Hi--it has been a while since I have posted here--or anywhere, to be
honest, but I figured that I would pass this on for your information.
Stay well, folks!--Reg Pitts
Recent paid obituary:
Geoffrey Manners Cavendish, born 3 October 1910, died at Derby****re
Royal Infirmary, Derby, 27 May 2007, aged 96.
A great-great grandson of the 2nd Baron Waterpark, and thus a scion of
the family of whom the Dukes of Devon****re are a cadet branch, Mr
Cavendish's father, Tyrell, died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic, 15
April 1912.
He is survived by two daughters and two grandsons.
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New York Times
FUNERAL OF T. W. CAVENDISH
Saturday 4 May 1912
Body of Henry Siegel's Son-in-Law to be Cremated To-day
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The body of Tyrell W. Cavendish, who lost his life when the Titanic
sank, will be cremated at North Bergen, N. J., today. Funeral services
will be conducted by the Rev. Frank F. German, rector of the Episcopal
Church at Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Mr. Cavendish was 36 years old and resided at Little Onn Hall,
Stafford, England. In December, 1906, Mr. Cavendish married Miss Julia
Florence Siegel, only daughter of Mr. Henry Siegel of this
city. Their two children, Henry Siegel Cavendish and Geoffrey Manners
Cavendish, are in England, where Mr. Siegel intends to take his
daughter, Mrs. Cavendish, in a few days.
Mrs. Cavendish and her maid were assisted into one of the lifeboats by
Mr. Cavendish, who said: "I will not leave the ****p while there is a
woman on board."
>From the Toronto Star, April 19, 1912:
New York. April 19---"He was a big jolly looking blue-eyed man with a
black goatee like beard." "Yes, I think Peuchen was the name, but I
do not remember very clearly."
In these words Mrs. Turrell (sic) Cavendish to-day identified for The
Star a Canadian of whom she has been speaking in the highest terms.
She was formely Julia Siegel, daughter of Henry Siegel. Her story is
particularly interesting because it tells of the invaluable services
of the Toronto major in getting his boat to safety.
"I was in the second boat. My husband kissed me and bade (sic) me
remain in the boat, declaring he was all right. There was no light,
but the sky was clear. Bright skies illuminated the scene of the
disaster. Just as the lifeboat was lowered I again kissed my
husband. He assured me he would rather stay on the boat, thinking he
would be safe."
"As the boat reached the water there were twenty-three women in the
boat and two men to guide and row her. Many of us women implored men
on the upper deck to come to our succor, but most of them said they
could not row. One man there was about to get in the boat, but a
sailor, after questioning him threw him aside. A Canadian, who stated
that he could row turned to a group of men on the deck who were
watching the proceedings and said: "I can row, but if there is room
for one more let it be a woman." "I am not a coward."
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