Wotherspoon, Adella Martha Liebenow, 1903-2004

found: Ellis Island oral history project, series EI, no. 1094, 2004:page 1-2 (Adella Martha Liebenow Wotherspoon; born November 28, 1903 in New York City; Mrs. Wotherspoon was six months old when she was rescued from the excursion boat "General Slocum" as it burned on June 15, 1904 in New York City's East River, having been run aground on North Brother Island by the captain; she was the youngest person to survive this event; over one thousand people lost their lives, including Mrs. Wotherspoon's two sisters and members of her extended family)

found: Wikipedia, via WWW, January 3, 2012(Adella Wotherspoon; Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon (November 28, 1903-January 26, 2004) was the youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster of June 15, 1904; born Adele Martha Liebenow in Manhattan, she was the daughter of Paul and Anna Liebenow; she was nicknamed Tiby Liebenow; shortly after the sinking, her parents legally changed her first name to Adella; she studied education at Trenton Normal School, now known as The College of New Jersey; she taught for one year at Cleveland High School in Cranford, New Jersey, then taught business administration at Plainfield High School from 1925 until her retirement in 1961; married to James Wotherspoon; she died, aged 100, in 2004 in Roseland, New Jersey)

found: Find A Grave, via WWW, January 3, 2013(Adella Martha Liebenow Wotherspoon; Adella (Tiby) Martha Liebenow (1903-2004), aka Adele Liebenow; youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster of June 15, 1904)