Mr Edward Pennington Calderhead

Edward Pennington Calderhead


New York Herald, 18 April 1912, p. 4
(Courtesy of Jeffrey Kern,USA)

Mr Edward Pennington Calderhead was born in Pennsylvania on 4 June 1869, the son of Edward Calderhead and Josephine Conrad.

A resident, in 1912, of New York City, Calderhead was the buyer of the 'toys department' at Gimbels and Bros. He boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a first class passenger (ticket number PC 17476, £26 5s 9d). He shared cabin E-24 with Spencer Victor Silverthorne.

Calderhead was rescued in lifeboat 5.

Calderhead worked as an engraver before retiring to Los Angeles, California (from New York). He died there on 5th April 1961.

References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])

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Michael A, Findlay, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Charles Provost, Canada

 

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Philip Hind (Editor)

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Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

Name: Mr Edward Pennington Calderhead
Born: Friday 4th June 1869
Age: 42 years
Last Residence: in New York City New York United States

First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17476 , £26 5s 9d
Cabin No.: E24
Rescued (boat 5)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Wednesday 5th April 1961

Cause of Death:

Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale California United States

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