Bertha was the daughter of Mary Ludington Barnes and her parentage is : Mary/Nelson/Frederick/Col Henry/etc Ron + James Clinch Smith Age 56, born 3 April 1856 - A resident of St James, Long Island, New York, Mr Smith boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger, occupying cabin A-7 His wife, the former Bertha Ludington Barnes, was the sister of Mr. Nelson P. Barnes, 22 East Ontario St., Chicago, a broker with offices at the Rookery. Bertha, due to a late change in plans failed to board the Titanic. Her father, Clifford L. Barnes, of Lake Forest, was an early president of the Sunday Evening Club, a social welfare organization. Smith was a lieutenant in the Third Cavalry, U.S. Army. He was the brother of Bessie Smith White of Smithtown, Long Island, NY, wife of architect Stanford White. White was murdered in June 1906 by Harry Thaw, then recently married to White's mistress of five years, Evelyn Nesbit. James Clinch Smith was a witness to the event. James Clinch Smith died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. _________________________________________________________________ Get in the mood for Valentine's Day. View photos, recipes and more on your Live.com page. http://www.live.com/?addTemplate=ValentinesDay&ocid=T001MSN30A0701 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to LUDDINGTON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ____________________________________________________________________________________ Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097