Mr John Borland Thayer, 49, from Haverford, Pennsylvania was Second Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was married to Marian Longstreth Morris and they had two daughters: Margaret “Peggy” and Pauline, and two sons, one of whom, Jack Thayer, accompanied them on their trip to Europe in 1912. He and his family had been in Berlin as guests of the American Consul General and Mrs Thackara two weeks prior to boarding the Titanic as first class passengers. On the evening of the collision, He and his wife ad son joined Lucile and William Carter, Major Butt and Captain Smith at a dinner party held by George, Harry and Eleanor Widener, in the à la carte restaurant. The family were preparing for bed when the collision occurred. Jack went up immediately to investigate, he returned to their stateroom and they followed him back on deck. As the boats were prepared for lowering he and Jack said good bye to Marian. in lifeboat 4. Her had no intention of boarding a boa and stayed with his friends George and Harry Widener and Charles Duane Williams. When all the boats were gone Colonel Gracie saw him looking “pale and determined” by the midship rail aft of lifeboat 7 talking with George Widener. They may have moved towards the stern like so many other passengers and crew because when Gracie returned a short while later they had gone. His body, if recovered, was never identified.