Marjorie Collyer when she was eight.
Miss Marjorie Lottie Collyer was a Second Class passenger travelling aboard Titanic during her Maiden Voyage from Southampton to New York.
Marjorie Lottie Collyer was born on 28th January 1904 in Leatherhead, Surrey to Harvey Collyer and Charlotte Caroline Tate. Her father was a grocer and had an active role in their local church. When their reverend, Sydney Sedgwick had moved to another place, the family decied to go and live there as well. Their new home town became Bishopstoke In Hampshire.
Marjorie, her mother Charlotte and her father Harvey Collyer were moving from Bishopstoke to Payette, Idaho, United States, where they intended to buy a fruit farm. Charlotte had to deal with tuberculosis and they hoped the climate in America would be beneficial for her health.
Several friends and family members had already settled there. For the voyage, the family boarded Titanic at Southampton on 10th April 1912. Marjorie was 8 years old at the time.
On April 14 the ship had hit an iceberg late at night. Charlotte was feeling naseous because of the food. Father Harvey was out to go and see what was happening, but a steward had told him there was no danger, despite Harvey learning that there had been a big iceberg collision. At first they stayed, but later went to the Boat Deck. As Titanic was sinking, Marjorie and her mother were rescued in lifeboat 14, which was commanded by Fifth Officer Harold Lowe. Her father was lost in the sinking.
Marjorie and her mother were bothered by journalists after arriving in New York. They did not stay very long in the United States before deciding to return home.
In late 1914 her mother was remarried to James Ashbrook Holme.
Her mother died of the tuberculosis at the young age of 35 on Tuesday November 28th 1916. Marjorie also lost her stepfather James Ashbrook Holme, who died on 22 March 1919. She then went to live with in West Horsley, Surrey with her uncle Walter Collyer.
She married Royden Bernard Bowman Dutton on 25 December 1927, and lived with him in Chilworth, Surrey. He died young, and Marjorie became a widow when he passed away on 28 February 1943, being only 41 years old.
The Titanic historian and author of the famous book 'A Night to Remember', Walter Lord, corresponded with Marjorie for the making of the book. She was amongst a group of survivors who attended the London premiere of the film version, also called 'A Night to Remember', in 1958.
Marjorie Dutton died on 26th February 1965.