Julia Florence (Siegel) Cavendish (1886 - 1963)

Born 3 Nov 1886 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Died 16 Jan 1963 at age 76 in Crakemarsh Hall, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Mrs Julia Cavendish was born was Julia Florence Siegel on 3 November 1886 in Chicago, Illinois. ^[1] She was the daughter of Henry Siegel (b. 1852), a prominent businessman of Russian birth, and Julia Rosenbaum (b. 1862) who had married in Chicago on 8 December 1885. She was privately educated in Europe and is thought to have had at least two siblings. In 1905, the famiy lived in Mamaroneck, Westchester, New York. ^[2]

She was married in New York on 26 December 1906 to Tyrell William Cavendish, an aristocratic gentleman from Staffordshire, England. ^[3] They made their home in Uttoxeter and had two sons: Henry Siegel (b. 29 August 1908) and Geoffrey Manners (b. 3 October 1910). The family appeared on the 1911 census living at Little Onn Hall, Church Eaton, Staffordshire. ^[4]

Mrs Cavendish boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her husband and her maid Ellen Mary Barber. They travelled as first class passengers (ticket number 19877, £78 17s) and occupied cabin C-46. They were travelling to visit Julia's father at his country home, Orienta Point, in Mamaroneck, New York.

Mrs Cavendish and Miss Barber were rescued in lifeboat 6 but Mr Cavendish was lost in the sinking, his body later being recovered and forwarded to New York for cremation. She later recalled:

"I was in the second boat. My husband kissed me and bade me remain in the boat, declaring he was all right. There was no light, but the sky was clear. Bright skies illuminated the scene of the disaster. Just as the lifeboat was lowered I again kissed my husband. He assured me he would rather stay on the boat, thinking he would be safe... As the boat reached the water there were twenty-three women in the boat and two men to guide and row her. Many of us women implored men on the upper deck to come to our succour, but most of them said they could not row. One man there was about to get in the boat, but a sailor, after questioning him threw him aside. A Canadian, who stated that he could row turned to a group of men on the deck who were watching the proceedings and said: "I can row, but if there is room for one more let it be a woman."

Julia and her maid Ellen returned to England. She died on 16 January 1963 aged 76.

Both her sons were later married and both raised families. Henry died in 1995 and William in 2007.

Sources

1. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7Q3-4Q8 : 10 March 2018), Siegel, 03 Nov 1886; citing v 14 p 241, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,731.
   

   Name: Siegel

   Birth Date: 03 Nov 1886

   Birthplace: Chicago, Cook, Illinois

   Gender: Female

   Race (Original): White

   Race: White

   Father's Name: Henry Siegel

   Father's Age: 34

   Mother's Name: Julia Rosenbaum

2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV17-XKT : 19 July 2018), Julia Siegel in household of Henry Siegel, Mamaroneck, Mamaroneck Village, E.D. 02, Westchester, New York; citing p. 16, line 40, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 589,696.
   

   Henry Siegel Head Male 55y Germany

   Mary Siegel Wife Female 35y United States

   Georgine Wild StepDaughter Female 20y United States

   Dorothy Wild StepDaughter Female 17y United States

   Julia Siegel Daughter Female 17y United States

   Bernard Smith Servant Male 26y Ireland

   Katherine Moran Servant Female 22y Ireland

   Winifred Scanlon Servant Female 22y Ireland

   Katherine Heffern Servant Female 25y United States

   Jennie Carlson Servant Female 18y Sweden

   Alida Benson Servant Female 35y Sweden

3. ↑ "New York Marriages, 1686-1980," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F67Z-Z5T : 10 February 2018), Tyrell D. Cavendish and Julia F. Siegel, 26 Dec 1906; citing reference ; FHL microfilm 1,558,687.
   

   Name: Tyrell D. Cavendish

   Spouse's Name: Julia F. Siegel

   Event Date: 26 Dec 1906

   Event Place: Manhattan, New York, New York

   Father's Name: Charles Tyrell Cavendish

   Mother's Name: Elizabeth Anne Dickinson

   Spouse's Father's Name: Henry Siegel

   Spouse's Mother's Name: Julia Rosenbaum

4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW7P-843 : 4 July 2019), Tyrell William Cavendish, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, 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.
   

   Tyrell William Cavendish Head Male 35 Scarborough Torkshire, Yorkshire

   Julia Florence Cavendish Wife Female 24 U S Of America Chicago

   Henry Troyel Cavendish Son Male 2 Rougham, Suffolk

   Geofffrey Manners Cavendish Son Male 0 Church Eaton, Staffordshire

   William Hill Servant Male 41 Brickendonbury, Hertfordshire

   Florence Kate Taylor Servant Female 26 Bury St Eds, Suffolk

   Dorothy Climford Taylor Servant Female 17 Bury St Eds, Suffolk

   Ellen Mary Barber Servant Female 25 Penshurst, Kent

   Ruth Moore Servant Female 23 Rougham, Suffolk

   Mabel winifred Shearing Servant Female 19 Feeltwell, Norfolk

   Henry James Hyde Servant Male 14 Brighton, Surrey

   Emily Smart Servant Female 45 Bury St Eds, Suffolk

   Sarah Maude Davey Servant Female 19 West Thorpe, Suffolk

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