In the Early 1900s Mr Bertram Dean owned a well established Public House in the East End of London. While his wife Georgetta stayed at home looking after their two children, Bertram (Jnr) and baby Millvina, Mr Dean worked hard pulling pints for ungrateful drinkers, and soon dreamt of providing a better future for his Family. His cousin Alfred Norbury had emigrated to Kansas a number of years previously, and on hearing of the better and more successful life to which Alfred had been accustomed, Mr Dean decided to sell his Pub and take his family to join him in the Americas where, they would begin a new business as Tobacconists. Mr Dean purchased Third Class tickets for his family's Trans Atlantic Crossing, and they were obviously excited at the thought of starting a new life in America, away from the grimey and poor Working Class streets of London.

So it was on Wednesday 10th of April 1912 that the Dean's new life would finally begin, and their crossing would take them from Southampton to New York harbour on the finest of White Star Line's new "Great Ships", the R.M.S. Titanic. As we now know, the Titanic never reached New York. It is stated, (by Mrs Dean), that her husband, upon hearing the call of Women and children first, chose to stay onboard the sinking vessel. The Dean story is a tragic one, but unfortunately, one that was echoed by so many Third Class families who took part in Titanic's maiden voyage.

The photograph at the head of the page was taken when Carpathia finally reached New York, and the picture was greatly publicised during the aftermath of the event. Millvina Dean went on to become one of the last remaining survivors of the disaster, and made several public appearances, (along with Eva Hart), where their accounts of the tragedy were told.