Titanic Articles: The Saga Of The Gibson Women

BY PHILLIP GOWAN AND BRIAN MEISTER During the boyhood years of James Peter Boesen in Copenhagen, Denmark, a dazed, plain Hausfrau in a remote area of Austria gave birth to an illegitimate son, Alois. Maria Schicklgruber was an ungainly creature of 42 when her only child arrived in the summer of 1837, and those that knew her …

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Titanic First Class Passenger – WIDENER, Mrs Eleanor

Age: 50 Date of Birth: Place of Residence: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Embarked at: Cherbourg, France ( List ) on Wednesday, 10th April, 1912 Ticket Number: 113503 Price Of Ticket: £211 10s 0d Cabin Number: Class: First Class Passengers Destination: Elkins Park, Pennsylvania Survived: Yes ( List ) Lifeboat Number: No. 4 Location Buried: Biography Eleanor Widener was traveling with her husband, George Dunton Widener, and the couple’s son, Harry Elkins Widener, and they …

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