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Titanic History Wednesday, April 30, 2025 |
| 1919 - 1st class survivor Miss Daisy E. Minahan died of tuberculosis in Los Angeles, California, USA at the age of 40.
1871 - 1st class survivor Miss Elizabeth Weed Shutes was born to Samuel E. Shute and Sarah Berrian Shute in Newburgh, New York, USA. 1872 - 1st class survivor Miss Sara Rebecca Compton was born to Alexander Taylor Compton and Mary Eliza Compton. 1918 - 3rd class survivor Mrs Anna De Messemaeker died in a mental hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, USA at the age of 42. 1869 - Carver Sig. Candido Scavino was born to Gioanni Scavino and Anna Frejlino in Guarene (Cuneo), Italy. 1912 - Day 11 of the American inquiry into the Titanic disaster in Washington, D. C., USA. Witnesses called that day: Salesman Edward J. Dunn, Deputy United States Marshal Charles H. Morgan, Managing Director of the White Star Line and First Class Passenger J. Bruce Ismay, First Class Passenger C. E. Henry Stengel, Counsel for IMM (White Star Line) S. C. Neale, First Class Passenger Archibald Gracie, First Class Passenger Helen W. Bishop, and First Class Passenger Dickinson H. Bishop. |
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History with Kelly: DNA Tests on Unidentified Bodies
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On April 15, 1912, many passengers of the R.M.S. Titanic perished, there
bodies left to float across the large expanse of the Atlanic Ocean. Many
of these such bodies were not picked up until days later by the
MacKay-Bennett, that was scanning the water for these unfortunate souls.
Only a small percentage of the 1,497 victims were picked up. The rest
called the sea their final resting ground, they never got to see the land
they were anxiously travelling to. Of the bodies that were discovered, 150
were buried in 3 graveyards in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Sadly,
though, 43 of these bodies are unidentified. Now, work is being done to finally indentify them. So far 2 graves have been dug up on Thursday, May 17, 2001. Another the following day. This was done in Fairview Lawn Cemetary in Halifax, or as some call it, the Titanic Graveyard. This is where most of the bodies are buried, 121 to be exact. The rest of victims are buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Hirsch Cemetary. The digging is being by the request of anoymous famillies that believe they be related to these unfortunate souls. The 3 graves are 240, 281, and 4. Four is where the "unknown child" is buried. He was the youngest victim found all those years ago by the MacKay-Bennett, being only about 2 years old. He is also one of the more famous ones, and had his own funeral where hundreds of mourners came to mourn his death. On his grave stone it says, "Erected to the memory of an unknown child whose remains were recovered after the disaster to the Titanic." Now, he may finally have a name or identity. After the graves are opened, they are going to take samples of them and send them to Ontario, where the DNA will be compared to the DNA of the people that believe they are related to them. The better condition the bodies are in, the better the chances of identification. The procedure will under the direction of Ryan Parr, who is the co-director of the Paleo-DNA Labratory at Thunder Bay University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. All I know is that the coffins were in good condition, considering they have been buried there since 1912. That's a while! People do have problems with this, though. They have even had one man chain himself to a grave because he thought the child was remains were going to be moved. Then, there is Blair Beed's, who gives tours of the graveyard, he believes that the bodies should be left as they are. That's all for now, more details as I learn them. |
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