[1] Joseph's daughter, Louise Laroche (2 July 1910 – 28 January 1998) was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of RMS Titanic.

The family planned to leave France in late 1912, but Juliette discovered she was pregnant for a third time, and Joseph decided to hasten their travel arrangements so the child could be born in Haiti.

[citation needed] Joseph's mother purchased first class passage for the family aboard the liner SS France.

The Laroches learned of the French Line's policy stipulating that children were required to remain in the nursery and were not permitted to dine with their parents.

Shortly after Titanic struck the iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, Joseph woke Juliette and told her that the ship had suffered an accident.

Since there were none to spare, Juliette improvised and at the end of each meal she would sit on napkins, conceal them and make diapers out of them after returning to the cabin.

[7] In March 1995, Joseph's daughter Louise stepped aboard Nomadic for the first time since 1912 when it carried her family to Titanic from Cherbourg, France.