Louise Marie Marguerite Laroche was born on 2 Jul 1910 in Villejuif, France.[1].
On 10 Apr 1912, at just 1-months of age, she boarded the ocean liner Titanic, at Cherbourg, along with her father Joseph, her mother Juliette, and her sister Simonne. Joseph died when the ship sank on the night of April 12. Louise, her mother and her sister, all survived, possibly as passengers in Lifeboat 14.
Louise Laroche never married.
Louise died on 25 January 1998 in Villejuif, France.[1].
Research Notes
Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary
Name: Miss Louise Laroche - Titanic Survivor
Born: Saturday 2nd July 1910
Age: 1 years (Female)
Last Residence: in Paris France
2nd Class Passengers
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 2123 , £41 11s 7d
Destination: Cap Haitien Haiti
Rescued (boat 14)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Sunday 25th January 1998
Traveling Companions (on same ticket):
Mr Joseph Philippe Lemercier Laroche
Mrs Juliette Marie Louise Laroche
Miss Simonne Marie Anne Andrée Laroche
Sources
↑ 1.01.1 Fichier des décès (INSEE). Louise Marie Marguerite LAROCHE, Naissance le 02 juillet 1910, Villejuif (Villejuif, Val-De-Marne, Île-De-France, France), Décès le 25 janvier 1998, Villejuif (Villejuif, Val-De-Marne, Île-De-France, France) Numéro de l’acte : 00108
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer At Port Of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National Archives, NWCTB 85 T715 Vol 4183
Judith Geller (1998) Titanic: Women and Children First. Haynes. ISBN 1 85260 594 4
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 23 September 2021), memorial page for Louise Laroche (2 Jul 1910–28 Jan 1998), Find A Grave: Memorial #207730914, citing Communal Cemetery of Villejuif, Villejuif, Departement du Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France ; Maintained by Guenter Baebler (contributor 49422335) .
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