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Miss Elizabeth Dowdell, 30, of Union Hill, New Jersey boarded the Titanic
at Southampton as Nurse to Miss Virginia Ethel Emmanuel
whom she was escorting to her grandparents home in New York City. They shared
a third class cabin
with Amy Stanley who recalled the couple years
later:
"My two cabin mates were a Nurse and an 11 year old [sic] child,
her [the nurse's] name was Elizabeth. The child was alone, because her parents
were still in Europe and she was going home to America." After the rescue... "I
found Elizabeth and the Nurse I roomed with on the Titanic, I was so glad they
survived the trauma."
Amy also mentions them in a letter to her parents written immediately after
their arrival in New York:
"I shared a cabin with an American lady and child. I assisted
them to dress, and then we went up on deck. We tried to reach the boats. Then
I saw two fellows (whom we met at meals, the only men we made real friends of)
coming towards us, who assisted us over the railings into the lifeboat."
Amy Stanley was assisted into Collapsible
C. Ms Dowdell and Miss Emmanuel were rescued in lifeboat
13.
Miss Dowdell made an insurance claim of $469 (claim B5 c/o Miss Martin, Savoy
Hotel, London).
Miss Dowdell later became Mrs Fierer and attended the New York premiere of
A Night to Remember in 1958. She passed away in the Bronx, New York, on 16 November
1962 at the age of seventy. She was buried at the Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City,
New Jersey.
Documents
Jersey Journal, 19 April 1912, Mother
and Child Saved at Very Last
Hudson Dispatch, 19 April 1912, Titanic
Survivors Tell Dramatic Story of Sea's Greatest Disaster in History
Hudson Observer, 20 April 1912, Union
Hill Woman Says Band Didn't Play On Titanic
Hudson Dispatch, 20 April 1912, Harrowing
Tale of Scenes on Titanic by Miss Dowdell
Jersey Journal, 20 April 1912, Rescued
Union Hill Girl's Story
State
of New York Certificate of Death
References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
New York American
Contributors
Arthur Merchant, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Brian Ticehurst, UK
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Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary
Name: Miss Elizabeth Dowdell
Born: Monday 6th September 1880
Age: 31 years Last Residence: in Union Hill New Jersey United States
Occupation: Housekeeper 3rd Class Passengers First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 364516 , £12 9s 6d Destination: Union Hill New Jersey United States Rescued (boat 13) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Friday 16th November 1962
Buried: Holy Name Cemetery Jersey City New Jersey United States Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Virginia Ethel Emanuel
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