Lucile (Carter) Reeves
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Lucile Polk (Carter) Reeves (1897 - 1962)

Lucile Polk Reeves formerly Carter
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Statesmap
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Died at age 64 in Summerville, Dorchester, South Carolina, United Statesmap
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Biography

Miss Lucile Polk Carter, age 14, A TITANIC SURVIVOR was born October 20, 1898, the daughter of William Ernest and Lucile Carter. She also had a brother William Thornton Carter. The family lived at Bryn Mawr, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1910, the family lived in Radnor Twp, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. [1]

Titanic

The Carter's boarded the Titanic at Southampton as first class passengers. They occupied cabins B-96 and 98. Lucile, her brother and mother were rescued in Lifeboat 4. Her father escaped in collapsible C.

Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

  • Miss Lucile Polk Carter - Titanic Survivor
  • Born: Thursday 20th October 1897
  • Age: 14 years 5 months and 26 days. (Female)
  • Last Residence: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

*1st Class Passengers

  • First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
  • Ticket No. 113760 , £120
  • Cabin No.: B96/98
  • Rescued (boat 4)

*Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912

  • Died: Friday 19th October 1962
  • Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)

Also Traveling:

Later in Life

Lucile later married to Samuel J. Reeves in Rosemont, Pennsylvania on 14 October 1922.

They had a daughter Elizabeth (the later Mrs Clinton W. Trowbridge) and a son, David Reeves who lived in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

At the 1930 and 1940 censuses, she lived with her husband and children at their home in Radnor Twp, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. [2] [3]

At the time of her death, she had six grandchildren and was residing in Charleston, South Carolina.

Lucile Reeves (née Carter) died at her daughter's home in Summerville, South Carolina on October 19, 1962. She was buried at Valley Forge Memorial Park, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA


Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG8H-L87 : accessed 9 April 2023), Lucile Carter in household of William E Carter, Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 153, sheet 23A, family 413, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1340; FHL microfilm 1,375,353.
  2. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHSF-8Y3 : accessed 9 April 2023), Lucile C Reeves in household of Samuel J Reeves, Radnor, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 115, sheet 14A, line 36, family 261, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2032; FHL microfilm 2,341,766.
  3. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQHN-J87 : 7 January 2021), Lucile Reeves in household of J Stanley Reeves, Radnor Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 23-145, sheet 19B, line 42, family 348, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3495.
  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 03 November 2021), memorial page for Lucile Carter Carter Reeves (20 Oct 1897–19 Oct 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #184871004, citing Washington Memorial Chapel Churchyard, Valley Forge, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Trevor Baxter (contributor 48403329) .




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