Margaret Brown

Molly Brown (Margaret Tobin) was born on 18 July 1867,1 in Hannibal, Missouri, the daughter of John Tobin and Johanna Collins (2), both Irish immigrants. The house was sold by the children after the Browns' deaths and the furnishings sold off as well at an estate sale. And, of course, visitors will hear the harrowing first-hand account of Margaret's experiences aboard Titanic and her efforts to aid the survivors both aboard the rescue ship Carpathia and throughout the remainder of her life.

This museum was her house and is full of great history about her, Denver, and the two together. The Brown family moved to Denver in 1894 and Molly founded the Denver Dumb Friends League, designed the juvenile court system and ran for U.S. Senate in 1914. The Molly Brown Birthplace and Museum, situated at the corner of Mark Twain Avenue and Denkler's Alley, now is under the management of the Hannibal Convention and Visitors Bureau after three years of care from the Hannibal History Museum Foundation.

Their second child, Catherine Ellen Brown, nicknamed Helen, was born on July 1, 1889 in Leadville, Colorado. Margaret's parents, John and Johanna Tobin, raised a close-knit Irish Catholic family. The birthplace and museum tells the life and history of Margaret Tobin Brown, famously known as Unsinkable Molly Brown.

That's Margaret Tobin Brown. A Denver Colorado small-town girl from Missouri, she married a successful gold miner who struck it rich in Leadville, Colorado. While her husband advanced to superintendent in the mines, Molly Brown started soup kitchens in the mining community and became active in women's rights.

She became known, by her own declaration, following the Titanic disaster, as The Unsinkable Molly Brown and has been known ever after by that appellation. Margaret Tobin was the daughter of Irish Catholic immigrants and born in Hannibal, Missouri. The Titanic was a marvel at the time in terms of technology and innovation, and it claimed to be practically unsinkable.” Built by British White Star Lines, the $10 million ship weighed approximately 46,000 tons and stretched about 883 feet long.

The Browns's wealth came from the gold and silver mines of Leadville, Colorado. Luckily, we arrived and were able to purchase tickets just before a scheduled tour began; we didn't have to wait very long and were able to enjoy the outside of Ms. Margaret Brown's home for about five minutes.

The museum is a historic, multi-level, Victorian home and is only accessible to wheelchairs on the first floor. Brown's life has been depicted on stage, in movies, and television in both fact and fiction. Home of the "Unsinkable" Molly Brown, Titanic heroine, restored to its original Victorian splendor.