by Lady Kathleen | Nov 8, 2018 | Children of the Titanic
Looking for information on Walter Wynn, Quartermaster on the Titanic. He was rescued in lifeboat #9. I’m not sure if Walter Wynn is related or not. My husband’s family was from the England/Wales area and an grand aunt remembers Church St. where this Walter...
by Lady Kathleen | Nov 7, 2018 | Children of the Titanic
My grandmother’s great aunt’s maiden name was Friedberg. Her Sisters, Johanna and Julia were already in the states by the turn of the century. Johanna, my great great grandmother, was actually married to a German immigrant who lost his life as a Union...
by Lady Kathleen | Nov 6, 2018 | Children of the Titanic
I just wanted to inform you that my fourth cousin was U.S. Postal Clerk Oscar S. Woody. He was the cousin of my great-grandmother, Sarah Elizabeth Woody. He also perished with the brave Captain. I’m most upset that his name does not appear on the list of crew...
by Lady Kathleen | Nov 5, 2018 | Believe it or Not
Yes, this was it, the park officer said when a man with a rather bulky camera asked if he had found the right place. ”Our famous pier,” she said. Pier 54, a few steps west and south of West 14th Street, is not much to look at these days: a rusted frame of...
by Lady Kathleen | Nov 4, 2018 | Believe it or Not
Hundreds of people gathered to remember the 1,512 men, women and children who perished when the passenger liner sank on its maiden voyage about 350 miles southeast of Newfoundland on April 15, 1912. Among the crowd were relatives of the 28 victims from Belfast who...