Miss Eugenie Elise Lurette
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| Name: Miss Eugenie Elise Lurette
Born: Tuesday 16th November 1852 Age: 59 years Occupation: Personal Maid to Mrs Marie Eugenie Spencer 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17569 , £146 10s 5d Cabin No.: B80 Rescued (boat 6) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Wednesday 31st January 1940 |
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Eugenie Elise Lurette
Elise Lurette at her Paris home.
(Courtesy of Olivier Mendez, Association Français du Titanic)
Miss Eugenie Elise Lurette was born at Marne, France in 1853. Her sister Eulalie Lurette-Railet lived at Hermonville, Marne.
She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as maid to Mrs William Augustus Spencer. She travelled on the Spencer's ticket (No. PC 17569) and occupied cabin B-80.
Mrs Spencer and Miss Lurette were rescued in lifeboat 6. On the Carpathia, sent a Marconigramm, which was transmitted on 17th April 1912 at 1.06 pm:
Mr Wolcott Lane 80 Broadway New York City
Mrs Spencer aboard Carpathia no information regarding
Mr Spencer Elise
When the MacKay Bennettarrived at Halifax at 9:30 am on 30 April 1912, Miss Lurette she was there looking for Mr Spencer, but in vain. Miss Lurette was sent by Mrs Spencer, whom she had served for more than thirty years.
ELise Lurette died on 31st January 1940.
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr William Augustus Spencer
Mrs Marie Eugenie Spencer
References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer At Port Of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National Archives, NWCTB 85 T715 Vol 4183
Jay Henry Mowbray (ed.) (1998) Sinking of the Titanic, Eyewitness Accounts. Dover Publications, Mineaola, N.Y. ISBN 0 486 40298 3
John Booth & Sean Coughlan (1993) Titanic Signals of Disaster. White Star Publicatons, Westbury, Wiltshire. ISBN 0 9518190 1 1
Hermann Söldner (ed.) (2000) RMS Titanic: Passenger and Crew List 10 April 1912-15 April 1912. ä wie Ärger Verlag.
Credits
Olivier Mendez, France
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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