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Monday, April 15, 1912 the Amsterdam Recorder reported, “There was much local interest aroused today in the mishap to the Titanic through the fact that an Amsterdam girl was numbered among the first class passengers.”
Born in 1877, Jane Anne Forby’s parents were Frank and Emmeline Hewitt Forby of 30 Chestnut Street.
Her father was a carpenter and health inspector.
Jane attended Amsterdam High School and worked as a stenographer. She moved to New York City in 1906 after marrying Frederick Hoyt, a partner in a lace importing firm, Yale graduate, yacht designer and popular yachtsman.
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