Marian Longstreth Thayer was an American socialite and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
12 Facts About Marian Thayer
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Marian Thayer was the wife of John Borland Thayer II, a Director and Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the mother of John Borland "Jack" Thayer III.
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Marian Thayer's father was Frederick Wistar Morris, and her mother was Elizabeth Flower Paul.
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Marian Thayer was one of seven children, three boys and four girls.
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In 1892, at the age of 20, Marian married John Borland Thayer, who at that time was a clerk in railway administration and ten years her senior.
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Marian Thayer was the only one of Marian and John's children to travel with them on the Titanic.
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Marian Thayer travelled with John, Marian, and Jack in 1912 when they went to Europe and returned home with them on the Titanic.
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Marian, her maid, and her son Jack Thayer survived the sinking of Titanic, but her husband John Borland Thayer went down with the ship.
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When Carpathia docked, Marian Thayer's brother was there to meet them and took them back to their home in Haverford, in a special train that had been arranged for survivors.
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Unknowingly Marian Thayer still had in the pocket of her overcoat the White Star brochure about Titanic which contained information about the ship and included a list of first class passengers.
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Unlike many of the widows of the Titanic disaster, Marian Thayer did not remarry but remained in her house, Redwood, in Haverford.
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Marian Thayer died at her house on April 14,1944, the 32nd anniversary of the Titanic's sinking.