Thanks for the info and sources on William Edward Hipkins. Do you know if any of his belongings were found? Please advise on how to find out if William Edward is a relative.
Is it possible to know if William Hipkins survived a previous shipwreck of a boat called the S. S. Chatham that wrecked at the St. James River in 1910?
William Edward is memorialised on the Hipkins family memorial at Warstone Lane Cemetery, B'ham (Plot D: 1001). The inscription reads "William Edward Hipkins born January 1st 1857 lost in the S.S. Titanic April 15th 1912. The sea shall give up its dead." The memorial reveals that his wife, Lavinia Ellen, pre-deceased him on February 24th 1910. (The Jewellery Quarter Research Group - POST@JQRP.ORG)