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Marian Thayer was the wife of John Borland Thayer, Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Both were passengers on ''RMS Titanic'' in 1912. Marian survived the tragedy but John perished when the ship sank. ==Early life== Marian Longstreth Thayer was born in 1872 in Pennsylvania. Her father was Frederick Wistar Morris and her mother was Elizabeth Flower Paul. She was a member of a large family of seven children, three boys and four girls.〔Moon, R. C. 1898 “The Morris family of Philadelphia, Descendants of Anthony Morris, Born 1654-1721”, p. 855. Online reference http://www23.us.archive.org/stream/morrisfamilyofph03moon#page/n67/mode/2up〕 Her father Frederick was part of the Morris family firm of Morris Wheeler and Co. which was a prosperous iron and steel company. Her grandfather, Israel Morris II, who owned the firm, bought the Dundale Estate at Villanova, Pennsylvania as a country residence for himself and his children. On this estate he built numerous large houses for his sons〔Villanova University “Dundale revisited”. Online reference http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/advancement/development/about/dundale/revisited.html〕 one of which was for Frederick (shown on the left). It was in this house that Marian spent much of her childhood. In 1892 at the age of 20 Marian married John Borland Thayer who at that time was a clerk in railway administration〔The Hawaiian Star., May 10, 1912, p. 11. Online reference http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015415/1912-05-10/ed-1/seq-11/〕 and ten years her senior. Over the years John was progressively promoted and he eventually became Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The couple had four children, one of whom was Jack Thayer (1894-1945). He was the only one of their children to travel with them on the ''Titanic.'' The family lived in Haverford in a very large house called Redwood. The Federal Census shows that in 1910 Margaret Fleming was employed by the Thayer family as a maid. She travelled with John and Marian in 1912 when they went to Europe and returned home with them on the ''Titanic.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marian Thayer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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