Constance Willard

[Bob Godfrey]

Off the top of my head, no. This sort of detective work can be fun, but it does take a lot of time to look at all the possibilities. And like as not you end up with too many or none at all. But when you're looking for an unaccompanied teenage girl who looks and sounds English (at least to an American) the best place to look is among the Irish. Don't take the assumed age too seriously. That's something which can be very hard to judge, especially with young people who grow and mature at different rates. A 12-year old could look 15, as could a 20 year old.

 

[TitanicSam]

Here is a list of people who could be the girl helen corr margaret devaney mary agatha glynn katie gilnagh annie mcgowan kate murphy berta nilsson hannah roirdan hope you like the list from sam

 

[Bob Godfrey]

OK, that's a starting point - if all the girls in your list are in the right age group, spoke good English and looked British. Berta Nillson was Swedish so she's an unlikely candidate, and again she was accompanied to the boat deck and helped into a boat by her fiance. You can assume that the Irish girls might all be mistaken for English, so the key point with them is how did each one get to the boat deck and into a boat? You should be looking for one who was unaccompanied by or had become separated from friends or relatives. In some cases they left quite detailed accounts which make it clear they were never separated from their friends right up to the time they boarded a boat. Those of course you would have to eliminate, as Constance Willard's story involves a girl who was lost and alone and desperate for a helping hand.

 

[TitanicSam]

Constance willard was buried in lakewood cemitary minniapolis mn . She is buried at the willard or day family plot in a unmarked grave. Thanks for lisining from sam

 

[dwillar]

Constance Willard Grave Site

Constance willard was buried in lakewood cemitary minniapolis mn . She is buried at the willard or day family plot in a unmarked grave. Thanks for lisining from sam

Constance Willard is buried at the Lakewood Cemetary in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Section 10 lot 135 grave 14. Her mother and father are also buried there along with possible other relatives.

Lakewood Cemetery | Minneapolis, Minnesota

Has anyone come across any history on this woman that would indicate how she spent her life?

 

[TitanicSam]

we'll i no that she was living in a nursing home in her later years. Hope it helps, Sam

 

[Jim Kalafus]

She lived in Riverside, California, with her mother, on and off thru 1919. She made the society page there quite frequently, and from that we know that she had a decent soprano voice, participated in amateur theatricals, and was an avid bridge player.

 

[Edinlake]

No 9 on E deck, starboard side.

Wow, thanks for posting this. I have a word document with the best known cabin allocations for the first class passengers. She's one of about forty I haven't been able to get information on. Is this coming from a legitimate source?