Talk:Millvina Dean

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[edit] Youngest Passenger

Millvina, at just over two months old, was the youngest passenger on the ship, not counting unborn children. She was the youngest passenger and the youngest survivor. After that, there was 4-month old Gilbert Danbom, who perished, and 5-month old Assad Alexander, who survived, 7-month old Alfred Peacock, who perished, and 8-month old Viljo/William Hämäläinen, who survived. Sibley Richards and Helene Baclini were both 9-months old, and Alden Caldwell, Barbara West, and Frank Aks were 10-months. Trevor Allison was the only 11-month old, then there are several year old children. Millvina, though, at two months, was the youngest passenger on board the ship. Morhange 05:43, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Actually, there is a bit of contradiction with another article. The article Sinking of the RMS Titanic mentions her at the bottom, and states that she was two months old at the time. However, this article states that she was one month old at the time. Someone needs to do some research to find out how old she was at the time and correct the incorrect article. Looneyman (talk) 13:34, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, she was both, actually! Millvina was 7 weeks old on April 10 when the ship set sail, but turned two months on the 12th. So she was one month old when the ship set sail, but two months old when it sank :) Morhange (talk) 00:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

There's also a mistake in this article - apparently she was 1 month old when she boarded on 10th of April but 2 months old on the 2nd of April I'd change it but i have no idea what i'm meant to change it to! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.205.29.244 (talk) 22:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Death?

I have found a link from the West Briton, Truro edition, which announces that she has now died. Nicemum (talk) 23:59, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

If you mean this, it refers to the death of Barbara West. Morhange (talk) 01:50, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I see what you mean: During that time the very last British survivor, Millvina Dean, died in Hampshire at the age of 95. I'm sure if Millvina had died, there would be significant news coverage, especially considering it is now four months later. Morhange (talk) 01:51, 14 February 2008 (UTC)