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Michael E. Humphreys

• References:
  • Titanic Disaster. United States Inquiry. Report and Evidence, 1912, [NMM] 656.61.085.3

Michael E. Humphreys,
Mike, born Feb 1893, apprentice baker,
emigrated to America 1912, "Michael Humphreys", age 19, single, from Limerick, arrived at Ellis Island, NY, on 7th Apr 1912 on the Caronia from Queenstown, see passenger record, ship's manifest says born Limerick, 5 ft 8 in tall, brown hair,
and says he is going to join his cousin Henry O'Connell [unidentified], think 345, Newark Ave, Jersey, NJ,

just a couple of days later, on 11th Apr, the Titanic left Queenstown (last stop before the Atlantic, where it sunk), the family story was that he was meant to get on the Titanic at Queenstown but he met an old friend, went off drinking, missed it, but this is obviously not true, he was in America before the Titanic even sailed, obviously he could easily have gone on the Titanic though, it was not unusually expensive for poor emigrants to take 3rd class on such a ship, there were low-income Irish emigrants taken on board at Queenstown,

mar Eleonore J. McNarvell,
had issue:

1. Mike Humphreys, mar Vivian A. Brasfield and had issue:
   1. Michele Ann Humphreys, mar Joe Arrain and had issue:
      1. Claudia Sue Arrain.
      2. Gwendolyn Anne Arrain.
   2. Michael Humphreys, mar Roberta Hunter and had issue:
      1. Jesse S. Humphreys.
   3. Mary Patrice Humphreys, mar James D. Harden and had issue:
      1. Meghan Lee Harden.
      2. Ryan Michael Harden.

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The Titanic

• The Titanic (and here and here),
  at time of launch in Belfast, was the largest man-made moving object ever built,
  maiden voyage Southampton - Cherbourg - Queenstown - (sunk) - NYC,
  departed Southampton, Wed 10th Apr 1912,
  dropped anchor Queenstown, 11.30am Thur 11th Apr 1912,
  departed Queenstown, 1.30pm,
  hit iceberg 11.40pm Sun 14th Apr 1912,
  sank 2.20am Mon 15th Apr 1912,
  2200 people on board, lifeboats had room for 1200, many launched half-empty, only 700 survivors,
  ship came to rest on ocean floor of N.Atlantic, 2.5 vertical miles below, freezing cold, total darkness, massive pressure, debris spread over an area the size of the City of London,
  wreck finally discovered 1985.

• The passenger list [Titanic Disaster inquiry] lists only those who travelled.
• The movie Titanic (also here) (1997) is the highest-grossing film of all time.

• Irish sites
  • Cobh (Queenstown) Heritage Centre
  • The Titanic Trail, Cobh (Queenstown)
  • Titanic at Ulster Folk and Transport Museum
  • Belfast Titanic Society (or via here)