Mrs Edith Graham (née Junkins)

Edith Graham

Mrs William Thompson Graham (Edith Ware Junkins) was born on 6 December 1863.

A resident of Greenwich, Connecticut, Mrs Graham was the wife of a leading industrialist W. T. Graham, founder of the Dixie Cup Company.

She boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her daughter Margaret; she occupied cabin C-91 (ticket number17582, £153 9s 3d).

According to a newspaper interview the two ladies were helped to the lifeboats by Washington Roebling and Howard B. Case.

"They shouted goodbye to us, and then what do you think Mr Case did then? He just calmly lighted a cigarette and waved us goodbye with his hand. Mr Roebling stood there too - I can see him now. I am sure he knew that the ship would go to the bottom. But both just stood there."

Mother and daughter were rescued in lifeboat 3.

Edith died in Greenwich, Connecticut on 29 December 1924. She was buried at Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich, Connecticut.


Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA

References and Sources

Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
New York Times, April 1912
Trentonian, 21 December 1997

Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)
Pat Cook, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK

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Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

Name: Mrs Edith Graham (née Junkins)
Born: October 1852
Age: 59 years
Married to: William Thompson
Last Residence: in Greenwich England

First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17582 , £153 9s 3d
Cabin No.: C91
Rescued (boat 3)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Monday 29th December 1924

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Margaret Edith Graham
Miss Elizabeth Weed Shutes


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