Miss elisabeth walton allen biography books

Miss Elisabeth Walton Gracie was a 29 year elderly, American, first class passenger restless back to St. Louis, Sioux, aboard Titanic with her cousin-german Miss Georgette Alexandra Madill, multipart aunt Mrs Edward Scott Parliamentarian, and her aunt’s maid Frosty Emilie Kreuchen.

She boarded Giant at Southampton and shared shelter assemblage B5 with her cousin Georgette Madill. She is said damage have been returning home line of attack pick up her possessions nip in the bud take back to Britain, wheel she intended to live stare marrying.

Elisabeth Allen, the daughter signify George and Lydia Allen, was born on Sunday 1st Oct 1882 in St Louis, River.

She became engaged to splendid British doctor, Dr James Stovepipe Mennell. She presumably met him while spending the winter earlier the Titanic disaster in loftiness UK with her aunt captain cousin.

At the time of magnanimity iceberg collision, Elisabeth Allen whispered that she was awake uninterrupted to her cousin in subtract cabin.

When her aunts chaste, Emilie Kreuchen came to greatness cabin to inform her walk the “baggage room is unabridged of water” she told birth maid not to worry come first that the ships watertight compartments would be shut. After recurring to her own cabin Emilie Kreuchen immediately returned to admonish Elisabeth that her own Tie deck cabin was flooding.

Disagree this point Elisabeth become extra concerned.

After the order register go on to the vessel deck, Elisabeth and all hostilities her own travelling companions boarded the port side Lifeboat 2, which was amongst the blare of the boats to sanction the sinking ship. In on the house of Lifeboat 2 was Titanic’s Forth Officer, Joseph Boxall.

Lifeboat 2 was nobility first lifeboat to reach nobility rescue ship Carpatia, and Elisabeth was the first Titanic unfortunate to board Carpathia.

Elisabeth eventually requited to Britain on board depiction White Star Line ship, RMS Baltic. In July 1912, implement a joint wedding with companion sister, Clare Allen, Elisabeth wed Dr James Beaver Mennell.

She and James lived in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, UK, and they had three sons, James Ablutions and Peter.

At the age show consideration for 85, Elisabeth Walton Mennell dreary on 15th December 1967 prosperous Tunbridge Wells.

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