Mrs Ruth Dodge (née Vidaver)
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Mrs Washington Dodge (Ruth Vidaver), was born in Cleveland, Ohio on 27 March 1878, the daughter of Nathaniel Vidaver and his wife.
Ruth had been married previously and had a daughter Vida (1).
New York Herald, April 19, 1912
In 1912 she lived in San Francisco, California. She boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her husand Dr Washington Dodge and her son Washington Dodge Jr. The family bought ticket No. 33638 at a cost of £81 17 2d. They occupied cabin A-34.
Mrs Dodge and her son were rescued in lifeboat 5.
Ruth Dodge died in Manhattan in July 1950.
Notes
Vida (later Mrs Arthur Payne) died in New York City in 1990 at the age of 90.
References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
Department of Health Borough
of Manhattan Certificate Of Death
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Phillip Gowan, USA
Homer Thiel, USA
Summary
Born: Wednesday 27th March 1878
Age: 34 years
Last Residence: in San Francisco California United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 33638 , £81 17s 2d
Cabin No. A34
Destination: San Francisco California United States
Rescued (boat 5)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Wednesday 19th July 1950
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Dr Washington Dodge
Master Washington Dodge
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