Who else had a family member on the Titanic ship in real life?

Question

My great great great uncul was John Jacob Astor. He was supposedly the richest man on the ship. He was talked about and was played as a character in the movie a few times. He saddly died on the Titanic that dreadful night.

Answer 1

I didn't, but I just saw the Titanic Artifacts Exhibition in Cincinnati. When you walk in, they give you a boarding pass with the name of someone who was on the Titanic when it sank. At the end, you look over a list and see if your person survived. Out of the four of us there, only my son had a name that didn't survive.

Mario, you might be interested in this book: http://www.amazon.com/TITANIC-NAMES-Complete-List-Passengers/dp/0962623776
It has the names of all the passengers and crew. It's a good book! I have it, and I could look up your great uncle.

Hmm, how interesting! There was no Martin Sanchez, or any Sanchez on the Titanic. Somebody fibbed....

Answer 2

My great uncle Martin Sanchez was working on the ship as part of the maintenance crew. We have pictures of him standing next to the ship. His wife left her kids many souvenirs from the Titanic. We were told that these items were part of the marketing for future voyages on the ship.