Eva hart husband

At the time of the sinking of the Titanic, she was 7 years old. Eva was their only child. Esther had been previously married and had nine children from her first marriage. Eva was educated at St. Mary's Convent later St. In early , Benjamin decided his family would emigrate to Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada. He was influenced by his brother, who already lived there and economic recessions at that time in England, in his decision to emigrate.

Eva was seven years old when she and her parents boarded Titanic as second-class passengers on April 10, They had been booked on the SS Philadelphia , but a coal strike at Southampton that spring kept its from sailing and many of its passengers were transferred to Titanic. Eva's mother allegedly felt uneasy about Titanic and feared that some catastrophe would happen; the hubris of calling a ship unsinkable was, in her mind, flying in the face of God.

With such fear, Eva's mother slept only during the day and stayed awake in their cabin at night fully dressed.

Why was eva hart on the titanic

Eva was sleeping when Titanic struck an iceberg at pm on April Her mother was awake at the time and felt "a slight bump". She immediately asked her husband to investigate the disturbance and he reluctantly left the cabin. Upon his return, he alerted her and Eva to the collision and, after wrapping Eva in a blanket, he carried her to the boat deck.