On November 19, 1905 in New York City, Master Robert Douglas Spedden was born to Frederic Oakley Spedden and Daisy Spedden. They resided in Tuxedo Park, NY.

Late 1911 brought Douglas and his to Algiers on the Caronia. With him came his nurse, Elizabeth Burns, who he called "Muddie Brown" because he had trouble saying her name. From Algiers, they went first to Monte and Carlos and then Paris. At the end of their European holiday, in April of 1912, the group boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg to go home. Douglas and Muddie Brown stayed in cabin E-40.

After the collision, Douglas was woken by Muddie who told him they were going on a "trip to see the stars." The group then made their way to the starboard side and boarded lifeboat 3. After all the available women and children were boarded, the men were allowed to join their families.

In 1913, Douglas's mom wrote and illustrated a storybook for Douglas about their European travels, the sinking of the Titanic, and their rescue. The story was told through the eyes of a toy bear and was called "My Story."

August 6, 1915, brought nine year old Douglas into another disaster when he was hit by a car on Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbour, near the family's summer camp in Maine. It was the first recorded car accident in the state. Douglas died later that day from the concussion he received and was buried in New York City.

Name: Miss Helen Loraine Allison
Class: 1st
Born: June 5, 1909
Died: April 15, 1912
Age: 2

On June 5, 1909 Helen Loraine Allison was born to Hudson Allison and Bess Allison. She also had a brother named Trevor. She found herself on the Titanic with her parents, her brother, and Trevor's nurse, Alice Cleaver. After the accident Trevor went missing with his nurse. When the Allison's realized this they resolved that they would not leave the Titanic until Trevor was found. They also wouldn't be parted from Loraine. The last time they were seen they were standing on the promenade deck, smiling.

Loraine Allison was the only child in first or second class to die, although 53 of 76 children perished in 3rd class. Her body was never found.

Name: Miss Ruth Becker
Class: 2nd
Born: 1900
Died: 1990

Miss Ruth Elizabeth Becker boarded Titanic at Southampton with her mother Nellie, brother Richard, and sister Marion. They were going from India to Michigan with ticket 230136,39.

When they were loading the boats a steward put Richard and Marion in lifeboat #11 and then informed everyone that the lifeboat was full. Nellie began to plead so that she would be allowed to join her children. She was allowed in but Ruth was left behind. Nellie yelled for her to get in another and she eventually got into #13.

After the sinking, Ruth gave her blanket to one of the stokers and was now shivering in the night air.

Ruth later attended high school and college in Ohio. Then, she became a High School teacher in Kansas and married former classmate Daniel Blanchard. She divorced him 20 years later. When Ruth was younger she refused to talk about the Titanic, but did eventually when she was retired. In March of 1990, she went on her first cruise since 1912 to Mexico. She died later that year at the age of 90 and her remains were scattered over the Titanic's resting place.