Millvina Dean On The Titanic

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Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on the “unsinkable” ship, the Titanic. She was only two months old when the ship went down in April 1912. Her family was traveling from England to Kansas. Her immediate family consisted of her father Bertram, her mother, Eva and her brother, Bertram Jr. They were in 3rd class on their way to America and then going on to Kansas. They wanted to go to Kansas because her father heard that there were more opportunities and he wanted to open up a tobacco shop.

They were never supposed to be on the Titanic. They had tickets for another boat but the crossing was canceled. Her father was the only one in her family that felt the Titanic hit the iceberg. They were the first 3rd class passengers to escape. They

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