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John Henry Heskith (1879 - 1912)

John Henry "Harry" Heskith
Born in Kirkdale, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, Englandmap
Son of and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died at age 33 in At Seamap
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Biography

John Heskith was aboard the RMS Titanic.

John Henry Hesketh was born on January 28, 1879 in Kirkdale, Lancashire, England, to Henry and Mary (Griffith) Hesketh[1]. Harry never married and lived with his parents and siblings. At the age of 14 Harry started in a Apprenticeship with White Star Lines.

John Henry Hesketh was the youngest Acting Second Engineer of the White Star Lines[2] Hesketh was in Charge of the Watch when the Titanic hit the iceberg.

Hesketh and Shepherd on 8 - 12 Watch Junior 2nd - Mr J.H. Hesketh Main Engine Room In complete charge of the watch. "Boiler-Room No. 6 when the Titanic struck the iceberg, he barely managed to shut the dampers (shutting off the flow of air to the fires) when he heard a sound like a gun going off. Hesketh and leading Stoker Frederick Barrett were suddenly hit by a jet of icy water, they ran aft and managed to clamber through the doorway of the tunnel into boiler-room 5 as the watertight door closed. The remaining men including Fireman George Beauchamp raked the fires before escaping to safety."


Sources

  1. "England and Wales Census, 1881," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQ6Q-NY8 : accessed 13 Feb 2014), John H Hesketh in entry for Henry Hesketh, 1881.
  2. Proud Harry went down with the Titanic
  • England and Wales Census, 1911," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XWTD-W6D : accessed 13 Feb 2014), John Henry Hesketh, Kirkdale, Kirkdale Liverpool, Lancashire, England; citing "1911 England and Wales census," index and images, findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk : Brightsolid, n.d.); PRO RG 14, Lancashire county, West Derby registration district, Kirkdale subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.




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