Ernest Owen Abbott

Biography
Mr. Ernest Owen Abbott was born on the first quarter of the year 1891 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. He was the son of John Abbott (1862 - 1896) and Catherine Louisa Welch (1861 - 1929). His father was from Southampton while his mother was from Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. They got married in 1880 and had six children. Ernest's siblings were Blanche Louisa (June 29th, 1883 - 1969), Hilda Daisy (1886 - Unknown), Percival Frederick (1888 - Unknown), Florence (1893 - Unknown) and May (1897 - Unknown).

Ernest is first seen in the 1891 cencus as a newborn living at 56 Millbank Street in Southampton with his family. His father was listed as a miller. However, five years later, he would pass away at the young age of 34 years old. On the 1901 cencus, his family is still seen living at 56 Millbank Street but this time, his mother is listed as a tailoress and taking in lodgers. She worked hard to make sure she could still sustain her family financially. Later that year, she remarried to Frederick John Brown (1863 - Unknown), a ship's steward. He is last seen ten years later on the 1911 census living with his mother and step-father at 98 Northumberland Road in Southampton described as an unmarried ship's steward. Probably following his step-father's steps at sea.

When he signed on the Titanic, on April 6th, 1912, he gave his adress as 98 Northumberland Road, Southampton, Hampshire, England and his previous ship as the R.M.S. Trent. He would work as a pantry steward for the first class lounge and would receive monthly wages of £3 15s. Also serving on the Titanic was his brother-in-law William James Francis Revell, his sister Blanche's husband. Ernest was lost in the sinking, as for his brother-in-law William. Nobody knows what happened to him or William. Their bodies, if recovered, were never identified.

A death notice appeared in the Hampshire Independant in Ernest's memory.

''Abbott - April 15th, on the S.S. Titanic, Ernest Owen Abbott, aged 21, of 98 Northumberland Road, beloved son. Deeply missed by his sorrowing mother, brother and sisters, and step-father. "Peace, perfect peace".''

His widowed sister Blanche remarried and had a son that she named in Ernest's memory, Ernest Owen Piper (1918 - 1981).