Mrs Margaretta Corning Spedden (née Stone)

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Name: Mrs Margaretta Corning Spedden (née Stone)
Born: Tuesday 19th November 1872
Age: 39 years
Last Residence: in Tuxedo Park New York United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 16966 , £134 10s
Cabin No.: E34
Destination: Tuxedo Park New York United States
Rescued (boat 3)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 10th February 1950

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Photo: © Leighton H. Coleman III

Mrs Frederic Oakley Spedden (Margaretta Corning Stone) known as "Daisy" was born in 1872 in Morristown, New Jersey. She lived, with her husband Frederic and son Douglas at Wee Wah Lodge in Tuxedo Park, NY.

Daisy enjoyed photography and travelling and kept detailed diaries of their journeys overseas.

The year after their experience on the Titanic Daisy wrote and illustrated a small storybook that she gave to her son Douglas for Christmas. "My Story" was told through the eyes of a toy bear, and describes the European travels, the sinking of the Titanic and the subsequent rescue.

Following the death of young Douglas in 1915, Daisy stopped writing her diaries but continued with her photography and travels. Daisy and Frederick continued to divide their time between Tuxedo Park and Bar Harbor until Frederick's death in 1947. Daisy died February 10, 1950 at the age of 77.

Some forty years later Mr Leighton H. Coleman III, a relative of Daisy's, discovered Daisy's diaries, photo albums and the storybook in a trunk in the attic. He has had the storybook fully illustrated, and published under the title "Polar, the Titanic Bear".

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Elizabeth Margaret Burns
Mr Frederic Oakley Spedden
Master Robert Douglas Spedden
Miss Helen Alice Wilson

References and Sources
New York Times, February 11, 1950
Daisy Spedden Polar, the Titanic Bear. Edited by Leighton H. Coleman III
Colonel Archibald Gracie (1913) The Truth about the Titanic. New York, Mitchell Kennerley

Credits
Dave Aldworth, USA
Leighton H. Coleman III, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA

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MRS. M. SPEDDEN 1922 PASSPORT  
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New York Times  (1915)  OBITUARY NOTES  
New York Times  (1915)  OBITUARY OF ROBERT DOUGLAS SPEDDEN  
(1926)  RADIOS FROM NOTABLE PASSENGERS  
New York Times  (1947)  DIES IN SWIMMING POOL  
New York Times  (1950)  OBITUARY OF MARGARETTA SPEDDEN  
New York Times  (1950)  MRS. FREDERIC SPEDDEN  
New York Times  (1950)  $340 FOR 4 PERIOD CHAIRS  
New York Times  (1950)  CABINET IS SALE FEATURE  

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