when did the last living survivor of the titanic die
31 May 2009
title: Barbara West text: contains a memorial tablet to her father. Barbara died on 16 October 2007 in Truro, Cornwall, at the age of 96. Her funeral was held 5 November at Truro Cathedral. To avoid unwanted attention and maintain privacy, Barbara insisted that her funeral take place before any public announcement of her death. Barbara's death made Millvina Dean, then 95, of Southampton, England, the last living survivor of the "Titanic" sinking; Dean died 19 months later. Barbara West Barbara Joyce Dainton (née West; 24 May 1911 – 16 October 2007) was the penultimate remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" title: Millvina Dean text: Millvina Dean Eliza Gladys "Millvina" Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009) was a British civil servant, cartographer, and the last survivor of the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" on 15 April 1912. At two months old, she was also the youngest passenger aboard. Dean was born in Branscombe, England, on 2 February 1912 to Bertram Frank Dean (1886–1912) and Georgette Eva Light (1879–1975). She had an older brother, Bertram Vere Dean, born 21 May 1910. She never married and had no children. Her father died on the "Titanic"; her mother died on 16 September 1975, aged 96; and title: Lillian Asplund text: on April 15, 1964, the 52nd anniversary of the sinking, at the age of 90. Her brother Felix, who never married and with whom Lillian lived, died of pneumonia on March 15, 1983 at the age of 73. Lillian died in her home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, on May 6, 2006 at the age of 99. She was buried at the Old Swedish Cemetery in Worcester, alongside her father, mother, and brother. Lillian's death left two living "Titanic" survivors, Barbara West and Millvina Dean; however, both were less than a year old at the time of the sinking and neither had title: Lillian Asplund text: any recollection of it. She was the last survivor who remembered the sinking, therefore upon her death first-hand accounts of the sinking of "Titanic" passed into history. After her death, the steamship ticket she had held for so many years was sold at auction in 2009. It was a part documents and items that were found in a safety deposit box after her death, that were connected to the disaster such as her fathers pocket watch that stopped at 2:19 am. Lillian Asplund Lillian Gertrud Asplund (October 21, 1906 – May 6, 2006) was one of the last three living title: Edith Haisman text: Edith Haisman Edith Haisman (27 October 1896 – 20 January 1997) was one of the last remaining and oldest survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912. She was the last survivor born in the 19th century, although seven younger survivors outlived her. Edith Eileen Brown was born on 27 October 1896 in Cape Town, South Africa to Thomas William Solomon Brown and his wife, Elizabeth Catherine (née Ford) who owned and operated a hotel in Worcester. Edith was 15 years old when she and her parents boarded the RMS Titanic in Southampton, England as second-class passengers.