Mrs Mary Hélène Douglas (née Baxter)


Mary Douglas
(Courtesy: Alan Hustak, Canada)

Mrs Frederick Charles Douglas (Mary Hélène Jane "Suzette" Baxter), 27, was born in Montreal 4 April 1885, the daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant and banker. She was raised in the affluent Square Mile district of the city, where everyone called her by the nickname 'Zette. When she was 24 she married Fred Charles Douglas, a medical doctor. 'Zette's mother financed a medical clinic on St. Famille St., so Douglas could go into business for himself, and she paid for his post graduate studies in London in 1910. Her interference caused problems in the marriage. In the spring of 1911, Zette decided, against her husband's wishes, to go to Europe with her mother and her younger brother Quigg.

She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger and shared cabin B-60 (?58) with her mother Hélène. She survived the sinking in lifeboat 6 but when she returned to Montreal she contracted a mild case of polio and needed a leg brace to get around. Her husband became an alcoholic and lost his hospital privileges and eventually moved to Sherbrooke, Quebec. After her mother died in 1923, Zette Baxter left her husband and went to live with a Montreal stockbroker, Edgar Cole Richardson.

In the early 1930's they moved to Redlands, California, to a house at 715 West Clark St. There, according to her nephew, she lived, surrounded by "mothballs and memories," until her death there on 31 December 1954.

References and Sources

Certificate of Baptism
Alan Hustak (1999) Titanic: The Canadian Story. Véhicule Press. ISBN 1 55065 113 7

Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)
John Baxter, Canada
Phillip Gowan, USA
Alan Hustak, Canada

Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

Name: Mrs Mary Hélène Douglas (née Baxter)
Born: Saturday 4th April 1885
Age: 27 years
Last Residence: in Montreal Québéc Canada

First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17558 , £247 10s 5d
Cabin No.: B58/60
Rescued (boat 6)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 31st December 1954

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Hélène Baxter
Mr Quigg Edmond Baxter


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