Albert Adrian Dick (1880 - 1970)

Born 29 Jul 1880 in Winnipeg Greater Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada

Ancestors

Died 2 Jun 1970 at age 89 in Calgary Calgary Census Division Alberta, Canada

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Biography

Albert was born in 1880. He passed away in 1970.

Albert Dick was raised in Alberta when it was still a Canadian territory. He and a brother started a sawmill in Ponoka, and by 1904 they were so successful they began selling real-estate and commercial properties in Calgary.^[1]

On their fateful trip on the Titanic they boarded at Southampton.

The Dicks were getting ready for bed when the ship hit the iceberg, and felt nothing. They were made aware of the accident when the same steward who had taken a shine to Vera knocked on their door and told them to dress. "We would have slept through the whole thing if the steward hadn't knocked on our door shortly after midnight and told us to put on our lifejackets," Mrs Dick told a Calgary newspaper. Both were escorted to lifeboat 3 by Thomas Andrews who saw them off. According to Bert, and his wife were locked in a farewell embrace, when he was pushed into the lifeboat with her. As the boat jerked towards the water, the Dicks wondered whether it might not capsize and whether they might not be safer had they not left the ship.^[1]

When they returned to Calgary, Bert was ostracised because he had survived. His name was tarnished by gossip that he had dressed as a woman to get off the ship. His hotel business suffered, so he sold it and continued to make money in real estate. Vera studied music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, and was well known as a vocalist in Calgary.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/albert-adrian-dick.html

• 1881; Census Place: North Eastern Extension, Manitoba Extension, Manitoba; Roll: C_13284; Page: 56; Family No: 260.

• 1921 Census of Canada. Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 4; Census Place: City of Calgary (Part), Calgary West, Alberta; Page Number: 16.

• Ship Name: Carpathia; Microfilm Roll: 1883; Page Number: 136; Line Number: 17; Series Number: T715, Titanic Survivors, Carpathia Passenger List, 1912.

• Encyclopedia Titanica - Albert Adrian Dick

• Find A Grave: Albert Adrian Dick

See Also:

• http://www.newstalk770.com/2015/04/15/calgary-titanic-shame/