Comments on: The Titanic’s British Columbia Connection https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:43:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: BeaupresurlaLys https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-3950 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:45:51 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-3950 Harrison Archer Driscoll was part of the No. 5 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps in April 1917. I do not know the exact period when he was serving this squadron. The squadron was at Beaupre aerodrome (La Gorgue, France) between March 24 and April 7, 1917.
If you or someone in your family has information on the subject, I will be very interested.

]]> By: Lisa M. McDougald https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-1465 Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:04:26 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-1465 I wish to share a recent Facebook reference page for the Fortune family.

Thank you!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lisas-Fortune-Family-Titanic-History/196645970545139

]]> By: Lisa M. McDougald https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-1449 Tue, 25 Feb 2014 11:16:23 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-1449 In reply to Peter ODriscoll.

Hello Peter,

Would love to learn your side of the story. I am Mark Driscoll’s 3rd cousin and great-great niece to Mary (McDougald) Fortune, whose daughter was Mabel Helen Fortune. You can find me on Google + or LinkedIn.

Thank you,
Lisa M. McDougald

]]> By: Sharon Northey https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-1271 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 05:28:21 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-1271 Hi, I just stumbled across this while looking up buildings that Mr Rattenbury designed. I think I may be related to Mabel Fortune. My great grandmother was Martha Jane Fortune. Her mother was Ann Johnston who was married to Thomas William Fortune. Ann drowned with her two youngest daughters Marie and Matilda in Pigeon Lake Ontario. My aunts are Alice and Edith Northey. Martha Jane married Samual Northey. Just wondering if you know if there is a connection. Thank you Sharon

]]> By: Peter ODriscoll https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-1087 Wed, 09 Oct 2013 20:36:29 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-1087 In reply to Eve Lazarus.

Harrison was born in Winnipeg in 1887 and grew up there. After the war, he appears to have remained in England for a short period and then in 1919 possibly went to Argentina. I am still researching his post-war activities.

]]> By: Peter ODriscoll https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-1068 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 22:01:55 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-1068 Harrison Driscoll was my grandfather\’s younger brother. He served with distinction in WWI as an officer in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, was an early member of the Royal Flying Corp and stayed on when it became the Royal Air Force. He was not, as Alan Hustak states, \”a jazz musician from Minnesota\”. Harrison\’s father, John William Driscoll, knew Mark Fortune because they attended the same Presbyterian church in Winnipeg. When marriages break down, there are always two sides to the story …..

]]> By: mdelgatty https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-330 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:48:55 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-330 What the heck’s with all the back-slashes? And who knew you could only include one URL in a reply? Here’s another one, since I have it:
http://altnersandi.com/2011/03/03/the-winnipeg-survivors-of-the-titanic-disaster/

]]> By: mdelgatty https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-329 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:43:56 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-329 This is the first even remotely personal connection I\\\’ve ever had to the Titanic. My mother-in-law was a Fortune from Gilbert Plains, MB, and family report is that her father was a cousin of Mark Fortune\\\’s. Not nearly as well-heeled, though! That would make Mabel, let\\\’s see, my children\\\’s second cousin twice removed, I think…Here\\\’s more cool historical info, some of it a bit different: http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/the-fortune-family-winnipeg-titanic-survivors-1300631274.html.htmlHistory is so fascinating!

]]> By: mdelgatty https://evelazarus.com/the-titanics-british-columbia-connection/#comment-327 Sun, 14 Apr 2013 02:23:25 +0000 https://evelazarus.com/?p=2786#comment-327 Good on Charlotte and Mabel – would sure like to hear more of their story! And the insurance money must have been pretty adequate…

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