by Lady Kathleen | Feb 25, 2019 | The Stories Go On
Before my 1st husband died, he told me this story: His grandparents lived in England and decided to move to Canada. They bought tickets to ride on the Titanic. When it came close to the day to sail, grandma got sick and ended up in the hospital. She told grandpa to go...
by Lady Kathleen | Feb 24, 2019 | The Stories Go On
Sea flat calm, no moon, no wind, no swell. On a starlit night of April 14, 1912, the great new White Star liner Titanic, on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York had brushed an iceberg in the pre-dawn darkness. She brushed the iceberg so gently that many on...
by Lady Kathleen | Feb 22, 2019 | The Stories Go On
FeedBack: [Enchanted Titanic] Children of the Titanic Looking for a connection between either Leonard George Knight or George Knight. My father is from Portsmouth and heard lots about a relative who sailed on the Titanic but he can’t remember if he was told they...
by Lady Kathleen | Feb 18, 2019 | The Stories Go On
From Name withheld Cora Bell Rouse. She was born in Mocksville, Davie County, NC March 30, 1884. Her father was Anderson Joseph ( aka Joe) Rouse m. Sarah Ann Elizabeth Harris 1878. She was from Davie and Joe’s parents were Joseph Bell… and Eliza Rouse....
by Lady Kathleen | Feb 5, 2019 | The Stories Go On
Manned by John George Phillips and Harold Bride, the Titanic’s wireless room had been doing steady business since the ship had left port. The machine went down on Saturday evening, April 13th, and had not been repaired until nearly 5.00 a.m., Sunday, April 14th....
by Lady Kathleen | Jan 25, 2019 | The Stories Go On
The R.M.S. Titanic sailed from Southampton on Wednesday April 10 with 2,208 passengers and crew. On a clear, starlit night, Titanic could not see far enough ahead to see ice and avoid striking it. Even on a bright moonlit night, unless the moon was behind the ice,...
