Olivier Mendez

Berthe Leroy: Titanic Survivor
Berthe Leroy, a short biography by Michel Leroy and Olivier Mendez....

The Lefebvre family
A tribute to a French family who were all lost in the Titanic....

Grave of Lyyli Karoliina Silvén
Later Mrs Otto Wilhelm Mailanen...

Memorial to Roger Bricoux
Titanic cello player...

Louise Laroche at her home
Louise Laroche pictured on 16 April 1997. Nine months later, she passed away....

Louise Laroche in 1996
Louise Laroche was the last French Titanic lady. She passed away less than two years after this picture was taken....

Louis Garrett (Elias Nicola-Yarred)
From 'RÃ©veillez-vous !', 1982...

Louis Garrett's testimony
From the French edition of the Witnesses of Jehovah's journal...

Mme Bourlard, last French survivor of the Titanic, passed away at 88 in our city
Mme Bourlard who nearly met her death during two tragically famous accidents, passed away at the Sully home for elderly people in Béthune; she was going to turn 89 years old.Born in Hersin Coupigny in August 1884, the young Berthe Leroy was to ...

Miss Eva Hart
Article from the French paper FRANCE SOIR, 7 February 1969. Miss Hart was in Paris at the time, invited to share her recollections of the Titanic disaster with the French audience in a show called 'Les Dossiers de l'Ecran'. ...

Berthe Leroy in 1965
From 'La Voix du Nord'...

She nearly drowned in the sinking of the TITANIC...
Mme Bourlard, 80, now lives peaceful days in Béthune...

Postcard (front) posted by Berthe Leroy from the France
The card was sent to Michel Leroy as Berthe returned to France for the last time. ...

La derniere survivante du Titanic 1912 est morte
CATO (New York). - Mme Helga Hirvonien (sic), qui affirmait être la dernière survivante de la tragédie du "Titanic" en 1912 est morte à Cato, à l'êge de 72 ans.Elle se rendait aux Etats-U...

LA RESCAPEE DU TITANIC N'A PAS PU RETENIR SES LARMES
TITANIC SURVIVOR COULD NOT HELP CRYING...

Edith Rosenbaum (Russell) holding her lucky pig
From 'Libération', 18 April 1958...

David Sarnoff at work
This picture of wireless operator David Sarnoff was published in 1956 by 'L'Illustré", a weekly magazine from Switzerland. Sarnoff was among the first to receive Titanic's distress call and for 72 hours stood at his post at the top of Wanamaker in Ne...

Unidentified Titanic Survivors on board the Carpathia
This picture, supposedly of unidentified Titanic survivors on board the Carpathia, was published in Switzerland in 1956....

Titanic lifeboat hoisted on board the Carpathia
From 'L'Illustré, revue Hebdomadaire Suisse'...

'Jack Thayer' and Barbara Stanwyck
A man identified as "Jack Thayer Jr", shown visiting Barbara Stanwyck on the set of Fox movie "Titanic" (1953). Jack told star Barbara Stanwyck about his mother, who inspired Miss Stanwyck's character. [Jack Thayer Jr...

Emma Sägesser
Miss Emma Sägesser, later Mrs Arnold-Sägesser, lived in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1956, when she was pictured for the weekly 'L'Illustré'. She was Mme Pauline Aubart's maid (Mme Aubart was Benjamin Guggenheim's French mistress)....

Berthe Leroy in 1956
From 'Santa Barbara News Press'...

Mrs. Berthe Bourlard, World Traveler, Plans Another European Trip
Mrs. Berthe Leroy Bourlard, who survived the sinking of the Titanic with her patroness, Mrs. Walter Douglas, keeps her picture and the volume of her verses, which contains a poem entitled Titanic among her souvenirs of 35 years as traveling compa...

Barbara Stanwyck in Fox Movie 'Titanic'
A studio portrait of Barbara Stanwick, star of Titanic movie, published in Mon Film in 1955...

Berthe Leroy's certificate of naturalization in the United States
Berthe Leroy became a naturalized citizen of the United States on 14th July 1942....

MORT DE M. GOLDENBERG
FONDATEUR DU FLAMBEAU FRANCO-AMERICAINCest avec un vif regret que nous apprenons le décès, survenu hier, de M. Sam Goldenberg, président-fondateur du Flambeau franco-américain. M. Goldenberg, citoyen américain, était âgé de 73 ans. Céta...

Sam Goldenberg's death certificate (France)
This is Samuel Levy Goldenberg's death certificate published by the Mayor of Nice, France...

Olympic leaving for Jarrow scrapyard, Oct. 1935
The Olympic pictured on October 12th, 1935, in Southampton, hours before beginning her last trip to the Jarrow scrapyards. This striking view shows how impressive the Olympic was....

Theodoor De Mulder's Certificate of Citizenship
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICATo Be Given To The Person NaturalizedNo. 3637076CERTIFICATE OF CITIZENSHIPPetition No. 71418Personal description of holder as of date of naturalization: Age: 51 years; ...

John Pierpont Morgan
From 'Je Sais Tout', 15 April 1913...

John Pierpont Morgan and his son in London
From 'Je Sais Tout', 15 April 1913...

Thomas William Solomon Brown's Death Certificate
DEATH CERTIFICATE1 - Name of deceased: Thomas William Solomon Brown2 - Birthplace of the deceased: Cape Town3 - Names of the parents of the deceased:Father: Thomas William BrownMother: Unknown4 - Age of the d...

William T. Stead, a picture and an article
From the French dictionary Larousse Mensuel, July 1912...

Amalgamated Musicians' Union on Roger Bricoux
Letter sent by the Amalgamated Musicians' Union to Bricoux' father...

Mr. and Mrs. Harder with Mrs hays
From 'Sinking of the Titanic'...

Letter Re: Laroche Family
Passenger Department9 Rue Scribe, Paris. 14th. May, 1912I the undersigned certify that the Laroche family, consisting ofMr. Joseph Laroche,Mrs. Laroche,Miss Simonne Laroche,Miss Louise L...

Concert by the Apollo Club, Brooklyn in aid of musicians' families
This is a booklet presenting the concert given by the Apollo Club, in Brooklyn, on 9 May 1912, "in aid of the families of the musicians who perished by the sinking of the Titanic". This document was presented to us by the family of Roger Bricoux, cel...

Titanic Iceberg pictured from SS Amerika
Postcard sold on board SS Amerika...

Titanic comparison
The Titanic compared with various Belgian monuments and the Eiffel Tower....

William Thomas Stead in 1909
This picture of William Thomas Stead was taken in Constantinople in 1909 and published by the Belgian paper 'Le Soir' on 5 May 1912 in their 'Titanic special issue'...

The Laroche family
From 'Le Matin'...

Une Rescapée du Titanic
Chez Mme Laroche Dans une petite demueure de Villejuif, une jeune femme en deuil nous reçut hier. Bloties contre elle, deux fillettes, habillées de noir, elles aussi, lui pressaient les mains.C'était...

Le Chicago a ramené hier au Havre des survivants du Titanic
Mme Laroche, survivante du terrible naufrage du Titanic, est arrivée, hier, au Havre, à bord du Chicago. Elle était sur le paquebot géant au moment de la catastrophe, ainsi que son mari, qui, malheureusement, disparut d...

A Great British Journalist
French obituary of W.T. Stead, the pioneering British journalist who perished on the Titanic....

A Tribute to Mr. Charles Duane Williams
A letter of tribute regarding Titanic victim Charles Duane Williams from a resident of Geneva, Switzerland......

A Survivor from Sains-Bouvigny
A young lady from Sains-Bouvigny among passengers She is safe and soundA few months ago, a young lady from Sains-Bouvigny, Melle Leroy, left her home here and was hired by rich Americans as a maid.After a short time in Paris, Mell...

Mrs. A. S. Jerwan saved
A second class passenger on board the 'Titanic'...

Lost in the Titanic
Hays, Head, Stead, Straus, Guggenheim...