Titanic Project B

By huggahugga

  • Birth Date

    Birth Date
    Lawrence Beesley was born on December 31st, 1877, in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He is the son of Henry and Annie Beesley.

  • Family

    Lawrence had seven siblings, Frederick Arnold, Ernest, Edith Anne, Lewis Henry, Cyril James, Frank Meredith,and Arthur Campbell.

  • Marriage

    He married Gertrude Cecile Macbeth in 1901.

  • Children

    Lawrence and Gertrude had a son, Alec Macbeth Beesley.

  • Gertrude's Death

    She died in 1906 due to a respiratory disease she had been fighting for three years.

  • The Loss of the S.S. Titanic

    The Loss of the S.S. Titanic
    Beesley published his book "The Loss of the S.S. Titanic" in 1912, based on his own personal experience.

  • Titanic

    He boarded the Titanic on April 10th, 1912 as a second class passenger to go visit his brother in Toronto.

  • Remarried

    Lawrence remarried to Muriel "Mollie" Greenwood, and they had three sons together.

  • Death Date

    Beesley died on February 14th, 1967.

  • Occupations

    Lawrence had many jobs such as being an author, journalist, scholar, prizeman, lecturer, English teacher, and science teacher.