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Kate Murphey
Madame Aubert
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Kate Murphy
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Born October 6th, 1893 in Frostragh, Killoe, Co Longford, Ireland.
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Youngest of 12 in a Roman Catholic family
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Many members of her family were living in the U.S. and despite promising their mom that they would wait to leave, Kate and her sister bought a ticket on the Titanic for £15 ($325.37 today)
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While aboard, Kate and Maggie shared a room on E-deck with two other girls from Longford, Kate Gilnagh and Kate Mullin.
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They were also acquainted with other people from Longford including James Farrell (the basis for Jim Farrell played by Grant Pace).
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All 3 Kates survived (possibly in Lifeboat 16) and lore has it that James Farrell threatened to punch a crewman if he did not let the women pass to the boats.
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Kate would go on to be married, live in Brooklyn, and have 3 children.
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Kate lived 6 years after her husband passed, dying in 1968 at age 74
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Madame Léontine Pauline Aubert, known as “Ninette”
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Born on May 20th, 1887 in Paris
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Aubert was a singer and boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg, France with her maid Emma Sägesser.
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She occupied Cabin B-35 with a £69 ticket. (£10,000, $10,300 today)
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She was almost certainly the mistress of Benjamin Guggenheim (who occupied room B-82) (Played by Matthew Diston)
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She and her maid were rescued (probably in lifeboat 9)
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She died on October 29th, 1964 (age 77).
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