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[Ioannis Georgiou]

The back of the origianal photo has the story.

Which was also in the Daily Mail. The original photo was sure a press photo.

 

[Ioannis Georgiou]

By the way the picture is also in one of the Eaton and Haas books if I remember right. Either triumph and tragedy or a journey though time.

 

[Michael Guntli]

what surprises me is how she actually managed to elude the stories over the years.

 

[Ioannis Georgiou]

I am not sure if the story is possibly made up. Beside it seems it was only the Daily Mail which had this report. The Daily Sketch did not have it or that picture and I haven't come across an issue of the Daily Mirror with that story or even picture yet. Not all newspaper had the same reports or the same images. [Possibly she gave a few things from her to Titanic kids like other Carpathia passengers did for Titanic survivors but we also did not hear anything big from them.]

 

[Ioannis Georgiou]

@ Bob, I had a look and that picture is in the book "Titanic - A journey though time" and the source is given as the Daily Mail. I also found it in the Book "Titanic - From Rare Historical Reports" and I see there that it is a Daily Mirror picture. So it must be in one of the Daily Mirrors too. (On the same page is another picture of Rev. Roger Anderson who had been on board as a passenger and gave the service...)

 

[Craig Stringer]

Hi,

I believe Miss Sweetheart was actually Miss Marjorie Catty, the four-year old daughter of Mrs Walter Catty. Mother and daughter were first class passengers on the Carpathia. I believe the press simply mis-recorded her name when taking the image of her and Captain Rostron.

I know of four children travelling either in first or second class on the Carpathia in April 1912. Three were girls.

 

[Ioannis Georgiou]

I think the name Sweetheart was created by error. Possibly a nick name given to her because she share her clothing and some took it to be her real name. (Just my guess.)

 

[Craig Stringer]

I can imagine how easily that might happen. It would only take someone to call her sweetheart, even perhaps her mother, for it to be misunderstood.