Helen Loraine Allison (1909 - 1912)

Born 5 Jun 1909 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Died 15 Apr 1912 at age 2 in Titanic Disaster

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Biography

Miss Helen Loraine Allison, 2 yrs old, was born June 5, 1909 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Mother: Mrs. Bessie (Bess) Waldo (née Daniels) Allison (25) and Father: Mr. Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison (30). She had a 11 month old brother: Hudson Trevor Allison, along with nurse Alice Cleaver.

On April 14, 1912, she, her parents and brother were travelling the Southhampton from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were 1st Class passengers.

After the collision Trevor went missing with his nurse Alice Cleaver . When the Allisons realized that Alice Cleaver and baby Trevor were unaccounted for, they resolved that they would not leave the Titanic until after Trevor was found, nor would they be parted from little Loraine, they were last seen standing together, smiling, on the promenade deck.

She was the only child in the 1st class section that did not survive and her body was never found.

Parents:

• Mother: Mrs. Bessie "Bess" Waldo (née Daniels) Allison (age 25).
• Father: Mr. Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison (age 30).

Sibling:

• Brother: Hudson Trevor Allison (age 11 mos.)

• Fact: Cenotaph Maple Ridge Cemetery , Maple Ridge, Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties, Ontario, Canada

Ticket Information:

• Name: Miss Helen Loraine Allison "Non Survivor-Body Never Recovered"
• Born: Saturday 5th June 1909
• Age: 2 years 10 months and 10 days. (Female)
• Last Residence: in Montreal Québec Canada
• 1st Class Passengers
• First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
• Ticket No. 113781 , £151 16s
• Cabin No.: C22/26
• Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912).
• Body Not Recovered

• Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
• Mr Hudson Joshua Creighton Allison
• Mrs Bessie Waldo Allison
• Miss Helen Loraines Allison
• Master Hudson Trevor Allison
• Miss Alice Catherine Cleaver nurse
• Miss Sarah Daniels Bess Allison's personal maid

Traveling Companions wth the Allisons

• Miss Amelia Mary Brown (Employee-Cook)
• Mr. George Swane (Employee-Chauffer)

Note

Loraine Allison, lost child of the Titanic and the fraud that haunted her family. DNA tests have helped solve what has been called the Titanic's last mystery.

Loraine Allison, then aged two, had been travelling on the liner with her family when it sank. Initial reports said that she had died, along with her parents, but no body was ever found.

In the years that followed, though, a sensational twist saw a woman, Helen Kramer, come forward claiming to be the child, and apparently able to provide details thought to be known only to the family.

David Allison, grandson of Hudson’s brother Percy Allison, said: “The Allisons never accepted Mrs Kramer’s claim, but the stress it caused was real. It forced my ancestors to relive painful memories described to me as immeasurable sorrow and unending grief.

Now, however, more than a century after the sinking, the mystery has been solved, following the culmination of the Loraine Allison Identification Project, which was established by a group of Titanicologists, as aficionados of the doomed liner are known.

The group arranged for DNA testing of both the descendants of Kramer and from the family who had died on the ship, which revealed no genetic link, exposing the decades-old claim as a hoax.

Sources

• Wikipedia

• Encyclopedia Titanica

• http://www.paperlessarchives.com/titanic_newspaper_archive.html.

• Helen Loraine Allison (1909-1912) on Find A Grave: Memorial #171642298 retrieved 12 July 2019.

• Helen Loraine Allison (1909-1912) on Find A Grave: Memorial #8506593 retrieved 12 July 2019.

Acknowledgement

A special thank you to Sally Stovall who originally created, edited and added photos to the profile of Loraine Allison.