Mr William Bertram Greenfield
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| Name: Mr William Bertram Greenfield
Born: Friday 11th May 1888 Age: 23 years Last Residence: in New York City New York United States 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17759 , £63 7s 2d Cabin No.: D10 Rescued (boat 7) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Saturday 12th November 1949 Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease Buried: Salem Fields Cemetery New York City New York United States |
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Mr William Bertram Greenfield, 23, was born in New York City, on 11 May 1888, the son of Leo Greenfieldand Blanche Strouse.
A furrier from New York, NY, Mr Greenfield boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with his mother Blanche Greenfield, they they held ticket number PC 17759, price £63, 7s, 2d and occupied cabins D-10/12.
After the collision Mr Greenfield played cards in the first class smoking room with Alfred Nourney (Baron von Drachstedt) and Henry Blank.
He was rescued in lifeboat 7.
William rarely spoke about the Titanic disaster largely out of respect to his mother, Blanche, who was forever haunted by the screams of those who died in the icy waters.
William Greenfield served during World War I, married, had two daughters and continued to live in New York City. He died on 12 November 1949 at the age of 61. He was buried at the Salem Field Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Blanche Greenfield
References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Borough Of Manhattan
Certificate Of Death
New York Times, 14 November 1949, Obituary
Credits
Nell Greenfield (Daughter of William Greenfield)
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK
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