Lucile Polk Carter
The person that I am researching is Lucile Polk Carter. She was aboard the Titanic when the sinking occurred. She lived at Bryn Mawr,near Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. Lucile was born on Thursday,October 20th 1898. She was 14 years old whenever she boarded the Titanic in South Hampton on Wednesday, April 10th 1912 as first class passengers. She boarded with her mother,Lucile Carter, father, William Ernest and brother, William Thornton Carter. While aboard the Titanic they lived in rooms B96/98 and Lucile's ticket number was 113760 , £120. Lucile, her brother and mother were rescued on lifeboat 4. Her father later escaped on collapsible C. Lucile and her family later arrived in New York aboard the Carpathia on Thursday, April 18th 1912. She later married Samuel J. Reeves and had a daughter named Mrs Clinton W. Trowbridge and a son named David Reeves who lived in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Whenever Lucile died on Friday, October 19th 1962, she had six grandchildren and was living in Charleston, South Carolina.Lucile Reeves(Lucile Polk Carter) died in her daughter's home. She died of heart failure or disease.Lucile is buried in Valley Forge Memorial Park in Pennsylvania.
By: Tara Lepine
actually she was 13
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