February 10th, 1858 - October 29th, 1943

She is a Aquarius.

Elizabeth Rothschild was born in Watkins Glen, Schuyler County, New York as the 5th daughter of James William Barrett, an English born innkeeper, and Mary, his Irish born second wife. Elizabeth was a devout Catholic and married to the New York clothing manufacturer Martin Rothschild (who was Jewish) by Father Gallagher at Holy Name Church, New York City on June 2nd, 1895. Her husband was the uncle of writer and poet Dorothy Rothschild, later Dorothy Parker (1898 - 1967).

Aboard Titanic/April 14th-15th, 1912:
The couple, who were childless, lived at West End Avenue, New York but travelled extensively. They boarded the RMS Titanic at Cherbourg as first class passengers. Elizabeth was rescued in lifeboat 6 along with her Pomeranian (one of the 3 dogs that were saved from the Titanic). Martin was lost in the sinking. The dog had apparently gone undetected during the loading of the lifeboats, and during the night as no survivors remembered the canine until the morning of the rescue. When the lifeboat came alongside the Carpathia, crew members at first refused to take Elizabeth's dog. She protested that she wouldn't leave the lifeboat until her dog was placed safely in her lap. She held the dog and was hoisted aboard the Carpathia. It wasn't highly publicized that Elizabeth's dog had been rescued - largely due to the fact that Martin had gone down with the Titanic.

The fate of the dog remains a mystery, descendants of Elizabeth claim that it was killed in New York during a fight with another dog, while Argetsinger and Ellison (1995) record that the dog was killed under the wheels of a carriage admits the confusion at the dock after arrival in New York.

After The Sinking/Later Life/Death:
Every summer she would return to Watkins Glen to stay in the house she kept there (at the northeast corner of Porter and Eighth) and to visit relatives, she was always driven around town in a large, black Packard - complete with a chauffeur.  Residents of Watkins Glen remembered that while Elizabeth lived comfortably, she never forgot those who were less fortunate. She was extremely generous with her money and was especially fond of children. She frequently dressed in black (mourning her lost husband) but always wore a smile that was unmistakable. She was accompanied in later years by a female companion named Mary Walsh. Descendants recall their Aunt Lizzie coming for thanksgiving dinners with Mrs. Walsh and a small dog in tow.

Thomas Barrett became a Roman Catholic priest and was active in St. Mary's of the Lake Church, Watkins Glen, New York in the 1920's. When he came to live with Elizabeth in East Orange, New Jersey they maintained a private chapel. According to descendants this was the only such private chapel in the whole United States and was maintained with the permission of Pope Pius XI himself. An indication of just how active Elizabeth was in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark and New Jersey may be found in the fact that, in 1941, she was awarded the Papal Distinguished Merit Cross.

In 1921, Elizabeth helped to extend St. Mary's Cemetery in Watkins Glen with the purchase, for $1,000 of an acre plot of adjacent land. She also contributed to the paving of the cemetery road. When she died in East Orange, New Jersey on October 29th, 1943 she was buried in the impressive (and only) mausoleum also contains a memorial to her lost husband. Her requiem was conducted by Archbishop Walsh of Newark, a close personal friend of Elizabeth's. It was Walsh who on August 30th, 1931 had consecrated the cemetery in which she would be laid to rest.

Sources:
www.encyclopedia-titanica.org
Titanic Wiki

Rest In Peace Elizabeth Jane Anne Rothschild.