Czar's old nurse has died

May 19, 1913

A Marconi transatlantic wireless telegraph to the New York Times reports the death of the Nicholas II's old nurse, Miss Franklin. She was an American woman who was employed to care for Alexander III's children. She was "greatly respected" by the Tsar and other members of the Imperial Family, and her "imposing funeral" was attended by many of the Grand Dukes and Grand Duchesses. Miss Franklin "manifested the sincere affection which her august pupils held for the unpretentious and plainspoken nurse." She had first come to the Russian court on the recommendation of Queen Alexandra to her sister, Empress Marie.
It is not known if Miss Franklin, "who had attained a ripe old age," had immediate survivors.