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Message: [QUOTE="Dorreen A. Benoit, post: 270608, member: 138104"] Hi, I just happen to come across this site and was SO excited!! I am one of several step-grandchildren of Winnie Trout MacKenzie. My grandfather was James MacKenzie. It is SO exciting to see that people are interested in information about my "grandmother." Unfortunately, I do not live in California, so my interactions with Winnie were few. However, when I was a little girl I remember staying home from school to watch "Grandma Winnie" on TV whenever there was a Titanic special. I am not sure that you all are aware, but Winnie was the oldest living survivor of the Titanic before she passed away. My family and I did go out to visit Winnie a few times. Unfortunately, I was not old enough to appreciate her at the time and did not REALLY listen to her wonderful stories. Then when I was old enough to WANT to know everything, it was her 100th birthday and unfortunately she had lost most of her abilities to tell the stories. However, I have an older sister who was very into listening to her stories and remembers all of them. One story I do remember, that no one has mentioned, is the fact that Winnie was in lifeboat 13. That was, unlike most people, her "lucky" number. I remember her telling the story of being in the lifeboat (yes, I also remember the baby story which WAS depicted in a movie version of the Titanic a long time ago) and the other lifeboats were being lowered down as well. Her lifeboat was still attached to the ship and the lifeboat above her was coming down on top of them. I remember Winnie telling us about how the people were yelling to cut the ropes. If you saw the most recent Titanic movie, this was depicted in this movie. My entire family and I (sister, mother, etc.) went to see the Titanic together. It was amazing to hear all the names of the people my grandmother had spoken about so long ago. I want to thank everyone again for keeping my memory of Winnie alive. I will pass this site on to my mother and sister......they will be able to add much more detailed stories. [/QUOTE]

Verification: In which year did the Titanic sail?