Encyclopedia Titanica (2023) John Edward Hart (ref: #1900, last updated: 19th August 2023, accessed 21st August 2023 05:37:55 AM)
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Titanic Crew Summary

Name: Mr John Edward Hart
Titanic Survivor
Born: circa.1881 in London, England
Age: 31 years (Male)
Nationality: English
Religion: Possibly Jewish
Marital Status: Married to Emilie Ida Frühauf
Last Residence: at 1 Foundry Lane Southampton, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Steward
Victualling Crew
Embarked: Southampton on Thursday 4th April 1912
Rescued (boat 15)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 15th January 1954 aged 73 years
Cause of Death: Cancer

CERTAIN FACTS

1st? Wife

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91M-B55V?cc=2821281
Name John Edward Hart
Sex Male
Spouse's Name Emilie Ida Frühauf Emmie
Marriage Date 19 Mar 1902
Place (Original) Aberdeen, Cape Province, South Africa
Certificate Number 32

2nd? Wife

- who died in Zimbabwe
Jane Ellen Maiden name not known - died 13th Sept 1930 aged 58yrs. 10m.. Birth place Devon. Named on the Death Notice is a daughter - Chrystal Hart - married but name unknown (see below).

Death Notice - wife Ellen Jane

13th Sept 1930 Umtali, Southern Rhodesia

Death Information

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-C8BH-4?i=76&wc=M6D...

[Presenty seems to be unavailable]

2/3rd Wife

Marriages Sep 1932
Cann Florence M Hart Exeter 5b 237
Hart John E Cann Exeter 5b 237

Philip Hind of Encyclopedia Titanica found a marriage report for the above event -
Married at St. Sidwell's Wesleyan Church, Exeter. Florence M Cann was of Newton Poppleford; John Edward Hart "of Umtali, Southern Rhodesia"
Florence had a brother named Walter (who gave her away); amongst the guests was a Mrs. Farquharson (South Africa)

1911 Cesus

(John Edward absent)
In 1911 the family of Emmie Hart and 3 children were living at "Aberdeen" Foundrey Lane, Freemantle, Southampton (the same address given by John Edward Hart when he registered for service on the Titanic).
Household

• Emmie Hart Married 30 Head Mrried 9 years, 3 children all living - born in Germany
• Chrystal Hart Daughter 8 born in Germany
• Herbert Hart son, 6 born in Germany
• George Hart son 4 born in Southampton

A fourth child, Jack Max Hart, was born on 25 May 1911

Chrystal married Meyer Mickel Belfort (born in Russia, a miller), on 7 August 1928 in Johannesburg; two children, Heyman and Theresa are mentioned on their memorial.. Chrystal died on 11 July 1973 and is buried with her husband at Stellawood Cemetery and Crematorium, Durban.

Herbert married Johanna Jacoba Potgieter on 2 July 1938 and died in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1975.

1939 Register

42 Old Torquay Road, Paignton, Paignton U.D., Devon, England

First name(s) Last name(s) Birth date Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule sub number
John E Hart ? Feb ?= [24 Feb 1881 OR 1886] Male Shipping Clerk Married 62 1
Florence M Hart 19 Apr 1900 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 62 2
John C (M) Hart 17 Jun 1934 Male At School Single 62 3

1939 Register

Enlargement of date

Death

  CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF DEATH
  GENERAL REGISTER OFFICE
  REGISTRATION DISTRICT OF TOTNES
  SUBDISTRICT OF PAIGNTON, COUNTY OF DEVON
  NAME OF DECEASED: John Edward Hart
  DATE OF DEATH: January 15, 1954
  PLACE OF DEATH: 42 Old Torquay Road
  Paignton, Devon, UK
  SEX: Male
  AGE: 69
  OCCUPATION: Retired Railway Chief Foreman
  CAUSE OF DEATH: Carcinoma of Rectum
  CERTIFIED BY: C. H. Burridge, MRCS
  INFORMANT: F. M. Hart, widow of deceased (present at the death)
  42 Old Torquay Road, Paignton
  WHEN REGISTERED?: January 16, 1954
  SIGNATURE OF REGISTRAR: William Rossiter
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/john-edward-hart-death-certif...

May 1912 signed-on to another White Star vessel Oceanic. According to his discharge book he signed off this ship in the July of 1912.
  Following the hearing sometime in the late May 1912 he signed-on to another White Star vessel Oceanic. According to his discharge book he signed off this ship in the July of 1912.

Further information

  Served in the Boer War
  https://www.angloboerwar.com/forum/13-miscellany/31982-the-anglo-bo...

  https://www.ggarchives.com/OceanTravel/Passengers/Ships/Oceanic-Pas...

Notes Further investigation

Was John Edward married 3 times? The record of the death of Ellen Jane in 1930 gives her birth place as Devon. It is unlikely that John would not have recorded her birth place as Germany.

Searched

Umtali 1914-1930 Found death of Jane Ellen

Anglo Boer War

Forces War Records
Record found
Hart, John
Second Boer War, Medals to British and Commonwealth Forces, 1899-1902

Full Name Hart, John
Nationality South African
Rank Name Trooper
Service Number 3208
Service South African Army
Regiment kitchener's horse
Archive Reference WO100/256
Conflict Period Boer War
Served for United Kingdom
Awards
Queen's South Africa Medal (QSA)
King's South Africa Medal (KSA)