Name	Lifeboat from Titanic	Lifeboat to Carpathia	Confidence Level
Herman, Mrs Jane	9	9	3.00
Herman, Miss Alice	9	9	3.00
Herman, Miss Kate	9	9	3.00

The New York Herald of April 25, 1912:
“Mr. Herman saw that his wife and daughters were placed in a lifeboat and then stepped back to allow other women to enter the boat.  Mrs. Herman…urged her husband to enter the boat, but he declined.” 

The Bernardsville (New Jersey) News of April 26, 1912:
“My husband handed us into the second boat and there we parted – forever.”  It also stated that “a lad of fifteen who had come with them from England was among the lost.  Both he and Mr. Herman might have come in the boat, which could have carried ten or a dozen more.”

The possibility that Mr. Herman could have chosen to enter the lifeboat indicates it was on the starboard side.

In a 1940 letter to the editor of the Portland Oregonian Kate Herman Parsons' husband stated that she was in boat 13.  However, as this is second hand, and as the starboard lifeboat in which they entered could have held “ten or a dozen more” it is believed that this is in error.  None of the three Herman ladies were known to have mentioned boat 15 coming down on them from above.

It is thought that Mrs. Herman was the lady described by Bertha Watt in boat 9 who, when Stuart Collett complained of losing his sermons, yelled, “If you can give me back my husband and son, I’ll pay for your sermons.”  It is believed that she was referring to George Sweet as her son as they were taking him to America with them.

Being second class passengers likely in a starboard boat that could have held more, the best option was for lifeboat 9.  As this could not be considered “the second boat,” they were placed in number 9 with a vote of 3.00.