The "Unsinkable" Ship
The RMS Titanic
How did social class effect the people aboard the RMS Titanic?
First Class
Life on the RMS Titanic
Wealthiest Passengers
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Second Class
LIFE ON THE RMS TITANIC
Third Class
Life on the RMS Titanic
Titanic Second and Third Class Rooms
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The Crew
Life on the RMS Titanic
Titanic Basics: Crew
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The RMS Titanic: Underwater
How the Titanic Sank
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First Class Passengers
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Miss Cornelia Theodosia Andrews
Age 66
Andrews lived in 751 Warren Street in Hudson City, Columbia, New York, with her 7 family members. She boarded the RMS Titanic to return home to Hudson with her sister, Anna Hogeboom, and their niece, Gretchen. She was one of the Managers of the Hudson City Hospital since its founding and was its Vice-President in 1912.
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff Gordon
Age 49
Cosmo Duff Gordon was a proficient fencer and won a silver medal at the 1906 Olympics. He boarded the RMS Titanic with his wife, Lady Duff-Gordon. The boarded at Cherbourg with ticket 11755. Sir Cosmo occupied cabin A-16 and Lady Duff-Gordo
Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
Age 48
Lady Duff-Gordon had not planned to sail on the Titanic but urgent business in New York forced her to take the first available ship. The Duff-Gordons boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg. Accompanying them was Lady Duff-Gordon's maid, Laura Mabel Francatelli. Lady Duff-Gordon and Ms Francatelli travelled first class under the same ticket.
Mr. Thomson Beattie
Age 36
Thomson took his share of his father's estate after his passing in 1897. Beattie tried to sail home on the RMS Titanic with his friend, Thomas Mcaffry, after being exhausted from long travels. Beattie paid £75 for first-class cabin C-6 (ticket number 13050), which he shared with McCaffry.
Second Class Passengers
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Mrs Nellie E. Becker
Age 35
Becker sailed on the RMS Titanic for her youngest child, Richard, so they could give him a better chance of survival in the United States as he became ill. Nellie and her three children left their hometown, leaving her husband, Allen Oliver Becker, behind. They boarded as second-class-passengers.
Mr Edgar Samuel Andrew
Age 17
Andrew was invited by his brother, Alfredo, to attend to his wedding in the USA and, eventually, stay for a job. He was supposed to board another ship, the Oceanic, but was forced to change his ticket and go aboard the Titanic instead. On the morning of Wednesday, 10 April 1912, Edgar arrived by train to board the Titanic as a second-class passenger (ticket no. 231945).
Mr Frederick James Banfield
Age 28
After marrying his wife, Cecilia Elizabeth Avery Carder, Fred left England on 19 October 1907 to New York and worked as a mining engineer. He boarded the Titanic at as a second class passenger (ticket number C.A. 34068) to go to Michigan. He traveled with his friends Joseph and Hayden.
Mrs. Florence Agnes Angle
Age 36
Florence and her husband traveled to England in late 1911 to visit her husband's mother who was ill. William and Florence booked a passage aboard the RMS Titanic to return to their home in New York as second class passengers (ticket number 226875).
Mr. William Angle
Age 31
William worked as a tile maker and fixer, He married his wife Florence Agnes in 1906. The couple traveled to England in 1911 to visit relatives, including his elderly mother who was ill. William and Florence, for their return to New York, booked a passage aboard the Titanic as second class passengers.
Third Class Passengers
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Mr. Owen George Allum
AGE 17
Allum had left school at a young age and worked for his local post office and by 1912 was working as a gardener. He boarded the Titanic and was traveling in third class (ticket number 1223) for New York City to meet up with his father.
Mrs Catherine Elizabeth Crosby
AGE 64
In 1912 Catherine Crosby lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She boarded the Titanic with her husband, Captain Edward Gifford Crosby, and her daughter Harriette. Her son Fred did not travel with them. Captain and Mrs Crosby occupied cabin B-22, Harriette was in B-26.
Mr Anthony Abbing
Age 41
Anthony became a blacksmith and was still unmarried at 38 year old. He accepted contract work in South Africa and remained there for three years. Planning to return to his home in Cincinnati and to see his mother and siblings, he boarded the Titanic at as a third-class passenger (ticket number C.A. 5547)
Miss Julia Barry
Age 30
Julia stayed in Ireland in late-1910/early-1911 to help nurse her ill mother who was afflicted with a heart condition. When returning to New York, Julia originally made plans to sail aboard another ship, the Celtic, but switched to Titanic. Julia wrote to her brother Edward to inform him of the change in plan and asking him to meet her at the pier. Julia boarded the Titanic on 11 April 1912 as a third class passenger (ticket number 330844).
Mr Rossmore Edward Abbott
AGE 16
Mr Rossmore Edward Abbott, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger together with his mother Rosa Abbott and brother Eugene. Rossmore traveled on the RMS Titanic because he was homesick and missed his home in Rhode Island.
The Crew
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Ernest Owen Abbott
AGE 21
Ernest was unmarried and worked as a ship's steward. He signed-on to the Titanic, on 6 April 1912. As steward for the first class lounge, he received monthly wages of £3 15s. Also serving aboard the Titanic as a steward was his brother-in-law William, husband to his sister Blanche.
Mrs. Mabel Kate Bennett
Age 33
Mabel signed on to the RMS Titanic on 6 April 1912. As a stewardess, she received monthly wages of £3, 10s. She also had family serving aboard: her brother-in-law Alfred Crawford, and her nephew Leonard Hoares, the son of her elder sister Sarah Louisa.
Mr. Leonard James Hoare
AGE 18
Leonard initially signed-on to the Titanic for a delivery trip. When he signed-on again on 4 April 1912, he gave his address as 108 High Street, Southampton and his age as 21. He worked as a first class steward. He traveled with his aunt Mabel Kate Bennet and uncle Alfred Crawford.
Mr. Henry Tingle Wilde
AGE 39
Wilde was Chief Officer on board the RMS Titanic. Wilde only signed onto the Titanic on 9 April, 1912 and reported for duty at 6 am on 10 April, the day of sailing. Wilde reported the condition of equipment, stores, and the readiness of public areas. Wilde's wife passed before his journey on the RMS Titanic, he also had four children.
Mr Alfred Samuel Allsop
Age 36
Alfred worked as the 2nd electrician on the RMS Titanic. He was married to Hilda Barnes and had a total of nine children. Alfred signed on to the RMS Titanic on 6 April 1912.
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