Charles William Dabney | Timeline

Charles William Dabney (March 19, 1794 - December 3, 1871) was an American businessman who succeeded his father John Bass Dabney as US Consul in the Azores from 1826 to 1871. He moved with his family to Fayal Island as a child and in early adulthood followed in his father's footsteps, becoming his vice-consul. When his father died in 1826, Charles William succeded him as US Consul, expanding the family's business in the area of shipping, support to whalers and exporting of azorean wines and fruit. Charles William is also remembered in the Azores for his humanitarian role, when the central islands of the archipelago were hit in the middle XIX century by famine and atlantic bad weather.

March 19, 1794 - Alexandria, Virginia - Charles William Dabney is born

January(?) 1(?), 1797 - Alexandria - John Bass Dabney returns to France with his wife to take up permanent residence. His son Charles stays with one of Dabney's sisters

January(?) 1(?), 1801 - France - Charles William Dabney travels alone to France

August(?) 1(?), 1804 - Bordeaux | Plymouth | Boston - His mother Roxanne "Roxa" Dabney departs Bordeaux for America, with young Charles, as well as the three younger children, Roxalina, John Lewis and Nancy, who had all been born in France. They make a stopover in Plymouth, England

September 1(?), 1807 - Fayal Island, Azores - Roxa Dabney and her four children arrive at Fayal, where John Bass Dabney had established his business

May 1, 1808 - St.António, Fayal Island - Dabney hears noises like cannons in the distance, and concludes there was some Sea engagement in the vicinity of the Island, but soon after casting his eyes towars the Island of São Jorge (St.George), he perceives a dense column of smoke rising to an immense height, it was soon judged that a Volcano had burst out about the center of that Island, and this was rendered certain when night came on, the fire exhibiting an awful appearance

May 3, 1808 - Velas, São Jorge Island, Azores - Being desirous of viewing this wonderful exertion of nature, Dabney embarks with the british consul to Velas, and find the inhabitants perfectly panic struck, and wholly give up to religious ceremonies and devotion.

May 4, 1808 - Urzalina, São Jorge Island - Dabney and the british consul go by water to a small sea port town two leagues to the southward called Urzalina, which was partly covered with cinders, and had turned valuable vineyards into a frightful desert

May 5, 1808 - Fayal Island - Dabney watches small volcanos brake out in the fields he had traversed on May 3rd

May 20, 1808 - Fayal Island - 13-year old Charles Dabney, already fluent in french and portuguese, is sent by his family to a Mr.Wheaton in the United States to serve "as an apprentice to learn business in his counting room", aswell as morals and handwriting

January(?) 1(?), 1810 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney returns to Fayal because Mr.Wheaton had found him unmanageable and no longer wanted to take the responsability for him

February 19, 1812 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

June 1(?), 1812 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John about the "Bagatelle" house in Fayal

June 1, 1813 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother about the sulfurous baths of Furnas in São Miguel (St.Michael's) Island

Battle of Fayal - The "General Armstrong"
is attacked by the british, 1814

September 27, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island, Azores - Three british warships enter the Bay ofHorta, the 18-gun brig "Carnation", the 44-gun frigate "Rota" and the 74-gun ship-of-the-line "Plantagenet", under overall command of Captain Robert Lloyd, known as "Mad Lloyd". Captain Reid thinks about escaping but the wind had died down. Sensing that there would be trouble, Dabney sends his 21-year old son Charles on board the "General Armstrong" with a message 'to recommend Capt. Reid to slip his castle and warp his vessel close-in under the guns of the castle'". As Charles Dabney returned to shore, Captain Reid carried out the suggestion. During a first attack, the british boats with sailors and marines are repelled with devastating losses: 120 dead and 130 wounded, to 1 dead and 7 wounded americans =(START)

September 28, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - Charles delivers another message to Captain Reid from Dabney, in which he is praised for his ferocious defence and advised to scuttle his ship to bring his crew and wounded ashore. After exchanging broadsides with the "Carnation", Reid orders it scuttled. The boatswain cuts off the figurehead of the ship, a bust of General Armstrong, so the enemy couldn't have it. Soon after the british board her and set it on fire

September 30, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - The british ships "Thais" and "Calypso" enter the Bay of Horta. Captain Lloyd appropriates them to take his wounded men back to England

October 5, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State in Washington D.C. "Thais" and "Calypso" depart Horta to England, each carrying 25 badly wounded men

January(?) 1(?), 1815 - Fayal Island - Dabney sends the ship "Dona Maria Thereza", with Captain Cushing in command, to St.Petersburg. Accompanying the ship as supercargo was his son Charles. Pico wine was a favourite in the Czar's household and shipments of it to Russia by the Dabneys became routine. Later, the russians visited Fayal and one visit even resulted in a marriage between a young woman of the island and a Russian Nobleman

December(?) 1(?), 1817 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney returns to Fayal, with his appointment as Vice-Consul having been accepted

May 5, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter to William Stoddard and Andrew Malcolm, captains of the "Solon" and the brigue "Poacher"

May 9, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State about the "Solon" and the "Poacher"

June 26, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter from his sister Roxalina in Nantucket

July 27, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter from his sister in Boston

August 26, 1818 - Fayal Island - Letter to his mother

April(?) 1(?), 1819 - Boston, Massachusetts - Charles Dabney goes to America to pick up his bride

June 10, 1819 - Brighton, Boston(?) - Charles Dabney marries Frances Alsop Pomeroy

April 2, 1820 - Brighton, Boston(?) - Clara Dabney, the first daughter, is born

April 15(?), 1820 - While in Brighton, Boston(?) - Letter from his father, John Bass Dabney, with priceless pieces of wisdom gathered during his life's experiences to increase his success in all aspects of life

July 18, 1821 - Fayal Island - Entertains the officers of a dutch frigate from Batavia, during 5 days in his first time as US Consul while his father John Bass Dabney was in St.Miguel Island

August 19, 1821 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

February 17, 1822 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

May(?) 15(?), 1822 - Fayal Island - Sails for Boston with the Cunninghams on board the brigue "Wave"

June 22, 1822 - Brighton, Boston - Purchases a pair of ponies from Horatio Sargeant

July 7, 1822 - Brighton, Boston - Letter to his brother John

October 22, 1822 - Boston - Sails for the Azores on board the brig "Swiftsure"

March 24, 1823 - Fayal Island - Sails for Plymouth, England

April 2, 1823 - Plymouth, England - C.W.Dabney arrives at Plymouth after 9 days

April 12, 1823 - Plymouth - Letter to his brother John

April 21, 1823 - Liverpool - Letter to his brother John

June 19, 1823 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island

August 30, 1823 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

September 16, 1823 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

June 24, 1824 - Furnas, St.Miguel Island, Azores - Letter to his father, John Bass Dabney

November 7, 1824 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

December 14, 1824 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

January 3, 1825 - Fayal Island - Sails with his mother (Roxa Dabney) on board the "Neptune" for Terceira Island to visit his sister Nancy

January 4, 1825 - Terceira Island, Azores - Arrives at Terceira Island

January 9, 1825 - Terceira Island - Sails back for Fayal Island

January 12, 1825 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island

May 14, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

July 7, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter from his mother Roxa Dabney from Boston

August 20, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter to his brother John

November 12, 1825 - Fayal Island - Letter to his father, John Bass Dabney, in the US

September 1, 1826 - Pico Island, Azores - Message from uncle James informing him that his father was not well and asking him to return quickly to Fayal

September 2, 1826 - While in Pico Island - His father John Bass Dabney dies suddenly of appoplexy in Fayal Island, aged 59

November 14, 1826 - Fayal Island - Letter to Albert Gallatin, US Plenipotentiary Minister at the Court of St. James

July 31, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to Henry Clay, US Secretary of State

August 14, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to Thomas L.L.Brent, chargé d'affaires in Lisbon

August 28, 1828 - Fayal Island - The brazilian frigate "Isabel" under the command of Count Teodoro de Beaurepaire anchors at Fayal Island

September 3, 1828 - Fayal Island - More than 20 members of the brazilian frigate "Isabel" take the Castle of Santa Cruz, the main fortress of Fayal Island

September 19, 1828 - Fayal Island - He goes aboard the Brazilian frigate to expose to his captain the views of the Governor and the damage that the presence of the frigate was causing to the inhabitants

September 26, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to Henry Clay, US Secretary of State

September 28, 1828 - Fayal Island - Letter to José Maria d'Avellar Brotero

November 4, 1828 - Fayal Island - C.W.Dabney takes a set of firearms from his arsenal

January 16, 1829 - Fayal Island - Letter to Martin van Buren, US Secretary of State

August 7, 1830 - Fayal Island - Letter from the chargé d'affaires in Lisbon inducing CWD to leave immediately for Lisbon to defend himself against accusations relating to the episode of the Brazilian frigate and the removal of firearms from its facilities

August 18, 1830 - Fayal Island - Letter to Martin van Buren, US Secretary of State (proposing that American whaling ships have a surgeon's aide on board, as several crew members are injured in Azorean waters while hunting whales

September 4, 1830 - Fayal Island - Letter to the President of the United States, Andrew Jackson, explaining his conduct

October 2, 1830 - Lisbon, Portugal - Letter to Martin van Buren, US Secretary of State

October 27, 1830 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island

January 15, 1831 - Fayal Island - Letter to Thomas L.L.Brent, Chargé d'affaires in Lisbon

June 23, 1831 - Fayal Island - 800 portuguese soldiers under the Earl of Vila Flor take Fayal. Maria II is proclaimed Queen of Portugal

June 30, 1831 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State

July 9, 1831 - Fayal Island - Letter to the Earl of Vila Flor at Angra, Terceira Island

January(?) 1(?), 1832 - Fayal Island - Departs for Boston and then travels to New Orleans and up the Mississippi (8 months travelling)

May 9, 1832 - New Orleans, United States - Letter of Frances Dabney, with Charles William Dabney in New Orleans

November 16, 1832 - Fayal Island - Letter from Fayal, after his return from 8 months in the United States

November 26, 1833 - Fayal Island - Daughter Frances Alsop Dabney is born

January 2, 1834 - Fayal Island - Letter to Louis McLean, US Secretary of State

January 21, 1834 - Fayal Island - Letter to Louis McLean, US Secretary of State

September 22, 1834 - Fayal Island - The french frigate "La Sirène", commanded by the Count of Oysonville, arrives at Fayal bringing the Prince of Joinville on board. He is received by Charles William Dabney and stays in the island for six days

September 30, 1834 - Fayal Island - Letter to John Forsyth, US Secretary of State

March 19, 1842 - Fayal Island - The ship "Olive and Eliza", from St.Joseph(Florida) to Liverpool, docks in Horta Harbour in flames after being struck by lightning 8 days earlier, carrying 1100 bales of cotton

February 20, 1844 - Fayal Island - Letter to his daughter Roxana Dabney

November 7, 1845 - Fayal Island - His mother, Roxanne "Roxa" Dabney, dies, aged 73

November 25, 1845 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles F.Lester

January 10, 1846 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US President, James K.Polk

December 10, 1846 - Fayal Island - Letter to John S.Minchin, British Vice-Consul to the islands of Fayal and Pico

April 15, 1847 - Fayal Island - Letter to the owners of the ship "Tally Ho"

June 18, 1848 - Boston, Massachusetts - Meeting with relatives at the Boston docks, when the ship "Harbinger" was to have departed, but the wind and tide did not allow it

October 3, 1848 - Boston - Letter to his lawyer, Daniel Lord

November(?) 1(?), 1848 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island on board the barque "Francia"

June 14, 1849 - Fayal Island - Letter to General W.Hopkins, US minister in Lisbon

February 4, 1851 - Fayal Island - Letter to Josiah Quincy

January 10, 1852 - Fayal Island - Letter to Daniel Webster, US department of State

December 13, 1852 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

April 3, 1853 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

August 27, 1855 - Fayal Island - Letter from the officers of the USS Constellation, at anchor in Fayal (with USS Potomac)

September 12, 1855 - Fayal Island - Letter from Captain H.Paulding of the USS Potomac, at anchor in Fayal

September 15, 1855 - Fayal Island - Letter from Captain H.Paulding of the USS Potomac, at anchor in Fayal

January 15, 1856 - Off Fayal Island, Azores - Salvage of the wreck of the ship "Ravenswood" from New York

January 17, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to Edward Walter, Secretary of the Board of Maritime Insurers, New York

January 31, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to his sons Samuel Wyllys and Charles William Jr.

July 26, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to the owners of the "Ravenswood", William Nelson and son, New York

November 5, 1856 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

January 12, 1857 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

February 3, 1857 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

May 16, 1857 - Boston, Massachusetts - Arrives in Boston on board the "Azor"

May 29, 1857 - Watertown, Massachusetts - Visit to Susan Heard Dabney

August 15(?), 1857 - Boston - Returns to Boston

November 24, 1857 - Boston - Sets sail for the Azores on board the "Azor"

December 7, 1857 - N. of Graciosa Island, Azores - Graciosa Island is sighted

December 8, 1857 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island

December 25, 1857 - Fayal Island - Christmas in the "Bagatelle"

December 29, 1857 - Fayal Island - His brother Frederick dies

June 29, 1858 - Fayal Island - Letter to J.L.O'Sullivan, former US minister to the Court in Lisbon

November 7, 1858 - Fayal Island - Official visit of Prince Luís, brother of the King of Portugal, Pedro V. Charles William Dabney and Samuel Wyllys Dabney welcome them

December 27, 1858 - Fayal Island - Letter from J.Judson Barclay, US Vice-Consul in Beirut, informing him of the death of his son Francis O.Dabney from typhus

January 6, 1859 - Fayal Island - Letter from J.Augustus Johnson, US Consul in Beirut, about his son's death

May 25, 1859 - Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira Island - Azores - Sails with 3 daughters for St.Miguel Island. Reaches Angra at sundown

May 26, 1859 - St.Miguel Island, Azores - Arrives at St.Miguel Island

June 3, 1859 - Lagoa das Sete Cidades, St.Miguel Island - Visit to Lagoa das Sete Cidades (Lagoon of the Seven Cities), St.Miguel Island

June 29, 1859 - While in St.Miguel Island - Letter from the city of Boston in response to his previous letter, stating that 10,000 bushels of corn were sent to the Azores to help the population after the bad weather destroyed all the crops

July 24, 1859 - Ponta Delgada, St.Miguel Island - Sails for Fayal Island aboard the steamer "Estefânia"

July 27, 1859 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island, after a short landing at Velas, St.Jorge Island. Fayal residents flock to the pier to express their gratitude for the help of the US Consul

March 2, 1861 - Fayal Island - Letter to Rev. T.W.Higginson

May 2, 1861 - Fayal Island - Departs for Boston

May 27, 1861 - Boston, Massaschusetts - Arrives in Boston

September 21, 1861 - St.Louis, Missouri - Arrives at St.Louis (near the Mississippi)

September 25, 1861 - Cincinnati - Arrives in Cincinnati

December 6, 1861 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

February 23, 1862 - Fayal Island - A Confederate propeller driven merchant ship, the "Annie Childes" arrives at Fayal en route to Liverpool

February 28, 1862 - Fayal Island - Letter to William H.Seward, US Secretary of State

May 1, 1862 - Fayal Island - Letter from the American Geographical and Statistical Society constituting and declaring Charles William Dabney a member of the Society

May 22, 1862 - Fayal Island - Letter to F.R.Camroux on the issue of coal supply

October 26, 1863 - Horta, Fayal Island, Azores - Beleago Street in Horta becomes Consul Dabney Street

June 10, 1864 - Fayal Island - Letter to Josiah Quincy

September 21, 1864 - Fayal Island - Letter to Eliza S.Quincy

June 18, 1865 - Fayal Island - Sails to the United States on board the "Fredonia"

(We have no information about this voyage)

April 10, 1867 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney sends the figurehead of the "General Armstrong" to the museum of the Navy Yard at Charlestown, Massachusetts, because the wood began to show signs of decay in Fayal's humid climate. With it, Charles gave a complete description of this heroic boatswain's deed in a letter he sent to the Boston Naval Library and Institute after they elected him an honorary member

July 18, 1867 - Fayal Island - Letter to Louis S.Dabney

December 13, 1867 - Fayal Island - Letter to Eliza S.Quincy

January 30, 1868 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles Hickling

July 1, 1868 - Pico Island - Takes the Treat family to Pico Island

September 17, 1868 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles William Dabney Jr.

April 28, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter to R.B.Forbes

June 1, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter from the White House suspending Dabney as US Consul in Fayal. Signed Ulisses S. Grant

June 4, 1869 - Fayal Island - Boston's "Traveler" newspaper reports that "J.C.Cover" has been named US Consul in Fayal

September 30, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letters to Moses Grinnell and John M.Forbes

November 29, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

December 27, 1869 - Fayal Island - Letter to Arthur Lillienhof von Adelstein

March 16, 1870 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

July 7, 1870 - Fayal Island - Letter to Roxana Dabney

July 19, 1870 - Fayal Island - After delivering his position to J.C.Cover, Dabney says goodbye to the people of Fayal and departs for a visit to Great Britain

August 8, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire(?) - Arrives in Malvern, Worcestershire(?), where his son Charles William Dabney Jr was living

August 25, 1870 - Hereford, England - Listens to Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony "Christus" and "Psalm 42"

September 15, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire - Returns to Malvern

October 2, 1870 - Crystal Palace, England - Letter to Roxana Dabney

October 3, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire - Returns to Malvern

October 11, 1870 - Llangollen, Wales - Arrives at Llangollen

October 15, 1870 - Edinburgh, Scotland - Arrives in Edinburgh

October 27, 1870 - London, England - Visit to London

November 2, 1870 - Malvern, Worcestershire - Returns to Malvern

November 7, 1870 - Southampton, England - Boards the steamer "Oneida" to Lisbon

November 13, 1870 - Lisbon, Portugal - Arrives in Lisbon

November 15, 1870 - Lisbon - Sails for the Azores

November 19, 1870 - St.Miguel Island - Arrives in St.Miguel Island

December 4, 1870 - Fayal Island - Dinner with prussian officers

December 22, 1870 - While in Fayal Island - His son, Charles William Dabney Jr dies in Malvern, England, aged 47

March 12, 1871 - Horta, Fayal Island, Azores - Charles William Dabney dies, aged 76 =(END)

Bibliography

ABDO, Joseph C. - "On the edge of History"
JARNAGIN, Laura - "A Confluence of Transatlantic Networks"
MÓNICA, Maria Filomena | SILVEIRA E SOUSA, Paulo - "The Dabneys - A bostonian family in the Azores"

John Bass Dabney | Timeline

John Bass Dabney (1766-1826) was a merchant and wine importer shipping from Bordeaux, France, to ports in the United States until, for business reasons, he moved to Fayal in the Azores. Continuing the consignment trade, he was made first U.S. consul to the Azores, 1806-1826. (Intro from "Massachusetts Historical Society)

December 13, 1766 - Boston - John Bass Dabney is born
July 26, 1772 - (While in Boston) - Roxanne "Roxa" Lewis is born in Dedham, Massachusetts
January(?) 1(?), 1775 - Oxford, Massachussets - To escape the pre-revolutionary activity of Boston, Robert Dabney moves his family to Oxford
July 1(?), 1782 - Providence, Rhode Island - 16-year old John gets an apprenticeship in the counting room of Providence, with the established Boston merchants Edward Kinnicut Thompson and Lewis Deblois
October 1(?), 1784 - Providence, Rhode Island - Robert Dabney dies, and John Bass leaves "Thompson and Deblois"
January(?) 1(?), 1785 - Alexandria, Virginia - Dabney goes to Alexandria to earn a living for himself and to support the other members of his family =(START)
May 20, 1785 - Alexandria, Virginia - Letter to Edward Hutchinson

January(?) 1(?), 1789 - Alexandria, Virginia - John Murray of Alexandria writes letters of recommendation to "Clark & Nightingale" and Richard Ward of New York, stating that Dabney "is settled in this town in Co. With a Mr.Rogerson and has done business with reputation". Dabney's other mentor, Edward K. Thompson, also writes to "Ward, Rogerson & Dabney" specialized in crushed limestone in casks, West India and New England rum, hyson and bohea teas, flax, shad, herring, coffee in barrels, country linens, vinegar, New England shoes, Rhode Island potatoes, and occasionally prime pork.

May 9, 1791 - Alexandria, Virginia - Letter to his brother Charles about their mother's death
October 30, 1792 - Dedham, Massachusetts - Dabney marries Roxanne "Roxa" Lewis, from Massachusetts
December 1(?), 1793 - Alexandria, Virginia - The firm of Rogerson and Dabney is dissolved. A local notice appears instructing all persons having depts with the company to pay them to John Bass Dabney. The firm's liquidation coincides with Dabney's decision to go to France
March 19, 1794 - Alexandria, Virginia - Dabney and Roxa's first son, Charles William Dabney, is born
May 1(?), 1794 - France - Dabney goes to France on business, during the "Reign of Terror"
November 1(?), 1794 - Alexandria, Virginia - Letter from John Malcolm Forbes telling Dabney that he had just returned to France from the West Indies and wanted "to talk to [him] in a consice way of Futurity"
December 1(?), 1794 - Bordeaux, France - Dabney arrives in Bordeaux
June 10, 1795 - Nantes, France - Dabney owns 13 ships, mostly in partnership with a George Murray. France was at war with most of its neighbors, including Britain. Because they feared british attacks, french merchant ships unable or unwilling to sail filled french ports. Adding to this number were many british ships that had been captured by the french navy. The surplus of ships in port and the need for ready money must have made for some great bargains. Dabney purchases ten vessels in Nantes ranging from 300 to 850 tons. He was also the owner of part owner of three other ships, two from Boston and one from New York. "I am equipping several of these ships for sea and have cargoes ready, and you may judge that I am...a perfect slave to business". Dabney plans to return to the United States in August "either from here in one of my own ships or from London" Letter to Roxa
January(?) 1(?), 1796 - France - One of Dabney's ships, the "Elizabeth" is captured and taken as a prize to Halifax, resulting in a major financial setback for him. (Dabney wasn't allowed to fly the american flag, and so, his ships were always at risk)
January 30(?), 1796 - Guadalupe - Dabney arrives in Guadalupe. He purchases a ship and seeks an introduction from James Thurber to John Taylor in Antigua to secure assistance in finishing the outfitting of his vessel
June(?) 1(?), 1796 - Alexandria, Virginia - Back in Alexandria, Virginia
January(?) 1(?), 1797 - Nantes - Dabney returns to France with his wife to take up permanent residence. His son Charles stays with one of Dabney's sisters
June(?) 1(?), 1797 - Paris - Dabney and Roxa's second son, George, is born
January(?) 1(?), 1798 - (While in Paris) - The US would not join France in the fight against England, refusing to take action against british ships and even going so far as to capture french naval raiders. This, understandably, resulted in equivalent retaliation during a period of undeclared war between France and the US which extended from 1798 through 1800
January(?) 1(?), 1799(?) - Bordeaux - Dabney and Roxa take residence in Bordeaux. He "was in the wine and other commercial business" there. Wine, sugar and coffee were the three pillars of Bordelaise trade. 20-months old George falls from an unprotected balcony and dies
January(?) 1(?), 1803 - (While in Bordeaux) - Great Britain once again declares war against France and starts seizing french ships on the open seas and ports. Napoleon, who had himself crowned as Emperor in May 1804, did not just sit idly by. He started a hunt throughout France for british agens who were arrested, and many summarily executed
August(?) 1(?), 1804 - Bordeaux, France - Roxa departs Bordeaux for America, with young Charles, as well as the three younger children, Roxalina, John Lewis and Nancy, who had all been born in France. They make a stopover in Plymouth, England
January(?) 1(?), 1804 - Bordeaux, France - Dabney decides to give up his business in Bordeaux and his family sails to the US.
May(?) 1(?), 1804 - Bordeaux, France - Dabney departs to the US alone, via Island of Fayal, Azores
December 22, 1804 - Fayal Island, Azores - Dabney visits Fayal on his way to Boston. He chose that specific island because its main city, Horta, had an excellent protected harbour.
January(?) 1(?), 1805 - (While in Fayal Island) - In Dedham, Massachusetts, a new baby is born and baptized as "John", the same name of the infant son who had died in France
February 20, 1805 - Horta, Fayal Island - Dabney writes to Mr.Jesse Putnam, a friend in Boston, describing Fayal and its main city of Horta
May?) 30(?), 1805 - Boston - Dabney arrives in Boston and sets about doing what was necessary to establish himself in business on Fayal
October(?) 1(?), 1805 - Boston - Dabney makes appliation to the US government "for the Office of Consul General for the United States at the Western Islands (Azores)" aswell as requesting that the post be upgraded to a full consulate

July 1, 1806 - Boston - Letter to President James Madison, accepting his Commission as US Consul at the Azores

July 22(?), 1806 - Boston - Dabney departs to the Azores

August 1(?), 1806 - Fayal Island, Azores - John Bass Dabney arrives in Fayal, from Boston
December 10, 1806 - Fayal Island - A power of attorney is "executed in the presence of John B. Dabney, US Consul" by Tomé de Castro, a merchant on Terceira, to Boston merchant Samuel Williams

April 12, 1807 - Fayal Island - Letter to US Secretary of State James Madison
May 1, 1807 - Fayal Island - Notice comes that John Street (US Vice-Consul) had died at his home on the Island of Pico

May 4, 1807 - Fayal Island - While sick at home, Dabney sends a letter to US Secretary of State James Madison, about the death of John Street, US Vice Consul, at Pico Island
May 12, 1807 - Fayal Island - A friend of Dabney's, William Greaves, informs him that the judge had issued an order to arrest Dabney because there was an erasure on the document of appointment. Dabney is caught in a blatant request for a bribe from the Judge and another intermediary who "would be his friends" if he payed $, but would vex and harass him if he didn't. After negotiations they agree that Dabney was to pay $94 in merchandise and to give the judge a note for about $300. For this the judge would be his "friend" and name him Consul
May 19(?), 1807 - Fayal Island - Dabney writes a formal letter of complaint about the actions of the judge and the intermediary (Thomas Inácio) and indicated that he would try to avoid paying the note.
June 1(?), 1807 - Fayal Island - The whole incident with the Judge and the intermediary lost its importance when Dabney's Exequatur arrives from Lisbon
September 1(?), 1807 - Fayal Island - Roxa Dabney and the four children arrive on Fayal

December 11, 1807 - Fayal Island - Letter to US Secretary of State James Madison: "Information has reached the authorities here from the Government of Portugal of the actual shutting of their Ports against the British Flag, but it is confidently asserted here, that these Islands are to enjoy a kind of Neutrality. Several English vessels are now quietly loading and unloading as in times of profound Peace"
January(?) 1(?), 1808 - Fayal Island - 2½ year old son George falls while playing piggyback with 9 year-old Roxalina. Later in the day he starts to have convultions, but after he recovers it is discovered that his mental abilities were permanently damaged

May 1, 1808 - St.António, Fayal Island - Dabney hears noises like cannons in the distance, and concludes there was some Sea engagement in the vicinity of the Island, but soon after casting his eyes towars the Island of São Jorge (St.George), he perceives a dense column of smoke rising to an immense height, it was soon judged that a Volcano had burst out about the center of that Island, and this was rendered certain when night came on, the fire exhibiting an awful appearance

May 3, 1808 - Velas, São Jorge Island, Azores - being desirous of viewing this wonderful exertion of nature, Dabney embarks with the british consul to Velas, and find the inhabitants perfectly panic struck, and wholly give up to religious ceremonies and devotion.

May 4, 1808 - Urzalina, São Jorge Island - Dabney and the british consul go by water to a small sea port town two leagues to the southward called Urzalina, which was partly covered with cinders, and had turned valuable vineyards into a frightful desert

May 5, 1808 - Fayal Island - Dabney watches small volcanos brake out in the fields he had traversed on May 3rd

May 11, 1808 - Fayal Island - The lava ceases running on St.Jorge, but the larger crater that had lain dormant for 9 days bursted forth like a roaring lion with the most horrid belchings distinctly heard from Fayal
May 20, 1808 - Fayal Island - 13-year old Charles Dabney, already fluent in french and portuguese, is sent by his family to a Mr.Wheaton in the United States to serve "as an apprentice to learn business in his counting room", aswell as morals and handwriting

June 5, 1808 - Fayal Island - The rivers of lava stop at St.Jorge. The town of Urzalina was swept away, aswell as the country houses and cottages adjacent, as well as the Farm houses throughout its course. Dabney explains that the island, which was rich in cattle, corn and wines for exportation is nearly ruined and a scene of great desolation
June 7, 1808 - Fayal Island - James Madison Dabney is born

June 20, 1808 - Fayal Island - Letter to US President Thomas Jefferson telling him in detail about the Volcano in St.Jorge Island
July 27, 1808 - Fayal Island - Letter to Thomas Pinckney, Envoy Extraordinary from the US to the Court in Lisbon. Dabney describes how he tried to ship "a quantity of Jesuits Bark (from which quinine is extracted) to Gibraltar on the british schooner "Experiment". When the "Experiment" was getting ready to sail, the british frigate "Undaunted" enters the bay. Dabney and Thomas Parkin, the british Consul, are treated in the most contemptuous and abusive manner by its captain, who takes the "experiment"
April(?) 1(?), 1809 - Fayal Island - Dabney sends 10-year old Roxalina to England for school
April 27, 1809 - Fayal Island - Letter to Thomas Hickling, Vice-Consul in St.Miguel Island: "Dear Sir, I have to request your aid in sending one some money, say two thousand dollars, by this cheque, or first opportunity that may be present. I shall send you undoubted bills, or reimburse you in some other manner very soon. Vessels are flocking in from every port in America and their expenses coming so suddenly overwhelm one. We pay no duties on their cargoes in or out, numbers are unloading today. You will endeavor to secure as much of this abundant harvest as possible, which I shall of course expect to divide with you. I hope you will be able to secure full commissions, 2% for landing and 2% for loading in the same or other vessels. They pay me so here, and 4% on vessels or cargoes sold to the portuguese or british subjects. American vessels, if they chose to take the risk of loading again must not clear for ports forbidden by law. I depend upon your aiding me momentarily"
June 13, 1809 - Fayal Island - Letter to Robert Smith, US Secretary of State: "Sir, I have the honor to transmit herewith for your information a list of the american vessels arrived at this port since the partial raising of the Embargo to this date, and I enclose at the same time the registers and Mediterranean Passes of five vessels of the above named sold here to foreigners. Of the others some proceeded on to Lisbon or Madeira, some sold or landed their cargoes here and went back to the US. Others after unloading their cargoes and obtaining my certificate of landing have reloaded, and proceeded on, I presume, for british ports, clearing out for Lisbon, Gothemburg, etc, and lastly a number that had recently arrived here when the news was received here of the adjustment of our differences with England, sailed direct for England, intending to enter British ports after the 10th of June. Another vessel the ship "Osage" of New York, took portuguese colors here, and the Captain declined delivering up his register to me"
August 1(?), 1809 - Fayal Island - With no way to give George adequate care on Fayal, Dabney sends him to Mr.Burnett, a businessman who was moving to England: "I send in this vessel my poor little son George in the hope that some relief may be found for his disorder either in England or in Scotland. My former servent José Maria goes with the child and will accompany him to any place you may designate"
August 2, 1809 - Fayal Island - Frederick Dabney is born

September 2, 1809 - Fayal Island - Letter to Henry Hill, US Consul in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
January(?) 1(?), 1810 - Fayal Island - Charles Dabney returns to Fayal because Mr.Wheaton had found him unmanageable and no longer wanted to take the responsability for him
January(?) 1(?), 1811 - Fayal Island - Dabney starts the construction of an house for his family and to serve as US Consulate, to which he gave the name of "Bagatelle"

February 20, 1811 - Fayal Island - Letter to Lemuel Bent (his brother-in-law's brother), describing the islands of the Azores
August 13, 1811 - Fayal Island - Emmeline Dabney is born
December(?) 1(?), 1811 - Fayal Island - Letter to James Monroe, US Secretary of State: "I have the honor to inform you that a few days since the british Sloop of War 'Crane', Captain James Stuart, came into this port & delivered to me seventeen officers and seamen being the crews of the ship 'Asia' of Boston and Brig 'Washington' of Marblehead, captured on their way home from Archangel. These men being in a very destitute situation, I furnished them with a change of clothing & detained the schooner 'Liberty' of New Bedford a few days to take them, being desirous to abridge the expenses of them here by sending them home as promptly as possible. Yesterday the above mentioned ship 'Asia' entered this port, the sloop of War being still here. Head winds had prevented the 'Asia' from reaching St.Johns Newfoundland to which place she had been ordered. As soon as she came to anchor Capt. Stuart presented himself at my office & after some preliminary conversation in which he expressed great regret for having captured the 'Asia' and 'Washington', stated that the object of his visit was to surrender the ship 'Asia' and her cargo to me for account of her owner which proposal I readily accepted & the ship will tomorrow resume her voyage for Boston. The Brig it is presumed reached St.Johns. I dismissed the schooner with a small gratuity for her detention & trouble the Capt. Had as the 'Asia' will carry home the crew of the 'Washington' at her expense to the US"
June 18, 1812 - (While in Fayal Island) - The United States declare war to Great Britain
February 15, 1813 - Fayal Island - Letter to James Lovett: "The present convulsed state of the World has not only suspended all communication regarding commercial affairs, but has shut the door to almost all modes of communication between this island and other countries"
January(?) 1(?), 1814 - Fayal Island - The Dabneys move to the "Bagatelle"
September 26, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - The american privateer "General Armstrong" enters the Bay of Horta and anchors. Its commander, Captain Samuel Chester Reid, goes ashore to get permission to resupply his ship with food and water. He has dinner with the Dabneys at "Bagatelle". Letter to The Governor of Fayal

Battle of Fayal - The "General Armstrong"
is attacked by the british, 1814

September 27, 1814 - Fayal Island - Three british warships enter the Bay of Horta, the 18-gun brig "Carnation", the 44-gun frigate "Rota" and the 74-gun ship-of-the-line "Plantagenet", under overall command of Captain Robert Lloyd, known as "Mad Lloyd". Captain Reid thinks about escaping but the wind had died down. Sensing that there would be trouble, Dabney sends his 21-year old son Charles on board the "General Armstrong" with a message 'to recommend Capt. Reid to slip his castle and warp his vessel close-in under the guns of the castle'". As Charles Dabney returned to shore, Captain Reid carried out the suggestion. During a first attack, the british boats with sailors and marines are repelled with devastating losses: 120 dead and 130 wounded, to 1 dead and 7 wounded americans
September 28, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - Charles delivers another message to Captain Reid from Dabney, in which he is praised for his ferocious defence and advised to scuttle his ship to bring his crew and wounded ashore. After exchanging broadsides with the "Carnation", Reid orders it scuttled. The boatswain cuts off the figurehead of the ship, a bust of General Armstrong, so the enemy couldn't have it. Soon after the british board her and set it on fire
September 30, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - The british ships "Thais" and "Calypso" enter the Bay of Horta. Captain Lloyd appropriates them to take his wounded men back to England
October 5, 1814 - Horta, Fayal Island - "Thais" and "Calypso" depart Horta to England, each carrying 25 badly wounded men
December 24, 1814 - (While in Fayal Island) - The Treaty of Ghent ends the War of 1812
January(?) 1(?), 1815 - Fayal Island - Dabney sends the ship "Dona Maria Thereza", with Captain Cushing in command, to St.Petersburg. Accompanying the ship as supercargo was his son Charles. Pico wine was a favourite in the Czar's household and shipments of it to Russia by the Dabneys became routine. Later, the russians visited Fayal and one visit even resulted in a marriage between a young woman of the island and a Russian Nobleman

February(?) 1(?), 1815 - Fayal Island - Letter to US President James Madison, about Charles William Dabney's solicitation of the office of Vice-Consul to the Azores
March(?) 1(?), 1815 - Fayal Island - News of the Treaty of Ghent reach Dabney in Fayal
March 16, 1815 - Fayal Island - Olivia Dabney is born
May 23, 1817 - Horta, Fayal Island - George Crowninshield Jr arrives in the Bay of Horta from Salem, Massachusetts, in his yacht "Cleopatra's Barge". It was the first american yacht built. Crowninshield Jr is taken up to "Bagatelle" where he receives "a most hospitable reception"
May 25, 1817 - Fayal Island - William Henry Dabney is born
January(?) 1(?), 1818 - (While in Fayal Island) - Congress passes a bill to repay the dept of almost $4,500 to Dabney
March 17, 1818 - Horta, Fayal Island - Letter to John Lewis Dabney
April(?) 1(?), 1818 - Horta, Fayal Island - Dabney and Roxa depart for America with some of their older children
May(?) 1(?), 1818 - Nantucket - Dabney and family have to land at Nantucket because their ship sprang a leak after hitting another vessel and had to be repaired
June(?) 1(?), 1818 - Boston - The Dabneys complete their voyage to Boston

June 26, 1818 - While in Boston - Daughter Roxalina writes from Nantucket, after the stormy 25-day journey
December(?) 1(?), 1818 - Fayal Island - The Dabneys return to Fayal Island

March 5, 1819 - Fayal Island - Letter to S.W. Pomeroy

July 10, 1819 - Fayal Island - Letter about his appointment as honorary member of the Society for promotion of Agriculture
April 2, 1820 - While in Fayal Island - Clara Dabney, the first granddaughter, is born
April 15(?), 1820 - Fayal Island - Letter to the eldest son, Charles William Dabney, with priceless pieces of wisdom gathered during his life's experiences to increase his success in all aspects of life
May 1(?), 1821 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, describing the revolutionary activities in the Azores
May 12, 1821 - Fayal Island - During the liberal post-revolutionary times, two portuguese warships from Lisbon anchor in the Bay of Horta and after a meeting between the captains and the Governor of Fayal, the Island adopts the liberal system. Celebrations begin on the island

July 7, 1821 - Fayal Island - Embarks for St.Miguel Island with part of the family

July 9, 1821 - Ponta Delgada, St.Miguel Island - Arrives at St.Miguel Island, where he stays for one month
January(?) 1(?), 1822 - (While in Fayal Island) - George Dabney dies in an asylum in England, aged 17
February 20, 1822 - Fayal Island - Letter to his nephew, John Dabney Young, with priceless pieces of wisdom gathered during his life's experiences to increase his success in all aspects of life

August 5, 1822 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles William Dabney in Boston, about a shipment of wine from the Azores to him in the US

June 17, 1824 - Fayal Island - Letter to Charles William Dabney in St.Miguel Island

November 29, 1825 - Philadelphia, United States - Letter to Charles William Dabney in Fayal Island

January 15, 1826 - Philadelphia - Letter to Charles William Dabney in Fayal Island

April 2, 1826 - Philadelphia - Letter to Eliza Spalding

June 28, 1826 - Fayal Island - Returns to Fayal Island

July 12, 1826 - Fayal Island - Letter to the US Secretary of State

September 1, 1826 - Fayal Island - Short message to Charles William Dabney in Pico Island about a horse

September 2, 1826 - Fayal Island, Azores - John Bass Dabney dies suddenly of appoplexy, aged 59 =(END)

Bibliography

ABDO, Joseph C. - "On the edge of History"
JARNAGIN, Laura - "A Confluence of Transatlantic Networks"
MÓNICA, Maria Filomena | SILVEIRA E SOUSA, Paulo - "The Dabneys - A bostonian family in the Azores"

Thomas Andrews | Timeline

Thomas Andrews, Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was an Irish businessman and shipbuilder. He was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. As the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner RMS Titanic, he was travelling on board that vessel during her maiden voyage when the ship hit an iceberg on 14 April 1912. He perished along with more than fifteen hundred others. His body was never recovered.

February 7, 1873 - Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland - Thomas Andrews is born

January(?) 1(?), 1884 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Begins attending the Royal Belfast Academical Institution

January(?) 1(?), 1889 - Belfast - 16-year old Andrews begins a premium apprenticeship at Harland and Wolff, where his uncle, the Viscount Pirrie, was part owner

January(?) 1(?), 1895 - Belfast - After his 5-year apprenticeship he quickly rises to supervise construction of a number of smaller liners and to oversee the repair department of Harland and Wolff =(START)

January(?) 1(?), 1901 - Belfast - Andrews becomes the assistant shipyard manager, and later that year he becomes manager of the construction works

January(?) 1(?), 1904 - Belfast - Becomes assistant chief designer

January(?) 1(?), 1905 - Belfast - Becomes the chief of the design department, working directly under Lord William James Pirrie, chairman of the company

January(?) 1(?), 1907 - Belfast - Andrews is appointed the managing director and head of the drafting department at Harland and Wolff. He begins to oversee the plans for a new superliner, the RMS Olympic for the White Star Lane

June 24, 1908 - Belfast - Andrews marries Helen Reilly Barbour, daughter of textile industrialist John Doherty Barbour

July 29, 1908 - Liverpool, England(?) - Harland and Wolff presents the technical drawings of the Olympic-class to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives

July 31, 1908 - Liverpool(?) - Ismay approves the design and signs three "letters of agreement", authorising the start of construction

December 16, 1908 - Belfast - The keel of the "RMS Olympic" is laid

January(?) 1(?), 1909 - Belfast - "RMS Olympic" and "RMS Titanic" begin construction

June 1(?), 1910 - Belfast - General Manager Alexander Carlisle retires from Harlan and Wolff in anger, after Lord Pirrie doesn't accept his recommendation on the number of lifeboats on board "RMS Olympic" and "RMS Titanic". Andrews replaces him as master ship builder

October 20, 1910 - Belfast - "RMS Olympic" is launched

November 27, 1910 - Belfast - Daughter Elizabeth Law-Barbour Andrews is born

June 14, 1911 - Southampton, England - The crew of the "RMS Olympic" buys a magnificent walking stick and present it to Andrews, who suffered from vericose veins, on the ship's maiden voyage

June 21, 1911 - New York City - RMS Olympic arrives at New York for the first time

June 28, 1911 - New York City - RMS Olympic departs for Southampton

July 5, 1911 - Southampton - RMS Olympic arrives in Southampton

April 2, 1912 - Belfast - RMS Titanic's sea trials

April 4, 1912 - Southampton, England - RMS Titanic reaches Southampton

April 10, 1912 - Southampton - RMS Titanic departs for New York in her maiden voyage, arriving in Cherbourg four hours after leaving Southampton

April 11, 1912 - Cork, Ireland - RMS Titanic arrives at Cork Harbour on the south coast of Ireland

April 15, 1912 - 400 miles S of Great Banks of Newfoundland - RMS Titanic collides with an iceberg on the night of 14th and sinks 2 hours and 40 minutes later. Thomas Andrews dies in the sinking , after an heroic role in saving women and children, aged 39 =(END)

Joseph Bruce Ismay | Timeline

Joseph Bruce Ismay (12 December 1862 – 17 October 1937) was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. In 1912 he came to international attention as the highest-ranking White Star official to survive the sinking of the company's brand new flagship RMS Titanic, for which he was subject to severe criticism. (Intro from Wikipedia)

December 12, 1862 - Crosby, Lancashire, England - Joseph Bruce Ismay is born

January(?) 1(?), 1882 - Liverpool - Ismay is on of the founding team of Liverpool Ramblers Football Club

January 5, 1885 - London - Ismay leaves London for New Zealand on board "SS Doric"

January 8, 1885 - Plymouth - "SS Doric" leaves Plymouth

January 13, 1885 - Tenerife, Canary Islands - "SS Doric" reaches Tenerife for a 22-hour stop

January 20, 1885 - Line of the Equator - "SS Doric" crosses the line of the Equator

January 30, 1885 - Cape Town, South Africa - "SS Doric" reaches Cape Town

February 18, 1885 - Hobart, Tasmania - "SS Doric" reaches Tasmania

February 24, 1885 - Christchurch, New Zealand - "SS Doric" arrives in New Zealand

April 30, 1885 - Sydney, Australia - Attends a tennis match between New South Wales and Victoria

May 4, 1885 - Sydney - Participates in a series of tennis matches during the following days

January(?) 1(?), 1887(?) - New York City - Ismay becomes the representative of "Ismay, Imrie and Company" in New York =(START)

May 25, 1887 - New York City - "New York Times" - "White Star Line for Queenstown and Liverpool [...] For inspection of plans or other information apply to the company's office, No.41 Broadway, New York. J.Bruce Ismay, Agent".

December 4, 1888 - New York City - Ismay marries Julia Florence Schieffelin

August 7, 1889 - Liverpool - RMS Teutonic departs for New York

August 14, 1889 - New York City - RMS Teutonic arrives in New York for the first time

January(?) 1(?), 1891 - Liverpool - Returns to the United Kingdom with his family and becomes a partner in his father's firm - Ismay, Imrie and Company

December 31, 1891 - Liverpool - Thomas Henry Ismay retires

November 23, 1899 - Liverpool - Thomas Henry Ismay dies, and Bruce Ismay succeeds him as the chairman of White Star Line

August 31, 1901 - Liverpool - Departs for New York on board "RMS Celtic"

September 7, 1901 - New York City - Arrives in New York

September 18, 1901 - New York City - Departs for England on board "RMS Oceanic"

January(?) 1(?), 1902 - Liverpool - White Star Line was absorbed into the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM), a large American shipping conglomerate. Bruce Ismay ceded control to IMM in the face of intense pressure from shareholders and J. P. Morgan, who threatened a rate war

February 1(?), 1904 - New York City - Ismay arrives in New York

February 24, 1904 - New York City - Ismay becomes President of the International Mercantile Marine Co. (IMM), with the support of JP Morgan. He sails for England on board "Cedric", to settle up his personal affairs, so that he takes permanent residence in America

May 8, 1907 - Liverpool - Departs for New York on board "RMS Adriatic"

May 22, 1907 - New York City - Departs for Southampton on board "RMS Adriatic"

August(?) 1(?), 1907 - Belgravia, London - In the Summer, Ismay meets Lord Pirrie of the Harland and Wolff shipyard at his house in Belgravia, to discuss White Star's answer to the "Lusitania" and "Mauretania", the recent Cunard Line marvels

July 29, 1908 - Liverpool(?) - Harland and Wolff presents the technical drawings of the Olympic-class to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives

July 31, 1908 - Liverpool(?) - Ismay approves the design and signs three "letters of agreement", authorising the start of construction

February 26, 1910 - New York City - RMS Mauretania arrives in New York

May 31, 1911 - Belfast, Northern Ireland - Ismay attends the RMS Titanic launching ceremony

June 14, 1911 - Southampton - RMS Olympic departs for New York in her maiden voyage, via Cherbourg and Queenstown

June 21, 1911 - New York City - RMS Olympic arrives at New York for the first time

June 28, 1911 - New York City - RMS Olympic departs for Southampton

July 5, 1911 - Southampton - RMS Olympic arrives in Southampton

April 2, 1912 - Liverpool - Ismay too ill to attend RMS Titanic's sea trials

April 10, 1912 - Southampton - RMS Titanic departs to New York in her maiden voyage, arriving in Cherbourg four hours after leaving Southampton

April 11, 1912 - Cork, Ireland - RMS Titanic arrives at Cork Harbour on the south coast of Ireland

April 15, 1912 - 400 miles S of Grand Banks of Newfoundland - RMS Titanic collides with an iceberg on the night of 14th and sinks 2 hours and 40 minutes later. Ismay is one of the 710 survivors of the sinking. He boards RMS Carpathia to New York

April 18, 1912 - New York City - RMS Carpathia docks at New York's Pier 54

May 2, 1912 - New York City - Ismay departs back to Britain aboard RMS Adriatic

May 11, 1912 - Liverpool - RMS Adriatic arrives in Liverpool

June 30, 1913 - Liverpool - Ismay resigns as President of the IMM and chairman of the White Star Line

January 2, 1919 - Liverpool - Ismay gives £25,000 (equivalent to £1,054,346 in 2016) to set up a fund to recognise the contribution of merchant mariners in World War I

January(?) 1(?), 1920 - London, England - Ismay sells his house overlooking the mouth of the Mersey River and moves to London

January 29, 1930 - London - Ismay resigns as the director of Globe Insurance Company, Royal Insurance company and the Thames and Mersey Marine Insurance Company

July 30, 1934 - London - Ismay resigns as chairman of the Asiatic Steam Navigation Company and its associate company, the Delta Insurance Company

October 17, 1937 - Mayfair, London - Joseph Bruce Ismay dies, aged 74 =(END)