Who was aboard the Titanic?

The passengers on the Titanic varied differently in social status and wealth

The Hart family were second class passengers emigrating to Canada. Eva (centre) was 7 years old in 1912

Molly Brown was a wealthy American who was notorious for her outspoken and challenging

personality

She became known as the “unsinkable” due to the bravery she showed on board the Titanic

and attending to survivors on the Carpethian

The Countess of Rothes was another woman who showed exceptional

bravery by rowing and guiding her lifeboat

She took charge of Lifeboat 6 and helped the women on board to reach

the rescue ship Carpathian

Colonel John Jacob Astor was the

wealthiest passenger on board. He had an estimated fortune of $87 million dollars

Benjamin Guggenheim“We’re dressed in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen.”

Isidor and Ida Straus

Isidor Straus was the founder of the world

famous New York department store Macys

Isidor was offered a place on a lifeboat because of his age but he turned it down claiming “he had

lived his life”

Ida refused to leave her husband stating “I will not be separated from

my husband. As we have lived, so we will die

together.”

People on the Titanic can be remembered through

photographs

Those on board would also have been

remembered by the ship’s log (record of

passengers)

Unlike famous people on the Titanic there were hundreds of ordinary

people who would only be remembered by their

families The Goodwin Family were

emigrating to AmericaThey reached the deck

too late to reach a lifeboat

She was only 9 weeks old when she

was on board the ship with her family

She passed away on the 31st May 2009 aged 97 years old

Millvina Dean was the oldest living survivor of

the Titanic disaster