Titanic couples: Daniel and Mary Marvin

Titanic couples: Daniel and Mary Marvin by ric gustafson


Daniel Marvin and Mary Farquharson were only seventeen when they fell in love. Against the wishes of their families, they married in New York City in January of 1912. After Mary got pregnant soon after marrying, they were forced to marry a second time. Mary's parents Mr and Mrs Frank Farquharson owned a dressmaking business on Fifth Avenue in New York.  Daniel's father Harry Marvin was a pioneer of motion pictures. He gave his son a camera for their honeymoon. The camera was a 1909 handcranked Pathe that was housed in a wooden box with a handle on the side.
On April 10 at Southampton they boarded the Titanic to return home from their honeymoon. They had a first class ticket and their cabin number was D30. They were private people and spent most of their time filming around the ship.
On the evening of April 14, they were dining in the first class dining room. At 12:25 am, a steward knocked on their door. He said that there was an accident and they were loading the lifeboats as a precaution. Mary put on a fur coat and they went up to the Boat Deck.
" Women and children first into the boats".
Daniel helped his wife get into Lifeboat 10. There were four young children on board including nine week old Millvina Dean. She was the youngest passenger to survive.
The next morning, The lifeboat was rescued by the liner Carpathia. Mary searched on board for her husband Daniel. When she found out that Daniel was not saved, she fainted.
On October 21, she gave birth to a daughter, Mary Margaret Elizabeth Marvin. On Christmas Day 1913 she married Horace S Decamp.


research help: ' Titanic Love Stories' by Gill Paul


Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric