Caroline Louise Endres was a passenger of the Titanic. She served as a prenatal nurse to Madeleine Talmadge Force Astor, wife of John Jacob Astor IV. She was born on 14th June 1872 in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States. Her parents were Otto and Louisa Endres. She qualified as a nurse at St Luke's Hospital School of Nursing, New York.
She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg in First Class and occupied cabin C-45 on the Astor's ticket (17754).
Caroline survived the sinking in lifeboat 4 along with Mrs. Astor and her maid Rosalie Bidois.
As Titanic was sinking, Caroline Endres boarded Titanic's Lifeboat 4, one of the last to leave the ship, loaded from Titanic's A-Deck promenade. Madeleine Astor and Rosalie Bidois were also rescued in Lifeboat 4. Both John Jacob Astor and Victor Robins were lost in the disaster.
Caroline Endres is not known to have married. She died on 11th January 1964, in Binghamton, New York. She is said to have been buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Hanover, Pennsylvania.
In Popular Culture[]
In the 1943 film, character, Jenny, is a combination of Caroline and Rosalie Bidois. Likewise in the 1996 miniseries, the character Marge Miller is also a combined character of Caroline and Rosalie.
1997 Film Titanic[]
Caroline Louise Endres in Titanic (1997 film)
Caroline appeared briefly in the 1997 film, during the boarding scene at Cherbourg, where she is seen walking into the elevator with her entourage.