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Eliza Gladys Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009), known as Millvina Dean, was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on 15 April 1912.
Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Millvina Dean? Millvina Dean was only nine weeks old when she rode on the RMS Titanic with her parents and brother. When the ship hit an iceberg and sank, she became its youngest...
Feb 10, 2023 · Millvina Dean was born on 2 February 1912 and survived the sinking of the Titanic with her mother and brother. She was transferred to the ship from another boat due to a coal strike and later became the last person to die from the disaster in 2009.
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In 1997 she was invited to travel aboard the QE2 to America to complete her family's voyage to Wichita, Kansas. In April, 1996 she visited Belfast for the first time, as guest of honour for a Titanic Historical Society convention. Millvina was the last living-survivor.
- Female
- English
- Bartley Farm, Hampshire, England
- Camberwell, Surrey, England
- A coal strike put Millvina Dean’s family on the ‘Titanic.’ Dean’s parents had decided to leave their home in Southampton, England, and emigrate to the United States.
- Millvina Dean’s father may have saved her life. In their cabin on one of the Titanic’s lower decks, Dean’s father felt the impact of the ship colliding with the iceberg.
- Baby Millvina was a superstar on her return trip. After the Titanic sinking, the Deans abandoned plans to settle in Wichita. The White Star Line gave the family passage back to England aboard another of its ships, RMS Adriatic—likely the one they were supposed to take instead of the Titanic.
- Millvina Dean made maps during World War II. Dean lived most of her life in the Southampton area. During World War II, she worked as a cartographer in the British government’s map office in London, making charts for the British army.
Apr 13, 2024 · Millvina Dean was 9 weeks old when the Titanic sank 112 years ago. She was the last living survivor of the ship and died in 2009.
Jun 1, 2009 · LONDON Millvina Dean, who as an infant passenger aboard the Titanic was lowered into a lifeboat in a canvas mail sack and lived to become the ship’s last survivor, died Sunday at a nursing home...
