Violet was
born on 1st October 1887, the first of nine children born to William
and Katherine Jessop from Ireland. When she was
21, Violet joined the Royal Mail shipping Line as a stewardess. In 1910 she joined the White Star Line and on
10th April 1912 she was one of the stewardesses aboard the RMS ‘Titanic’. Violet, who saved the life of a baby on board the "Titanic", was one of the survivors picked up by
the ‘Carpathia’. She went on to join the Voluntary Aid Detachment of the British
Red Cross as a stewardess aboard hospital ships during the First World War.
Violet was
aboard HMHS ‘Britannic’ a White Star liner converted into a hospital ship when
she exploded on 21st November 1916.
Violet was injured but survived.
In 1920
Violet returned to work for the White Star Line and later joined the Red Star
Line before going back to the Royal Mail Line.
In 1950
Violet retired to Great Ashfield in Suffolk where she died on 5th
May 1971.