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Lady Duff Gordon  / Mr. Duane Williams  / Norris Williams Countess Of Rothes / Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen  / Clinch Smith Walter John Perkis / Mrs. George Joseph Whabee ( Shawnee) Cyril Ricks / OFFICERS AND CREW PASSENGERS MUSCIANS PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 . Lady Duff Gordon . . . Mr. Duane Williams . . Norris Williams . . . Countess Of Rothes (Noel Lucy Martha Dyer-Edwards) born March 21st, 1879 Boarded the Titanic at age of thirty-three ,with her cousin Miss Gladys Cherry, and her maid, Miss Roberta Maioni. Lady Rothes was heading to America on Titanic, so she could join her husband, who wanted to settle down for the rest of his life as a fruit-farmer, and spend summer vacation in Pasadena, California. Other reports say she was on her way to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When the Titanic sank, her ladyship boarded lifeboat 8 with her cousin and her maid. There, she took the tiller, and Able Seaman Tom Jones said, "She had a lot to say, so I put her to steering the boat". He admired the Countess of Rothes greatly, and later represented her with a plaque from the lifeboat, representing the number. On board the Carpathia, her ladyship earned the title of "the plucky little Countess", (by the crew), because  she helped the sick in steerage, and she helped make clothing for the babies. At the Ritz Carlton, her ladyship joined her husband, Lord Rothes, and they left for California. . . Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen . . . Clinch Smith . Walter John Perkis (survived) . . . Mrs. George Joseph Whabee Shawneene I saw one of my cousins,he pushed me toward one of the lifeboats. Sailors with revolvers drove the men away from the lifeboats shouting, "Women and children first!". They shot into the air to frighten the men. A woman I had met on the ship held a small child in her arms. Her five year old son, Tommy,had become separated from her. I was placed into the next to the last lifeboat to be lowered from the ship. A scared young man leaped over the side of the liner landing in the bottom of the lifeboat. The women shielded him with their night clothing so the sailors wouldn’t see him. They would have shot him." "After we had pulled about a half-mile away, the sailors stopped rowing. We watched the lights of the big boat with our hearts in our throats. Then we saw it sink." The Sharon Herald, April 14, 1937 . . Dressed only in her nightgown, Shawneene remained in the lifeboat for six hours, suffering badly from exposure to the extreme cold. According to a later newspaper interview, Shawneene said several passengers froze to death in her lifeboat. Some of the women burned their hats in hopes a nearby boat would see them. Next to Shawneene in the lifeboat, sobbing hysterically, was the woman whose son Tommy had become separated from her. Once the lifeboat reached Carpathia, the passengers were hauled onto the ship by ropes and the children were drawn up in baskets. Several more passengers died on the Carpathia from exposure to the extreme cold. "Several hours after we had been taken aboard and given clothing, I was coming from my cabin when I saw a nurse carrying a child wrapped in a blanket. She passed close to me and I recognized the child. It was Tommy! I told the nurse and she handed the little boy to me. I took him to his grief-stricken mother. The reunion was a sight I will never forget." The Sharon Herald, April 14, 1937 Cyril Ricks OFFICERS AND CREW PASSENGERS MUSCIANS PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 1 PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 3 . Do Not Upload photographs or any material from within this site, without the permission of the WebMaster - Thats me! US Copyright Office Copyright © Scufy's Web Workz 1998-2001 Home  |  Guestbook  |  Email Tell a Friend about this Page.