Faulkner did not live at 16 Romsey Road, Southampton. I believe this to be another case of the registry clerk writing what he heard instead of what was said. 16 Romsey Road in Southampton was a hair salon in 1912. Please see below for corrected details.
FAULKNER, WILLIAM STEPHEN. Saved in Lifeboat number 11. Address - 16 Mounsey Road, Birkenhead. Bedroom Steward. 33. (Birkenhead). RMS Celtic.
Was paid £11 15 0d in expenses to attend the British Titanic Enquiry in London.
(From the Birkenhead News April 20th 1912)
Mr. William Faulkner Reported safe.
Probably among the best known of the Birkenhead members of the crew of the Titanic is Mr. William Faulkner, who was a steward on board the ship. Mr. Faulkner is the son of Mr. Samuel Faulkner, steward of the Birkenhead Constitutional Club, who is exceedingly well known to Birkonians as late groundsman to the Birkenhead Park Cricket Club.
His son William Faulkner, is 33 years of age, and is married, his home being in Mounsey Road, Birkenhead. He has been in the service of the White Star Line for a some considerable time, and was prior to joining the Titanic at Steward on board the Celtic. We reproduce a photo in this issue showing Faulkner on board the Celtic, with another member of the crew and a lady passenger. Mr. Faulkner has had considerable experience of life on the ocean, being formerly in the service of the Pacific and Booth Lines. It is interesting to recall that Mr. Faulkner’s brother, Charles, who is now on the ss Herefordshire, was a member of the crew of the ss Republic when that vessel collided with the Italian steamer Florida, about 170 miles east of New York. Mr. William Faulkner has himself had some exciting experiences at sea.
The greatest anxiety has been felt as to the safety of Mr. Faulkner by his parents and wife, who have been daily in communication with the White Star Line offices in Liverpool. Yesterday their feelings were somewhat set at rest by a cablegram received by Mr. Faulkners wife - it read - ‘’Safe, Willie’’.
Later article in same paper 20th April 1912
Local Survivors
Birkenhead People Among The Saved
Yesterday at noon Mr. Sam Faulkner of Birkenhead crossed over to Liverpool to the offices of the White Star Co., to hear if tidings had been received of the fate of his son, Mr. William Faulkner. As was reported in our Wednesday’s issue, this young man was a steward on board the ill-fated liner. That journey of Mr. Faulkner’s was one of many, and was as fruitless as the rest. The officials could not state that his son was numbered among the survivors. An hour or two later a telegraph messenger knocked at the door of Mr. Faulkner’s residence in Mounsel Road, Higher Tranmere. Mrs. Faulkner received from him a cablegram which gave her the most pleasurable shock of her life. It read ‘’Safe, Returning Lapland’’. The cablegram was handed in at New York at 10.55 am (American time), and came through Charing Cross Post Office.
After the anguish of the last few days the message came as a great relief to Mrs. William Faulkner, and to the young man’s father and mother, and his large circle of acquaintances in Birkenhead. Mrs Faulkner, we understand, intends to frame the cablegram.
He had 3 children with his wife Sybil Isabel, (Born 1871 in Ewell Surrey )
and they were:
FAULKNER, Frank Victor, born 1901 Birkenhead
FAULKNER, Leonard Henry , born 1904 Birkenhead
FAULKNER, Eileen Marie, born 1907 Birkenhead
He died in 1949 I believe.
