I've just read about my great grandfather, Sidney Humphreys (Quartermaster) in charge of lifeboat 11, carrying more survivors than any other. This was his second heroic action. His grand daughter still lives in Southampton and is now 80. Would she be one of the last of the survivors' grand...
A woman who survived the Titanic went on to live in a pub in a Hampshire village with her husband.
Charlotte Tate was born in 1881, and was the eldest daughter to parents Allen Tate and Louisa Townsend. The family lived in Cobham in Surrey and ten years later the family had moved to...
Captain Smith’s daughter, Helen Russell Cooke, resided for many years in a cottage known as "Pratt's" on the south side of the village green at Leafield, near Witney in Oxfordshire. At the time of the sinking Helen Melville Smith was a child of five. In 1922 she married a stockbroker, Mr Sidney...
My grandmother (a nurse,now deceased) took care of an elderly woman in her career who told of being a child aboard the Titanic. All we know is that the girl was aboard with her father, who was a doctor. As far as we know, there were no other family members aboard. Would anyone be able to help...
Just curious as to why Col. Gracie's daugthers all died at such young ages. I know that one died in an elevator accident, but what did the other 3 perish of? I can not begin to imagine how that must have felt for him and especially his wife, who lived long enough to grieve for all of them.
I believe I have information about more survivors of the titanic I have been holding onto a article since 1990's for some time from my mums village of KOTORIBA in northern croatia, situated on the border of croatia sharing the border with hungary. the local magazine issued an article about one...
Hi All,
While looking through last week's "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", I was saddened to notice that the daughter of Titanic surviror, Gretchen Longly, passed away. I remember there were a few postings about Gretchen and her daughter, Gretchen Hamilton Hyde, two or three years back. From...
Greetings Fellow Titanic Lovers--This is my first post so I hope it will go over without a hitch. While doing some baseball research on a website I decided to put my other passion "Titanic" in the search engine and see if anything came up. I was pleased to find a photo of Mrs.Hippach and her...
Bio on this site says they were returning to U.S. after death of 2 daughters in Iriquois Theatre fire.
A recently published book on Titanic survivors refers to two sons.
Does anyone have definitive info?
Ellen Mary (Betty) Phillips turns 90 today. I extend my best wishes to her and for many more years of health and happiness!
(Note: Betty's mother was traveling on the Titanic as the mistress of a married man, Samuel Henry Morley, who was lost in the sinking. He was the father of Ellen, one of...
Re: Newspaper article Winnipeg Free Press Wed 2 May 01 - Living Prairie Museum
An article appeared yesterday about a tract of land in the heart of Winnipeg leased to Living Prairie Museum. The article states this:
"This land originally belonged to Andrew McDermot, who arrived with the...
Phil the Magnificent,
This is way marvellous! What a fascinating story! I wonder how many other juicy stories you know but are saving in those now legendary "folders?"
What a wild thing for this old woman to allege. Or is it? I remember reading during my research little snippets re: Butt...