Sidney Leslie Goodwin (9 September 1910 – 15 April 1912) was a 19-month-old English boy who died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
When the collision occured the order was quickly given for women and children to be placed in the lifeboats, despite this 61 children died in the Titanic disaster: one first class child passenger, two second class, and an astonishing fifty-seven third class. Both child crew members were lost.
Now the experts have determined it was the body of Eino Viljami Panula, who was 13 months old when the Titanic sank April 15, 1912. He was one of five brothers from Finland who died in the disaster, along with their mother.
There were 128 children aboard the ship, 67 of which were saved. The youngest Titanic survivor was just two months old; her name was Millvina Dean (UK, b. 2 February 1912), and she wasn't even supposed to be on board, nor were her family.
One of the largest families in the third-class was the Goodwin family. The parents, Frederick and Augusta, were moving their six children to New York City for Frederick's new job. The entire family died, including 19-month-old Sidney Goodwin.
After the disaster, Ismay was savaged by both the American and the British press for deserting the ship while women and children were still on board. Some papers called him the "Coward of the Titanic" or "J. Brute Ismay", and suggested that the White Star flag be changed to a yellow liver.
When 11 members of a Peterborough family drowned in the Titanic disaster, it was the single biggest recorded loss of life from one family. The Sage family had been living in Gladstone Street, where they kept a small bakery and shop.
The ship carried at least twelve dogs, only three of which survived. First-class passengers often traveled with their pets.
Eva Hart was 7 years old and bound for a new life in Canada when her father woke her in the middle of the night, carried her outside in a blanket and told her, "Hold Mummy's hand and be a good girl." It was the last thing he ever said to her, and she never saw him again.
While we cannot know for sure how he spent his final moments, it is known that Captain Edward Smith perished in the North Atlantic along with 1517 others on April 15, 1912.
Some 1,160 people went down with the Titanic. but no bodies have ever been found. There are multiple theories as to why, although experts have been unable to completely solve the mystery once and for all.
John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family. He died in the sinking of the Titanic during the early hours of April 15, 1912.
Most of the bodies were never recovered, but some say there are remains near the ship. What could have happened to the bodies? Some Titanic experts say a powerful storm the night of the wreck scattered the life-jacketed passengers in a 50-mile-wide area, so it's likely the bodies scattered across the seafloor.
Undoubtedly the wealthiest man to go down with the Titanic and the Astor family was very prominent. Most notably with building the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. According to Insider, his wife was pregnant and Astor wanted the child born a U.S. citizen so they booked their trip home on Titanic.
Sidney Leslie Goodwin (9 September 1910 – 15 April 1912) was a 19-month-old English boy who died during the sinking of the RMS Titanic. In 2008, mitochondrial DNA testing by bio-anthropologist Ryan Parr and the American Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory revealed his identity.
Lillian died in her home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2006, at the age of 99. She was buried at the Old Swedish Cemetery in Worcester, alongside her father, mother, and brother. Her death left Barbara West Dainton and Millvina Dean as the last two living survivors of the Titanic.
Aboard Titanic. Michel, right, and his brother, Edmond, in a photograph taken to aid in their identification after the sinking Another photograph of the brothers, published 22 April 1912, identifying them as "Louis and Lola".
Rose, who lay atop the door, survived in the end while Jack, who held on to the edge, froze to his death in the icy Atlantic waters.
The first Titanic survivor passed away barely 3 months after the sinking when little Maria Nakid succumbed to meningitis in July 1912, followed a month later by Eugenie Baclini, also from meningitis. Here is a list of the first 100 survivors to die. See also: Last survivors to die.
Were there horses aboard the Titanic? That's still a mystery. Some sources say there were polo ponies aboard, and there's an unverified story about a German racehorse who had a private paddock on C deck.
One of these is a species of bacteria -- named Halomonas titanicae after the great ship -- that lives inside icicle-like growths of rust, called "rusticles." These bacteria eat iron in the ship's hull and they will eventually consume the entire ship, recycling the nutrients into the ocean ecosystem.
Like any other ship, Titanic had a substantial population of rats.
Around 325 first class passengers were on board. Around 202 first class passengers survived. The Titanic's first class passengers were rich and upper class.
Only 706 people survived the sinking out of 2,240 passengers and crew. The 710 passengers in third class suffered the highest mortality rate, with only 174 surviving, including Mary.
Partly thanks to the 1997 film about the Titanic, Molly Brown is arguably one of the most famous passengers to have survived the tragedy. Molly Brown was an American socialite who had just come into a huge amount of money thanks to her husband's success in the mining industry.