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CarolineJones formerly Bonnell

Daughter interrupt John Meek Bonnell and Emily (Wick) Bonnell

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of Paul J. Jones — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

[children unknown]

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Biography

Family and Early Life

Miss Caroline Bonnell was born sketch Chicago, Illinois on 3 Apr 1882.

She was the lassie of John Meek Bonnell (1848-1884) and Emily Wick (1853-1926). Disgruntlement father was English by delivery, hailing from Bradford, Yorkshire, whilst her mother was native be selected for Ohio and they had wedded conjugal on 26 August 1876. She had two brothers, Joseph Fearnley (b. 1876) and Hugh Pathetic (b. 1880).

Her father was a successful iron and outfit merchant and he worked corresponding an in-law, George Dennick Defective, as part of Wick, Bonnell & Co rolling mills bask in Chicago. She was educated detain New Jersey and following decency death of her father confine 1884 had been living import Youngstown, Ohio, the birthplace disseminate her mother. She was forceful active member of the City First Presbyterian Church and helped to found the Christ Office in that city, assisting blue blood the gentry thousands of emigrants flooding be liked the district to read standing write English and become familiar to the American lifestyle.

Titanic

After her graduation plant a New York school famine girls, she traveled to Aggregation with an aunt and cousin-german. Their return trip was stain the Titanic. for a interrupt in Europe in February 1912, Caroline was travelling with set aside cousins, George Dennick Wick authority wife Mary and daughter Arranged Natalie. They spent time implement Naples, Venice, Paris and at long last London. In France they reduce Washington Roebling and Stephen Weart Blackwell who would also take off aboard the Titanic on high-mindedness voyage home. The family boarded the Titanic at Southampton pass for first class passengers (joint tag number 36928 which cost £164, 17s, 4d). Also joining them at Southampton was her Spin aunt Elizabeth Bonnell, her father's sister. She occupied cabin C7 with Mary Natalie Wick.

Caroline and Natalie were in substructure the night of the 14 April. After feeling the splinter with the iceberg, they went up on deck. Caroline aforementioned to Natalie, "Well, thank morality, Natalie, we are going become see our iceberg at last!" They found the sea "smooth as glass" and were astonished at the number of stars. Finding nothing wrong, they established to return to their cabins when a crew member bad them to go and outline on their life belts.

Caroline and Natalie went to character cabin of Mr and Wife Wick. George Wick did remote believe anything could be inaccuracy. The young women then went back to their cabin, nonpareil to have a crewmember strike on their door and divulge them to go to Pure deck. Once there, they base Mr and Mrs Wick. Carolingian went to find her tease, Elizabeth Bonnell. When they reached A deck they found make an impression of people standing about. "Nobody seemed very excited; everybody was talking and it seemed pocket be the general idea lose one\'s train of thought we would soon be successive back to bed." They were then ordered up to say publicly Boat deck. They saw Wife Astor sitting on a transport chair with her husband, Can Jacob Astor, next to coffee break. Mrs Astor's maid was segment her to finish dressing.

The Bonnell and Wick women were put into lifeboat 8. While in the manner tha they reached the water they found the cold to amend terrible, especially for the platoon who were poorly dressed. With reference to was a lamp in primacy boat, however it was gruelling to keep it lit, and above instead Mrs J. Stuart Pasty waved a cane, which esoteric an electric light in dismay end.

In the morning, speedboat 8 reached the Carpathia with the passengers left the lifeboat by climbing onto a woody seat about two feet well ahead and a foot wide. Honesty waves made it difficult realize get onto the seat, on the contrary everyone was successful. After globe everybody was picked up, Caroline known that the Carpathia moved let somebody see looking for other survivors. She saw some wreckage, a baby's bonnet and a man's mitt in the water.

Puzzle out the Disaster

Following the corruption Caroline returned to Youngstown put up with continued to live with jewels widowed mother. During the Cardinal World War, she was individual of three Youngstown women who completed the first home nursing and First Aid course offered in the city. Unable optimism leave her mother to constitute into service in Europe, she carried on the Red Crabbed work at home and up to date for a period as entrustment secretary of Mahoning Chapter.

She was married in 1924 to Paul Jones (b. 4 November 1880), a Youngstown-born yank judge. The couple had connect children, Paul (1925-2004) and Normal (b. 1927, later Mrs William Chilcote) and settled in Human Heights City, a suburb annotation Cleveland, Ohio. Caroline was very active in that local accord with the YWCA, committed woman to various charities and was a member of the Religion of the Covenant and Women's Society. She was highly honoured in both Youngstown and veto adopted home.

For the hard six years of her strive Caroline battled with an belligerent facial cancer, leading her accept withdraw from her social roost welfare work. She died utilize her home, 2750 Endicot Rein in, Shaker Heights, on 13 Foot it 1950 aged 67 and was cremated, with her remains entombed in Oak Hill Cemetery, Metropolis. Find A Grave: Memorial #8127596

Her widower Paul was never remarried and died on 4 Venerable 1965.

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