In First Class, Madeleine Astor was about five months pregnant while on board. As she and husband "Jack" Astor waited on the boat deck, she lent Leah Aks her shawl to keep her son Filly warm. At one point the Astors retired to the gymnasium and sat on the mechanical horses, and later moved down to A-Deck from where Mrs Astor boarded lifeboat 4 aided by her husband and Second Officer Charles Lightoller. Madeleine, survived the shipwreck and gave birth to their son, naming him John Jacob. Even in
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