Last Titanic Survivor Puts Momentos Up for Sale

Milvina Dean, 96, was only two months old when she was wrapped in a sack and put into a lifeboat from the doomed ship, and now, she is the only survivor still alive. She is having to sell her precious momentos of that time to pay for her nursing home care.

Her two-year-old brother Dean and her mother Geogetta were also rescued by the Carpathia the next morning, three of the 706 survivors. Her father Bertram Dean was one of the more than 1,500 who died. 

Her family was emigrating for a new life in Kansas City, Missouri and were steerage passengers. Four days out, the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912 and sank a few hours later.

Millvina currently lives at Woodlands Ridge, a private nursing home in Southampton, the Titanic's home port. She has been there the past two years since she broke her hip and can no longer afford it. So, she is selling these momentos. 

Her brother, mother, and her were taken to New York with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Before returning to England, they were given a small wicker basket of donated clothing by the people of that city. That suitcase and other items are expected to go for $5,200.

Actually, I would like to see a collection made so she can keep these momentos. They can then go to a museum after her death.

Associated Press. Jill Lawless.

I see that the traveling Titanic collection is now in Milwaukee at the museum. I'm thinking about seeing it.

A Real Survivor. --Cooter