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Titanic Tribute1912-2012

Titanic Tribute1912-2012

My name is Master Marshall Drew. At the age of 8, I was a 2nd class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling to Greenport, New York. My traveling companions were my aunt and uncle. They were raising me, because my mom died when I was two weeks old. We were returning from a visit with my fathers relatives in England. I boarded Lifeboat 10.

My name is Alice Johnson. At the age of 26, I was a 3rd class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling to St. Charles, Illinois. My traveling companions were my four year old son, Harold, and my 18 month old daughter, Eleanor. We were returning from Sweden where we had visited my husbands parents. I boarded Lifeboat 15.

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Titanic Tribute1912-2012 My name is Olaus Abelseth. At the age of 25 ,

I was a 3rd class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Norway with my cousin, brother in law and three other friends after a brief stay with my parents. When the Titanic hit an iceberg, we saw the water rising in the sea. I started to swim to a lifeboat. I was freezing in the cold dark sea.

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My name is Violet Jessop. I live in London, England. At the age of 24, I was a Stewardess aboard the Titanic. I was one of the Titanic maids. My birthday is October 1, 1887, and I died Wednesday, May 5, 1971. I got the job after I interviewed with no makeup and messy hair. When the Titanic hit the iceberg, I got on lifeboat 16. When I got on the lifeboat, a man handed me a baby and said, “I want you to look after this baby.” If I survived, I would write a book called Titanic Survivor, Memoirs of a Stewardess, and I did.

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My name is Madeleine Astor. At the age of 18, I was a 1st class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Egypt with my husband. My husband is John Jacob Astor IV, the richest man in the world. We got on the Titanic because we wanted to get home from our honeymoon. When the Titanic hit an iceberg, I got on lifeboat #4. My husband assured me that it didn’t appear to be serious but helped me on with my lifejacket anyway. He did not board a lifeboat. I died March 27, 1940.

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My name is Wallace Hartley. At the age of 33, I was part of the crew and my job was one of the musicians in the ship’s band aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Dewsbury, England. My traveling companions were Mr. W. Theodore Ronald Brailey, Mr. Roger Marie Bricoux, Mr. John Frederick Preston Clarke, Mr. John Law Hume, Mr. Georges Alexandre Krins, Mr. Percy Cornelius Taylor, and Mr. John Wesley Woodward, which were also members of the band. I did not board a lifeboat, because the band was playing while the passengers got in the lifeboats..

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My name is Patrick Canavan. At the age of 21, I boarded the Titanic as a 3rd class passenger. I was traveling with 13 companions, all from Ireland. When Titanic hit the iceberg, officers held us back as we swarmed to get on deck. I died on April 15, 1912.

Titanic Tribute1912-2012 My name is Colonel Archibald Gracie. At the

age of 53, I was a 1st class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from New York City, New York . I went on the Titanic to relax. When the Titanic hit an iceberg , I went to the deck to help load lifeboats . I was rescued from the water by Collabsible Boat B. I died from a diabetic coma 8 months after the rescue.

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My name is Master Frankie Goldsmith. At the age of 9, I was a 3rd class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Strood Kent England with my parents. When the Titanic hit an iceberg, I was put on Collapsible lifeboat C because they were loading women and children first. The reason I traveled was because my family was moving to Detroit, Michigan. My father was hoping to find a good paying job. I died on Wednesday 27th January 1982.

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My name is William Gwynn. At the age of, 37 I was a crewmember aboard the Titanic. I worked in the Royal Mailroom. I was traveling from Asbury Park, New Jersey. I traveled with nobody. My wife was ill, so I requested work on an earlier trip in order to get home sooner. I was assigned to the Titanic. I am still at the bottom of the sea, because I didn’t board a lifeboat.

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My name is Victorine Chaudanson. At the age of 36, I was a 1st class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Haverford, Pennsylvania. My traveling companions were Miss Grace Scott Bowen, Mr. Arthur Larned Ryerson, Mrs. Emily Maria Ryerson, Miss Emily Borie Ryerson, Miss Susan Parker "Suzette" Ryerson, and Master John Borie Ryerson. My oldest son was killed in a car wreck in Haverford, while we were traveling in Europe. We were returning from a family European trip for my son’s funeral aboard the Titanic. I boarded Lifeboat 4.

Titanic Tribute1912-2012 My name is Ms. Lucile Carter. I am from

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 13, I was traveling with my mother, father, and younger brother as a 1st class passenger aboard the Titanic. My father’s new Renault automobile was the only car aboard Titanic. I was born October 20, 1898, and died October 19, 1962. When Titanic struck the iceberg, I boarded Lifeboat 4 with my mother and brother. My brother began to cry when we were told that our dog could not join us. My father later boarded Collapsible lifeboat C.

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My name is Edith Brown. At the age of 15, I was a 2nd class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Cape Colony, South Africa. My traveling companions were my mother and father. I was the daughter of Mr. Thomas William Solomon Brown and Mrs. Elizabeth Catherine Brown. We traveled to go to my father’s hotel opening in Seattle, Washington. I boarded lifeboat 14.

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My name is Asuncion Duran Y More. At the age of 27, I was a 2nd class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling from Barcelona, Spain. My traveling companion was my sister, Florentina. My sister and I were both exhausted after a visit with our father in Barcelona, Spain’s most cosmopolitan city and also the most exciting for two single women like us. I'm a domestic housekeeper with an appointment to keep In Havana, Cuba. I boarded Lifeboat 12.

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My name is Daniel Marvin. At the age of 19, I was a 1st class passenger aboard the Titanic. I was traveling with my new wife, Mary. We were returning to New York after a honeymoon in Europe. When the Titanic hit the iceberg, I did not get on a lifeboat. I died on April 15, 1912.