Marie Grice Young was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Her mother worked as a secretary for President Theodore Roosevelt. Marie was an accomplished musician and was once employed as music instructor to Miss Ethel Roosevelt and her brother, Kermit Roosevelt, children of Theodore Roosevelt. She was the traveling companion of Miss Ella White, which is how she came to be a passenger aboard the Titanic on its infamous voyage. As First Class passengers, they were able to board Lifeboat #8. There are several stories of how it was Marie's insistence that more survivors in the water be pulled into their boat, rather than simply row further away to "safety," that saved several more lives. One report credited her with saving as many as 26 people. Once rescued by the Carpathia, Marie began a narrative of the sinking of the Titanic which was later published in the National Magazine, October 1912.
She was the cousin, sister-in-law, and best friend of of Amazon Victoria "Amy" Dixon Young and the grand niece of Annie Dixon, Union spy during the Civil War.
(First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17760, £135 12s 8d Cabin No: C32 Rescued (boat 8) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Monday 27th July 1959. Source: Encyclopedia Titanic.)
Marie Grice Young was born and raised in Washington, D.C. Her mother worked as a secretary for President Theodore Roosevelt. Marie was an accomplished musician and was once employed as music instructor to Miss Ethel Roosevelt and her brother, Kermit Roosevelt, children of Theodore Roosevelt. She was the traveling companion of Miss Ella White, which is how she came to be a passenger aboard the Titanic on its infamous voyage. As First Class passengers, they were able to board Lifeboat #8. There are several stories of how it was Marie's insistence that more survivors in the water be pulled into their boat, rather than simply row further away to "safety," that saved several more lives. One report credited her with saving as many as 26 people. Once rescued by the Carpathia, Marie began a narrative of the sinking of the Titanic which was later published in the National Magazine, October 1912.
She was the cousin, sister-in-law, and best friend of of Amazon Victoria "Amy" Dixon Young and the grand niece of Annie Dixon, Union spy during the Civil War.
(First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17760, £135 12s 8d Cabin No: C32 Rescued (boat 8) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Monday 27th July 1959. Source: Encyclopedia Titanic.)
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