OFFICERS AND CREW

PASSENGERS

MUSCIANS

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Benjamin Guggenheim

Benjamin Guggenheim

1st Class Passenger
One of the youngest of 7 sons,
in the wealthy Guggenheim family.
Playboy, Traveling with his mistress.
When they realized the ship was sinking,
he and his butler removed there life vests
and put on sweaters, saying,
"If they must perish,
they would go like gentlemen".

Mr & Mrs. Isidor Straus

{ages 63 & 67} 
1st Class passengers

Owners of Macy's Department Stores
Mr. Strauss also served as Congressman
for New York State between 1895-1897
When asked to board lifeboats,
Mr. Strauss declined, to let younger
passengers board saying
he'd led a full life.
Mrs.Strauss refused, saying:
"I've lived with you many years
Where you go, I go".
The two went and sat together on
deck chairs,where they were last seen.
 Mr. Strauss's body was recovered on April 22.
40,000 people gathered for the couples
memorial service in New York City.

John Jacob Astor IV
Titanics wealthiest passenger

The richest man in the world
at the time

Mr. Astor was returning home from an extended honeymoon with his new bride
Madeliene Force Astor
{whom was  18 years old}

   
Mr. and Mrs. Astor

Colonel John Jacob Astor, wanted
permission to go in a lifeboat with his wife.
He was told, "No men are allowed in
the boats until women are loaded first."
The boat left only two thirds full.
Mrs. Astor  was  pregnant while on Titanic.
In Aug. of 1912 she gave birth to a son,
whom she named after her late husband.

Among many other things,
mostly real estate,
Mr.Astor built the
Waldorf & Astoria Hotels.
Mr. Astor's badly crushed body
was recovered April 22. 

Mrs. James Joseph Brown

{Margaret Tobin Brown}
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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Margaret received word that her first grandchild, Lawrence Palmer Brown, Jr.
was ill. She decided to leave for
New York immediately,
and booked passage on the
earliest ship: Titanic.
very few people, including family,
knew that Margaret was on board
the Titanic. After the ship struck
the iceberg, she helped load others
into lifeboats and eventually was
forced to board lifeboat 6.
She and the other women worked together to row, and keep spirits up.
Onboard the rescue ship Carpathia,
she assisted Titanic survivors.
By the time she  reached New York,
she had already helped establish
the Survivor's Committee, and
been elected as chairperson,
and also raised almost $10,000
for the destitute survivors.
She remained on Carpathia until
all Titanic survivors had met with
friends, family, or medical assistance.
The American press celebrated her
as the Unsinkable Mrs. Brown.
She later helped erect the Titanic memorial that stands in Washington D.C.
she visited the cemetery in Halifax,
Nova Scotia, and placed wreaths on
the graves of the victims.
Margaret Tobin Brown died of a
brain tumor October 26, 1932

Colonel

Gracie was a graduate of St. Paul's Academy
and of West Point Military Academy.
He later became a colonel in the Seventh Regiment, United States Army, Gracie was independently wealthy,and active in the real estate .

Gracie boarded at Southampton as a first class passenger. The night of April 12,
After about three hours sleep, he was awakened
by a jolt. He noted the time as 11:45 PM,
he opened his cabin door to look out.
He saw no one ,he could hear steam and
no sound of machinery running. Realizing
that something was wrong, he removed his
nightwear and fully dressed. He left his
cabin and made his way the Boat Deck.

He then learned the ship had collided with an
iceberg, he returned to his stateroom & packed all
his possessions. After returning to the deck,
he found everyone putting on life preservers.
Steward Cullen insisted he return to his stateroom
for his. He assisted Officer Lightoller,
loading the women and children into Lifeboats.

As the water rushed towards them,
he jumped with the wave, caught hold of the
bottom rung of the ladder and pulled himself up.
As the ship sank, the undertow pulled Gracie
deep into icy waters, he kicked himself free below
the surface and, with the aid of his life preserver,
swam clear. holding to a floating wood crate,
he was able to swim over to overturned
Collapsible B and, with a little help managed
to climb onto it. There were about a dozen
people on it. Gracie, freezing, and hair frozen
tried to borrow a cap to warm his head,
the man refused. The boat was slowly sinking.

Around 4 am the Carpathia came into sight.
Boat 4 arrived first and started transferring the survivorsfrom the foundering collapsible.
Gracie was unable to make the jump
and crawled into Boat 12.

By 8:15 am all boats were in except for # 12.
Gracie worked to revive a lifeless body lying
beside him,with no luck. At 8:30, Gracie
was able step onto the Carpathia
Colonel Gracie wrote an account
of the tragedy that was published as
"The Truth About The Titanic"
in 1913.Gracie never finished proofing
the manuscript as he died December 4,1912
at his home in New York, N.Y.,
having never fully recovered from the trauma
of that night. Many survivors were at the
graveside for his burial, together with
members of his regiment. Archibald Gracie
was the third survivor of Titanic to die.

Colonel
Archibald Gracie IV

1st Class Passenger

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Lawrence Beesley
34 yrs old
2nd Class Passenger
British School Teacher

Mr.Beesley later wrote telling  the
account s of the events that took
place during Titanic's sinking.
He kept extensive mental and
written notes during the voyage.

Carl Jansson
3rd Class Passenger

Eva Hart

Benjamin and Esther Hart, along with
their daughter, Eva were 2nd class
passengers onboard Titanic.
Mrs. Hart was uneasy about traveling
on the Titanic. So uneasy she
refused to sleep during the night.
Had she been sleeping when
Titanic struck the iceberg,
she probably wouldn't have noticed
the bump it caused on impact.

Henry Sutehall

3rd Class Passenger
from New York

.........Ruth Becker

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Richard Becker

Richard Becker was Ruth's younger brother and was two years old
at the time of the disaster. Richard became a singer and in later life
a social welfare worker. He was widowed twice, and passed away in 1975.

Nellie Becker

Nellie Becker was the children's mother. She was married to a missionary who was stationed in India and her three children were sailing to America for treatment of an illness Richard had contracted in India. Once in America, she and her three children settled in Benton Harbour, Michigan, until her husband's arrival from India the following year. It was apparent to him and the children that her personality had changed since the disaster. She was far more emotional and was given to emotional outbursts.
Until her death in 1961, she was never able to discuss the
Titanic disaster without dissolving into tears.

Marion Becker

Marion contracted tuberculosis at a young age
and died in Glendale, California in 1944.

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PASSENGERS

MUSCIANS

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