Alden Caldwell

Alden Caldwell
Born Alden Gates Caldwell[1]
June 10, 1911(1911-06-10)[1]
Bangkok, Siam[1]
Died December 18, 1992(1992-12-18) (aged 81)[1]
Largo, Florida[1]
Parents Albert Francis Caldwell
Sylvia Mae Caldwell

Alden Gates Caldwell (June 10, 1911 – December 18, 1992) was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, at only ten months.[2][3]

Contents

Early life

He was born on June 10, 1911 in Bangkok, Siam, to Albert and Sylvia Mae Caldwell, who were Presbyterian missionaries in the country before Caldwell was born.[2] The couple decided to return to America, and on the journey home, they passed through Naples, Italy and learned that a steamship called the Titanic would soon go on its inaugural voyage from Southampton to New York City.[2]

Aboard the Titanic

The family boarded the ship as second-class passengers.[2] The ship crashed into an iceberg on April 15, 1912, and the family was one of the fortunate minorities of survivors of the RMS Titanic. The young "babby"[4] (who was Caldwell himself) had been sent to lifeboat 13, and they have been rescued by the RMS Carpathia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Master Alden Gates Caldwell
  2. ^ a b c d Kemp, Bill. "Bloomington family recalls surviving Titanic sinking". The Pantagraph. http://www.pantagraph.com/news/article_9b52dfa2-c606-5938-ac1e-1e527d53a300.html. Retrieved 2008-04-13. 
  3. ^ Children of the Titanic - Surviving Children
  4. ^ Allen Butler, Daniel. Unsinkable: The Full Story of the RMS Titanic. ISBN 978-0-306-81110-4. 

See also

Last remaining survivors of the RMS Titanic disaster
2000–2009
Millvina Dean (1912–2009) · Barbara West (1911–2007) · Lillian Asplund (1906–2006) · Winnifred Quick (1904–2002) · Michel Navratil (1908–2001)
1995–1999
Eleanor Johnson (1910–1998) · Louise Laroche (1910–1998) · Edith Brown (1896–1997) · Eva Hart (1905–1996) · Beatrice Sandström (1910–1995)
1990–1994
Robertha "Bertha" Watt (1899–1993) · Ellen Shine (1891–1993) · Marjorie Newell (1889–1992) · Louise Kink (1908–1992) · Bertram Dean (1910–1992) · Alden Caldwell (1911–1992) · Michael Joseph (1907–1991) · Frank "Philip" Aks (1911–1991) · George Touma (1904–1991) · Anna "Annie" McGowan (1897–1990) · Ruth Becker (1899–1990)