Mrs Juliette Marie Louise Laroche (née Lafargue)
Mrs Joseph Laroche (Juliette Marie Louise Lafargue), 22, was born in Paris on born 20 October 1889 the daughter of widower Monsieur Lafargue, a wine seller of Villejuif, France.
She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with her husband Joseph and daughters Louise and Simonne. Juliette was pregnant at the time of the disaster 1.
Joseph died in the sinking but his family were saved, possibly in lifeboat 14.
She died in Paris, France on 10 January 1980.
Notes
1. Joseph LeMercier Laroche, Jr. was born 17 December 1912, he married to a Mlle Claudine _?. He died 17 January 1987. Claudine LaRoche is still living in the Paris area. She and Joseph had several children who are the only living descendants of this family.
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
Judith Geller (1998) Titanic: Women and Children First. Haynes. ISBN 1 85260 594 4
Credits
George Behe, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Olivier Mendez, France
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Summary
Born: Sunday 20th October 1889
Age: 22 years
Married to Joseph Laroche.
Last Residence: in Paris France
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 2123 , £41 11s 7d
Destination: Cap Haitien Haiti
Rescued (boat 14)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Thursday 10th January 1980
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche
Miss Louise Laroche
Miss Simonne Marie Anne Andrée Laroche
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