Getty / LWA. The White last name has several different possible origins: 1  White is usually a descriptive name or nickname given to a person with very light hair or complexion, from the Middle English whit, meaning white..2  The last name White may be also local, derived from the Isle of Wight, on the coast of Hampshire, England.etty / LWA. The White last name has several different possible origins: 1  White is usually a descriptive name or nickname given to a person with very light hair or complexion, from the Middle English whit, meaning white..
Dogs of the Titanic: Three Who Survived. The fact that there were dogs traveling on the Titanic with their owners would come as no surprise to anyone who considers it. However, with all that has been written about the 1912 sinking of the Titanic, little has been written about the dogs who were passengers. Dedicated research by J. Joseph Edgette, Ph.D., Widener University professor emeritus, has revealed the story of the canine passengers.
Survivors were rescued from the lifeboats by the RMS Carpathia. Of the 711 passengers and crew rescued from the RMS Titanic, one passenger died in a lifeboat during the night, and another five died on board the Carpathia and were buried at sea. Several ships sailed to the disaster area to recover victims' bodies.isualisation of the number of survivors and deaths on the RMS Titanic by class and age/gender according to the British Board of Trade report on the disaster. Crew are shown in blue.