Frederic Spedden
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Frederic Oakley Spedden (1867 - 1947)

Frederic Oakley Spedden
Born in New York, USAmap
Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Died at age 80 in Florida, USAmap
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Frederic Spedden was a passenger on the RMS Titanic.
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Biography

Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary:

  • Name: Mr Frederic Oakley Spedden - Titanic Survivor
  • Born: Wednesday 9th January 1867
  • Age: 45 years 3 months and 6 days. (Male)
  • Marital Status: Married.
  • Last Residence: in Tuxedo Park New York United States
  • 1st Class Passengers
  • First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
  • Ticket No. 16966 , £134 10s
  • Cabin No.: E34
  • Destination: Tuxedo Park New York United States
  • Rescued (boat 3)
  • Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
  • Died: Monday 3rd February 1947
  • Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease

Travelling Companions (on same ticket):

Mr Frederic Oakley Spedden was born in New York City 9 January *, 1867 the son of Frederic Spedden and Susan Douglas.

Census

"United States Census, 1880,"[1]

Edgar Spedden Self Male 44 Louisiana, United States
Susan Spedden Wife Female 40 New York, United States
Fredrick Spedden


He lived at Wee Wah Lodge, Tuxedo Park, NY with his wife Daisy and son Douglas. The Speddens were wealthy and devoted their lives to their son, their travels and their hobbies - Frederic loved sailing. They generally spent the summers in Bar Harbor, Maine and wintered at various resorts around the world.

In late 1911 the Speddens sailed for Algiers on the Caronia. They were accompanied by two servants, Daisy's maid Helen Wilson and Douglas's nanny Elizabeth Burns. From Algiers the family moved on to Monte Carlo and then to Paris. In April 1912, at the end of their European holiday, the Speddens and their servants boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg for the return home. Mr and Mrs Spedden Occupied cabin E-34.

Frederic and his wife were awakened by the collision with the iceberg. They noticed that the ship was tilting, so they woke Douglas and the servants. The party made its way to the starboard boat deck, where the the women and children were loaded into lifeboat 3. After all the women and children had been loaded, Frederic, along with about 20 other men, were also allowed to board the lifeboat. At dawn, lifeboat 3 and the survivors were picked up by the Carpathia. The Speddens were remembered by their fellow survivors for many acts of kindness.

Whilst returning to New York on the Carpathia, Frederic Spedden and some other survivors (Frederic K. Seward - Chairman, Karl H. Behr, Molly Brown, Mauritz Björnström-Steffansson, George Harder and Isaac Frauenthal) formed a committee to honour the bravery of Captain Rostron and his crew. They would present the Captain with an inscribed silver cup and medals to each of the 320 crew members.

After the Titanic tragedy the Speddens carried on much as before. They continued to divide their time between Tuxedo Park and Bar Harbor. On February 3, 1947, while in the swimming pool of the Bath Club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he was spending the winter, Frederic suffered a heart attack and died.

Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery Brooklyn Kings County (Brooklyn) New York, USA

References and Sources: Colonel Archibald Gracie (1913) The Truth about the Titanic. New York, Mitchell Kennerley Daisy Spedden Polar, the Titanic Bear. Edited by Leighton H. Coleman III New York Times, 4 February 1947, Obituary State of Florida Certificate of Death

Credits:

  • Dave Aldworth, USA
  • Leighton H. Coleman III, USA
  • Phillip Gowan, USA

Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZXS-M5N : 7 September 2017), Fredrick Spedden in household of Edgar Spedden, New York, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district ED 576, sheet 304A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,895.




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