Name	Lifeboat from Titanic	Lifeboat to Carpathia	Confidence Level
Tannous, Mrs Thamine	13	13	4.43
Tannous, Master Essed Iskandar	11	11	4.00

The New York Evening Journal of April 22, 1912 had the following interview with “Mrs. Tannous Baheer,” which appears to be Mrs. Thamine Tannous:
“ 'Following the collision I hurried to deck B with my baby,’ said the little woman.  ‘When I got to the deck my baby was torn from my arms by someone and thrown into a lifeboat just being lowered.  I was taken away in another boat.’ “

While this was clearly through a translator, it does indicate that Mrs. Tannous was separated from her child and placed in another boat.  She did describe going on deck without her relatives, and not being reunited with the child until a day after boarding the Carpathia.

Mrs. Tannous’ family always acknowledged that she was separated from her baby, and in later years came to believe that it was Edwina Troutt who rescued Essed simply because they learned that she had rescued a baby separated from its mother.  Neither they nor Miss Troutt realized how many children were separated from their mothers, and Essed does not match Miss Troutt’s 1912 description.

Ruth Becker always spoke of a “little” foreign lady beside her in boat 13, whom she believed spoke only German.  Through an interpreter near her she learned that the woman’s baby had been placed in a previous boat, but that the woman herself had not been allowed to enter.  She assisted the woman in finding her baby as soon as they were rescued, and at that time Nellie Becker recognized it as having been in her boat, number 11.  Mrs. Tannous appears to be the only woman who spoke no English, separated from her baby, who matches this description.

However, it was argued that the Middle Eastern women on the Titanic did not go on deck alone during the sinking.  They tended to stay with their male relatives, or other women.  In later years the family stated that Mrs. Tannous went on deck with her brother-in-law, although this may have been their assumption in order to explain how a man could have handed Essed to Miss Troutt.  Yet Ruth Becker did not recall the woman expressing concern for any relation other than her baby.

Although no one was able to identify who the woman was beside Ruth Becker in boat 13, and whose baby was in boat 11, we felt it could be none other than Mrs. Tannous and her son, but there was not enough confidence for everyone to give them a vote of 5.