Where there any children on Collapsible A

[Bob Godfrey]

Hallo, Holly, and welcome to the forum. Collins and Thayer were in their late teens and certainly wouldn't have been regarded as children, then or now. As you have a particular interest in children and young people, I think you'll find some useful material in this thread:

https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/discus/messages/5670/119611.html?1176960694

 

[Holly Peterson]

Please, call me Alzbeta, not Holly, as that's my real name. Weren't Collins and Thayer both 17? They were still minors. Thanks for the link!

 

[Bob Godfrey]

Ok, Alzbeta. But when responding to other posters we generally use the membership name rather than the username, so you might want to contact one of the moderators and make changes so that everybody uses the name you prefer.

Collins I think was 18. Yes, in the eyes of the law these two young men were still minors, but nevertheless they were men. In 1912 the term 'boy' generally referred to somebody under 16. The linked thread will tell you a lot more about these complications.

 

[Holly Peterson]

Sorry about the membership name/username confusion; I'll see about contacting the moderators. I'm just really new at this stuff and I hope I didn't confuse anyone.

 

[christina gilpin]

could one of the bodies that were thrown overboard have been Jack Philips Senior Wireless Operator i heard rumors that he was supposed to have been on this boat before he died.

 

[robert mitchell]

I thought Jack Phillips was supposed to be on collapsible B not collapsible A?