Ann Elizabeth Isham

Ann Elizabeth Isham (January 25, 1862 – April 15, 1912) was a passenger aboard the RMS Titanic. She was one of five female first-class passengers (four women and one child) to die when the ship sank. An undocumented legend states she probably died because she did not want to leave behind her Great Dane; a woman was reportedly sighted in the water with her arms frozen around a dog.[1][2]

Ann Elizabeth Isham
Ann Elizabeth Isham, as a young woman
Born(1862-01-25)January 25, 1862
Chicago, Illinois
DiedApril 15, 1912(1912-04-15) (aged 50)
Titanic, Atlantic Ocean

Biography

Ann Elizabeth "Lizzie" Isham was born on January 25, 1862, in Chicago, Illinois, the first child and eldest daughter of Edward Swift Isham, an American lawyer and politician from Vermont, and Frances "Fannie" Burch.[3] Her father established a law firm with Robert Todd Lincoln, son of former US President Abraham Lincoln, called Isham, Lincoln & Beale in Chicago, Illinois.[4][5]

Initially Isham lived in Chicago and was a member of the Friday Club and the Scribbler's Club.[4] In 1903 she moved to Paris and lived with her sister, Frances Isham, who had married Harry Shelton.[4]

Isham's brother, Edward Isham, lived in New York City and she was going back to the United States to spend the summer with him. She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg on April 10, 1912.[4][5]

Her cabin (C-49) was next to that of Colonel Archibald Gracie, although he did not remember ever seeing her. She was said to have been in a lifeboat ready to sail away when she was told that she was unable to bring her Great Dane on board with her. She chose to get out of the lifeboat. There is no actual evidence for this, however. She was one of four first class women who died in the disaster, and her body was never identified. A few days later, a passenger on a passing ship reported seeing a woman's body floating in the ocean and holding on to the body of a large dog.[6] A memorial to her was erected by her family in Vermont.[5]

References
  1. "Miss Ann Elizabeth Isham". encyclopedia-titanica. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. Castaldo, Nancy (2014). Sniffer Dogs: How Dogs (and Their Noses) Save the World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 5. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. "Death Notice (14)". New York Times. 1912. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. "ANXIETY FOR MISSING ONES". Chicago Daily Tribune. 1912. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. Hill, Robert (2013). A LITTLE KNOWN STORY OF THE LAND CALLED CLEARING. Lulu.com. p. 134. ISBN 9781300906353. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  6. Croft, Malcolm (2014). Super Dogs: Heart-warming Adventures of the World's Greatest Dogs. Summersdale Publishers LTD - ROW. p. 85. ISBN 9781783722211. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
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