Whittington families » Helen Melville (Mel) SMITH (GILBERTSON) RUSSELL_(COOKE) (1898-1973)

Personal data Helen Melville (Mel) SMITH (GILBERTSON) RUSSELL_(COOKE) 

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Household of Helen Melville (Mel) SMITH (GILBERTSON) RUSSELL_(COOKE)

(1) She is married to Sidney Russell-Cooke.

They got married March 1922 at St Mark's, Mayfair, Hanover Square. Vol 1A, P 680, she was 23 years old.

Spouse: Helen Melville Russell-Cooke (born Smith)

Child(ren):



(2) She is married to John (Captain) GILBERTSON.

They got married


Notes about Helen Melville (Mel) SMITH (GILBERTSON) RUSSELL_(COOKE)

first married to Captain John Gilbertson of Liverpool, England. Gilbertson died of black water fever on a voyage home from India on board his first command a ship called the Morazan of the Bibby Line.

At the time of his death Captain Gilbertson was the youngest captain in the British Merchant Navy.

She unveiled the statue of her father, Captain Edward John Smith of the "Titanic",in Beacon Park, Lichfield on 29 Jul 1914.

His only daughter, Helen Melville Smith, was born in Liverpool, England in 1898.

She married in 1922 Sidney Russell-Cooke.

He was an underwriter.

Her husband was killed in a hunting accident on 30 July 1930.

"Mel" never remarried and died of an intercranial hemorrhage at Pratts, Leafield Oxford, England on August 18 1973.

Mel had twins Simon Russell-Cooke born 18 June 1923 at Bellcrorst London and killed in action in World War II on 23 March 1944.

He never married.

His twin Priscilla was married in 1946 to John Arneal Phipps.

She died in Scotland in 1948 of acute paralytic Polio.

There were no children.

Helen married Sidney Russell-Cooke (b. 12 December 1892, d. 30 July 1930) in 1922 at St. Mark's Church, Mayfair, they had twin children born at Bellcroft, London on 18 June 1923: Simon, who never married and was killed in action in World War II on 23 March 1944 and Priscilla who married in 1946 to a lawyer named John Constantine Phipps but died from Polio in Scotland on 7 October 1947. Sadly for "Mel" her second husband was killed in 1930 in a hunting accident and her mother died the following year. In spite of her misfortunes Helen Melville Smith led an adventurous life, she drove sports cars and became a pilot. She came to the set of A Night to Remember in the winter of 1957-8 and remarked that Lawrence Naismith, who played her father, bore a striking resemblance to him.

died there in August 1973 and was buried close to her mother and husband.

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Historical events

Birthday April 2, 1898

  • The temperature on April 2, 1898 was about 3.6 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1897 to August 1, 1901 the cabinet Pierson, with Mr. N.G. Pierson (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1898: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • May 1 » Spanish–American War: Battle of Manila Bay: The Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy destroys the Pacific Squadron of the Spanish Navy after a seven-hour battle. Spain loses all seven of its ships, and 381 Spanish sailors die. There are no American vessel losses or combat deaths.
    • June 21 » The United States captures Guam from Spain. The few warning shots fired by the U.S. naval vessels are misinterpreted as salutes by the Spanish garrison, which was unaware that the two nations were at war.
    • July 1 » Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
    • August 23 » The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departs from London.
    • September 2 » Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
    • December 3 » The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16–0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football.

Day of death August 18, 1973

  • The temperature on August 18, 1973 was between 17.0 °C and 21.8 °C and averaged 18.9 °C. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (28%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, July 20, 1972 to Friday, May 11, 1973 the cabinet Biesheuvel II, with Mr. B.W. Biesheuvel (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1973: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 13.4 million citizens.
    • June 23 » A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the first of 26 deaths by fire caused over the next seven years by serial arsonist Peter Dinsdale.
    • August 15 » Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
    • October 20 » The Sydney Opera House is opened by Elizabeth II after 14 years of construction.
    • October 21 » Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
    • November 22 » The Italian Fascist organization Ordine Nuovo is disbanded.
    • December 20 » The Prime Minister of Spain, Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco, is assassinated by a car bomb attack in Madrid.


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