Alice Cleaver a postman, and her mother was Lavinia Alice Cleaver (maiden name Thomas). When she was 22, Cleaver was hired by the Allison family to be a nursemaid for their youngest child, Trevor. She traveled first class on the "Titanic" with them (under ticket No. 113781) and boarded in Southampton. She stayed in the same room as Trevor so that she could care for him, which was right next to the parents in first class. On 14 April 1912 the RMS "Titanic" struck an iceberg and started to sink. Cleaver took Trevor into her lifeboat, but didn't tell anyone. Speculation claims
RMS Titanic the years of the two World Wars, the International Ice Patrol has worked each season since 1913. During the period there has not been a single reported loss of life or property due to collision with an iceberg in the patrol area. In 1912, the Board of Trade chartered the barque to act as a weather ship in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, keeping a look-out for icebergs. A Marconi wireless was installed to enable her to communicate with stations on the coast of Labrador and Newfoundland. "Titanic" has gone down in history as the ship that was called unsinkable.