Reaching the age of 100 in 1996, Edith joined a select few Titanic survivors who become centenarians, the others being: Edwina Troutt MacKenzie, Ellen Shine Callaghan, Marjorie Newell Robb and Mary Davis Wilburn.

Edith Eileen Haisman (née Brown; 27 October 1896 – 20 January 1997) was a South African-British woman who was one of the last remaining and oldest survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic in April 1912.

Edith Eileen Brown was a remarkable survivor of the Titanic disaster who lived to be 100 years old. Born on October 27, 1896 in Cape Town, South Africa, she was just 15 (fifteen) years old when she boarded the ill-fated ship with her parents in 1912.

SOUTHAMPTON, England -- Edith Haisman, the oldest survivor from the sinking of the Titanic, has died at 100. Mrs. Haisman died Monday at a nursing home in Southampton, 80 miles southwest of London, her family said.

Edith Haisman (née Brown), a second-class passenger on the Titanic, tells of her experience of Titanic’s collision with the iceberg and how she survived the sinking.

Edith Eileen Haisman (née Brown) (27 October 1896 – 20 January 1997) was one of the last remaining and oldest survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic in April 1912. She was the last survivor born in the 19th century, though seven younger survivors outlived her.

Edith Haisman recognized the gold watch at once. Her father was wearing it when she last saw him - waving from the deck of the sinking Titanic. "He put mother and me in a lifeboat and said, `I'll see you in New York.' We never saw him again," Haisman, 97, said Tuesday.

Edith Eileen Haisman (née Brown) was one of the last remaining and oldest survivors of the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912. She was the last living survivor born in the 19th century, though seven younger survivors outlived her.

Jun 17, 2009 · In 1996, at 100 years of age, Edith Haisman, (nee Brown) became the world's oldest living survivor of the Titanic disaster. She was almost sixteen years of age at the time and could well remember those screams and cries for help …

Survived the Sinking of the RMS Titanic When She was Fifteen Years Old. Born: 27 October 1896, Cape Town, South Africa. Died: 20 January 1997, Southampton, United Kingdom.