Wife of Dickinson H. Bishop, aged 23 years.
Daughter of Jerrold Franklyn and Anne (Patton) Walton.
Helen (Walton) Bishop was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. She married Dickinson H. Bishop in 1911, and both were returning from their European honeymoon on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. They were returning to their home in Dowagiac, Michigan.
After the Titanic struck the iceberg, the Bishops, who had retired for the night to their cabin, were aroused by a shipboard acquaintance who warned them of the accident. They quickly dressed and headed to the boat deck where they waited for instructions from the Titanic's officers and crew.
The Bishops were among the first to enter the very first lifeboat to escape the sinking ship. Another honeymoon couple who they had befriended while on board, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Snyder, followed them into the lifeboat and also survived. The lifeboat left the Titanic with 28 people in a boat built for 65. So reluctant were many of Titanic's passengers to leave as no immediate danger seemed evident, many lifeboat seats were sent away unoccupied.
There were only three crew members on the lifeboat, so several passengers, including Helen, helped with the rowing. Helen recalled a French aviator, Pierre Maréchal, never took his monocle from his eye, even when assisting with the rowing. Another passenger, a phony German baron called Baron von Drachstedt (Alfred Nourney) apparently refused to row and just sat smoking.
After being rescued early the following morning and returning to New York aboard the Carpathia, the Bishops testified before the Senate inquiry into the disaster, which was headed by Dowagiac-born Michigan Senator William A. Smith.
During the Senate investigation, Helen testified that they were literally pushed into the lifeboat, saying nothing about the "brides and grooms" order she had claimed to hear after they had arrived safely in New York. Dickinson then testified that he witnessed the sailors unsuccessfully trying to close the locks on the watertight doors.
Helen Bishop was pregnant while aboard the Titanic. On December 8th, 1912, she gave birth to a baby boy, Randall Walton Bishop, but the infant died two days later.
After the disaster, local jealousy spawned a rumor that Dickinson H. Bishop survived the Titanic by escaping in women's clothing. While this was a complete fabrication, the Bishop's marriage suffered as a result of the public ridicule.
Around the same time, the Bishops were involved in a car accident in which Helen was critically injured. On November 15, 1913, the couple was returning to Dowagiac from Kalamazoo, Michigan, in their motor car when it went out of control and struck a tree. Helen suffered a severely fractured skull and was not expected to live. She recovered with a steel plate placed in her skull, but the accident caused a change in her mental condition. Helen's accident further dismantled what was left of their marriage and the Bishops were divorced in January, 1916.
On March 15, 1916, Helen slipped on a rug in her home and hit her head on the vulnerable spot where she had been struck in 1913. Helen died as a result of the injuries she sustained. She was 23 years-old.
On the same day as Helen's death, her ex-husband Dickinson was remarried to Sidney Boyce in Atlanta, Georgia. Helen's death announcement was featured in the local newspaper where the front page also included the announcement of Dickinson's remarriage.
Daughter of Jerrold Franklyn and Anne (Patton) Walton.
Helen (Walton) Bishop was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. She married Dickinson H. Bishop in 1911, and both were returning from their European honeymoon on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. They were returning to their home in Dowagiac, Michigan.
After the Titanic struck the iceberg, the Bishops, who had retired for the night to their cabin, were aroused by a shipboard acquaintance who warned them of the accident. They quickly dressed and headed to the boat deck where they waited for instructions from the Titanic's officers and crew.
The Bishops were among the first to enter the very first lifeboat to escape the sinking ship. Another honeymoon couple who they had befriended while on board, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Snyder, followed them into the lifeboat and also survived. The lifeboat left the Titanic with 28 people in a boat built for 65. So reluctant were many of Titanic's passengers to leave as no immediate danger seemed evident, many lifeboat seats were sent away unoccupied.
There were only three crew members on the lifeboat, so several passengers, including Helen, helped with the rowing. Helen recalled a French aviator, Pierre Maréchal, never took his monocle from his eye, even when assisting with the rowing. Another passenger, a phony German baron called Baron von Drachstedt (Alfred Nourney) apparently refused to row and just sat smoking.
After being rescued early the following morning and returning to New York aboard the Carpathia, the Bishops testified before the Senate inquiry into the disaster, which was headed by Dowagiac-born Michigan Senator William A. Smith.
During the Senate investigation, Helen testified that they were literally pushed into the lifeboat, saying nothing about the "brides and grooms" order she had claimed to hear after they had arrived safely in New York. Dickinson then testified that he witnessed the sailors unsuccessfully trying to close the locks on the watertight doors.
Helen Bishop was pregnant while aboard the Titanic. On December 8th, 1912, she gave birth to a baby boy, Randall Walton Bishop, but the infant died two days later.
After the disaster, local jealousy spawned a rumor that Dickinson H. Bishop survived the Titanic by escaping in women's clothing. While this was a complete fabrication, the Bishop's marriage suffered as a result of the public ridicule.
Around the same time, the Bishops were involved in a car accident in which Helen was critically injured. On November 15, 1913, the couple was returning to Dowagiac from Kalamazoo, Michigan, in their motor car when it went out of control and struck a tree. Helen suffered a severely fractured skull and was not expected to live. She recovered with a steel plate placed in her skull, but the accident caused a change in her mental condition. Helen's accident further dismantled what was left of their marriage and the Bishops were divorced in January, 1916.
On March 15, 1916, Helen slipped on a rug in her home and hit her head on the vulnerable spot where she had been struck in 1913. Helen died as a result of the injuries she sustained. She was 23 years-old.
On the same day as Helen's death, her ex-husband Dickinson was remarried to Sidney Boyce in Atlanta, Georgia. Helen's death announcement was featured in the local newspaper where the front page also included the announcement of Dickinson's remarriage.
Wife of Dickinson H. Bishop, aged 23 years.
Daughter of Jerrold Franklyn and Anne (Patton) Walton.
Helen (Walton) Bishop was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. She married Dickinson H. Bishop in 1911, and both were returning from their European honeymoon on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. They were returning to their home in Dowagiac, Michigan.
After the Titanic struck the iceberg, the Bishops, who had retired for the night to their cabin, were aroused by a shipboard acquaintance who warned them of the accident. They quickly dressed and headed to the boat deck where they waited for instructions from the Titanic's officers and crew.
The Bishops were among the first to enter the very first lifeboat to escape the sinking ship. Another honeymoon couple who they had befriended while on board, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Snyder, followed them into the lifeboat and also survived. The lifeboat left the Titanic with 28 people in a boat built for 65. So reluctant were many of Titanic's passengers to leave as no immediate danger seemed evident, many lifeboat seats were sent away unoccupied.
There were only three crew members on the lifeboat, so several passengers, including Helen, helped with the rowing. Helen recalled a French aviator, Pierre Maréchal, never took his monocle from his eye, even when assisting with the rowing. Another passenger, a phony German baron called Baron von Drachstedt (Alfred Nourney) apparently refused to row and just sat smoking.
After being rescued early the following morning and returning to New York aboard the Carpathia, the Bishops testified before the Senate inquiry into the disaster, which was headed by Dowagiac-born Michigan Senator William A. Smith.
During the Senate investigation, Helen testified that they were literally pushed into the lifeboat, saying nothing about the "brides and grooms" order she had claimed to hear after they had arrived safely in New York. Dickinson then testified that he witnessed the sailors unsuccessfully trying to close the locks on the watertight doors.
Helen Bishop was pregnant while aboard the Titanic. On December 8th, 1912, she gave birth to a baby boy, Randall Walton Bishop, but the infant died two days later.
After the disaster, local jealousy spawned a rumor that Dickinson H. Bishop survived the Titanic by escaping in women's clothing. While this was a complete fabrication, the Bishop's marriage suffered as a result of the public ridicule.
Around the same time, the Bishops were involved in a car accident in which Helen was critically injured. On November 15, 1913, the couple was returning to Dowagiac from Kalamazoo, Michigan, in their motor car when it went out of control and struck a tree. Helen suffered a severely fractured skull and was not expected to live. She recovered with a steel plate placed in her skull, but the accident caused a change in her mental condition. Helen's accident further dismantled what was left of their marriage and the Bishops were divorced in January, 1916.
On March 15, 1916, Helen slipped on a rug in her home and hit her head on the vulnerable spot where she had been struck in 1913. Helen died as a result of the injuries she sustained. She was 23 years-old.
On the same day as Helen's death, her ex-husband Dickinson was remarried to Sidney Boyce in Atlanta, Georgia. Helen's death announcement was featured in the local newspaper where the front page also included the announcement of Dickinson's remarriage.
Daughter of Jerrold Franklyn and Anne (Patton) Walton.
Helen (Walton) Bishop was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. She married Dickinson H. Bishop in 1911, and both were returning from their European honeymoon on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. They were returning to their home in Dowagiac, Michigan.
After the Titanic struck the iceberg, the Bishops, who had retired for the night to their cabin, were aroused by a shipboard acquaintance who warned them of the accident. They quickly dressed and headed to the boat deck where they waited for instructions from the Titanic's officers and crew.
The Bishops were among the first to enter the very first lifeboat to escape the sinking ship. Another honeymoon couple who they had befriended while on board, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Snyder, followed them into the lifeboat and also survived. The lifeboat left the Titanic with 28 people in a boat built for 65. So reluctant were many of Titanic's passengers to leave as no immediate danger seemed evident, many lifeboat seats were sent away unoccupied.
There were only three crew members on the lifeboat, so several passengers, including Helen, helped with the rowing. Helen recalled a French aviator, Pierre Maréchal, never took his monocle from his eye, even when assisting with the rowing. Another passenger, a phony German baron called Baron von Drachstedt (Alfred Nourney) apparently refused to row and just sat smoking.
After being rescued early the following morning and returning to New York aboard the Carpathia, the Bishops testified before the Senate inquiry into the disaster, which was headed by Dowagiac-born Michigan Senator William A. Smith.
During the Senate investigation, Helen testified that they were literally pushed into the lifeboat, saying nothing about the "brides and grooms" order she had claimed to hear after they had arrived safely in New York. Dickinson then testified that he witnessed the sailors unsuccessfully trying to close the locks on the watertight doors.
Helen Bishop was pregnant while aboard the Titanic. On December 8th, 1912, she gave birth to a baby boy, Randall Walton Bishop, but the infant died two days later.
After the disaster, local jealousy spawned a rumor that Dickinson H. Bishop survived the Titanic by escaping in women's clothing. While this was a complete fabrication, the Bishop's marriage suffered as a result of the public ridicule.
Around the same time, the Bishops were involved in a car accident in which Helen was critically injured. On November 15, 1913, the couple was returning to Dowagiac from Kalamazoo, Michigan, in their motor car when it went out of control and struck a tree. Helen suffered a severely fractured skull and was not expected to live. She recovered with a steel plate placed in her skull, but the accident caused a change in her mental condition. Helen's accident further dismantled what was left of their marriage and the Bishops were divorced in January, 1916.
On March 15, 1916, Helen slipped on a rug in her home and hit her head on the vulnerable spot where she had been struck in 1913. Helen died as a result of the injuries she sustained. She was 23 years-old.
On the same day as Helen's death, her ex-husband Dickinson was remarried to Sidney Boyce in Atlanta, Georgia. Helen's death announcement was featured in the local newspaper where the front page also included the announcement of Dickinson's remarriage.
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