. . . . "Wallace Hartley was born and raised in Colne, Lancashire, England. Harley's father, Albion Hartley, was the choirmaster and Sunday school superintendent at Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel, where the family attended worship services. Hartley himself introduced the hymn \u201CNearer, My God, to Thee\u201D to the congregation. Wallace studied at Colne\u2019s Methodist day school, sang in Bethel\u2019s choir and learned violin from a fellow congregation member. He also had the cabin number: E. He was in the 2nd class and as the Head Bandmaster of the Titanic he did not have to pay for his ticket."@en . . "Wallace Henry Hartley"@en . "Wallace Hartley was born and raised in Colne, Lancashire, England. Harley's father, Albion Hartley, was the choirmaster and Sunday school superintendent at Bethel Independent Methodist Chapel, where the family attended worship services. Hartley himself introduced the hymn \u201CNearer, My God, to Thee\u201D to the congregation. Wallace studied at Colne\u2019s Methodist day school, sang in Bethel\u2019s choir and learned violin from a fellow congregation member. Hartley later moved to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire and in 1909, he began working on Cunard Line ocean liners, primarily on the RMS Mauretania. In 1912, Hartley worked for the music agency C.W. & F.N. Black, which supplied musicians for Cunard and the White Star Line. In April of that year, Hartley was assigned to be the bandmaster for the orchestra of the White Star Line ship RMS Titanic. He was at first hesitant to again leave his fianc\u00E9e, Maria Robinson, to whom he had recently proposed, but Hartley decided that working on the maiden voyage of the Titanic would give him possible contacts for future work. Joining in Southampton, he used Ticket 250654. He also had the cabin number: E. He was in the 2nd class and as the Head Bandmaster of the Titanic he did not have to pay for his ticket."@en . . .