Marjorie (Collyer) Dutton
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Marjorie Charlotte (Collyer) Dutton (1904 - 1965)

Marjorie Charlotte "Lottie" Dutton formerly Collyer
Born in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
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[children unknown]
Died at age 61 in Gosport Hampshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Marjorie (Collyer) Dutton was aboard the RMS Titanic.

Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary Name: Miss Marjorie Charlotte Collyer Titanic Survivor Born: Thursday 28th January 1904 Age: 8 years (Female) Last Residence: in Basingstoke Hampshire England 2nd Class Passengers First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 31921 , £26 5s Destination: Payette Idaho United States Rescued (boat 14) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Friday 26th February 1965

Travelling Companions (on same ticket):

  • Mr Harvey Collyer
  • Mrs Charlotte Annie Collyer


Birth: Jan. 28, 1904 Bishopstoke Hampshire, England Death: Feb. 26, 1965 Gosport Hampshire, England

Miss Marjorie Charlotte Collyer, 8, was born in 1904 in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Harvey Collyer and the former Charlotte Annie Tate.

The family boarded the Titanic at Southampton, they were travelling to Payette Valley, Idaho, USA.

Charlotte and Marjorie were probably rescued in lifeboat 14 but Harvey died in the sinking. After their arrival in New York Charlotte and Marjorie were approached by Newspaper reporters to tell their story, Marjory's account (reprinted in a local English paper) appears to have received the attention of a Brooklyn Daily Eagle reporter:

Harvey Collyer and Family

Charlotte and Marjorie eventually returned to Bishopstoke. Marjorie was made a ward of court and went to live with her uncle Walter on his farm at East Horsley, Near Leatherhead, Surrey.

She married Roy Dutton on December 25, 1927

Marriage

"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,"[1]

Name: Majorie L Collyer
Event Type: Marriage Registration
Event Place: Epsom, Surrey, England
Registration District: Epsom
County: Surrey
Registration Year: 1927
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Page: 61
Affiliate Line Number: 69
Volume: 2A
Spouse Name: Royden B B Dutton

Marjory Collyer Dutton died (? in Gosport, Hampshire) on 26 February 1965, aged 61. She had been a widow for some years after her husband died young.


Census

"England and Wales Census, 1911,"[2]

Harvey Collyer Head Male 30 Horsley, Surrey
Lottie Collyer Wife Female 29 Cobham, Surrey
Marjorie Collyer Daughter Female 7 Letherhead, Surrey
Harry John Alger Boarder Male 33 Hoxne, Suffolk



References and Sources: The Leatherhead, Advertiser, Epsom District Times and County Post, 18 May 1912, Wreck of the Titanic Little Girls Account The News (Portsmouth), 1 March 1965, Death of Mrs. M. Dutton Brian J. Ticehurst and Geoffrey W. Whitfield (1997) The Doomed and The Delivered, in preparation Christopher M. Wardlow (1997) Catching up with the Collyer's[sic], Atlantic Daily Bulletin, No 2., p.7

Credits: George Behe, USA Gavin Bell, UK Robert L. Bracken, USA Michael A. Findlay, USA Phillip Gowan, USA Brian Ticehurst, UK

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZY-V34Q : 8 October 2014), Majorie L Collyer and null, 1927; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1927, quarter 4, vol. 2A, p. 61, Epsom, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
  2. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWQP-SCJ : 4 July 2019), Harvey Collyer, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.




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