Titanic Survivor by Violet Jessop5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Violet didn't want to work for White Star because she didn't like the idea of sailing the North Atlantic run due to the weather conditions, and she had heard stories about the demanding passengers on that run. When her mother's health deteriorated Violet gave up school to became a stewardess herself, first with the Royal Mail Line, then later with White Star. When her father died in Mendoza the family returned to Britain, her mother found a job as a stewardess for the Royal Mail Line while Violet attended convent school. As a child Violet contracted Tuberculosis, Doctors gave her only months to live but she managed to overcome the disease. Her father was a sheep farmer and she had five younger brothers and sisters. Miss Violet Constance Jessop, 24, of 71 Shirley Road, Bedford Park, London was born in the pampas near Bahia Blanca, Argentina, the first child of Irish emigrants William and Katherine (Kelly) Jessop. ![]() What happened to the Titanic and why is it still famous?.How many passengers and crew were there on the Titanic?. ![]()
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