Ella Noriega
W2 Track:
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Caroline Neville (real name Ada Marie Clarke)
Mrs. Thayer
First Class Woman
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Based on Ada Maria Clarke
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Born on December 14th, 1883 in Netley near Southampton, Hampshire, England, the middle of 5 children to laborers
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She was briefly employed as a kitchen maid at Rownhams House under a wealthy family
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She married Charles Valentine Clarke (played by Sean Hodges) on June 29th, 1908, a dairyman from Cosham, Hampshire and they had no children
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The pair boardedthe Titanic at Southampton with a £26 ticket. (£3,800, $4,700 today) headed for San Francisco, California
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Charles died in the sinking and a memorial service was held for him in Hampshire.
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Ada survived, escaping in lifeboat 14. Now a widow, she returned to Britain where she remained before passing in 1953, her gravestone commemorates her husband.
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Marian Longstreth Morris, later Mrs Thayer
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Born November 9th, 1872, and from Haverford, Pennsylvania
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She was married to John B. Thayer (played by Max Braunstein) and they had 2 daughters and 2 sons (one of whom, Jack Thayer, accompanied
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They boarded as first-class passengers with a £110 ticket (£16,000, $19,800 today) and they stayed in Cabin C-68
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Their son went to investigate when the collision occurred and the family got dressed and went to the deck
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She was put in lifeboat 4, separated from her husband who died on the ship
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Later lifeboats 4 and 12 would meet up and save passengers, 12 took on Mrs. Thayer’s son, Jack from the overturned Collapsible B but she did not see him sitting in lifeboat 4
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Instead, they were reunited on the Carpathia
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After they went back to Haverford, she never remarried, did not claim the loss of her husband’s life but did claim the loss of luggage
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She died on April 14th, 1944
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