Charlotte Drake Cardeza

Charlotte Drake Martinez-Cardeza
Born	April 10, 1854(1854-04-10) Pennsylvania, United States
Died	August 2, 1939(1939-08-02) (aged 85) Pennsylvania, United States
Other names	Charlotte Wardle Drake
Spouse	James Warburton Martinez Cardeza (Divorced, 1874 -1900)
Relatives	Thomas Drake (Father)

Charlotte Drake Martinez-Cardeza (April 10, 1854 – August 2, 1939) was a survivor of the Titanic disaster of 1912.

Early life and Titanic

Charlotte Wardle Drake was born on April 10, 1854. Her father, Thomas Drake, was a British textile manufacturer. From 1874 to 1900 she was married to James Warburton Martinez-Cardeza, with whom she had one child Thomas. In 1912 she and her son were returning to the United States on board the Titanic. Then Charlotte and Thomas left the sinking ship in Lifeboat #3.

After Titanic

Returning to Pennsylvania, Mrs. Cardeza kept to her peripatetic ways, only settling down at Montebello in the late 1930s. She died of heart disease.

Montebello

Montebello was later demolished and turned into a parking lot.

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Name	Cardeza, Charlotte Drake
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Date of birth	April 10, 1854
Place of birth	Pennsylvania, U.S.
Date of death	August 2, 1939
Place of death	Pennsylvania, U.S.