240: Violet Jessop Given the Nickname of Mrs. Unsinkable Born: 2 October 1887, Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina Died: 5 May 1971, Great Ashfield, Suffolk, United Kingdom Violet survived the sinking of both Titanic and her sister ship Britannic and was also present on the third sister Olympic during Olympic’s famous collision with the HMS…
“Neptune was exceedingly kind to me and I am now high and dry.” 239: Margaret Tobin Brown Remembered Today by the Nickname She Acquired After the Sinking of the RMS Titanic—”Unsinkable Maggie Brown” Born: 18 July 1867, Hannibal, Missouri, United States of America Died: 26 October 1932, New York City, New York, United States of…
173) William Alden Smith United States Senator who Presided Over the US Enquiry Into the Sinking of the RMS Titanic Born: 5 May 1859, Dowagiac, Michigan, United States of America Died: 11 October 1932, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America As a child he started his own Popcorn selling business where he earned twice…
117) Samuel Scott The First Victim of the RMS Titanic Born: c1895, Most Likely Ireland Died: 20 April 1910, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Samuel slipped and fell off a staging ladder, fracturing his skull upon hitting the ground and dying instantly. Samuel was one of approximately 15,000 men who were tasked with building both…
93) Bill Paxton Actor and Director Who Made Sci-Fi Stars and Real Life Characters come to Life on Screen Born: 17 May 1955, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America Died: 25 February 2017, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Original Name: William Paxton Bill starred in a variety of roles, everything from Stripes…
“If you had a husband like mine you would do more than [darn his socks] for him.” 91) Ida Straus She and Her Husband were New York Socialites who Boarded RMS Titanic at Southampton and Never Reached New York Born: 6 February 1849, Worms, German Confederation (Present-day Worms, Germany) Died: 15 April 1912, The Atlantic…
90) Sir Arthur H Rostron KBE, RD, RNR Captain of the RMS Carpathia on that Fateful April Night Born: 14 May 1869, Bolton, United Kingdom Died: 4 November 1940, Southampton, United Kingdom Commodore for the Cunard Line and Congressional Gold Medal Recipient; Arthur was captaining the Carpathia when Titanic sank. Therefore, he was responsible for…
72) Wallace Hartley Band Leader and Violinist on the RMS Titanic Born: 2 June 1878, Colne, Lancashire, United Kingdom Died: 15 April 1912, The Atlantic Ocean Wallace spent his life surrounded by music, playing in various orchestras before beginning to work for the Cunard Shipping Line in 1909—working on RMS Lusitania and RMS Mauretania. In…
35) John Collins He Testified About It! Born: 24 October 1894, Belfast, Ireland (Present-Day Belfast, Northern Ireland) Died: 6 February 1941, Belfast, Ireland (Present-Day Belfast, Northern Ireland) John grew up in a poor Roman Catholic household and was one of nine siblings. His father died when he was younger, and so he had to help…
34) William Carter His RMS Titanic Story is Arguably the Saddest I’ve Ever Heard Born: 14 September 1900, Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, United States of America Died: 28 January 1985, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States of America William traveled aboard the RMS Titanic in the First Class, alongside his parents, sister, and three family servants…