Mrs Emma Eliza Bucknell (née Ward)
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| Name: Mrs Emma Eliza Bucknell
(née Ward) Born: Saturday 28th August 1852 Age: 59 years Last Residence: in Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 11813 , £76 5s 10d Cabin No.: D15 Rescued (boat 8) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Monday 27th June 1927 |
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Mrs William Robert Bucknell (Emma Eliza Ward), 60, boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg (ticket number 11813, £76 5s 10d, Cabin D-15) with her maid Albina Bazzani. She was travelling to her home in Philadelphia, PA.
Mrs Bucknell's husband was the founder of Bucknell College in Philadelphia.
While awaiting the Titanic on the Tender at Cherbourg Mrs Bucknell told Molly brown that she had "evil forebodings" that something might happen to the ship. Mrs Brown laughed but Mrs bucknell would have cause to remind her of her words only days later.
Mrs Bucknell and Ms Bazzani were rescued in lifeboat 8.
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Acknowledgements
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Albina Bazzani
Related Articles and Documents
| Daily Northwestern | EMMA BUCKNELL | |
| Worcester Evening Gazette (1912) | SAYS ISMAY CHOSE OWN BOAT CREW | |
| New York Times (1927) | MRS. EMMA W. BUCKNELL |
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