Daughter of Allen Oliver Becker, missionary and Nellie E. Baumgardner. Survivor the sinking of RMS Titanic. She later married Daniel Blanchard but they divorced.
Titanic Survivor. She was a second class passenger on board the RMS Titanic. She boarded the ship at the age of twelve with her mother Nellie, brother Richard and sister Marion on April 10, 1912 in Southampton, England. The family was traveling to Michigan to seek medical treatment for Ruth's younger brother Richard, who had contracted a disease while the family was living in India. She was initially separated from her mother and siblings during the sinking of the Titanic after being placed in different lifeboats. She was reunited with her family on board the Carpathia and arrived in New York City on April 18th. Following the disaster she attended high school and college in the Midwest before marrying and beginning a high school teaching career in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early years following the sinking she refused to talk about the disaster, even keeping secret from her own children the fact that she had been a passenger on board the Titanic. During her later years she became one of the Titanic's most recognizable and vocal public figures along with Eva Hart, granting press interviews, appearing in television documentaries and attending conventions sponsored by the Titanic Historical Society. She became an outspoken critic of individuals and companies involved in salvage operations to recover artifacts from the shipwreck, stating that the site should remain untouched and preserved as a memorial and graveyard. In March 1990, she made her first sea voyage to Mexico since the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. She died a few months later at the age of 90. In accordance with her wishes her ashes were scattered over the site of the Titanic.Titanic Survivor
Born: Saturday 28th October 1899
Age: 12 years (Female)
Last Residence: in Guntur India
2nd Class Passengers
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 230136 , £39
Cabin No.: F8
Destination: Benton Harbor Michigan United States
Rescued (boat 13)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 6th July 1990
Cause of Death: Malnutrition
Buried: at Sea
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Nellie E. Becker
Miss Marion Louise Becker
Master Richard F. Becker
Ruth Becker Blanchard (1899-1990):
Ruth Becker was 12 years old in 1912 when she and her family travelled on the Titanic. After the sinking, she survived in Lifeboat #13. Ruth attended high school and college in Ohio, after which she taught high school in Kansas. She married a classmate, Daniel Blanchard, and after her divorce twenty years later, she resumed her teaching career. Like most survivors, she refused to talk about the sinking and her own children, when young, did not know that she had been on the Titanic. It was only after her retirement, when she was living in Santa Barbara, California, that she began speaking about it, granting interviews and attending conventions of the 'Titanic Histrorical Society'. In March of 1990, she made her first sea voyage since 1912 - a cruise to Mexico. She passed away later that year at the age of ninety.
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Titanic Survivor. She was a second class passenger on board the RMS Titanic. She boarded the ship at the age of twelve with her mother Nellie, brother Richard and sister Marion on April 10, 1912 in Southampton, England. The family was traveling to Michigan to seek medical treatment for Ruth's younger brother Richard, who had contracted a disease while the family was living in India. She was initially separated from her mother and siblings during the sinking of the Titanic after being placed in different lifeboats. She was reunited with her family on board the Carpathia and arrived in New York City on April 18th. Following the disaster she attended high school and college in the Midwest before marrying and beginning a high school teaching career in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early years following the sinking she refused to talk about the disaster, even keeping secret from her own children the fact that she had been a passenger on board the Titanic. During her later years she became one of the Titanic's most recognizable and vocal public figures along with Eva Hart, granting press interviews, appearing in television documentaries and attending conventions sponsored by the Titanic Historical Society. She became an outspoken critic of individuals and companies involved in salvage operations to recover artifacts from the shipwreck, stating that the site should remain untouched and preserved as a memorial and graveyard. In March 1990, she made her first sea voyage to Mexico since the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. She died a few months later at the age of 90. In accordance with her wishes her ashes were scattered over the site of the Titanic.Titanic Survivor
Born: Saturday 28th October 1899
Age: 12 years (Female)
Last Residence: in Guntur India
2nd Class Passengers
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 230136 , £39
Cabin No.: F8
Destination: Benton Harbor Michigan United States
Rescued (boat 13)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 6th July 1990
Cause of Death: Malnutrition
Buried: at Sea
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Nellie E. Becker
Miss Marion Louise Becker
Master Richard F. Becker
Ruth Becker Blanchard (1899-1990):
Ruth Becker was 12 years old in 1912 when she and her family travelled on the Titanic. After the sinking, she survived in Lifeboat #13. Ruth attended high school and college in Ohio, after which she taught high school in Kansas. She married a classmate, Daniel Blanchard, and after her divorce twenty years later, she resumed her teaching career. Like most survivors, she refused to talk about the sinking and her own children, when young, did not know that she had been on the Titanic. It was only after her retirement, when she was living in Santa Barbara, California, that she began speaking about it, granting interviews and attending conventions of the 'Titanic Histrorical Society'. In March of 1990, she made her first sea voyage since 1912 - a cruise to Mexico. She passed away later that year at the age of ninety.
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Daughter of Allen Oliver Becker, missionary and Nellie E. Baumgardner. Survivor the sinking of RMS Titanic. She later married Daniel Blanchard but they divorced.
Titanic Survivor. She was a second class passenger on board the RMS Titanic. She boarded the ship at the age of twelve with her mother Nellie, brother Richard and sister Marion on April 10, 1912 in Southampton, England. The family was traveling to Michigan to seek medical treatment for Ruth's younger brother Richard, who had contracted a disease while the family was living in India. She was initially separated from her mother and siblings during the sinking of the Titanic after being placed in different lifeboats. She was reunited with her family on board the Carpathia and arrived in New York City on April 18th. Following the disaster she attended high school and college in the Midwest before marrying and beginning a high school teaching career in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early years following the sinking she refused to talk about the disaster, even keeping secret from her own children the fact that she had been a passenger on board the Titanic. During her later years she became one of the Titanic's most recognizable and vocal public figures along with Eva Hart, granting press interviews, appearing in television documentaries and attending conventions sponsored by the Titanic Historical Society. She became an outspoken critic of individuals and companies involved in salvage operations to recover artifacts from the shipwreck, stating that the site should remain untouched and preserved as a memorial and graveyard. In March 1990, she made her first sea voyage to Mexico since the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. She died a few months later at the age of 90. In accordance with her wishes her ashes were scattered over the site of the Titanic.Titanic Survivor
Born: Saturday 28th October 1899
Age: 12 years (Female)
Last Residence: in Guntur India
2nd Class Passengers
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 230136 , £39
Cabin No.: F8
Destination: Benton Harbor Michigan United States
Rescued (boat 13)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 6th July 1990
Cause of Death: Malnutrition
Buried: at Sea
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Nellie E. Becker
Miss Marion Louise Becker
Master Richard F. Becker
Ruth Becker Blanchard (1899-1990):
Ruth Becker was 12 years old in 1912 when she and her family travelled on the Titanic. After the sinking, she survived in Lifeboat #13. Ruth attended high school and college in Ohio, after which she taught high school in Kansas. She married a classmate, Daniel Blanchard, and after her divorce twenty years later, she resumed her teaching career. Like most survivors, she refused to talk about the sinking and her own children, when young, did not know that she had been on the Titanic. It was only after her retirement, when she was living in Santa Barbara, California, that she began speaking about it, granting interviews and attending conventions of the 'Titanic Histrorical Society'. In March of 1990, she made her first sea voyage since 1912 - a cruise to Mexico. She passed away later that year at the age of ninety.
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Titanic Survivor. She was a second class passenger on board the RMS Titanic. She boarded the ship at the age of twelve with her mother Nellie, brother Richard and sister Marion on April 10, 1912 in Southampton, England. The family was traveling to Michigan to seek medical treatment for Ruth's younger brother Richard, who had contracted a disease while the family was living in India. She was initially separated from her mother and siblings during the sinking of the Titanic after being placed in different lifeboats. She was reunited with her family on board the Carpathia and arrived in New York City on April 18th. Following the disaster she attended high school and college in the Midwest before marrying and beginning a high school teaching career in Kansas City, Missouri. In the early years following the sinking she refused to talk about the disaster, even keeping secret from her own children the fact that she had been a passenger on board the Titanic. During her later years she became one of the Titanic's most recognizable and vocal public figures along with Eva Hart, granting press interviews, appearing in television documentaries and attending conventions sponsored by the Titanic Historical Society. She became an outspoken critic of individuals and companies involved in salvage operations to recover artifacts from the shipwreck, stating that the site should remain untouched and preserved as a memorial and graveyard. In March 1990, she made her first sea voyage to Mexico since the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. She died a few months later at the age of 90. In accordance with her wishes her ashes were scattered over the site of the Titanic.Titanic Survivor
Born: Saturday 28th October 1899
Age: 12 years (Female)
Last Residence: in Guntur India
2nd Class Passengers
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 230136 , £39
Cabin No.: F8
Destination: Benton Harbor Michigan United States
Rescued (boat 13)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Friday 6th July 1990
Cause of Death: Malnutrition
Buried: at Sea
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Nellie E. Becker
Miss Marion Louise Becker
Master Richard F. Becker
Ruth Becker Blanchard (1899-1990):
Ruth Becker was 12 years old in 1912 when she and her family travelled on the Titanic. After the sinking, she survived in Lifeboat #13. Ruth attended high school and college in Ohio, after which she taught high school in Kansas. She married a classmate, Daniel Blanchard, and after her divorce twenty years later, she resumed her teaching career. Like most survivors, she refused to talk about the sinking and her own children, when young, did not know that she had been on the Titanic. It was only after her retirement, when she was living in Santa Barbara, California, that she began speaking about it, granting interviews and attending conventions of the 'Titanic Histrorical Society'. In March of 1990, she made her first sea voyage since 1912 - a cruise to Mexico. She passed away later that year at the age of ninety.
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Bio by: Nils M. Solsvik Jr.
