Titanic First Class Passenger – SPEDDEN, Mrs Margaretta Corning

Age: 40 Date of Birth: Place of Residence: Tuxedo Park, New York Embarked at: Cherbourg, France ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912 Ticket Number: 16966 Price Of Ticket: £134 10s 0d Cabin Number: E-34 Class: First Class Passengers Destination: Tuxedo Park, New York Survived: Yes ( List ) Lifeboat Number: No. 3 Location Buried: Biography Margaretta Corning Spedden was traveling with her husband, Frederick Oakley Spedden, and their son, Robert …

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Titanic Memorials: George Krins

Georges Alexandre Krins was born in Paris in 1889. Some year later, the family Krins came back to Belgium where Auguste Krins opened a drapery. Georges Alexandre Krins first studied music at the Academie de Musique de Spa. He then attended the Conservatoire Royal de Liège from 1902. He completed his musical studies in 1908 and he …

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Titanic Memorials: Father Thomas Byles Ongar

Father Thomas Roussel Davids Byles’ place in history was assured by his acts of outright courage and heroism on 15th April, 1912. He was traveling from his parish church at Ongar, in Essex, to officiate at the wedding of his brother, William, in New York. On the morning of Sunday, 14th April, he had offered Mass …

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Titanic First Class Passenger – BROWN, Mrs. Margaret ‘ Molly’

Age: 44 Date of Birth: 18th July, 1867 Place of Residence: Denver, Colorado Embarked at: Cherbourg, France ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912 Ticket Number: 17613 Price Of Ticket: £27 14s 5d Cabin Number: B-4 Class: First Class Passengers Destination: Denver, Colorado Survived: Yes ( List ) Lifeboat Number: No. 6 Location Buried: Cemetery of the Holy Rood, Westbury, Nassau County, New York Biography Margaret ‘Molly’ Brown boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg, France on Wednesday, 10th …

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