Dr Alice Leader (née Farnham)
- Biography
| Name: Dr Alice Leader
(née Farnham) Born: Saturday 10th May 1862 Age: 49 years Last Residence: in New York City New York United States Occupation: Doctor 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17465 , £25 18s 7d Cabin No.: D17 Rescued (boat 8) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Thursday 20th April 1944 Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease Buried: Attica New York United States |
New York Herald, April 19, 1912, p. 4
Dr Alice Farnham Leader was born in New York, N.Y. on May 10, 1862, the daughter of Reuben H. Farnham and Frances Humphreys, both parents were also born in New York.
Alice and her husband John were childless, they both worked as physicians at a practice in New York City.
Alice boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a first class passenger, she shared cabin D-17 with Margaret Swift. She was rescued in lifeboat 8.
After her rescue from the Titanic Alice returned to work. She retired in the 1920s and was a frequent visitor to the Orlando, Florida area where a married sister lived. She still has one great-nephew living in Orlando and a number of other great-nephews and nieces living in the Venice/Fort Myers area.
Alice Leader died in Florida on April 20, 1944; she was buried in Attica, N.Y.
Travelling Companions
Mrs Margaret Welles Swift
Mrs Marion Kenyon
Mr Frederick R. Kenyon
References and Sources
The Winter Park Herald (Florida), April 28, 1944 (Obituary)
State of Florida Certificate of Death (#8809)
Credits
Phillip Gowan, USA
Related Articles and Documents
| Brooklyn Daily Times (1912) | FRIENDS EXPECT TO HEAR FROM MRS. SWIFT SOON | |
| Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) | BRAVE COUNTESS TAKES CHARGE OF LIFEBOAT | |
| Evening Bulletin (1912) | TITANIC SURVIVOR WRITES OF HORROR TO FRIEND HERE |
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