Charles Osker Hendrickson was one of the Leading Firemen of the Titanic. He survived the sinking in the infamous Lifeboat 1. He was the fireman who suggested to the 11 other occupants to go back to the disaster site, but Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon refused. Charles first appears on the 1891 census living with his parents and siblings at 231 Northumberland Road, St Mary, Southampton, his father being described as a labourer. Charles is absent for the 1901 census but his family now reside at 17 Alfred Place, Southampton.