95 years later, two survivors are still with us
Daily Dose of Titanic salutes the two ladies who are now the only remaining survivors of the Titanic disaster. One of them, Millvina Dean, was bound for our own state of Kansas when the sinking disrupted her travels. The other, Barbara Joyce West, is believed to have been aboard the same lifeboat as Millvina - number 10.
Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean was born on Feb. 2, 1912. She was only nine weeks old when she boarded the Titanic in third class along with her parents, Bertram and Georgette and her older brother, Bertram. The family was emigrating to Kansas so that Bertram Sr. could open a tobacco shop.
When the Titanic struck the iceberg, Bertram Sr. led his wife and young children to the safety of a lifeboat but was refused a seat himself. He was lost along with 1,500 people when the ship sank at 2:20 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 1912.
Destitute and grief-stricken, Georgette decided to return to England to raise her children. Millvina and Bertram were beneficiaries of various charity pensions that paid for their educations.
Millvina never married. She shunned the spotlight and never wanted to talk about the Titanic until she was in her seventies.
Since that time she has appeared at Titanic conventions and exhibitions and has been interviewed by numerous newspapers, magazines, TV and radio shows worldwide. In 1997 she traveled about the QE2 to America, visiting the Kansas house she and her family were to have arrived in 1912. Today Millvina lives in a nursing home in New Forest, England.
Barbara Joyce West was born in Bournemouth, Dorset o
n May 24, 1911. Barbara boarded the Titanic as a second class passenger in Southampton along with her parents, Edwy and Ada West and her sister, Constance Miriam West.
When disaster struck, the "women and children first" rule prevented Edwy from entering a lifeboat. His family, however, was safely lowered away in lifeboat 10. When what remained of the family arrived in New York, Ada was overwhelmed by the thought of staying in a new country without her husband. She returned to England along with her two daughters.
In 1952, Barbara married William Dainton. Today, she lives in Truro, England. Like many survivors, she refuses to discuss the Titanic disaster.
Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean was born on Feb. 2, 1912. She was only nine weeks old when she boarded the Titanic in third class along with her parents, Bertram and Georgette and her older brother, Bertram. The family was emigrating to Kansas so that Bertram Sr. could open a tobacco shop.
When the Titanic struck the iceberg, Bertram Sr. led his wife and young children to the safety of a lifeboat but was refused a seat himself. He was lost along with 1,500 people when the ship sank at 2:20 a.m. on Monday, April 15, 1912.
Destitute and grief-stricken, Georgette decided to return to England to raise her children. Millvina and Bertram were beneficiaries of various charity pensions that paid for their educations.
Millvina never married. She shunned the spotlight and never wanted to talk about the Titanic until she was in her seventies.Since that time she has appeared at Titanic conventions and exhibitions and has been interviewed by numerous newspapers, magazines, TV and radio shows worldwide. In 1997 she traveled about the QE2 to America, visiting the Kansas house she and her family were to have arrived in 1912. Today Millvina lives in a nursing home in New Forest, England.
Barbara Joyce West was born in Bournemouth, Dorset o
n May 24, 1911. Barbara boarded the Titanic as a second class passenger in Southampton along with her parents, Edwy and Ada West and her sister, Constance Miriam West.When disaster struck, the "women and children first" rule prevented Edwy from entering a lifeboat. His family, however, was safely lowered away in lifeboat 10. When what remained of the family arrived in New York, Ada was overwhelmed by the thought of staying in a new country without her husband. She returned to England along with her two daughters.
In 1952, Barbara married William Dainton. Today, she lives in Truro, England. Like many survivors, she refuses to discuss the Titanic disaster.
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