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A list of Titanic passengers who were known or likely to be pregnant at the time of the sinking and a list of male passengers and crew who became fathers posthumously.

Passengers who were pregnant on the Titanic

  1. Maria Mathilda Backström - daughter Alfhild Maria born 29 June 1912
  2. Madeleine Astor - son John Jacob Astor jr born 14 August 1912
  3. Hannah O'Brien - daughter Marion born 3 September 1912
  4. Ada West - daughter Edwyna Joan West born 14 September 1912
  5. Mary Marvin - daughter Mary Margaret "Peggy" born 21 October 1912
  6. Argene Del Carlo - daughter Maria Salvata born on 14 November 1912
  7. Mary Eloise Smith - son Lucian Philip Smith II born 29 November 1912
  8. Helen Bishop - son Randall Walton Bishop born 8 December 1912, died 2 days later
  9. Adāl Naṣr Allāhh - son born 9 December 1912 but died shortly after
  10. Juliette Laroche - son Joseph LeMercier Laroche, Jr. born 17 December 1912
  11. Kate Phillips - daughter Ellen Mary born 11 January 1913
  12. Ethel Beane - a stillborn child was born 13 January 1913
  13. Ada Doling - possible... her daughter Ida was born 30 January 1913
  14. Marion Kenyon - was pregnant on board, but later miscarried

Passengers it has been suggested might have been pregnant on the Titanic:

  1. Catherine Bourke - supposedly according to local folklore it was rumoured that she was pregnant, but no evidence or source for the claim has been found.
  2. Mary Corey - she died in the sinking, and no source has been found to support the suggestion.
  3. Miriam Kantor - a "direct descendant" of the childless couple later sold a pocket watch belonging to her husband Sinai Kantor.  No other evidence is known and the term "direct descent" is applied very loosely by auction houses.
  4. Clare Karnes - she died in the sinking, it has been speculated she was pregnant, but no evidence or source has been found.

Titanic victims who became fathers posthumously.

  1. William Thomas Abrams - daughter Nancy born late 1912 (died 1915)
  2. Joseph Akerman - son Joseph born December 1912
  3. Albert Kaurin Andersen - daughter Albertha born December 1912
  4. Frank Thomas Andrew - daughter Clara born 11 October 1912
  5. Henry Ashe - daughter Gladys May born later in 1912
  6. John Jacob Astor - son John Jacob Astor jr born 14 August 1912
  7. Edwin George Ayling - daughter Edna Rosina born September 1912
  8. Frederick Banfield - son Frederick James born 15 November 1912
  9. Henry Brewer - son Harry Marks Brewer born 6 July 1912
  10. Richard Edward Burke - son Richard Edmund born July 1912
  11. August Carlsson - son Karl August born 19 September 1912
  12. Sebastiano Del Carlo - daughter Maria Salvata born on 14 November 1912
  13. Harry Coe - son George Arthur born 5 October 1912
  14. Albert Edward Coleman - son George born late 1912
  15. Albert Hector Crisp - daughter Minnie Kathleen Joan born 29 June 1912
  16. George William Evans - daughter Audrey Isobel born 24 December 1912
  17. Henry Charles Fairall - son Charles Anthony born and died later in 1912
  18. Hugh Joseph Fitzpatrick - daughter Rose born October 1912
  19. Alan Vincent Franklin - daughter Blanche born later in 1912
  20. Henry Hart - son Henry born later in 1912
  21. Richard William Hosgood - son Richard William born later in 1912
  22. John Law Hume - Fiance Mary Costin was pregnant at the time of his death
  23. John Jackopson - son John born later in 1912 (died a few months later)
  24. Harry Owen G. Jones - son Arthur born October 1912
  25. James Keegan - son Frederick Ernest born on 8 October 1912
  26. Andrew Latimer - daughter Janet born 1912
  27. David Livshin - son David born 3 September 1912
  28. Emilio Mangiavacchi - daughter Maria Emilia born later in 1912.
  29. Daniel Marvin - daughter Mary Margaret "Peggy" born October 1912
  30. Frank Hubert Maybery - daughter Nancy born December 1912
  31. William Peter Mayo - daughter Evaline born and died later in 1912
  32. Arthur Herbert Morgan - daughter Mary born late 1912
  33. Henry Samuel Morley - his daughter Ellen Mary was born in January 1913
  34. William Moss - Daughter Wilhelmina Frances born late 1912.
  35. William McQuilan - daughter Gertrude Willelmina born 20 November 1912.
  36. Niqūlā Khalīl Naṣr Allāh - son born 9 December 1912 but died shortly after
  37. Thomas O Brien - daughter Marion Columba born September 1912
  38. Karl Olsen - son Charles Ernest born shortly before or just after the disaster. The child died, tragically, 16 May 1912.
  39. Arthur Paintin - son Arthur James born July 1912
  40. William James Pitfield - daughter Haidee Doris born late 1912 (died 1913)
  41. Gilbert Rimmer - son Leslie Charles born 29 May 1912
  42. Matti Rintamäki - son Eino Aatos (his eleventh child) born on 12 November 1912
  43. William John Rogers son William Morgan born to Rogers' estranged wife Elizabeth 13 September 1912
  44. Alfred G. Rowe - son Alfred born late 1912
  45. Thomas Ryan - daughter Gladys born and died later in 1912
  46. Giovanni Giuseppe Emilio Saccaggi - daughter Beatrice Grace born 29 November 1912
  47. Sidney Conrad Siebert - daughter Constance Winifred on 18 November 1912
  48. William Simmons - daughter Theresa born late 1912
  49. Sidney Francis Sedunary - son Sidney born November 1912
  50. William McMillan Small - son William born later in 1912
  51. Lucian Smith - son Lucian Philip born November 1912
  52. Joseph Wakefield Thomas - son William Charles Thomas Joseph born later in 1912
  53. Edwy Arthur West - Edwyna Joan born September 1912
  54. Leslie Williams - son Harold born 25 July 1912
  55. Samuel Solomon Williams - son Samuel William Read born 30 April 1912
  56. William Aubrey Willsher - son William born July 1912
  57. James Robert Wyeth - his daughter Gladys only lived to her eleventh year and died in 1923

Survivors

  1. George Rheims - wife Marie gave birth to their son George Loring Rheims on 29 July 1912 in Paris.
  2. Joseph Wheat - son John born 29 November 1912

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  1. Jason D. Tiller
    Yep. Madeleine Astor was about five months pregnant while on board. She gave birth to a son in August 1912, who she named after her husband, John Jacob Astor.
  2. Bob Godfrey Bob Godfrey
    There are several existing threads which cover this subject in more detail. Here for instance: encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5811/6046.html [Moderator's Note: Five separate threads dealing with the same question, including the one Bob G. linked to and one that was itself the result of a merger of three threads, have been merged to form this one. MAB]
  3. James from London James from London
    In the 1980s I met an old gentleman suffering from emphysema he lived Deptford south London, at that time he was resident in an old folks home , he had no other visitors so I paid regular visits for about a year until he died , He was in his 80s his and his name was Moses Helier. I remember he told me a story about someone related to him who was either the woman bearing a child or the child of this woman who was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic. Unfortunately I cannot remember which. I would love to be able to verify this if anyone can help ... James
  4. Kas01 Kas01
    At this point it's fairly safe to say that unless you actually have it written down somewhere, that story, assuming it's true, is lost to time. Best you can do is look through the lists of passengers who could potentially fit that description and who would have wound up in the south of Britain after the wreck.
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