- Charlotte Drake Cardeza
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Charlotte Drake Martinez-Cardeza Born April 10, 1854
Pennsylvania, United StatesDied August 2, 1939 (aged 85)
Pennsylvania, United StatesOther 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.
Categories:- 1854 births
- 1939 deaths
- RMS Titanic's crew and passengers
- American people of Spanish descent
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