Mrs Helen Churchill Candee (née Hungerford)
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Mrs Edward Candee (Helen Churchill Hungerford), 53, was born in New York City on October 5, 1859 the daughter of Henry Hungerford and Mary E. Churchill. She was educated in various private schools in New Haven and Norwalk, CT. She married Edward Candee and had one daughter, Edith, who married Harold C. Mathews.
Helen considered herself to be an author and lectured on the Liberal Arts and the Orient. Among her writings were: "Susan Truslow" in 1900, "An Oklahoma Romance" in 1901, "How Women May Earn a Living" in 1900, "Decorative Styles and Periods" in 1906, "The Tapestry Book" in 1912, "Angkor, the Magnificent" in 1924, "New Journeys In Old Asia" in 1927, and "Weaves and Draperies" in 1931. She was decorated by the government of French-Indo China in 1929 and was a member of the India Society of London as well as the Les Amis de l'Orient of Paris.
Mrs Candee boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger. She was travelling to Washington DC. She was rescued in lifeboat 6. She had given an antique cameo of her mother to Edward A. Kent for safekeeping as she thought he would have a better chance of surviving the sinking than she did. Although Mr Kent died, his body was recovered and the cameo was found in his clothing and returned to Mrs Candee. She was a strikingly beautiful woman and Archibald Gracie included her in his "Our Coterie" group.
Mrs Candee died in York, York County, Maine on August 23, 1949
Acknowledgements
Phillip Gowan, USA
Summary
Born: Wednesday 5th October 1859
Age: 52 years
Married to Edward Candee.
Last Residence: in Washington DC United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17606 , £27 8s 11d
Rescued (boat 6)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Tuesday 23rd August 1949
Cause of Death: Cause Not Disclosed
Buried: Salem Massachusetts United States
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