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About Eleanor A. Elkins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Elkins_Widener
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Titanic Passenger Summary
Name: Mrs Eleanor Widener (née Elkins)
Titanic Survivor
Born: Saturday 21st September 1861 in
Age: 50 years 6 months and 24 days (Female)
Nationality: American
Marital Status: Married to George Dunton
Last Residence: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
1st Class Passengers
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 113503, £211 10s
Cabin No. C80
Rescued (boat 4)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Tuesday 13th July 1937 aged 75 years
Cause of Death: Embolism
Click here for a story in The Alternative Press, "A 'Titanic' Degree of Separation in Newton," which focuses on Titanic disaster, 100 years later, the author's relationship to the Widener Family, as well as tells the story of one of the descendants of Bruce Ismay (Titanic owner), coincidentally living in the same town (Newton, NJ) as the cousin of Eleanor A (Elkins) Widener. Also see a special dedication to Harry Elkins Widener, Eleanor's son who perished in the disaster, written in his memory by the same author, 8th cousin once removed to Harry Elkins Widener (7th cousin twice removed to Eleanor), on the 100th Anniversary after the sinking of the Titanic.
Socialite. Titanic Passenger. She was the daughter of William Lukens Elkins who married George Dunton Widener. They had a son, Harry Elkins Widener. The three Wideners were on the Titanic on April 15, 1912. George and Harry drowned, Eleanor was rescued by the Carpathia.
After the Titanic disaster, she presented to Harvard University the $2,000,000 Widener Memorial Library in memory of her son. She was also the donor of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Science building at the Hill School, Pottstown, in 1931. Her son was a student at both instutions. She rebuilt St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Elkins Park. At Harvard she met surgeon and Amazon explorer Dr Alexander Hamilton Rice whom she married in 1915. She died at the age of 77 in a Paris department store.
- Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: May 16 2019, 15:07:58 UTC
Reference: Full text- https://archive.org/details/truthabouttitani00grac/page/n6 "The Truth About the Titanic" by Colonel Archibald Gracie, IV 1913 pp. 181-199
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Eleanor A. Elkins's Timeline
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September 21, 1861
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Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1884 |
January 1884
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Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1885 |
January 3, 1885
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Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1889 |
March 11, 1889
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Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1891 |
April 10, 1891
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Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States
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| 1937 |
July 13, 1937
Age 75
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Paris, Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
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