1. The oldest child/sibling Karl (11) suffered from a railway accident in 1907 while bringing lunch to his father. His leg was amputated.

1. The family owned a rich farm in their home in Peterborough.

1. Their father William Rice perished from a railway accident in Montreal, Canada in 1910
2. A survivor claims that he saw the family last clinging to the stern looking bewildered.

1. The parents died in 1914.

1. The Hodges' son's body that was recovered was thought to be Dean Winston, but turned out to be William Sterling Jr.
2. Newspapers claimed the Hodges' boys survived the disaster.

1. Their father emigrated to Chicago in 1911
2. Paul's birthday was one day before Titanic went down.