William Edward Farquharson was the Senior second Engineer of the Titanic. He died in the sinking. He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England in late 1873, later being baptised on April 14th, 1874 in Holy Trinity Church, Liverpool. He was the son of George Walter Farquharson (b. 1840), an engineer, and Elizabeth, née Fletcher (b. 1840), both Liverpudlians who had married in their native city on January 1st, 1861. He had seven known siblings: Isabella (b. 1862), George James (b. 1865), Elizabeth Ann (b. 1867), William Francis (b. 1869), David (b. 1872), Thomas (b. 1876) and Florence (b. 1888).