Survivors of the Titanic - Part 5

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41. Ellen Barber (1885-1963) 1st Class - Lifeboat 6

Ellen was acting as a maid to Julia Florence Cavendish on the ship, after the sinking she remained in the Cavendish's employment until she retired. She then lived out the rest of her days living with her sister Edith until her death at the age of 77. She was cremated and laid to rest in London.

42. Algernon Barkworth (1864-1945) 1st Class - Lifeboat B

Algernon was traveling on the ship to his first visit of the USA, Algernon spent the night of the sinking having a debate with two men he had met on the ship, when the ship began sinking he grabbed his warm coat and suitcase and jumped into the water and made his way to collapsible lifeboat B. He was warned by one of the occupants that if he got on the boat he would swamp it but he managed to get on anyway.

After the sinking Algernon never married and remained a counselor on East Riding Council until his death. He was highly regarded in his community and was a collector of curios, and a lover of animals. He continued to live with his sister until she died, and himself dying of Toxaemia in the 40s. He is buried with his sister.

43. Frederick Barrett (1883-1931) Titanic Crew - Lifeboat 13

Frederick was a fireman aboard the ship, that night he was working in boiler room 6 when the ship struck the iceberg. Frederick rallied his men round to secure the boiler rooms and make their way to the top deck, he never saw any of them again. The lifeboat Fred got into encountered a dangerous problem on the way down to the water and his quick thinking saved the lives of those aboard.

Fred was called up to testify at both the British and American enquiries into the sinking where he testified that a fire in the boiler room before the ship took off may have weakened the integrity of the ship. In later life Fred married and had children, he worked as a timber laborer losing his wife at only age 39. He passed away at age 48 of Tuberculosis.

44. Albina Bassani (1880-1960) 1st Class - Lifeboat 8

Albina was Mrs Bucknell, who was a first class passenger, personal maid. Albini was awoken by the collision and was told by a crewmember that there had been a collision and to put on a lifebelt. Albini's employer became nauseous and scared on the way to the lifeboat so Albini stopped to provide water to her. Abini and her employer both managed to escape in a lifeboat which Albini noticed should have been a lot fuller. After the sinking Albina parted ways with her employer and remarried and had a daughter, settling in Massachusetts. By 1950 Albini had become estranged from her husband and all her children, She passed away in 1960 at the age of 80.

45. Helene Baxter (1862-1923) 1st Class - Lifeboat 6

Helene was ill with nausea for most of her Voyage on the Titanic and found the sound of the engines soothing. When the ship struck the iceberg she had an anxiety attack and had to be carried to a lifeboat by her son, who then gave her some brandy to keep her warm, she subsequently gave him a good telling off for drinking! She never recovered from the effects of the sinking and died in 1923 at the age of 61 and is buried in her family plot.

46. Edward Beane (1879-1948) 2nd Class - Lifeboat 9

Edward was a newly married man on the ship with his wife, they planned to settle in New York. Edwards wife managed to escape in lifeboat 9 with Edward leaping from the ship and swimming to the lifeboat to be with her. The couple settled in New York and lived out the rest of their lives there, the couple went on to have two sons and seldom gave interviews about the disaster. Edward died in 1948 aged 68 of Heart Disease.

47. Ethel Beane (1889-1983) 2nd Class - Lifeboat 9

Ethel was the wife of Edward. After Edward's death she continued to live in the family home before entering a nursing home for the last two years of her life, she died in 1983 at the age of 93, although she told everyone she was 90, and is buried alongside her husband.

48. George William Beauchamp (1888-1965) Titanic Crew - Lifeboat 13

George was a Fireman aboard the ship earning £6 per month. George described the collision as being like a roar of thunder, he ordered the dampers to be shut and made his way onto the boatdeck where he helped women and children into lifeboats. He was told to get into a lifeboat by an officer who asked him if he could handle and oar, the boat was picked up by the Carpathia at 9.30 am. After the sinking George continued to work at sea, he never married and lived out his days at an inn he died in 1965 aged 77.

49. Nellie E Becker (1876-1961) 2nd Class - Lifeboat 11

Nellie was on the ship with her three children, she gathered them and they made their way to the boat deck where they were thrown into a lifeboat. Nellie settled in Michigan with her three children with her husband joining them from India the following year. In later years she became estranged from her children following her erratic behavior and died of a Heart Attack in 1961 aged 84. As a final insult to one of her daughters whom she had left out of the will, she made her exceture of the estate, making sure here brother got everything.

50. Marion Louise Becker (1907-1944) 2nd Class - Lifeboat 11

Marion was one of Nellie's three children on the ship, Marion was never married and was recorded in the 1940 census as living with a female partner, whether this was the cause of the rift between her and her mother is unknown, Marion died in 1944 of TB aged 36, her mother refused to attend the funeral.

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