As you know if you have been following the Blog, I am related to the Captain of the Titanic, Capt. Edward John Smith.  Well one thing most people don’t know it I have another site called the Enchanted Titanic.  Where I do have many cool fact on that site about the captain and the ship there is something a bit more special about that site.  It is called Children of the Titanic. 

Now who are the Children of the Titanic you ask.  Well it is anyone that is related to someone that was on the ship.  Crew and passengers alike.  These people have been coming to the site (or section of another site when it first started out) and telling their story.  Some people are in search of information about their relative and stop by and leave a note, telling what they know so far and asking for more information.

I even tell my story there on how I found out I was related to the Captain.  There are stories that will make you laugh and some will bring a tear, but most are just very cool facts.  Talking about facts we even have a section called the “believe it or not” were a very good friend of mine and author, Donald Allen Kirch (link is to his author fan page) got me started on this.  He also has some wonderful books out and some are about the Titanic.  He even published one of my letters to him in his books on the Titanic.  I was so honored to be able to be part of his books. 

Well this is a lot of interesting things going on at the Enchanted Titanic so after you done reading on this site jump over there and find some interesting reads.  And don’t forget to stop by Donald’s Facebook Fan Page and become a fan.

I am related to the Captain of the Titanic, Captain Edward John Smith.  First let me explain what the Titanic is all about before I get into any family related information.

The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class passenger liner owned by British shipping company White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. At the time of her construction, she was the largest passenger steamship in the world.

Shortly before midnight on 14 April 1912, four days into the ship’s maiden voyage, Titanic hit an iceberg and sank two hours and forty minutes later, early on 15 April 1912. The sinking resulted in the deaths of 1,517 of the 2,223 people on board, making it one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The high casualty rate was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship did not carry enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. The ship had a total lifeboat capacity of 1,178 people, although her maximum capacity was 3,547. A disproportionate number of men died due to the women-and-children-first protocol that was followed.

The Titanic used some of the most advanced technology available at the time and was popularly believed to have been described as “unsinkable.”[6] It was a great shock to many that, despite the extensive safety features, the Titanic sank. The frenzy on the part of the media about Titanic’s famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes to maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have contributed to the continuing interest in, and notoriety of, the Titanic.

Welcome this is the section I will be posting about the Titanic family Genealogy.

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Within the Genealogy Pages the Enchanted Family all starts with the famous people named Adam and Eve. Then their descendants scattered throughout the world. Some were famous by their deeds or heritage like Royalty of many countries, US Presidents, E.J. Smith Captain of the Titanic, Lady Godiva, Magna Carta signers, Pilgrims, Immigrates, Soldiers, Authors and much more. But what really makes them famous is they are all part of the Enchanted Family which are ancestors and descendants of Lady Kathleen. The Enchanted Family Website first had its roots within the The Enchanted Castle, but it soon outgrew the castle walls as did the Enchanted Poetry. So now when Lady Kathleen is not running her business Website Designing Business you can perhaps find Lady Kathleen here researching genealogy.

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People, Places and Events and keeping it all organized.

Helpful TIP: Keep a file folder of maps, dates and places handy and organize your files on your computer.  Here at the Enchanted Family I use a program called TNG, which I am also incorparating into my WordPress blog.  I have always been interested in history, well maybe not so much dates but the events and people.  But I hated all those historical dates that we were told to memorize. So, I would memorize them for an exam and then, promptly forget them! I never figured I would have a reason to use those dates, names, places, events after school, so in time they seem to have disappeared out of my memory. 

Later, I am building my family tree and am running into many challenges. For example, I am researching my greatgrandfather’s military service – there is a family story that he fought in the a War – but I have no idea when the War began, except that it was before 1900. It would obviously be very helpful to have those dates in a simple chart of wars or skirmishes.

Over the years, I have learned to gather both specific and general maps of relevant areas and dates. I now have more success finding my ancestors in the correct places at the times they may have lived there. And I understand what kinds of resources I might search for details of an ancestor living in that decade.

There are many historical resources that I have found which can be very helpful when I am uncovering my family’s particular history. I start by asking lots of questions: What was happening at that time, in that decade? Where exactly were they living? Is there a history written of that area? What area of the country was being sold or annexed? Where was the seat of government, and when was it established? Where were records kept in that year? Were there newspapers published in those places? Where did ships arrive, and from where? Are there passenger lists available, indexed, online?  Oh yes Online is one of my most favorite places to search for information and that is why the birth of the Enchanted Family came to be.  I feel I am giving back to others by posting what I have found.  I also find that detailing as much as I can about people places and events make my ancestors’ history come alive, and I hope my tree is intriguing to others like yourself.  So weather you are in my family line or not I hope you can find something of interest.

Here is a book that took many years to research. It is a book of the Enchanted Family History. The Book has Royal lines of many countries, fun facts, Pilgrims, The Captain of the Titanic, Magna Carta Signers, Lady Godiva, Castles, Fables, charts, graphs It even goes back to Adam and Eve. The Enchanted Family History book was placed in a viewer so it would be easy and fun to read. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed making it.

One of the facts I find very interesting about the Captain of the Titanic is that he has no direct descendants alive today.  I personally am not in his direct line, but he was a great great …. uncle of mine. 

Captain Edward John SMITH was married to Sarah Eleanor PENNINGTON and as far as it is known he had no other wife and he did not father any children by any other women.  Captain Smith and Sarah had one child, Helen Melville SMITH, which was born in 1898.  Helen on June 18, 1923 gave birth to twins, Simon RUSSELL-COOKE and Priscilla RUSSELL-COOKE. Simon was killed in the war and was not married nor did he father any children.  Priscilla did marry John C Phipps but died a couple years later of polio and had no children.  So after Captain Smith’s Grandchildren There is no more direct line.

So you may well ask, how can I be related to Captain Smith.  Well if you go up Captain Smith’s Line you will find his father had a brother, George and it is through his children my family line falls.  it is believed that George’s Son, Leonard Smith was, according to my Dad, an Immigrant from the Coventry Warwick, England Area that moved to Pennsylvania.  And Leonard was my grandmother’s father.  Leonard and his wife Sarah came to America on a ship together, according to my father.

If you have any information that ties into this, please let me know.