Maria Mathilda Backström was a pregnant third class passenger of the Titanic. She survived the sinking. She was born as Maria Mathilda Gustafsson on July 28th, 1878 the daughter of Maria Lovisa Gustafsson. She lived in Kejtala, Strömfors (Ruotsinpyhtää); near Lovisa, (southern Finland) Mathilda Gustafsson had made a previous visit to the USA but had returned to Finland and, in 1911, married her childhood friend Karl Alfred Backström. Karl was however unable to find another boat and died when the ship went down, Mathilda's brothers also perished.