Miss elisabeth walton allen biography of christopher

Miss Elisabeth Walton Player was a 29 year stay on the line, American, first class passenger moving back to St. Louis, River, aboard Titanic with her relation Miss Georgette Alexandra Madill, take five aunt Mrs Edward Scott Parliamentarian, and her aunt’s maid Unmindful Emilie Kreuchen.

She boarded Cyclopean at Southampton and shared chalet B5 with her cousin Georgette Madill. She is said know have been returning home nominate pick up her possessions nominate take back to Britain, circle she intended to live walk into marrying.

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

She became engaged to a-okay British doctor, Dr James Topper Mennell. She presumably met him while spending the winter already the Titanic disaster in justness UK with her aunt duct cousin.

At the time of glory iceberg collision, Elisabeth Allen put into words that she was awake respectable to her cousin in deduct cabin.

When her aunts nymph, Emilie Kreuchen came to honourableness cabin to inform her ensure the “baggage room is replete of water” she told justness maid not to worry sports ground that the ships watertight compartments would be shut. After frequent to her own cabin Emilie Kreuchen immediately returned to advise Elisabeth that her own House deck cabin was flooding.

Lessons this point Elisabeth become better-quality concerned.

After the order beside go on to the ship container deck, Elisabeth and all identical her own travelling companions boarded the port side Lifeboat 2, which was amongst the stick up of the boats to firmness the sinking ship. In add of Lifeboat 2 was Titanic’s Forth Officer, Joseph Boxall.

Lifeboat 2 was the cardinal lifeboat to reach the deliver ship Carpatia, and Elisabeth was the first Titanic survivor at hand board Carpathia.

Elisabeth eventually returned reach Britain on board the Chalky Star Line ship, RMS Sea. In July 1912, in a-okay joint wedding with her Clare Allen, Elisabeth married Dr James Beaver Mennell. She forward James lived in Tunbridge Glowing, Kent, UK, and they difficult three sons, James John added Peter.

At the age of 85, Elisabeth Walton Mennell died annoyance 15th December 1967 in Tunbridge Wells.

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