Episode 348:
Old Biscuit
The Titanic's Baker, Charles Joughin
Karen
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The Titanic's Baker, Charles Joughin Notes:
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Charles Joughin (via Encyclopedia Titanica)
Collapsible lifeboat from the Titanic (via Alamy)
"Charles John Joughin was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England on 3 August 1878. He was later baptised on 2 October that same year in St Peter's Church, Liverpool.
He was the son of John Edwin Joughin (1846-1886), a licensed victualler, and Ellen Campbell, née Crombleholme (1850-1938), natives of Liverpool and Birkenhead respectively who had married in St Catherine's Church, Liverpool on 15 June 1876.
He had four siblings: Sarah Ellen Elizabeth (1877-1936, later Mrs Fred Dunning), Theodore (1880-1915), Richard Archibald (1881-1952) and William Arthur (1886-1901). His mother had a previous marriage in 1872 to Robert William Campbell (1839-1875) and from that union Charles had two half-siblings: Robert William (1872-1874) and Mary Agnes (1874-1947).
Charles first appears on the 1881 census living with his family at 57 Eldon Street, Birkenhead, his father's profession being given as that of a "gentleman." His father died in 1886 and his mother took to nursing to make ends meet before managing a coffee shop. When the family appeared on the 1891 census they were residing at 14 Arnot (?) Street, Walton, Liverpool and Charles was described as a schoolboy. Appearing on the 1901 census, the family by then lived at 38 County Road, again in Walton, and Charles was described as a baker at sea; he appeared on numerous crew lists in 1900 and 1901 serving aboard the Majestic as extra second baker and he would go on to serve aboard the Teutonic. His mother later moved with her spinster daughter Mary and settled in Gillingham, Kent, appearing there on the 1911 census at 4 Tennyson Road.
Charles had went to sea at age 11 but was not the only seafarer in his family; his brothers Theodore and Richard were both in the Royal Navy. His brother Theodore, who had been at sea since age 16, died at sea following a fatal fall whilst aboard HMS Cornwallis on 1 March 1915; he was buried at sea..."
Karen's Episode Sources
- “Charles John Joughin” (Encyclopedia Titanica)
- “Testimony of Charles Joughin” (British Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry)
- “All About History: Book of The Titanic”
- “The Titanic’s First and Last Voyage” (History this Week podcast)
- “The Story of Charles Joughin” (UK National Archives)
- “How a baker survived the Titanic sinking by getting really drunk” by Tristin Hopper (National Post)
- “The Final Board of Inquiry: A Cold Case Investigation into the Loss of the Steamship Titanic” by Commander Richard R. Paton
- “The Titanic and the Passengers Who Boarded It: Research and Assignment Guide” posted by Wzhang (Reagan Library Education Blog)
- “Sinking of the Titanic: Topics in Chronicling America” (Library of Congress)
- “'TITANIC': LAST WORD IN LUXURY” by Donna Lee (Sun Sentinel)
- “For days after the Titanic sinking, ocean liners navigated through ‘acres of water filled with bodies’” by Tristin Hopper (National Post)
- “10 causes of the Titanic tragedy” by Alan Boyle (NBC News)
- “The sinking of the RMS Titanic: A course of history” by David Dunkle (Penn Live)
- “You’re A Third-Class Passenger On The Titanic. What Does Your Day Look Like?” by Melissa Sartore (Ranker)
- “Titanic Timeline: Dates, Events, and Details” (History on the Net)
- “Titanic Maiden Voyage” (Titanic Facts)
- “Where Did The Titanic Sink?” (Titanic Facts)
- “TITANIC TRIVIA” (St Petersberg Times)
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