Miss Lucy Ridsdale
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Miss Lucy Ridsdale, 50, (born 1862) boarded the Titanic at Southampton and travelled in second class, she shared a cabin with Mary Davis.
Lucy Ridsdale had run a nursing home in London before retiring. With all her possessions in the hold of the Titanic she was travelling to America where her three sister already lived. She would stay with her niece, Mrs J. E. Wickstrom, who lived in Marietta, Ohio before moving on to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
After the collision Miss Ridsdale was helped to dress by her cabin-mate Mary Davis; being afflicted by a club-foot she struggled to get to the boat-deck, but was eventually able to get into lifeboat 13.
References
Judith Geller (1998) Titanic: Women and Children First. Haynes. ISBN
1 85260 594 4
Sources
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio), 16 April 1912
Acknowledgements
Judith Geller, USA
Homer Thiel, USA
Summary
Born: 1862
Age: 50 years
Last Residence: in London England
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 14258 , £10 10s
Destination: Marietta United States
Rescued (boat 13)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
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