Beatrice Sandström

Beatrice Irene Sandström (August 9, 1910 - September 3, 1995) was one of the last remaining survivors of sinking of the on April 15, 1912.
Early life
Beatrice Irene Sandström was born on August 9, 1910 in San Francisco, California to Hjalmar Sandström and Agnes Bengtsson. Beatrice had an older sister, Marguerite Rut, born March 23, 1908.
Hjalmar and Agnes had emigrated to the United States from Sweden in 1908 shortly after Marguerite's birth, and settled in San Francisco. However, they didn't enjoy the lifestyle too much and by 1911 they had saved up enough money to get by for a while and were planning to move back home to Sweden. Beatrice, her mother and sister had been visiting her mother's parents in Hultsjö as well as friends in Forserum before boarding the RMS Titanic to return to the United States.
Aboard Titanic
The Sandströms boarded the Titanic at Southampton, England on April 10, 1912 as third-class passengers. The family shared cabin G6 with Elna Ström and her two-year-old daughter, Selma.

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