Mr Richard Leonard Beckwith

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Name: Mr Richard Leonard Beckwith
Born: Monday 9th November 1874
Age: 37 years
Last Residence: in New York City New York United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 11751 , £52 11s 1d
Cabin No.: D35
Rescued (boat 5)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Tuesday 11th April 1933
Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease
Buried: Cedar Hill Cemetery Hartford Connecticut United States

Mr Richard Leonard Beckwith, 37, was born on 9 November 1874.

He boarded the Titanic at Southampton with his wife Sallie and her daughter Helen Monypeny Newsom (Ticket No. 11751, £52 11s 1d). They were destined for New York, NY and occupied cabin D-35.

The family were rescued in lifeboat 5.

Richard Leonard died on 11 April 1933.

References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])

Contributors
Phillip Gowan, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Sallie Beckwith

Related Articles and Documents

BECKWITH GRAVE MARKER  
BECKWITH FAMILY PLOT  
Chicago Examiner  (1912)  MISTAKEN FOR WOMAN; FORCED INTO LIFEBOAT  
New York Times  (1913)  TITANIC SURVIVORS MARRY  
Unidentified Newspaper  (1933)  RICHARD L. BECKWITH  
New York Times  (1933)  RICHARD L. BECKWITH  

Grave or Memorials Beckwith Family Plot
Beckwith Grave Marker

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