George Dunton Widener, Sr.

- Wikipedia Biography

See also - https://archive.org/details/widenerduntonelk00unse/page/4/mode/1up?...

Please respect the following

Encyclopedia Titanica - https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/copyright-and-permissions.html "Simply because the information is displayed on this web site does not mean it is in the public domain or free to copy, publish or distribute. Much of the material on this site is subject to applicable laws of copyright. You are more than welcome to link to any page on Encyclopedia Titanica but please do not copy pages or images" .

See Encyclopedia Titanica (2013) George Dunton Widener (ref: #315, last updated: 8th June 2013, accessed 16th September 2023 06:22:04 AM)
URL : https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-victim/george-dunton-...

Titanic Passenger Summary

Name: Mr George Dunton Widener
Titanic Victim
Born: Sunday 16th June 1861 in
Age: 50 years 9 months and 29 days (Male)
Nationality: American
Last Residence: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Occupation: Banker
1st Class Passengers
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 113503, £211 10s
Cabin No. C80
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912)
Body Not Identified

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=widener&GSmid...

Business magnate. Titanic Passenger. He made $30 million from public utilities, Standard Oil, and his streetcar ventures. He was president of the Widener Elkins Traction Syndicate, maker of streetcars. He lived at Lynnewood Hall in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. Widener died in the Titantic disaster, along with his son, Harry Elkins Widener. His wife Eleanor Elkins survived. He was the son of business magnate P.A.B. Widener.

GEDCOM Note

Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dunton_Widener, including "In 1912, George D. Widener, his wife, and their son Harry traveled to Paris, France, with original intentions to find a chef for Widener's new Philadelphia hotel, The Ritz Carlton. The Wideners booked their return passage on RMS Titanic. After the ship struck an iceberg, Widener placed his wife and her maid in a lifeboat. The women were rescued by the steamship RMS Carpathia, but George D. Widener and his son Harry both went down with the ship. Their bodies, if recovered, were not identified. A memorial service for them was held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania where stained glass windows were dedicated in their memory. Two weeks after their untimely deaths on the Titanic, Widener's daughter Eleanor married at the family estate in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania."

More information can be found at http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_of_American_Biogr...

GEDCOM Note

GEDCOM Source

@R-1676687309@ 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7884::0

GEDCOM Source

Year: 1910; Census Place: Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1377; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1375390 1,7884::186473030

GEDCOM Source

@R-1676687309@ Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60541::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60541::262126

GEDCOM Source

@R-1676687309@ 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7884::0

GEDCOM Source

Year: 1910; Census Place: Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1377; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1375390 1,7884::186473030

GEDCOM Source

@R-1676687309@ Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60541::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60541::262126

GEDCOM Source

@R-1676687309@ 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations Inc 1,7884::0

GEDCOM Source

Year: 1910; Census Place: Cheltenham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1377; Page: 18A; Enumeration District: 0069; FHL microfilm: 1375390 1,7884::186473030

GEDCOM Source

@R-1676687309@ Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,60541::0

GEDCOM Source

1,60541::262126

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 30 2020, 6:36:53 UTC