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Helen Alice (Wilson) Rosenquist (1881 - 1939)

Helen Alice Rosenquist formerly Wilson
Born in Clonbern, Tuam, County Galway, Irelandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Died at age 58 in Pennsauken, Camden County, New Jersey, USAmap
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Biography

Ireland Native
Helen (Wilson) Rosenquist was born in Ireland.

Miss Helen Alice Wilson was born in Clonbern, Tuam, County Galway, Ireland on 12 February 1881. Daughter of Irish parents Patrick Wilson and Ellenor Feeney who lived and raised their family in Dunmore near Tuam in Co Galway.

She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as maid to Daisy Spedden. She was rescued in lifeboat 3.

After the sinking, she went to be near her family in New Jersey and there married Axel J. Rosenquist. [1] The couple lived out their lives in Merchantville, New Jersey and were parents of two daughters. [2] [3]

Husband: Axel J. Rosenquist
Children:

  1. Helen Marie (Rosenquist) Matlack, b.1916-d.2021 Vineland, New Jersey
  2. Ester Amelie (Rosenquist) Heinz, b.1919-d.1982 Camden, New Jersey

Helen Alice Rosenquist (nee Wilson) died in New Jersey on 1 December 1939. A few months after she died, her husband and daughter were found on the census living in Pennsauken Twp, New Jersey. [4]

Notes

  1. She was recorded as aged 35 by the Immigration Officer (List or Manifest...).
  2. Her daughter Esther, born in 1919, was still single at the time of her mother's death, but later was Mrs Esther Heinz of Camden, New Jersey. She died in Camden in 1982 at the age of 62. Descendants still live in that area of New Jersey and in other states.
  • She seems to prefer giving her birthplace as England, as in the 1920 and 1930 censuses.

Titanic Passenger – Helen Wilson (Encyclopedia Titanica)

I am the grandson of Helen Wilson, who was saved. As the story goes she met my grandfather aboard the Carpathia. They were married a year later. I cannot verify if my grandfather was a passenger or crew aboard the Carpathia. He was a Ships Captain from Sweden his name was Axel Rosenquist. Posted by Jack Heinz. Helen has a sister named (Margaret Wilson Beirne).

Credits:

  • Phillip Gowan, USA
  • Hermann S*ldner, Germany

Sources

  1. There are unsubstantiated claims that Mr Rosenquist had been employed on the Carpathia and met Helen during the rescue.
  2. "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M45W-G2K : 2 February 2021), Helen A Rosenquist in entry for Axel G Rosenquist, 1920.
    Axel G Rosenquist Head Male 42 Sweden
    Helen A Rosenquist Wife Female 42 England
    Helen M Rosenquist Daughter Female 3 New York
    Estra A Rosenquist Daughter Female 0 New Jersey
  3. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4D9-XJ9 : accessed 11 March 2020), Ester A Rosenquist in household of Axel J Rosenquist, Merchantville, Camden, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 149, sheet 11B, line 99, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1324; FHL microfilm 2,341,059.
    Axel J Rosenquist Head Male 53 Sweden
    Helen A Rosenquist Wife Female 47 England
    Helen M Rosenquist Daughter Female 13 New York
    Ester A Rosenquist Daughter Female 10 New Jersey
  4. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K45X-5PS : 28 February 2020), Esther Rosenquist in household of Axel J Rosenquist, Pennsauken Township, Camden, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 4-110, sheet 1B, line 77, family 27, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2323.
    Axel J Rosenquist Head Male 62 Sweden
    Esther Rosenquist Daughter Female 20 New Jersey
  • Helen Alice Wilson Rosenquist (1881-1939) on Find A Grave: Memorial #8220191 retrieved 11 July 2019
  • Encyclopedia Titanica (2018) Helen Alice Wilson (ref: #321, last updated: 16th January 2018, accessed 1st April 2023 03:36:17 AM).
    • Camden Daily Newspaper, December 4, 1939, Obituary
    • New Jersey State Department of Health Certificate of Death
    • 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.




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