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Poop Deck

The **Poop Deck** was the highest aftermost part of the *RMS Titanic*. It was the top of the stern on B-Deck.

The Docking Bridge was elevated on this deck, and underneath it was a door leading to the Steering Gear Room. Many benches were placed for passenger use. Overhanging the stern was a flagstaff with a flag of the White Star Line. The forward end of the deck was taken up by 2 cargo cranes. The Poop Deck was 128 feet long. There were skylights for the Steering Gear Room.

When the ship sank, the Poop Deck was the very final deck to submerge. The passengers already realized that the Poop Deck would be the last place to stay dry, so roughly 1500 people or less gathered there to await the final moments of the sinking.

### Interesting Information

The term "poop" comes from the latin word puppis meaning the aft most deck of a ship. Such deck was originally intended to help guard the rear end of a ship from being swamped by large waves.

## Wreck

The forward end of the poop deck folded back on itself, exposing the 3rd class public rooms below. The docking bridge pokes out between the bollards and the capstan. The area around the capstan has collapsed a few feet which leaves the aft end of the poop deck resting atop the steering gear on C Deck. As of 2019, the poop deck has collapsed.
F-Deck

**F Deck**, also known as the **Middle Deck,** is the 5th deck from the bottom. It started flooding at around 12:15 A.M. F -Deck was about 6 meters above the waterline. This deck was mostly for Second and Third Class passengers. The Watertight Bulkheads divided this deck into sections, numbered below from bow to stern:

1. This included the store, firemen's workspace and cargo.
2. It included boiler casing. the fans, a bunker hatch, and the Squash Racquet Court
3. This section included more fans, the soiled linen room, and the linen drying room. It also included the Swimming Bath as part of the Turkish Bath complex.
4. This included the 3rd class stewards cabins,The Turkish Bath complex, (Cooling Room, Hot Room, Sauna, Shampoo Rooms and Temperate Room) and boiler casing.
5. This included the forward section of the Third Class Dining Room .
6. This section has the aft section of the Third Class Dining Room, lockers, and the pantry.
7. This section has the bakery, bakers and butchers cabins, the third class storage areas, and the third class galley.
8. These sections had engine casing and engineers quarters.
9. These included No. 4 hatch.
10. These included No. 5 and 6 hatch and the Assistant Second Class Steward's Office.

## Notable Locations

* Store
* Chain Locker
* Firemen's Berths
* Lead Greasers' Cabin
* Spiral Staircase
* Third Class Cabins (Sections C, E & G)
* Squash Racquet Court (on G Deck, extending to F Deck)
* Linen Rooms
* Swimming Bath
* Crew Cabins (Turkish Bath Attendants, Assistant 2nd Stewards, Baggage Master's Cabins)
* Crew Berths (3rd Class Stewards' Berths)
* Turkish Bath Complex
	+ Electric Bath Room
	+ Cooling Room
	+ Shampooing Rooms
	+ Temperate Room
	+ Hot Air Tanks Room
	+ Hot Room
	+ Steam Room
* Third Class Forward Dining Saloon
* Third Class Aft Dining Saloon
* Third Class Galley and Pantry
* Dog Kennels
* Third Class Stewards' Berths
* Locker Rooms
* Engineer's Quarters (adjacent to Reciprocating Engine casing)
* Second Class Cabins (3 compartments)
* Second Class Staircases
* Assistant Second Class Steward's Office
* Third Class Main Entrance
* Third Class Cabins (Section R)

## Cabins

### Second Class

* F-2: Michel Navratil, Edmond Roger Navratil, Michel Marcel Navratil
* F-3
* F-4\* (F-8?) Nellie E. Becker, Marion Louise Becker, Ruth Elizabeth Becker, Richard Fulton Becker
* F-5
* F-6
* F-7
* F-8\* (F-4?): Nellie E. Becker, Marion Louise Becker, Ruth Elizabeth Becker, Richard Fulton Becker
* F-9
* F-10: Benoit Picard
* F-11
* F-12
* F-14
* F-15
* F-16
* F-17
* F-18
* F-19
* F-20
* F-21
* F-22
* F-23
* F-24
* F-25
* F-27
* F-27
* F-28
* F-29
* F-30
* F-31
* F-32
* F-33: Elizabeth Nye, Amelia Mary Brown, Selena Cook, Amelia Lemore
Tank Top

The **Tank Top** is the lowest deck of a ship, below the Orlop Deck. On the *Titanic*, it housed the engines and boiler rooms. The boiler rooms also were in this deck. This was the first deck to flood. The water got washed in Boiler Room 6.

## Notable areas of the Olympic-class

The following areas are on this deck, from bow to stern:

* Peak Tank
* Cargo Hold No. 1
* Firemen's Passage
* Cargo Hold No. 2
* Cargo Hold No. 3 - Reserve Cargo or Coal
* Boiler Rooms
	+ Boiler Room 6
	+ Ash Ejectors
	+ Ash Pumps
	+ Boiler Room 5
	+ Boiler Room 4
	+ Boiler Room 3
	+ Boiler Room 2
	+ Boiler Room 1
* Reciprocating Engine Room
* Refrigeration Engines
* Turbine Engine Room
* Electric Machinery Center
* Fresh Water Tanks
* Propeller Shaft Tunnel
* Aft Peak Tank
Robert John Adams

## Biography

Mr. Robert John Adams was born on Sunday, June 7th, 1885 in the neighborhood of Shirley in the town of Southampton, Hampshire, England. He was the son of mariner Robert Adams (1849 - 1893) and Kate Knott (1853 - April 7th, 1934), two natives of Hampshire who had married in Portsea in 1879. He had six siblings; Kate (1883 - March 31st, 1916), Frederick (1887 - ?), Ernest (1889 - ?), Charles (1891 - ?), Ada Lillian (1892 - 1959) and Ellen (1894 - 1978).

Robert first appears on the 1891 census living at 13 Nelson Road in Southampton. Two years later, his father would die. On the 1901 census, the family is now living at 27 Pound Street in Southampton. Robert's aunt Charlotte was living with them and, along with his mother Kate, were supporting the family by working as laundresses. Robert was listed as a points boy for the Tramway Company. By 1911, Kate is listed as living at 4 Oriental Street in Southampton but Robert is absent, probably working at sea.

When Robert signed on the Titanic, on April 6th, 1912, he gave his address as 168 Pound Tree Road, Southampton. His previous ship had been the R.M.S. Tagus and, as fireman, he would receive the monthly wages of £6. Once in New York City, New York, United States, Robert had intended to travel to be with the rest of his siblings who had all immigrated to Ontario, Canada. His brother Ernest was traveling from Toronto, Ontario, Canada by train to meet him. This would never happen as Robert died in the sinking. His last moments remain unknown and his body, if recovered, was never identified.
Albert Edward James Horswill

Albert Edward James Horswill was one of *Titanic*'s Able Seamen who ran away from home to become a sailor.

Albert was born on 26 March 1879 in West Ham, Essex, England.

He escaped the stricken ship on lifeboat 1 and afterwards testified at the British Inquiry when the rumours of bribery swired around events on boat 1.  He maintained that he heard no conversations take place with regards returning to the scene of the wreck or worries about the lifeboat being swamped. He conceded however that it would have been perfectly safe to return to the wreck to pick up survivors, feeling it to be "inhuman" to leave them behind.

He worked with White Star Line until 1913 before settling in Illinois and regaling audiences in theatres with stories of his survival.

Mister Horswill died on 7 April 1962 in Humble, Texas, USA.
Luise Kink

Luise Kink-Heilmann was a passenger on *Titanic* who survived the disaster.

German born Luise Heilmann was a native of Enzberg, where she came into this world on 21 March 1886.

Luise married Anton Kink, a shop keeper from Mahrensdorf, on 5 May 1908 in Austria, four weeks after the birth of their daughter Luise Gretchen Kink-Heilmann. She was conceived on April 8. They lived at 66 Hornbachstrasse, Zürich. In May 1911 Anton's mother died, and Anton's brother Vincenz Kink and sister Miss Maria Kink came over to Zürich after her death, to live with Anton and both Luises. After roughly a year the party wanted to migrate to the United States.

All five boarded the *Titanic*. Bound for Milwaukee, Luise was in Cabin #190 with her daughter, Aloisia Haas, Josefine Arnold and her sister-in-law Maria Kink. Luise was 26 years old at the time.

On the night of April 14, disaster struck as *Titanic* was fatally wounded when she couldn't avoid hitting an iceberg. The ship started to sink.

On April 15, after midnight, Luise was awoken by her husband who came from their section with his brother, and told what happened. They had seen ice on deck and their cabin was already flooding. The women all dressed. They managed to make it to the Boat Deck but Luise and Anton lost Vincenz and Maria on the way. Luise and her daughter were put on lifeboat 2 but Anton remained onboard, untill the boat was lowered, and then Anton jumped in and joined them.

Luise, Anton and their daughter travelled onto Milwaukee and Anton eventually raised enough money to lease a farm but he divorced Luise in 1919. She never learnt English to a sufficient level and became more and more secluded. She never really spoke about her experiences that night and if asked she would respond "Why would you want to know that?", and would burst into tears. She remarried to an unknown Mr. Kroepl.

In 1974 however, she did share a moment of reflection: "Being in the lifeboat, waiting for the *Carpathia,* never had I though, I would live to grow as old as I am now."

Her daughter cared for he until her death on Ocotber 9, 1979. She reached the very respectable age of 93.

She was laid to rest in Sunnyside-cemetary, Milwaukee.
Anna Kristine Salkjelsvik

Anna Kristine Salkjelsvik was a Third Class Passenger who boarded Titanic in Southampton with 5 other Norwegians, among which was also Olaus Abelseth. Her destination was Proctor, Minnesota, where he sister, Olivia, lived. Anna was born in Skodje, Norway, to Ole Iver Johansen Grodas and Anna Marie Salkjelsvik.

She shared a cabin with Karen Abelseth and 2 other young women. Anna left the sinking ship in the Collapsible C lifeboat and was reunited with Karen aboard the Carpathia.

She has suffered from survivor's guilt.

On 7 September 1912, she married William Larsen, a fellow Norwegian, in Midway, St. Louis, Minnesota. Four children were born to this union: Margaret (Nelson)1813-1994, Ernest 1918, Astor 1915-1991, and Vivian Janet (Sandeno)(Olafson)1919-1999.

She passed away in 1977, she spent her last years as a widow, in the Chris Jensen Nursing Home in Duluth, St. Louis, Minnesota, where she died at the age of 86.
George Moore

George Alfred Moore was one of Titanic's Able Seamen. He survived the disaster.

He was born on January 26th, 1880 in Enfield, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. He had 3 siblings. Not much is known about his childhood, but he was the son of George Moore (b.1857), a railway porter, and Emily "Emmey" Wareham (b.1859). Although George was born in Enfield in 1880 he appears on the 1881 census residing in Millbrook, Hampshire. George was working at sea by the age of 15.

George was married in Southampton, late 1904 to Eliza Patterson, born Curson. A widower, she had four children from her previous marriage and would have the same number of children with George.

On the day of departure from Southampton, George described a boat drill at mid day involving all able seamen. This involved two boats being swung out and lowered.

On the night of the disaster Moore was off-watch and in bed.  He described a noise like a "cable running out, like a ship dropping anchor. There was not any shock at all." Botswain Alfred Nichols soon came to the seamen's quarters ordering the men to their assigned boat station.  Moore assisted in lowering lifeboats 5 and 7 and in swinging out lifeboat 3. Officer Murdoch then ordered him into lifeboat 3 to assist the women aboard. When no more women were willing or available, Moore admitted to accepting men aboard and judged there to be around 32 people aboard when the boat was lowered.

Moore took the tiller and believed they were about a quarter of a mile from *Titanic* when it sank. He described how it split in half and he heard two explosions.

When providing evidence to the US inquiry he was pressed on why he did not return to collect those struggling in the water. He responded that many passengers onboard were strongly against the idea for fear of being swamped and he also explained the cries they heard lasted for only a short time and in the time it would have taken to row back it woul dhave been too late.

Moore continued to work at sea, being called up for military service for World War One and then worked on Oceanic repatriating Canadian forces. By 1920 he was employed by The P&O Company.  On passage returning from India he contracted smallpox so was put ashore at Aden in Yemen. He slept in the open with a only a basic thatched roof. Despite the basic conditions, he managed to recover and set to work in the Southampton docks or working cross channel boats.

George passed away due to a combination of heart and liver problems, in Southampton, aged 63, in 1943. His family fondly recalled him as a hardworking man, who was approachable and made little demands on others despite the hard life he experienced.
Arne Fahlstrøm

Arne Jonas "Joma" Fahlstrøm was a Norwegian actor and a passenger on board the RMS *Titanic* when it sank on its maiden voyage. Arne Jonas was born 5 July 1893 in Slemdal, Kristiania. He grew up there and was the only son of actor, painter and theatre director Johan Fahlstrøm and actress Alma Fahlstrøm. The family was central to Kristiania's theater life and had, among other things, run Fahlstrøm's theatre.

After graduating in 1911, his parents sent him off to the United States so that he could develop his artistic talents and study film. His parents treated him to the trip because of his good results.

Arne Fahlstrøm embarked on a journey to the USA on 3 April 1912, when he left he left Kristiania with the SS *Oslo* of the Wilson Line and traveled to Hull in England. Later he traveled to Southampton where he was to board the RMS *Titanic*. He boarded the ship on 10 April 1912.

On board he was the only one of the 31 Norwegian passengers who traveled in Second Class. 28 of them traveled in Third Class, while the Østby family of two traveled in First Class. Despite this, Arne Fahlstrøm was the only Norwegian who had a kind of celebrity status in hs country.

Not much is known about his life aboard the ship. Arne Fahlstøm lost his life during the sinking of the RMS *Titanic* - he was only 18 years old at the time. If his body was found, he was never identified. Of the 30 Norwegian passengers, 20 lost their lives.

Arne Fahlstrøm's parents were on holiday in Copenhagen when they heard that Arne had died. The parents, who had now lost their only child, never got over the loss of Arne and later formed a fund in Arne's name for poor theater artists.

They also bequeathed their fortune to the Rescue Society, which named two boats after Arne. Arne Fahlstrøm was also mentioned in the shilling song about the *Titanic*'s downfall.
Peter Dennis Daly

Peter Dennis Daly was a First Class passenger on Titanic. Peter was born in Liscard, Wallasey, England,  on July the 17th, 1860. He was the son of John and Isabel Daly. In his childhood he lived outside Liverpool by the river Mersey.

Peter Daly was a multilingual man. He could speak English, German, Italian, Spanish, French, Greek and even Latin.  Not at all suprising then, that he graduated from Cambridge University, with special honors no less. He wanted to see more of the world and needed a vacation, and from his father John he got a ticket and he went to South America. In Peru he fell in love with Maria Rosalba Ramos. She was born in Peru and had Spanish blood. On 9 July 1887 they pledged their vows to eachother.

It is uncertain if this was his first wife, as he was listed somewhere in 1881 to have already married as a 20-year old.  It’s likely an error as it has been disputed as sources amongst his descendents claimed that mrs Ramos was his first and only love.

Sadly his marriage had been struck with bad news because his mother had passed away around that time.  The now widowed Johan Daly had attended the wedding but he settled in Peru as well when he found new love too.

Peter and Maria had no less than ten children together, an equal amount of boys and girls.

He worked for London firm Haes & Sons and as a the representive of the branch in Lima, this included attending to business in London.

Mr Peter Dennis Daly began his voyage aboard Titanic as part of his journey home to Lima, getting on the ship in Southampton on 10th April 1912. He occupied cabin E-17.

It is presumed that after the collision with the iceberg he had changed into warm clothes, and wore a money belt, with his passport, money and a silver cigarette case inside. His accounts of his last moments on the ship tell us that he heard ‘several shots’ near the end and that some person told him about an officer commiting suicide. In an interview conducted after the disaster, Daly claimed to have been told that an officer had killed himself, and this was while he was still on board the *Titanic*.”

After all that, he was washed off Titanic’s Boat Deck in her final 15 minutes and that he found himself in the sea, and was soon able to get aboard Collapsible A which had floated off the ship as well.

He remembered that the Titanic’s band played till the very end.

He was not in a great shape when rescued by Carpathia. He had suffered hypothermia and his legs had to endure a lot of pain caused by the icey water. To alleviate that, he had to take baths in hot springs.

Peter Daly could often be found spending his leisure time in his own back yard, enjoying vegetables. He could spend hours there. He was also a fan of card games, in perticular patience and chess, which he played via mail oversees.

Peter Dennis Daly died in in Lima on 24th December 1932.
William Fisher Hoyt

William Fisher Hoyt was an American First Class passenger and a victim in the sinking of the RMS *Titanic*. He was the first victim of the disaster officially declared dead.

## Biography

He was born on January 24, 1869, in Wadsworth, Medina, Ohio. He was the son of carpenter Charles E. Hoyt and his wife Helen Maria Fisher. He had two younger brothers, Gordon and Charles and one older brother: Carl. In the 1880s the family moved to Cleveland.

In 1910, William resided in Manhattan, New York and had been working for several years as a buyer for the firm Houghton, Lee & Hoyt, a position that had made him cross the Atlantic several times. He was also associated with Lozier Bicycle Company and Sterling & Welch, Co, and had been the captain of the Lakeside Bicycle Club.

In early 1912, Hoyt was returning from one of his frequent business trips to Europe, embarking on April 10, 1912 on the *Titanic* in Cherbourg, France.

## Death

Hoyt was one of hundreds of passengers left floating in the icy waters when *Titanic* sank away beneath them. Fifth Officer Harold Lowe returned to the wreck area with lifeboat 14 to search for survivors and heard a whimper in the water. The occupants of the boat found a motionless man almost unconscious, afloat thanks to the life preserver, bleeding from his nose and mouth. Hoyt was a large and burly man, so they had difficulty getting him on board, requiring the participation of all the crew present. Lowe reported, "After we put him on the boat, we removed his neck to give him more chance to breathe, but unfortunately, he died. He was too lost when we picked him up."

He was returned to sea at sea burial on April 16 by sailors of the RMS *Carpathia*, having been identified by the contents of his pockets: cards that included a New York Athletic Club membership card and an identification card from New York's Fidelity and Casualty Company, as well as a pocket watch and its chain both of peculiar invoice. His brother Gordon traveled to Washington, D.C. to ask the crew members about him, initially without success.
Helen Loraine Allison

**Helen Loraine Allison** (June 5th, 1909 - April 15th, 1912) was a 2 year-old First Class passenger of the RMS *Titanic* who died with her parents in the sinking.

## Biography

Loraine was born on June 5th, 1909, daughter of Hudson and Bess Allison. She had a younger brother, Trevor.

The Allison's booked first class passage on board the *Titanic*, bound for Montreal. They boarded the ship in Southampton along with four servants: a maid Sarah Daniels, a nurse Alice Cleaver, a cook Amelia Mary Brown and a butler George Swane. Hudson and Bess occupied Cabin C-26, Sarah and Loraine occupied C-22, and Alice and Trevor occupied C-24. Two second class cabins were also booked for George and Amelia.

Hudson and Bess were dining companions with Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen. At dinner on April 14th, they brought Loraine to the dining room with them so she could see how pretty it was.

After the collision Trevor went missing with Alice. When the Allisons realized this, they resolved that they would not get in a lifeboat until he was found, nor would they be parted from Loraine. They were last seen standing together, smiling, on the promenade deck. Less reliable reports said that they made it into Collapsible A, and were thrown into the windows and drowned.

Loraine was the only child in First Class to die in the sinking while none in Second Class died and fifty-three of seventy-six in Third Class died. Her body was never recovered.

## What really happened to Loraine?

In 1940, a woman named Helen Loraine Kramer claimed that she was Loraine and that, at the last minute, Loraine's parents gave her up to a man named Hyde (whose identity she said to be that of shipbuilder Thomas Andrews) who raised her on a farm in the American Midwest. Her claim, however, was not accepted by the Allison's. Eventually, she moved to the western United States and they never heard from her again.

There is a claim that she was sucked into the staircase with her mother, but it is not for sure.

In December 2013, the Loraine Allison Identification Project announced results of mitochondrial DNA testing performed on mitochondrial DNA donated by female-line descendants of Kramer, and descendants of the Allisons. The test was performed by DNA Diagnostics Center, a facility accredited by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors. The results were negative, demonstrating that no relationship existed between Kramer and the Allison's.
Daniel Warner Marvin

**Daniel Warner Marvin** (February 12th, 1894 - April 15th, 1912) was a First Class passenger of the *Titanic*. He was a wealthy young New Yorker and former Canastotan. He boarded the *Titanic* at Southampton with his wife Mary Graham Carmichael Marvin as First Class passengers (ticket number 113773, £53, 2s). They occupied cabin D-30. They were returning to New York on the Titanic after enjoying their honeymoon in Europe.

Born on February 12, 1894, he was the son of Harry Norton Marvin and Oramella Lucretia Tackabury. Henry Norton Marvin was founder of the early motion picture production houses of American Mutoscope and the Biograph Company. Daniel's brother was also a cameraman at the studio. The building's previous owner was a member of the Cunard family. The film pioneer David Wark Griffith made his first films with Henry Marvin and his partner. Henry's brother was also a cameraman at the studio.

In the early years of the 20th century, Biograph had a lawsuit with The Edison Group (which was tied to Thomas Edison laboratories) over claims of patent infringment for making films using the Edison Camera. However, Henry Norton Marvin's Company had in their employ, a former employee of the Edison group who had been instrumental in inventing the camera in the first place. He developed another camera, which got around the patent restrictions, and in the meantime, the Business Manager of Biograph, a fellow named Kennedy, had purchased the rights to the Latham Loop, the process that enabled the film to run in a continuous loop behind the lens. The lawsuit resulted in an arranged Association between The Edison Group and Biograph.

Daniel Marvin got married to Mary Farquarson in Manhattan on 8 January 1912. Daniel's marriage was not filmed, however, the ceremony was restaged for the camera. The London Daily Mirror reported it to be the very first wedding to be "cinematographed". They went on to travel to Europe and took passage on the *Mauretania*.

On the night of the sinking, Daniel assisted his wife to a boat with the words *"It's alright, little girl. You go. I will stay."*

Daniel died in the sinking, at the age of 18. His body, if recovered, was never identified. He became a posthumous father following the sinking on 21 October 1912, when Mary gave birth to a daughter Peggy.

On April 15, when the crowds that gathered at the New York offices of White Star for information, there were relatives of both Daniel and Mary Marvin: Mrs Frank Farquarson and Mrs W.H. Marvin learnt that Mary had been saved but there was no word of Daniel Marvin.

In the New York newspapers, a wrong story was published that Daniel W. Marvin was one of the Titanic survivors, and with the assertion that she saw Ismay and Captain Smith drinking in one of the saloons of the liner just before it 'crashed into the great ice mountain.'
Alma Cornelia Pålsson

**Alma Cornelia Pålsson** was a Third Class passenger of the *Titanic*. She was traveling with her four children. None of the family members survived the sinking.

She was born to Maria Berglund (neé Nilsson) and Anders Berglund on 3 August in 1882, in Velinge, Sweden.

Alma was married to Nils Pålsson on 12 September 1902, in Bjuv, Malmöhus (Skåne), Sweden. They had 4 children together: Gösta Leonard, Torborg Danira, Paul Folke, and Stina Viola. Nils lived in Bjuv with wife and children, and was a miner. But in the early 1910s, a major strike occured and Nils withdrew from his profession. Seeing no other job opportunities other than brickworker and farm hand, he wanted to try his luck in America.

As a Swedish immigrant, Alma and her children wanted to join their husband and father Nils, who had immigrated to America in 1910 to find a job along with Alma's two brothers. With money raised after two years of hard work, Nils sent tickets to Alma and the children to join him in Chicago. They sailed on *Titanic* and all of them died. Their loss, like that of Franz Pulbaum and so many others, was a loss for America as well as a deeply felt family tragedy.

The family boarded the *Titanic* on Southampton (Ticket No. 349909, £21 1s 6d). While on board, Alma got to know August Wennerström, and the other Swedish emigrants such as: Elin Gerda and Edvard Lindell, Carl Olof Jansson, etc.

When the ship was sinking it took a long time to prepare the four children and Alma came too late for the lifeboats. She met Wennerström and the Lindells on the Boat Deck near Collapsible A. Wennerström tried to hold on to two of the children as she had asked him to but when water came up on them, Wennerström lost his grip and both disappeared. Wennerström survived, the Lindells and Alma and her children were not.

Alma's body was recovered by the *Mackay-Bennett*:

CLOTHING - Brown coat; green cardigan; dark skirt; brown skirt under; boots; no stockings.
EFFECTS - Wedding ring; brass keeper; mouth organ; purse and two coins; a letter; 65 kronor; had four children with her; letter from husband, Neil Paulsson, 94 Townsned St., Chicago.
THIRD CLASS, TICKET No. 349909 (5 tickets).
NAME - ALMA PAULSSON.

She received a burial in Halifax along with various other *Titanic* victims that had been recovered.
Mathilde Françoise Pede

Mathilde Françoise Pede was a seamstress and singer and one of the 27 Belgians aboard the ship *Titanic* that sank on April 15, 1912. She was married to Leopold Weisz. It was the Belgian journalist Dirk Musschoot who discovered her real name as she was originally listed on the passenger list as Mathilde Weisz.

## Biography

Pede was born in Gent on May 24, 1874. She lived in the De Vreese Werkmanskwartier near St. Peter's Abbey, which has since disappeared. For a while she was a maid in what was then the Grand Palais Valentino, close to what was then Gent-Zuid station.

When she was 21 she went to study at the Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Art in England where she met Leopold Weisz, a Hungarian-Jewish sculptor working in Montreal. The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Art was an association of modern artists, active from 1898 to 1966 and its members created works of art for the *Lusitania*, among others. Mathilde Pede lived for a time in Bromsgrove, a town in the Bromsgrove district, 13 miles from Birmingham. They married and he later picked her up in England.

They decided to emigrate to Canada, much to the dismay of her parents. They were originally supposed to cross the ocean in First Class on another ship, but due to a coal strike they booked a ticket on the *Titanic* (number 228414, £26) in Second Class.

On the night of the tragedy, Mathilde sang a hymn in the Second Class Dining Saloon. Mr. Pain and Douglas Norman accompanied her as she sang The Last Rose of Summer. Something felt off to her, while taking a walk on the Promenade Deck with Leopold. Just arriving at their cabin, the *Titanic* had hit the iceberg, and they felt it.

Leopold Weisz drowned but she survived the disaster, along with six other Belgians.

She disembarked from the Carpathia on 18 April 1912 in New York. The authorities decided to deport Mathilde Weisz back to Belgium as she was considered to be insolvent. When her husband's body was recovered with $15,000 worth of gold in his clothing, her situation changed and she remained in Montreal. In 1914 she married her late husband's business partner.

After the First World War, she was awarded the Queen Elisabeth Medal by King Albert for collecting $57,000 in support for Belgian charitable works. Mathilde Pede spent the rest of her life in Canada.

She died in Montreal on October 13, 1953. She was buried in Notre-Dame des Neiges cemetery in Montreal. A street in Gentbrugge was named after her.
Charles Duane Williams

**Charles Duane Williams** was born on a Satuday, August 11th, 1860 in Radnor, Pennsylvania. He was an American lawyer who died in the sinking of *Titanic*. He was the son of Duane Williams en Alice Norris.

Williams is generally regarded the main driving force behind the foundation of the International Tennis Federation in 1913. There are two versions of what he actually did. According to one version, he addressed the president of the Swiss Lawn Tennis Federation, Charles Barde, whom he told of his idea to found an international umbrella association for tennis. Barde then told this to the president of the French tennis organization, Henry Wallet. According to another version, Williams wrote a letter to Wallet directly in October 1911, proposing to hold an international tennis tournament at Paris (the French Championships were only open to players from French clubs at that time). As the Wimbledon Championships were seen as the world championships on grass courts, he proposed to introduce a world championships on clay. Williams' letter led to the introduction of the World Hard Court Championships at Paris in 1912. The tournament's organizing committee consisting of delegates from several countries later evolved the International Lawn Tennis Federation, which was founded on March 1, 1913 at Paris.

In April 1912, Williams planned to return to the United States along with his son, Richard Norris Williams ("Dick"), a in order to visit his wife, Lydia Biddle Williams-White. Both men boarded the RMS *Titanic* at Cherbourg, as First Class passengers. After the collision with the iceberg, Charles and Richard went to the bar, only to find out it was closed. They asked a steward if he could open up but the steward said it was against regulations. Charles handed an empty flask to Richard. Richard's grandson Quincy II has since inherited this flask.

During the sinking, Charles and Richard were on the Boat Deck. They jumped into the water and started swimming away. Richard was swimming ahead of Charles when the forward funnel began to fall. Richard saw the funnel collapse, killing his father.

Richard would go on to become a famous American tennis player.
Lucian Philip Smith

Lucian Philip Smith was a passenger aboard *Titanic*.

Lucian Philip Smith was born to Norval Preston Smith and Anne Houston Smith, a family in the coal business. He was a native of Dawson, Pennsylvania, USA, where he was conceived on August 14, 1887.

Lucian attended the West Virginia University, and graduated at the age of 24.

He fell in love with the daughter of a very influencial political family, Mary Eloise Hughes. She was 18 years old. After a short courtship in January 1912, he won her over and they married on the 8th of February. Their wedding was at the Central Christian Church in Huntington and it caught a lot of media attention and was hailed as one of the most brilliant events by one local newspaper.

The newlyweds had a world tour planned as their honeymoon. They left the US on the *Olympic*, under command of Captain Edward John Smith.

In early April, the couple were homesick and thus made plans to return to West Virginia. They boarded *Titanic* in Cherbourg. They met the Astor couple during their wait. They traveled in First Class and had tickets for Cabin C-31. Their destination was Huntington, West Virginia, USA.

On the night of April 14, Lucian was playing bridge with Paul Chevré, Alfred Fernand Omont and Pierre Maréchal. After the collision he returned to his cabin to wake his wife. He was quoted to have said: "We are in the north and have struck an iceberg. It does not amount to anything, but will probably delay us a day getting into New York. However, as a matter of form, the captain has ordered all ladies on deck."

After arriving on the Boat Deck, the Smiths were sitting, chatting calmly, in the ship's Gymnasium, when the first of the lifeboats began to fill with women and children. It was time to leave. He assured his wife he would board a lifeboat later and ensured she got in lifeboat 6. He kissed her goodbye. Lucian would not survive the diaster. His companions however all found refuge on lifeboat 7 at starboard side.

A memorial service was held in the same church in which he had been married three months prior. Eloise was already pregnant on the night of the disaster and gave birth to Lucian Philip Smith II in November 1912. She would remarry at least three more times, being very unlucky in love, whether it was through divorce or death of her husband.

## Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SIHMdhrLII ~ channel: History Inside A Nutshell
William Bertram Greenfield

Mr William Bertram Greenfield, 23, was born in New York City, on 11 May 1888, the son of Leo Greenfield and Blanche Strouse.

A furrier from New York, NY, Mr Greenfield boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg with his mother Blanche Greenfield, they they held a First Class ticket, number PC 17759, price £63, 7s, 2d and occupied cabins D-10 and D-12.

After the collision Mr Greenfield played cards in the First Class smoking room with Alfred Nourney (Baron von Drachstedt) and Henry Blank.

He was rescued in lifeboat 7.

William rarely spoke about the Titanic disaster largely out of respect to his mother, Blanche, who was forever haunted by the screams of those who died in the icy waters.

William Greenfield served during World War I, married, had two daughters and continued to live in New York City.

He died on 12 November 1949 at the age of 61. He was buried at the Salem Field Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.
Margaret Ann Ford

Margaret Ann Ford was a native of Brancadale on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. She was born there on 3 Dec 1857 to William Watson, a shepherd, and Margaret "Peggy" Ross. Margaret Ann had 11 siblings.

It is unclear what inspired her to move south but she married Edward Ford in Sussex on June the 7th, 1890. The couple would go on to have five children: Dollina Margaret, Frances Mary, Edward Watson, William Neal Thomas and Robina Maggie.

Edward reportedly deserted the family at some point in 1911 and Margaret was left to attempt to survive as a poultry farmer. Her daughter Frances had emmigrated to the US and had work as a domestic servant on Long Island and her tales of her new life inspired the family to travel together to join her. They were joined by Margaret's sister Elizabeth Johnston and her family and a family friend Alice Phoebe Harknett. Margaret and Elizabeth planned to meet their brother Thomas in New London, Connecticut prior to reuniting with Frances.

The Johnston family planned their trip in October 1911 to go the US with the *Philadelphia* but with difficulties caused by the coal strike they decided to wait for Elizabeth's sister, Margaret and her family, and rearranged their journey on the *Titanic*. In Southampton they boarded that ship to take voyage to what looked like a bright future ahead. Margaret Ann was 54 years old at the time.

*Titanic* however would strike an iceberg on her Maiden Voyage on 11:40 P.M. on April 14, and the ship was too damaged to be able to stay afloat. She sank less than 3 hours later in the cold waters of the Atlantic on April 15.

Sadly, the entire party was lost without a trace in the disaster. Later Edward Ford filed a claim for the loss of the family he had abandoned and was awarded 5 shillings a week.

Frances Ford, having lost her family, later went to live in Haverhill, Massachusetts with her uncle Thomas Watson and later worked as a laundress. She married Charles Henry Langley in 1916 and they had two children, Muriel (b. 1920) and Charles Henry (b. 1922). The fate of Charles Langley is lost to history but Frances remarried before 1930 with a leather dealer from New York, Michael Nathanson. Frances passed away in 1969.
Infinity Device

## Description

"An overpowered upgrader designed by a mad genius. Because of the odds, this upgrader became immortal and is used by the greatest miners all over the world."

## Overview

The Conveyor of this upgrader consists of an intricate design with a gear in the center of it. It also consists of 2 wing-like structures on both sides which meet in the middle encasing a dark blue orb projecting the upgrading part of the upgrader into the middle of the gear. The Infinity Device also has a gloomy color palate which is also accompanied by hollow strikes of a clock tower whenever you place it down. The Infinity Device upgrades ore by 415k times its value. Fair warning to those who try to make this item before sacrifice sp- as doing so will result in the loss of the item upon sacrificing.

## Recipe

The Infinity device can be made at the Craftsman and calls for:

* 17500 shards
* 25 True Overlord Devices
* 25 Overlord Devices
* 2 Ultimate Overlord Devices
* 6 System Errors
* 1 Pillars of Supremacy
Albert Edward Akerman

## Biography

Mr. Albert Edward Akerman was born on Saturday, November 13th, 1880 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. He was the son of Joseph Akerman (1845 - 1914) and his wife Fanny Palmer (1845 - 1925). Both were Wiltshire natives who had married in 1871. He had five siblings; William Henry (1872 - ?), Joseph Francis (May 14th, 1874 - April 15th, 1912), Eliza (1875 - ?), Arthur Wallace (1877 - ?) and Alice Maud (1882 - ?).

Albert is first seen on the 1881 census living with his family at 12 Spring Place in Salisbury. His father was listed as a general labourer and Albert as a five-year-old boy, probably being confused with his older brother Arthur. On the 1891 census, the family is now seen living at 37 Green Croft Street and his father is now listed as a tractor engine driver. By the time of the 1901 census, his parents still live at 37 Green Croft Street but Albert is absent. The same happens with the 1911 census, being away working at sea.

When Albert signed on the Titanic on April 4th, 1912, he gave his address at 25 Rochester Street, Southampton, Hampshire, England, his brother Joseph's address and his last ship as being the R.M.S. Oceanic. He would work as a third class steward and receive monthly wages of £3 15s. His brother Joseph, who had also signed up to work on Titanic, would work as a pantry steward. Both Albert and Joseph would perish in the sinking. Their last moments remain unknown and while Joseph's body was recovered, Albert's was not or, if recovered, never identified. The Akerman brothers are remembered on the St. Augustine Church Memorial in Southampton.

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St. Augustine Church Memorial in Southampton.
William Andrew Johnston

William Andrew Johnston was a native of Croydon, Surrey, England. He was born their to Andrew Emslie Johnston and Elizabeth 'Eliza' Watson. His parents were of Scottish descent. They were married in 1902. His father was a plumber. William was their first child who came to light on Monday 13 September 1903.

A sister, Catherine Nellie Johnston, was born on 19 February 1905.

In Sussex lived his mother's older sister, Margaret Ann Ford. Her husband had left her at some point in 1911. She had a daughter called Frances, and the young woman had been working in the United States for quite some time after migrating there in the same year. Frances had told her mother and her aunt Eliza wonderful stories about life in America. This got both Margaret and Elizabeth very interested, and were wondering whether they should start a new life at the other side of the Atlantic too.

The family made plans to emmigrate to the US in October 1911 on board the *Philadelphia* but with difficulties caused by the coal strike they decided to wait for Elizabeth's sister, Margaret and her family, and rearranged their journey on the *Titanic*. They travelled in Third Class, and were joined by a family friend, Alice Harknett. William was 8 years old at the time.

Her mother and aunt planned to meet their brother Thomas in New London, Connecticut prior to reuniting with Frances.

Their future plans were quickly crossed out as the *Titanic* had grazed an iceberg on the night of April 14, and started sinking. The Johnstons and the Fords were lost in the disaster that followed. Their bodies were never found.
Maria Kink

Maria was born on the first of January 1889 in Mahrensdorf, Styria, Austria. She was the youngest child of Vinzenz Kink-Hofer, being born after her brothers Anton (1883) and Vincenz (1885). Sadly she never got to know her father, who died too short after her birth.

Her mother whose name is unkown, died in May 1911. Maria at the time was single and she worked as a maid.

After that, she moved to Zürich with her brother Vincenz to live with their brother Anton and his young family. They all chose to emigrate to America together and so boarded the *Titanic* in Southampton. Their destination was Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Maria was 22 at the time.

Maria was in Third Class cabin #190 at the stern on F-Deck with her sister-in-law and neice along with Aloisia Haas and Josefina Arnold. Her ticket was given to her by the agency Kaiser & Cie in Basel.

On the night of April 14, disaster struck as the ship had collided with and iceberg and started to take on water. They were woken up by Anton and Vincenz, who had checked things out at the bow and had seawater coming into their cabin. They had left with their lifebelts to come and take their family with them. As they were making their way to the Boat Deck, both Vincenz and Maria were separated from her family and never seen again. She perished in the sinking and her body, if recovered, was never identified.

Her brother Anton was given her death certificate and compensation as her only surviving relative.
Wylīām Alī

## Biography

Mr. Wylīām Alī was born in 1887 in Lebanon. He had at least one brother, Ahmed Alī (1888 - April 15th, 1912).

Both brothers had emigrated in Buenos Aires, Pampas, Argentina where they established as farmers. They had gone to visit family back in Lebanon when, in 1912, they were finally ready to go back in Argentina. Both Wylīām and Ahmed booked passage on the RMS *Titanic* as Third Class passengers. Wylīām's ticket was 3101312, which cost him £7 1s. They boarded the ship in Southampton on Wednesday, April 10th, 1912. The Alī brothers perished in the sinking and, although Ahmed's body was not recovered, Wylīām's was. It was the 79th body recovered by the C.S. Mackay-Bennett. He was brought back to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery on May 10th, 1912.

## Photos

Wylīām Alī's body recovery description, page 1.Wylīām Alī's body recovery description, page 2.Wylīām Alī's grave.
William John Murdock

William John Murdock was a Fireman on *Titanic* who emigrated to Australia after surviving the sinking of the great liner.

Born in Great Clifton, Cumberland, England on Thursday 17th September 1874, he was the son of Irish immigrant parents, Nathaniel Murdock and Anne McMaster. He became a Fireman and went on to marry Catherine Robson on 27 February 1901. The couple had four children with the youngest dying at only a few months old.

On March 29, 1912 Murdock signed on to the *Titanic* as a Fireman for the delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton, from where her Maiden Voyage would begin. It was a short trip but obviously enough to convince him to sign up on April 6 for the long voyage to America. With a young family to support, working as stoker onboard the famous new ship, he could look forward to monthly wages of 6 pounds.

He was one of 163 stokers that would keep the fires burning on the *Titanic*, right up to its last days above water. Murdock's was a skilled job where he had to feed just the right amount of coal into the flames to keep the ship at the required speed.

He toiled in the depths of the huge ship and his job was often performed stripped to the waist because of the amazing heat emitted by the large furnaces. More than 600 tonnes of coal a day were needed to propel the *Titanic* across the Atlantic.

On the night of April 14, the ship hit an iceberg, and the stokers could no longer feed the coal into the furnaces of Boiler Room 6, and the engines stopped.

Amidst the chaos of getting people into lifeboats and the *Titanic* slowly descending into its watery grave, it is possible William made it to Collapsible lifeboat D. He could have been part of the crew or as one of the very few survivors hauled out of the freezing waters of the Atlantic after the ship sank. There is no evidence for this, but he did survive.

Collapsible D later approached the *Carpathia*, that had come at speed immediately after receiving *Titanic*'s distress calls, and rescued the surviving passengers and crew of the *Titanic*.

After the devastation of losing 76% of his fellow crew members, not to mention the numbers of passengers, Murdock headed back to Belfast and his family. He continued to work on the sea up until the 1920s. During that time the Murdock family emigrated to Sydney. He worked on ships between Newcastle and Sydney.

William died on July 1, 1941. Catherine would not remarry and live on untill March 22, 1965 and they were laid to rest in the same grave.