Captain Smith's Personal effects

[William Oakes]

I do not sell anything from the website, it is all freely available, as I believe history, especially surrounding a tragedy, should be. He was simply selling it himself, without acknowledgement or permission etc.

Are you still moaning about this?
I took it down days after we communicated.
Nobody bought one.
I was charging $5.99 USD and by the time I printed and packaged it, I was making nothing on it anyway.
I make Titanic items available to the common middle class guys like me at affordable prices.
I provide a service.
But when you begged me to take it down I did.
So why are you STILL carrying on?
I thought that we had buried the hatchet long ago.
I respect you and your research.
Can we please move on?

 

[Mark Baber]

Moderator's hat on:

OK. That's enough of that. Back to Capt. Smith's personal effects.

Moderator's hat off.

 

[TonyAlleyne]

Ive meet somebody that is a titanic nut like us. He owns titanic captain ej smiths teapot which his wife brought him, which He owned pre titanic and I got to hold smiths teapot. He has papers to go with it. He also owns Thomas Whitley clock that his finance brought him. He also owns other important titanic objects.

Hello Aly,

I’m trying to find out which private collector listed Captain Smith’s Locket along with Titanic Survivor, Mrs Marion Estelle Kenyon’s jewellery items with the Beloit Auction Services in April 2012 to mark the 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic?

I recently became the new custodian of the two jewellery artefacts belonging to Mrs Frederick Roland Kenyon when they were auctioned a couple of months ago.
Any information would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Jim Michon]

William - you might want to check this in-depth biography on Smith here: Titanic's Officers - RMS Titanic - Captain E.J. Smith

In it, you will find a lot of information, as well as artefacts including
-his loving cup' inscribed “Captain E.J. Smith, 1875"
-Victorian locket belonging to his wife Eleanor, who wore this locket with her husband's photograph in it until her death in 1931
-letters he wrote
-his Board of Trade certificates
-newspaper articles
-film footage
- a large collection of photographs of Smith and family

It is constantly being updated and I have more documents to add in a future update, hopefully soon.

Captain Smith's wife was Sarah Eleanor Pennington

 

[Dan E. Parkes]

Captain Smith's wife was Sarah Eleanor Pennington

Indeed, although as was often the custom, she went by her second name Eleanor.

 

[Jim Michon]

Ah. Something I wasn't aware of, as I am just getting into this part of history deeper than a casual glance. Thank you

 

[Jim Michon]

Ive meet somebody that is a titanic nut like us. He owns titanic captain ej smiths teapot which his wife brought him, which He owned pre titanic and I got to hold smiths teapot. He has papers to go with it. He also owns Thomas Whitley clock that his finance brought him. He also owns other important titanic objects.

Do you recall who this person was, or if there are any pictures of this teapot? What kind of "papers" did he have that went along with it? I am very curious as years ago, a teapot, flask, little girls purse and a few small child toys, were found in a box in the loft of Capt. Smith's Waterloo home, where he, his wife Eleanor and daughter Mel, lived until 1907. This box and other items were found to be covered with papers and trash that dated to the time when they lived in the house. When the Smith's moved to Southampton in 1907, following the newly relocated White Star Line office, the Waterloo house was kept "in the family" and tended to by a family member of Mrs. Smith, I believe it was her sister, as it is believed that once EJ retired, later to be marked by his returned from New York on the Titanic, the family would return to this home. But with his death, it eventually was sold and remained vacant for some years, being used as a boarding house for a short period of time.

In regard to this find of the teapot and other items, they were kept by the owner house for well over 30 years and eventually sold. I am now the owner of the teapot and would like to learn more of this other one.