In April of 1912, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil A. Ferguson of Washington, D.C., welcomed a baby boy.
They named him Archibald Astor after Major Archibald Butt and millionaire John Jacob Astor, both of whom had perished in the sinking of the Titanic on April 15.
The parents said they hoped their baby would “emulate the heroism of these men.”
(Though the newspaper article I saw claimed the baby “was born on the day the Titanic went down,” the Social Security Death Index lists Archibald A. Ferguson’s birth date as April 11.)
Source: “Baby Is Named Archibald Astor.” Detroit Free Press 29 Apr. 1912: 4.
Image: RMS Titanic by F. G. O. Stuart
