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 …
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 …
Margaret Tobin Brown, or the ‘Unsinkable Molly Brown’ as she would undoubtably be remembered by the history books, was a forthright and often outspoken 45-year old lady from Denver, Colorado, but whose roots lay in Ireland. She was born on July 18th, 1867, in Hannibal, Missouri, she was the wife of James Joseph Brown, the …
This fountain memorial was built to commemorate the couple who founded Macy’s Department Store, Isidor Straus and Ida Straus. It was, of course, Ida Straus who famously refused to board a lifeboat without her husband, Isidor Straus, and the two of them were lost in the sinking of Titanic . The memorial was funded by grieving staff at the store, together with people from …