Genealogy and Chronology Daisy Spedden's descent from the Corning Family and her Fraser and Velay Cousins Daisy Corning Stone Spedden is item 1070 on this site link: Corning Tree by Arnnie Edwin Krause http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~aek740/dat152.html#14 and http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=aek740a&id=I042211

Polar the Titanic Bear Chronology 11-9-1841 - Future King Edward VII, born. 1-9-1860 - Mr. Frederic Oakley Spedden, born. 12-15-1870 - Nurse, Elizabeth M. Burns, "Muddie Boons," born. 11-19-1871 - Mrs. Margaretta (Daisy) Corning Stone Spedden, born. 6-6-1900 - Daisy and Frederic are married at the First Presbyterian Church at Morristown, New Jersey. 1-22-1901 - Queen Victoria dies, Edward VII succeeds his mother: Edwardian age begins. (1901-1914 *1) 8-9- 1902 - King Edward VII & Queen Alexandra, crowned. 11-14-1905 - Master Robert Douglas Spedden, born. 1-8-1910 - "Polar the Bear" is given to little Douglas on board the Cunard "Caronia", and Spedden family sets sail to Madeira. 5-3-1910 - King Edward VII, dies, but the Edwardian era survives to August, 4th, 1914. 5-3-1910 - George V, succeeds his father as King, Edwardian age continues. 5-31-1911 - White Star liner, "Titanic" launched, worlds largest ship. 6-22-1911 - George V & Queen Mary crowned. 4-10-1912 - "Titanic" leaves Southampton U.K. on her maiden voyage to U.S.A. 4-10-1912 - The "Titanic" arrives at Cherbourg, France to pick up passengers; the Speddens, Astors, Wideners, Thayers, and James Clinch Smith, boarded the huge liner at 5:30pm. 4-14-1912 - "Titanic" strikes an iceberg, at 11:40 pm, 300 miles of the coast of Newfoundland. Within three hours the "Titanic" slowly sinks with the loss of over 1,522 passengers and crew. The Speddens escape in life boat #3. 4-15-1912 - At 4:10 A.M. in the morning, the Cunard "Carpathia" on route to the Mediterranean from N.Y., rescues 705 passengers and crew. 4-18-1912 - The "Carpathia" arrives in N.Y. with survivors, to be greeted by a flotilla of yachts and small boats containing reporters and the curious. 12-25-1913 - Little Douglas receives a booklet entitled "My Story by Polar the Bear" written and illustrated by his mother, for Christmas. 6-28-1914 - Archduke Francis Ferdinand assassinated by Serbian Nationalist. 8-4-1914 - England declares war on Germany, Ewardian era ends. W.W.I begins. 8-18-1915 - Little Douglas becomes the first automobile fatality in the state of Maine. 11-11-1918 - W.W.I ends. 5-29-1921 - "Muddie Boons" dies 2-3-1947 - Frederic Spedden dies of heart attack whilst swimming in a pool in Palm Beach. 2-10-1950 - Daisy Spedden dies at her home in Tuxedo N.Y. Daisy's cousin, Jane Fraser Coleman, grandmother to L.H.Coleman III, inherits a trunk that contains diaries, ephemera, & 24 photo albums. The Spedden trunk is placed in the storage area in the barn on the family farm and forgotten about. ?-?-1955 - Walter Lord's gripping best seller A Night To Remember introduced the drama of the disaster to a whole new generation. 9-6-1963 - The Titanic Historical Society was formed due to the revived interest in preserving the history the Titanic & ocean liner travel in general.*2 2 through 8-8-1982 - The Spedden Trunk is rediscovered by L.H.Coleman III whilst cleaning out the old storage area of the barn for his grandfather L,H.Coleman Esq. 9-1-1985 - The "Titanic" is found by Dr. Ballard of Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. 5-9-1985 - L.H.Coleman III is given the trunk and its contents, on his 21st birthday,from his grandfather. 8-20-1985 - L.H.Coleman III gives a copy of Daisy Spedden's story along with copies of some Spedden family photographs to The Titanic Historical Society.*2 4-6-1992 - Contacted by Madison Press Books, in order to use excerpts from Daisy Spedden's diary and some of her photographs in the lavishly illustrated book entitled Titanic: An Illustrated History, by Titanic historian, Don Lynch and maritime illustrator, Ken Marschall. 10-20-1992 - Hugh Brewster of Madison Press is made known of Daisy Spedden's manuscript by L.H. Coleman III. The two immediately agree that the story would make a great book project and proceed to work on attaining that goal. 11-1-1992 - The Titanic Historical Society does a feature article on the Speddens and the Polar Bear story for the Christmas issue of its magazine. 2-15-1994 - The book is wondrously illustrated by Laurie Mcgaw and the project is bought by Little Brown, and Co. 11-15-1994 - The book Polar The Titanic Bear by Daisy Corning Stone Spedden, arrives in book stores in England, Canada, and the U.S.A. *1 - Edwardian Age covers the reign of King Edward VII and four years into the reign of King George V *2 - Mr. And Mrs. Edmund Kamuda The Titanic Historical Society P.O. Box 51053, Indian Orchard, Mass. 01151-0053 Tel. (413) 543-4770