I am hoping someone on this site might be able to help me track a lost family member. It is quite possible that she may have been a Titanic victim.
My Gran Aunt (Eileen Holt) was 19 years old at the time of the Titanic disaster. She was born in America while her father Arthur Holt was working there. In the mid 1890's they returned to live in Dublin (Ireland). Her Father was a retired British Military official (Having served in Nigeria). Eileen worked in Dublin until 1912, when she decided to leave home. One night in 1912, she told her little sister (my Grandmother - Olga Holt - who was 7) that she was leaving home and that she would return some day and bring her back "the biggest doll in the World".
She was never seen or heard from again.
Her father (who was quite prosperous and had connections), spent most of his savings on hiring Pinkerton agents in America in the hope of tracing his missing daughter. After years, this was abandoned.
In recent years, myself and my family have tried all genealogy sites, tracing sites and census records for the UK, Ireland, USA and Canada to try and find any record. None has been found. The last record is the 1911 census in Dublin, Ireland.
It was always believed that she had tried to go to America (as she had been born there). It is also possible that she may have traveled with the Dublin "Abbey Players" (stage entertainers). Their records do show that some members were performing in America until 1915.
I have checked ship records and newspaper records in the U.S. and can't find her name mentioned.
It is as if she vanished off the face of the Earth in 1912. My late Grandmother had always wished she could have found out what had happened to her older sister. I hope someone who see's this may be able to give us a clue. Due to her having English, Irish and American roots, and vanishing in 1912 when she left home, it is very possible she may have sought passage to the U.S. at that time. Could she have been unlucky enough to have chosen the Titanic?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
My Gran Aunt (Eileen Holt) was 19 years old at the time of the Titanic disaster. She was born in America while her father Arthur Holt was working there. In the mid 1890's they returned to live in Dublin (Ireland). Her Father was a retired British Military official (Having served in Nigeria). Eileen worked in Dublin until 1912, when she decided to leave home. One night in 1912, she told her little sister (my Grandmother - Olga Holt - who was 7) that she was leaving home and that she would return some day and bring her back "the biggest doll in the World".
She was never seen or heard from again.
Her father (who was quite prosperous and had connections), spent most of his savings on hiring Pinkerton agents in America in the hope of tracing his missing daughter. After years, this was abandoned.
In recent years, myself and my family have tried all genealogy sites, tracing sites and census records for the UK, Ireland, USA and Canada to try and find any record. None has been found. The last record is the 1911 census in Dublin, Ireland.
It was always believed that she had tried to go to America (as she had been born there). It is also possible that she may have traveled with the Dublin "Abbey Players" (stage entertainers). Their records do show that some members were performing in America until 1915.
I have checked ship records and newspaper records in the U.S. and can't find her name mentioned.
It is as if she vanished off the face of the Earth in 1912. My late Grandmother had always wished she could have found out what had happened to her older sister. I hope someone who see's this may be able to give us a clue. Due to her having English, Irish and American roots, and vanishing in 1912 when she left home, it is very possible she may have sought passage to the U.S. at that time. Could she have been unlucky enough to have chosen the Titanic?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.