Kornelia Theodosia Andrews
Mrs Anna Louisa Hogeboom
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