Draft:Nathan Goldsmith (Titanic victim)
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Comment: Wikipedia is not a memorial site, details of the victims of the sinking of the Titanic can be found at Passengers of the Titanic. Goldsmith is not notable in his own right, only as a victim of the sinking. Dan arndt (talk) 04:45, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
Nathan Goldsmith | |
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Натан Голдсмит | |
| Born | 1871 or 1876 |
| Died | April 15, 1912 (aged 41) |
| Other names | Neshenye Goldsmith |
| Citizenship | United States of America |
| Occupation | shoemaker |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) |
Nathan Goldsmith (1870s - April 15, 1912) was a Jewish Russian-American shoemaker who died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic.[1][2][3][4]
Life
[edit]Nathan was born in Kreidburg, Russia (now part of Lithuania), little is known of Nathan's life before 1900 except that he married Soreh Mett and the couple had a son named Michael in Ponevez, Lithuania around 1897.[1][5][6] In 1907, Nathan and his family emigrated to New York and from there moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where Soreh's brother Charles lived;[1][2][3] on December 24, 1907 the family had there second son Irving Goldsmith who later died in Tennessee in 1970.[1] Nathan left his family in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania to work in South Africa, regularly sending money home to his family back in Pennsylvania.[1]
RMS Titanic
[edit]Nathan traveled to Southampton and boarded the RMS Titanic as a 3rd class passenger on April 10th; Nathan died during the sinking and his body was never found.[1][7][8][6][9][10][11] After his death, his family received regular aid from the Red Cross until their passing.[1][5][12][13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Nathan Goldsmith : Titanic Victim". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
- ^ a b Moskowitz, Eli (2018-03-14). The Jews of the Titanic: A Reflection of the Jewish World on the Epic Disaster. Hybrid Global Publishing. ISBN 978-1-938015-96-0.
- ^ a b McMillan, Beverly; Lehrer, Stanley (1998). Titanic: Fortune & Fate : Catalogue from the Mariners' Museum Exhibition. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-85710-7.
- ^ Monthly Bulletin of the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society. 1911.
- ^ a b "Nathan Goldsmith". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ a b "Two Latvian-born passengers also went on the first and last voyage of the Titanic". nra.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
- ^ Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
- ^ (19 April 1912) Nathan Goldsmith His name is on the list of the missing
- ^ "The Belfast List". www.belfast-titanic.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ "TIP | United States Senate Inquiry | Report | Passenger List: Third-Class Passengers (Scandinavian and Continental) embarked at Southampton". www.titanicinquiry.org. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ "Nathan Goldsmith (Red Cross File #158)". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ Evening Bulletin (23 April 1912) STEERAGE VICTIM LIVED HERE Friends Are Taking up Fund for Relief of the Widow of Nathan Goldsmith
- ^ "MR. SUTTON'S BODY TO BE SENT HOME". www.encyclopedia-titanica.org. Retrieved 2025-01-23.