etches

Hello, I'm researching the life of an ancestor of mine, Henry Etches, who was a bedroom steward for the 1st class passengers and is known for his association with Benjamin Guggenheim. I have only been able to locate a couple of photographs of Henry from the various Titanic sites, the most famous...

Henry S. Etches was born on the 12th October 1868 and would have been 43 at the time of the tragedy. When asked for his age by Senator Smith at the Senate Inquiry for some reason he said "Forty, sir." I wonder why he lied about his age.

Steward Etches in his American Inquiry testimony mentioned Gugenheim's reluctance to put on his life jacket, but apparently left the Titanic by the time Guggenhiem made his alleged statment about "Going down like gentlemen." Just what is the original source for one of these famed remarks from...