Mary Davies Wilburn
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| Mary Davies Wilburn | |
| Born | May 17, 1883 London, England |
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| Died | July 29, 1987 (aged 104) Syracuse, New York |
Mary Wilburn (née Davies) (May 17, 1883 – July 29, 1987) was the longest-lived survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Aboard Titanic
Born in London, England on May 17, 1883, Mary Davies Wilburn boarded the RMS Titanic at Southampton, England as a second-class passenger and was travelling to visit her sister, E.F. Langford, on Staten Island, New York.
[edit] Life after Titanic
Mary returned to England a few months following the disaster when the White Star Line, the company which owned the Titanic, offered her a free fare.[1] She returned to the United States in 1913 where she worked as a cook. In 1915 she married John A. Wilburn, by whom she had a son, Carl. John died in 1972 and Carl died in 1994.
[edit] Death
Mary died on July 29, 1987 in Syracuse, New York at age 104. She remains the longest-lived RMS Titanic survivor, and one of only a handful that were alive when the Titanic's wreckage was discovered in 1985.
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| Preceded by Frederick Dent Ray |
Oldest living survivor of the RMS Titanic January 15, 1977 – July 29, 1987 |
Succeeded by Marjorie Newell Robb |
