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Unknown Child (Titanic victim)
Sidney Leslie Goodwin (9 September 1910 – 15 April 1912) was a 19-month-old British victim of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, whose body was later recovered by the Mackay-Bennett. Unidentified until 2007, Goodwin was previously widely known as the Unknown Child. For almost a century, Goodwin's gravestone in the Fairview Cemetery read "Erected to the memory of an unknown child whose remains were recovered after the disaster to the Titanic April 15th 1912".
Initial DNA testing in 2002 pointed to third-class passenger Eino Viljami Panula as the Unknown Child's real identity. However, subsequent testing in 2007 conclusively identified the child's remains as those of fellow third-class toddler Sidney Leslie Goodwin.
The body of a fair-haired toddler was the fourth pulled from the ocean by crewman Clifford Crease, from the recovery ship CS Mackay-Bennett, on 21 April 1912. The description read:
NO. 4 – MALE – ESTIMATED AGE, 2 – HAIR, FAIR.
CLOTHING – Grey coat with fur on collar and cuffs; brown serge frock; brown petticoat; flannel garment; pink woolen singlet; brown shoes and stockings.
No marks whatever.
PROBABLY THIRD CLASS
The sailors aboard the Mackay-Bennett, who were shocked by the discovery of the unknown boy's body, paid for a small white coffin, a proper funeral, and large headstone with the reward money received from Vincent Astor for recovering his father's body. The boy was buried on 4 May 1912 with a copper pendant placed in his coffin by recovery sailors that read "Our Babe".
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Unknown Child (Titanic victim)
Sidney Leslie Goodwin (9 September 1910 – 15 April 1912) was a 19-month-old British victim of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, whose body was later recovered by the Mackay-Bennett. Unidentified until 2007, Goodwin was previously widely known as the Unknown Child. For almost a century, Goodwin's gravestone in the Fairview Cemetery read "Erected to the memory of an unknown child whose remains were recovered after the disaster to the Titanic April 15th 1912".
Initial DNA testing in 2002 pointed to third-class passenger Eino Viljami Panula as the Unknown Child's real identity. However, subsequent testing in 2007 conclusively identified the child's remains as those of fellow third-class toddler Sidney Leslie Goodwin.
The body of a fair-haired toddler was the fourth pulled from the ocean by crewman Clifford Crease, from the recovery ship CS Mackay-Bennett, on 21 April 1912. The description read:
NO. 4 – MALE – ESTIMATED AGE, 2 – HAIR, FAIR.
CLOTHING – Grey coat with fur on collar and cuffs; brown serge frock; brown petticoat; flannel garment; pink woolen singlet; brown shoes and stockings.
No marks whatever.
PROBABLY THIRD CLASS
The sailors aboard the Mackay-Bennett, who were shocked by the discovery of the unknown boy's body, paid for a small white coffin, a proper funeral, and large headstone with the reward money received from Vincent Astor for recovering his father's body. The boy was buried on 4 May 1912 with a copper pendant placed in his coffin by recovery sailors that read "Our Babe".
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