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Velin Matilda Öhman

Velin Matilda Öhman was a passenger on *Titanic*.

## Early life

Velin Matilda Öhman was born on 14 March 1890, in Eks, Mariestad, Västergötland, Sweden, to Johanna Sofia Öhman. She was an illegitimate child.

Her father, Per Johnson, was 20 and her mother, Mathilda Maria, was 18. They were her foster parents.

Velin Öhman lived her entire youth in Mariestad.  Later she would work as a seamstress.

She had found love with Henry Forsander. He was from Sweden, and now living in Cook County, Illinois. He had immigrated to the USA in 1910 and worked as a pattern designer. They were officially engaged when Velin traveled to the USA to meet him.

## *Titanic*

For the voyage, she had booked passage for Third Class on *Titanic*, and would leave the Southampton harbor on that very ship. She was 22 years old at the time.

On April 14, *Titanic* had struck an iceberg and the ship was sinking. Evacuation was needed.

She was rescued on the Collapsible lifeboat C together with Hilda Hellström, who said that Velin took out a bottle of brandy which they both shared to calm their nerves. On board the *Carpathia,* she didn’t tell Hilda the entire truth, because she stated that she was on her way to her uncle Henry Forsander, instead of saying he was her fiancé.

## Later life

Once reunited after she survived the disaster and finished her journey, they married and Velin changed her name to the more American Vivian. They had a daughter, Elsie, she was born on 13 September 1916. The couple lived in Chicago for the rest of their lives.

Henry died in July of 1963.

Velin passed away on 19 November 1966, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Elmhurst, DuPage, Illinois, United States. The cause of her death were heart problems.

In 2020, Velin's purse and a letter to her from the charity fund in New York are or have been on display in a Titanic Exhibit in New York.
Augusta Charlotta Lindblom

Miss Augusta Charlotta Lindblom was 45 years old, and lived in Stockholm just before travelling aboard Titanic.

Augusta Lindblom had been persuaded by letter to come join her sister in Connecticut. The sister was married.. She had many other relatives in USA. She got her emigration certificate on 30 March and boarded the Titanic at Southampton as aT hird Class passenger. She was headed for her sister’s home on Nicholls Ave. in Stratford. Described by her friend and fellow passenger Agnes Sandstrom as being “afraid of everything,” Augusta retreated to her cabin after the collision with the iceberg, locked the door, and went to bed. She apparently went down with the ship while still in her cabin. A pretty unique story.
Catherine Mullin

Catherine "Kate" Mullin was a Third Class passenger of the *Titanic*. She escaped the sinking in lifeboat 16.

Katie Mullin was a native of Rhyne, Cloonee in Co Longford, Ireland, where she was born on 28 July 1890 as the youngest child of the Roman Catholic pair, Thomas Mullin and Mary Duigman, who married in a church of their faith. Her father was a farmer. Catherine had 4 brothers and 4 sisters.

She boarded the *Titanic* at Queenstown as a Third Class passenger (ticket number 35852, cost £7, 14s, 8d). She was destined for New York City. Catherine was 20 years old at the time.

She shared cabin 161 on E-Deck with three other Longford girls, Kate Gilnagh and sisters Margaret and Catherine Murphy.

On the night of April 14, *Titanic* had collided with an iceberg, which sealed the fate of the ship. On April 15, during the sinking, Kate and her roommates had been in their cabin when another acquaintance from Longford,James Farrell who came from the same parish as Kate, knocked on their door and told them to get dressed as something was amiss, the engines having stopped. The four girls did as they were bid and upon trying to find a way to the higher decks they were impeded by physical barriers or crewmen redirecting them elsewhere. When one crewman tried to block their way, James Farrell intervened, shouting the at the crewman to let the women through. Intimidated by this strapping Irishman, the crewman relented and the party passed through.

Kate, Kate Gilnagh and the Murphy sisters later find their way to lifeboat 16. The last time she saw James Farrell was when him kneeling by his suitcase reciting the rosary. She later wrote to her father describing her experiences and related how her boat was packed with over 50 persons and how the screams of those left behind had haunted her.

She got compensated for her losses and settled in Manhattan, and found work as a domestic servant, and lived in the house.

## Later life

Catherine had found love in Martin Kearns, and married him on January 2, 1916 in Manhattan, New York. Besides this joy, there was also a lot of pain that year. Kate lost both parents, her mother from bronchitis in 1916, and her father in 1919 died because of catching a flu. They were both still in Ireland, and Catherine possibly never visited her home land again after settling in the Bronx with Martin. They first had three daughters, Margaret Peggy, Mary and Eilein. Later a boy was born, named John. In 1940 they had moved to Queens in New York.

The troopship of her son John sank in 1944 during World War 2, which meant her only boy had lost his life, and it hit her heavily. He was only 19 years old when he died. Meanwhile, in all those years, Kate had pushed the thoughts about *Titanic* as far away as she could. It was obviously not a fond topic for her to remember.

Kate Mullin passed away on the first of November, 1970, aged 80, leaving her husband behind as a widow, he died 6 years after her and they were lied to rest in the same grave.
Edward Watson Ford

Edward Watson Ford was a native of Mayfield, Sussex, England. He was born there in late 1895 as the third child of farm worker Edward Ford from Fletching, Sussex, and Margaret Ann Watson of the Isle of Skye. He had two older sisters, Dollina and Frances, one younger brother named William and a younger sister, Robina.

By 1911 Edward was living in Waldron, Sussex, working as a blacksmith's improver. His father abandoned the family. That same year, his sister Frances migrated to the United States and worked as a domestic servant. Frances would write home to the other Fords about her new life, and they were then inspired by the stories of Frances and her wonderful life in the States. Frances had written to her aunt Elizabeth Johnston as well.

The family travelled with family friend Phoebe Alice Harknett and the family of his aunt Elizabeth Johnston. Both families decided life would better and it seemed a good idea to leave for America. They took voyage on *Titanic* in Southampton on April 10. Edward at the time was around 17 or 18 years old.

Margaret and Elizabeth planned to meet their brother Thomas in New London, Connecticut prior to reuniting with Frances.

On the night of April 14 the unthinkable happened, and *Titanic* made a fatal collision with an iceberg, which damaged her hull in such a way, that she couldn't stay afloat. The ship sank April 15 2:20 A.M., 2 hours and 40 minutes after the collision.

The entire party was lost in the disaster and none of their bodies were recovered.
Alfred Nourney von Drachstedt

Alfred Nourney was a was a Dutch-born German gentleman and a passenger aboard Titanic. He was the son of the widowed Adele Wolff. He was born in Nijmegen on 26 February 1892.

He was one of the few that upgraded his Cabin. He used a pseudonym to travel, Baron Alfred von Drechstedt, when boarding Titanic in Cherbourg, France as a Second Class passenger. He was 20 years old at the time. His request to a purser to be transferred to a First-Class cabin was granted, largely because of his supposedly aristocratic status. He had purchased expensive items, including clothes, jewellery, walking sticks, two sets of toilet articles and a fountain pen, in order to support his pretence.

He stayed in cabin D-38.

On the night of April 14, 1912, he was playing bridge with Henry Blank and in the First Class Smoke Room. When Nourney first sensed a disturbance, he briefly left to investigate, but returned to continue playing. Minutes later, they became aware of the situation and boarded lifeboat 7 without difficulties, lowering away at 12:25 A.M. While the others were rowing, he sat motionless, smoking cigarettes. He also carried a pistol which he used to fire gunshots into the air through the night. They were rescued by the RMS *Carpathia* at 5:10 A.M.

While on board the *Carpathia*, he behaved very un-gentlemanlike. After he had lunch he went to the Smoke Room and there he rested on a pile of blankets which were supposed to be distributed among the survivors. A woman who entered the room pulled away the uppermost blanket, making Nourney roll onto the floor. As everyone applauded the woman, he disappeared.

Upon disembarking on April 18 in New York City, he said he had lost all his money on the *Titanic* and wished to quickly return to Europe. He returned to France and then to Köln, Germany, where his mother lived.

## Later life

During the 1920s, he was a salesman for Daimler-Benz AG, and he competed in motorsports. He settled in Bad Honnef, Germany, where he became an honour member of the "Rot-Weiss" Tennis Club. He married and had two daughters.

In 1960, he shed light on his experience on the sinking during an interview that was conducted by the German-TV Süddeutscher Rundfunk. He told about the sound of the 1500 people in the water struggling for their lives. It had daunted him and left a life-long impression on him. To him it was like a siren.

Nourney died on November 15, 1972, and was the last remaining adult male that had been a passenger in Titanic's First Class.
Jakob Alfred Wiklund

Jakob Alfred Wiklund, was born on September 15, 1890 in Munsala, Finland. He worked with his parents on the family farm. He was the son of a farmer, Jakob Mattsson Hvit, who later changed his last name to Wiklund. Jakob had 10 siblings. Maria Sofia Nilsdotter was the name of this mother.

Jakob Wiklund and his brother Karl Johan Wiklund were traveling to America with ex-fellow student Anna Sofia Sjöblom and Jakob Alfred Johanson. They boarded *SS Urania* in Hanko on March 30, 1912. The Finnish Steamship Company’s passenger manifest shows that they had made reservations to board the Philadelphia on April 6, 1912, but due to the coal strike they were redirected to the *Titanic*. Along with other unmarried men on board, the brothers were accommodated in a Third Class cabin in the front section of the ship.

The ship had hit an iceberg and sank in the night of April 14 and 15, 1912. Jakob Alfred Wiklund drowned, and his brother perished in the disaster as well. Anna Sjöblom managed to escape in a lifeboat.

The cable ship Minia found his body, the 314th that was recovered; and it was brought to Halifax. Jacob was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, and his belongings were sent to his parents. They were paid £50 in compensation.

## Sources

Special thanks and credits to Marie Keates for allowing me to use a large part of this information of her blog:

https://iwalkalone.co.uk/titanic-tales-from-st-denys-part-two/: Titanic tales from St Denys part two – I Walk Alone
Peter Myhrman

Pehr Fabian Oliver Malkolm Myhrman was a passenger on *Titanic.*

## Early life

Pehr Fabian Oliver Malkolm was born on October 10, 1893 in Sollefteå, Västernorrland, Sweden. His father was Nils Fabian Andersson. His mother was Brita Håhl. Both were Sweden natives. Nils was a former seargant-major in the Swedish Army. He had one younger sister, named Anna Edit Elisabeth Ingeborg. She was born in 1897. In the early 1910s, The family resided in  Solberga, Dalarna.

Growing up, Pehr had attended Kristinehamn's practical school and then worked a few years back as a clerk at the hardware store Kjellman & Co in Kristinehamn in Värmland.

In April 1912 he was on his way from home to go visit his uncle and aunt in Chicago: John Anton Nelson and wife who lived at 6256 Laflin St., Ogden Park Station.

## *Titanic*

He was 18 years old at the time he embarked on *Titanic* in Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912. He had a ticket for Third Class.

On April 14, during the late night, destiny met *Titanic* very early when she had contact with an iceberg that she couldn’t avoid on the last moment. The result was a few tiny holes in the hull on the staboard side over a large part, below sea level, causing her to sink. The damage was inspected later by the Captain and Thomas Andrews, who concluded by his calculations that she would founder in over 2 hours. The Captain then gave orders to evacuate shortly after midnight on April 15.

There are no details about Myhrman’s actions and whereabouts during the fateful night but it’s confirmed he never got into a lifeboat and perished in the disaster after the ship foundered at 2:20 A.M. His body was not recovered.

## After his death

Following the disaster, some newspapers reported that he had been rescued but was so badly injured there that he died in hospital.  He never got into a lifeboat.

His parents received SEK 875:52 (£48) from the charity fund and then, on 9 October 1914, compensation of SEK 911 (£50). Sister Anna Lisa also received help from the charity fund:  SEK 456 (£25).
Ingvar Enander

Ingvar Enander was a *Titanic* passenger.

## Early life

Ingvar Enander was born in Gothenburg, Västergötland, Sweden on December 26, 1890 to Axel Wilhelm Enander and his wife Hilda Elisabeth Bohle. Axel was a wholesaler. Ingvar was the younger brother of Einar, who was born in 1886.

He became engaged to Dagmar Bryhl.

Ingvar studied agronomy and probably still lived with his parents at Olivedalsgatan 1 in Gothenburg in 1912. He traveled to the United States to enroll into further studies and wanted to see how agriculture worked over there. He received his moving certificate on 2 April 1912. He traveled with his fiancée Dagmar and her brother Kurt , who came along as an interpreter as neither Ingvar nor Dagmar were very good at English. All three of them were going to the siblings' uncle Oskar Lustig at 511 Pearl St. in Rockford.

## *Titanic*

They had left the Southampton port on April 10 on the RMS *Titanic*. They traveled in Second Class. Ingvar was 21 years old at the time.

On April 14, the ship had struck an iceberg at late night. After the collision, Ingvar, Dagmar and Kurt were able to get up to the Boat Deck without difficulty. Ingvar had dressed carefully, but had noticed that Dagmar had not been given any shoes, but was on her way in just her slippers. Therefore he took her shoes with him. Ingvar wore a blue blazer suit and a gray ulster that was bought at Ströms in Gothenburg. He took his mother-of-pearl penknife with him, as well as a watch with a gold chain, a wallet with business cards, the tickets and a briefcase with huge contents, for example a ring in which was engraved "Ingwar 11/2 1912", a gold horseshoe pin, a napkin ring with Dagmar's name engraved, a silver necklace with a chain and a coral necklace.

Ingvar and Kurt were with Dagmar when she got into a lifeboat, but both of them, as well as Henrik Kvillner who was standing next to her, were refused permission to come along even though the boat was only half full. Ingvar gave Dagmar her shoes and she put them on. She gave the red slippers to Ingvar, who put them in the pocket of his ulster coat. They stood and watched her being hoisted down with the lifeboat.

While Dagmar survived, Ingvar and Kurt were lost in the sinking.

## After his death

Ingvar’s parents started to worry what became of the three. Ingvar’s father wrote detailed letters to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding his son's clothing and also mentioned Dagmar's red slippers which he put in his pocket on the Boat Deck, but without success.

The parents did not apply for money from the charity fund in London and were too late to claim damages. On February 25, 1916, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a request made by Ingvar's brother that "as the time for filing the lawsuit almost three years ago has passed, nothing can now be done."
Andrew Latimer

**Andrew "Andy" Latimer** was the Chief First Class steward on the *Titanic*. He died in the sinking. His Second Class colleague was John Hardy. His Third Class collegue was James William Kieran.

He was born on January 31st, 1857 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England as the son of Robert Latimer and Margaret Tate. On 15 February he was baptized.

Andrew first married Emily Hewitt Wolstenholme on February 26th, 1880 and had 3 children; Minnie, Margaret 'Madge' and George.

Latimer lived at 4 Glenwyllin Road, Waterloo, Liverpool with his second wife Jennie Hamilton. They were married on April 1st, 1902 and had 4 children survive; Andrew Hamilton, John Ernest (Jack), William Norman and Janet Hamilton (Jean).

He worked for the Dominion Line on the Canada, New England, Commonwealth, Columbia and Vancouver. He came under the employ of White Star when that company took over the Dominion Line. He was Chief Steward of the *Teutonic*, *Cedric*, *Adriatic*, *Olympic* and finally the *Titanic*.

On April 14, *Titanic* had hit an iceberg and took on so much water that she was doomed to sink.

Latimer died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. It is reported that Andrew gave up his lifejacket to a female passenger.
Ole Martin Olsen

**Olaf 'Ole' Martin Olsen** was one of the passengers travelling on the *Titanic*, which sank on its Maiden Voyage. He was from Homer Township, Langford, South Dakota. He was born there on 17 February 1885, the first-born of Ole Andres and Anna Jacobsdatter, Norwegians who had migrated to the United States in 1883, shortly after marrying.

Ole, would have eight siblings. After growing up, he would go live somewhere else and do harvest work. In winter periodes he would frequently visit his family. In the winter of 1911 he had visited his grandmother in Norway.

On 10 April 1912 he boarded the *Titanic* in Southampton; he was on his way to Broderick, Canada for some other agricultural work. He travelled in Third Class, along with some English passengers. Olaf was 27 years old at the time.

On the late night of 14 April, *Titanic* had an encounter with an iceberg, and she hit it.

Both Ole and his roommates lost their lives in the sinking that followed on April 15. If his body was found, he was never identified.
Elizabeth Margaret Burns

Elizabeth Margaret Burns was a nanny working for the Spedden Family onboard *Titanic*. She was born in Newarkn, New Jersey on December 7, 1870, and was baptized at St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cathedral in that city on December 11, 1870. She was the daughter of Patrick Burns and Margaret Neary.

Unfortunately, her father died on December 27, 1880, when Elizabeth was only 10 years old. Elizabeth graduated first from Cathedral School and St. Mary's Academy in Newark. Subsequently, also graduated with honors from Bellevue Hospital in New York and later graduated from the Roosevelt Hospital Training School and Sloane Maternity Hospital and specialized in the Willard Parker Hospital for Childhood Diseases. In 1906, Elizabeth began working for the Spedden family as a nanny for little Robert Douglas Spedden, who called her "Muddie Boons" because she had difficulty pronouncing her name. Helen Alice Wilson, the maid of Mrs. Margaretta Corning Spedden, also worked with her. Elizabeth Margaret Burns took excellent care of Robert during "a serious bout of illness" and, as a thank you Frederic Oakley Spedden and his wife Margaretta, invited her to accompany them on a 3-month vacation in Europe.

In the 1911 passport, Miss Elizabeth Margaret Burns was described as "a woman 5.2 inches tall, with gray hair, brown eyes, and an elongated face."

In April 1912, after a stint abroad visiting Madeira and several Riviera resorts, Elizabeth Margaret Burns, Frederic Oakley Spedden, Margaretta Corning Spedden, Robert Douglas Spedden and Helen Alice Wilson boarded the Titanic in Cherbourg,

On the night of April 14-15, 1912, when the Titanic hit the iceberg, Elizabeth Margaret Burns and the entire Spedden family headed to the starboard deck, where the women and little Robert were loaded into lifeboat 3. Later, Frederic was also able to get on that boat. Fortunately, they all survived the disaster.

Elizabeth Margaret Burns stayed at the Seville Hotel in New York along with the entire Spedden family although, a short time later, she left her job as a nanny. In addition, in 1915, the little Robert Douglas Spedden, whom he cared for, died at age 9 in a car accident.

Some friends of Elizabeth Margaret Burns claimed that she never fully recovered from her experiences on the Titanic and her health was never as before, frequently suffering from endocarditis. As a member of the Red Cross, Elizabeth Margaret Burns was employed during World War I (1914-1918) as a member of the executive committee of the New York County Chapter and participated in the recruitment of nurses.

In his later years, she was working with Joseph Harvey Ladew, one of the world's largest leather manufacturers, and accompanied him on his many travels. Subsequently, she was in charge of the industrial nursing department of the JH Ladew Company on Lincoln Highway.

Elizabeth Margaret Burns died at the Young Women's Nurses Club on May 25, 1921 at age 50 from an attack of pulmonary edema. She was interred in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, East Orange, New Jersey.
Augustus Charles Coombs

Augustus Charles Coombs was born in Wimborne Dorset in 1867. He was the second of two sons born to Mary Jane Kellaway and George Edwin Coombs, a master butcher and Mary Jane Kellaway.

Augustus was brought up in Wimborne and when or why he ended up in Southampton is a mystery but it’s probable he moved to get work at sea. He was living in Southampton when he married Annie Amelia West in 1891. They had three children, Elsie Annie, Gladys Kathleen and Norah Georgina. In 1901 Augustus was working as a ship’s baker and living with his family, including his father, George, at 9 Ivy Road, Itchen.

George died in 1902 and at some time after this, the family moved to 78 Dukes Road. By 1911, Augustus was working as a cook for the White Star Line. In 1912 he left *Olympic* to join *Titanic* as an assistant cook, earning £4 10s a month.

Fate struck as on the late night of April 14, *Titanic* collided with an iceberg.

Augustus died when *Titanic* sank and his body was never recovered. What became of Annie isn’t clear but neither Elsie or Norah ever married and both died in 1970. Gladys married Robert Dyer and continued to live in Southampton until her death in 1976.

## Sources

Special thanks and credits to Marie Keates for allowing me to use a large part of this information of her blog:

https://iwalkalone.co.uk/titanic-tales-from-st-denys-part-two/: Titanic tales from St Denys part two – I Walk Alone
Robina Maggie Ford

Robina Maggie Ford was born on 24 April 1904 in Rotherfield, Sussex, England. She was the youngest child of a farm worker, Edward Ford, and Margaret Ann Ford who had married in Sussex in 1890.

She had 4 siblings: Dollina Margaret, Frances Mary, Edward Watson, and William Neal Thomas.

In 1911 her father had abandoned her and the family. As it seems he wanted to break free from his farmer life.

Her older siblings Dollina Margaret, Frances Mary, Edward Watson and William Neal Thomas were working and living away from home by 1911. Frances moved to the United States to go work for a rich Long Island Family, as a domestic servant.

Her mother received updates on her experience a lot, and it all seemed very wonderful. Margaret Ann's sister, Robina's aunt was Elizabeth 'Eliza' Johnston. The latter also was inspired by Frances' positive stories on her newfound life.

This convinced the families to travel together to join her. They travelled with a family friend, Alice Harknett.

The Johnstons, consisting of father Andrew Emslie Johnston, Elizabeth and their two children William Andrew and Catherine Nellie had already planned to go in 1911 on the Philadelphia, but the coal strike hindered their plans and so they decided to wait for the Ford family. Margaret and Elizabeth planned to meet their brother Thomas in New London, Connecticut prior to reuniting with Frances. They took passage on *Titanic* and left the Southampton docks on April 10. Robina was 7 years old at the time.

On April 14, at 12.40 P.M, *Titanic* had a collision with an iceberg. The iceberg had caused enough damage for the ship to sink. The entire party was lost and none of their bodies were recovered.
Luise Gretchen Kink

**Luise Gretchen Kink-Heillmann** was a Third Class Passenger onboard Titanic, she was only 4 at the time.

Luise was born 8 April 1908 at Zürich, four weeks before her parents, Anton Kink and Luise Heilmann were married. She boarded *Titanic* in Southampton with her parents and aunt and uncle, Maria Kink and Vincenz Kink. She was in a 3rd class cabin at the stern with her mother, aunt and two other women, Aloisia Haas and Josefine Arnold.

Onn the night of the disaster she was rescued on lifeboat 2 along with her parents. Because men weren't allowed into the boats on port side, her father Anton had to step back but he leapt in when it was lowered.

Her family leased a farm in Milwaukee and after her father divorced and left she quit school to earn money and support her mother.

She married Harold Pope in 1932 and they had four children, They were later divorced and she developed a relationship with a "friend" Al Kenyon. Luise Kink-Pope worked tirelessly, well into her eighties. She fought against tuberculosis, arthritis and breast cancer.

She cared for her mother until she passed away in the late seventies and eventually succumbed to lung cancer in 1992. She was survived by Al Kenyon, four children, seventeed grand children and fourteen great grand children. She was buried alongside her mother.
Battista Antonio Allaria

## Biography

Battista Antonio Allaria was born on Friday, May 31st, 1889 in the small town Molini Di Triora, Liguria, Italy. He was the only son of a farmer, Antonio Allaria, and his wife Maria Anna Caldani.

Battista is believed to have grown up in Italy but his father, who had the first slate mine in Molini di Triora, died very young, leaving eight or nine children. Battista followed the example of his brothers and he went to seek his fortune abroad at the age of 17, first in France then in England. He moved to England when he decided to work at sea. He was signed on Titanic on April 6th, 1912, in Southampton. He gave his address as 9 Orchard Place, Southampton, Hampshire, England and stated his previous ship as the R.M.S. Olympic. Luigi Gatti hired him to work as an assistant waiter in his à la Carte Restaurant and Battista was believed to have had a wage of £3 per month plus tip. Battista perished in the sinking and his body was recovered. He was the 221st body recovered by the C.S. Mackay-Bennett. He was brought back to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and buried at Fairview Lawn Cemetery on May 6th, 1912.

For almost 86 years, his death remained shrouded in mystery. None of the family was ever informed that Battista's body was recovered at sea and buried in Halifax. His parents died brokenhearted as a result, they could not even say a prayer or lay a flower on his grave. For 86 long years the whole of Italy was believed that Battista had disappeared into the sea, drowned as a prisoner of the Titanic.

Only a few years ago, thanks to the famous movie of Cameron and the advent of the internet, it was possible to finally know the whole truth about the tragic death of the young and brave waiter. The great grandchildren of Battista Allaria, Luisella Allaria and Arianna, their father Gino, along with two friends Giorgio and Roberto Basso Lugli, have started an Internet search to find news,to determine what happened after the sinking of the Titanic and discover the tomb of the Baptist.

From the logbook of Mackav Bennett , written by Frederick Hamilton, the page of the discovery of Allaria, we read: ... "While Mackav Bennett was already returning to Halifax sailors were hoisted on board the last three bodies. All wore the uniform "First Class servants", waiters were first class. Two were identified, one was on shirt initials AB (Allaria, N. d. R.) The third was buried at sea. " Even after what you read is noteworthy moves, the list of personal effects recovered from the ocean, the traces of a life too quickly broken. "Dresses: green coat, jacket and dark trousers, underwear marked with the letters A and B (the initials). Effects: knife, razor, lock, keys marked" bathroom waiters ", comb, savings Postal, notebook and allowed to disembark. " All cataloged, everything belonged to the young Allaria, Molini.

## Photos

Portrait of Battista Antonio AllariaBattista's body recovery document, page 1.Battista's body recovery document, page 2
Ilmari Rudolf Alhomäki

## Biography

Ilmari Rudolf Alhomäki was born on Sunday, March 12th, 1893 in Uskela, Southwest Finland. He was the son of Gustav Tilander Alhomäki and his wife Edla Karolina Strömvik. Ilmari was the youngest of the couple's six children. His siblings were; August Aleksander Tekla Dagmar, Artur Alarik, Aina Sigrid and Berta Karolina.

In 1909, Ilmari's brother Artur emigrated in Canada aboard the RMS Empress of Britain. In 1910, he crossed the border to go establish himself in Astoria, Oregon, United States, where he first worked in boarding houses before building his own bakery on Duane Street called the Finnish Home Bakery. Ilmari, impressed by his brother's work, decided to join him in Astoria in 1912.

For his trip across the Atlantic, he booked passage as a Third Class passenger on the RMS *Titanic* with ticket number 3101287, which cost him £7 18s 6d. He had also already booked a train ticket to Astoria £15 when he boarded the Titanic in Southampton on Wednesday, April 10th, 1912. Ilmari perished in the sinking and his body, if recovered, was never identified.

His relatives later received £50 in assistance from the Titanic Relief Fund.
Emergency Lifeboat 2

**Emergency Lifeboat 2** was the port emergency cutter of the *Titanic* and the sixth boat loaded from the port side. Fourth Officer Boxhall was sent in charge of this boat and he had another sailor, a steward and a kitchen hand with him. Eight ladies from first class, including sisters Charlotte Appleton and Malvina Helen Cornell found seats in the boat and six passengers from third class were there as well; Winnie Coutts and her two young sons and the Kink family. In all, there were probably no more than 18 people in it. Boat 2 was the first boat to reach the RMS *Carpathia*, shortly after 4 o'clock in the morning.

When *Titanic* sank at 2:20 am, Boxhall suggested to the occupants that they should go back to pick people up from the water. However, they refused outright. Boxhall found this puzzling, as only a short time before the women had pleaded with Smith for their husbands to be allowed to accompany them, yet now they did not want to go back to save them. The boat was the first to reach *Carpathia*, at 4:10 am.

## Notable occupants

* Joseph Groves Boxhall (in charge) *Fourth Officer*
* Frank Osman *Able Seaman*
* James Johnson *1st Class Saloon Steward*
* Mahala D. Douglas *First Class Passenger*
* Elizabeth Walton Allen *First Class Passenger*
* Charlotte D. Appleton *First Class Passenger*
* H.L. Malvivna *First Class Passenger*
* Emillie Kreuchen *First Class Passenger*
* Georgette Alexandra Madill *First Class Passenger*
* Elizabeth Walton Robert *First Class Passenger*
* Bertha Illett *Second Class Passenger*
* Neville Leslie Coutts\* *Third Class Passenger*
* William Loch Coutts\* *Third Class Passenger*
* Mary Minnie Coutts\* *Third Class Passenger*
* Anton Kink *Third Class Passenger*
* Louise Kink *Third Class Passenger*
* Luise Gretchen Kink-Heilmann *Third Class Passenger*
* Hanne Youssef *Third Class Passenger*
* Marian Youssef *Third Class Passenger*
* Brahim Youssef *Third Class Passenger*
* George Youssef *Third Class Passenger*

\*=not certain
Robert William Pusey

William Robert Holland Pusey was born on March 1, 1890. He was a native from Hythe, Hampshire, England. His parents were William Pusey, a mariner, and Florence Ellen Holland. His father was from Hampshire and his mother was from Staffordshire. They married in Southampton in 1899. In 1893, he got a brother in Vernon Charles Holland. This was his only sibling from both his father and mother. He was often referred to as 'Robert'.

In 1891 he and his family were living at Rose Cottages, Titchfield, Hampshire. His mother died in 1895 at the age of 32 and his father remarried in early 1900 to Emily Lucy Gregory, also from Hampshire. They had a child in the same year, a daughter named Irene Mary.

The family moved to the village of Fawley, Hampshire by 1901 and would be listed as living at Chapel Street, his father now worked as a fisherman. He died around 1910 and Emily Lucy apparently remarried.

Robert was married in Southampton in 1908 to Edith Kate Prince, a native from Berkshire and they had 4 children: Eric Prince (1909 - 1946), Florence Edith, named after his mother was born in 1910. That same year Robert also lost his father. In 1911 census, Robert is absent from his home at "The Marsh", Hythe, Hampshire where Edith, Eric, and Florence are listed. He is listed elsewhere as a fireman aboard the Osceola, then docked off Southwick, Sussex.

Robert and Edit had more children: a son named Olive Ellen came in 1912.

When Robert signed onto the *Titanic* on April 6th, 1912, Robert gave his boarding address as Briton Street, Southampton. His last ship had been the *Saint Paul*. As a Fireman, he received monthly wages of £6. Robert was one of only a dozen occupants in lifeboat 1. He testified at the British Inquiry and recalled how Cosmo Duff-Gordon offered to reimburse the crew for their loss kit.

He returned to England and continued to live at "The Marsh", in Hythe. Another child, a daughter, was born in 1915, named Marjorie.

He was later serving in the Mercantile Marine Reserve following the outbreak of World War I. Robert was serving as a Fireman on the HMS *Dirk*, a patrol boat, when the ship was torpedoed by UC75 off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire on May 28th, 1918. Robert's body was never recovered but he is remembered on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Edith remarried in 1928 to Victor Edward Pusey (1896 - 1945), Robert's cousin. She remarried in the Hythe area and died on December 31st, 1968 at the age of 80. She was buried in St. John the Baptist Churchyard Hythe, New Forest, Hampshire, England.
G-Deck

**G Deck** or the **Lower Deck** is the eighth deck down from the top, between F Deck and the Orlop Deck. It contained the Squash racquet court, the Post Office, food freezers and coolers, baggage rooms, cargo hold, crew quarters, and some 3rd class rooms. G-Deck began flooding 25 minutes after *Titanic*'s collision with the iceberg. A large part of it was off-limits to passengers, although there were a few cabins at the bow and stern, as well athe bottom half of the Swimming Pool and the Squash Racquet Court. This deck was just 3 metres above the waterline.

## Notable locations on board

* Greaser's Berths
* Leading Firemen's Berths
* Third Class Cabins (Sections D & F)
* First Class Baggage Hold
* Squash Racquet Court
* Post Office
* Boiler Casings
* Coal Bunkers
* Reciprocating Engine Casing
* Engineer's Workshop & Store
* Brine Ret. Tank Room
* Turbine Casing
* Refrigerated Storage Rooms
* Alt. Second or Third Class Cabins
* Third Class Cabins (Sections N & S)
* Storage for milk, butter, cheese, eggs, fruit, vegetables, meat, ice-cream and potatoes
* An ice-making machine

## Cabins with known allocated passengers

G-2: Fang Lang

G-6: The Sandström and Ström families: Agnes Sandström, her daughters Beatrice and Marguerite, Elna Ström and her daughter Telma.

G-10: Benoît Picard
Frank Oliver Evans

Frank Oliver Evans was a British Able Seaman of the RMS *Titanic* as part of its Deck Crew.

## Early life

Evans was born on 15 May 1884 at Naphill, Buckinghamshire as one of twelve children of Joseph Evans and Mary Elliot. Evans enlisted in the Royal Navy on 17 July 1899 and was initially stationed on the HMS *Impregnable* but later transferred to the HMS *Lion*, the HMS *Victory*, and the HMS *Mars*. On 1901, Evans was docked at Gibraltar as a signal boy and continued service aboard the HMS *Fearless*, the HMS *Sirius*, the HMS *St Vincent*, the HMS *Formidable* and the HMS *Diana* before being discharged on 4 September 1907. Around this time, Evans was described as while having good characteristics, he often got himself into trouble and was arrested at least 3 times for several misdemeanours.

## Merchant career and the *Titanic*

Evans remained out of any naval service until 1911 when Evans decided to join the Merchant Navy and was chosen to work at the Union-Castle Line within the HMHS *Tintagel Castle* and the *Ferneo* and the *Olympic* of the White Star Line. Evans then signed up to become a crew member of the RMS *Titanic* on 6 April 1912 and was listed as being from Southampton. Unlike most crew of the *Titanic*, Evans had recognized his assigned lifeboat due to taking part in the lifeboat trill training prior to the sinking. Evans was at the Forward Mess Hall on the C Deck when the Sinking of the Titanic had occurred. Evans was ordered to find the Carpenter and sound all the wells forward but after failing to find the Carpenter, he found Boatswain Alfred Nichols and along with other crew members, he helped uncover port side boats and lowering lifeboat's 1 and 12 before being ordered to board lifeboat 10 by William McMaster Murdoch, joining with Edward John Buley.

Within the water, lifeboat 10 pulled 200 yards away from the *Titanic* and managed to unite with lifeboats 4, 12, 14 and D. Evans reported seeing the *Titanic* split into two between the 3rd and 4th funnels. Evans was then ordered by Harold Lowe to transfer to lifeboat 14 and later returned to the *Titanic* in an attempt to find any remaining survivors. Evans searched at Collapsible B and A but later testified that he was unable to search underwater due to fears of becoming unnerved and having a breakdown. After being rescued by the RMS *Carpathia*, he traveled to New York City and wrote an inquiry with William Alden Smith, documenting his experiences in the *Titanic* on 26 April 1912.

## Later years

Evans continued to work as a merchant during the 1910s. He later served in World War I and in World War II. After being made a quartermaster, he served on the *Mississippi*, *San Jeronimo* and the *Trinculo*. After the inquiry, Evans rarely talked about his involvement in the *Titanic* as the events had traumatized him. He never married and retired at London and spent his final days at Ruislip, Middlesex. He died at the Hillingdon Hospital on 19 May 1952 and was buried at the Northwood Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
André Clement Mallet

André Clement Mallet as a young boy was a passenger on *Titanic.*

## Early life

André Clement Mallet was a native of Montreal, Canada, where he was born on June 11, 1910.  He was the son of Albert Dennis Pierre Mallet, a merchant who imported cognac, and Antoinine Magnin.

Andre’s parents came from France and had migrated to Canada at some point. He was their only child.

In the early months of 1912, Andre and his parents left Montreal to visit France, for a vacation, and for Andre to get to know his other relatives.  The family stayed at Andre’s grandmother from his father’s side in Fontenay-le-Fleury. In April, they planned their return.

## *Titanic*

They bought tickets for the ship *France*, but when they heard that *Titanic* would stop in Cherbourg, they sold their tickets to travel to the city, and bought new tickets to board her there. André at the time was a year old.  The family was joined by Emile Richards. The group traveled in Second Class.

At the late night of April 14, *Titanic* had struck an iceberg and started sinking. The wherabouts and actions of the Mallet family are unknown during the early night of April 15.

They reached the Boat Deck before 1:40 A.M. Antonine and André were put on lifeboat 10, which was lowered at 1:45 A.M.  This boat was on port side, and his father Albert and friend Emile were not allowed to board like all the other male passengers.

They would both perish in the disaster and their bodies would not be found.

## After the sinking

Later on the morning *Carpathia* would pick them up, and bring them safely to New York with all other *Titanic* survivors. When arrived there, mother Antonine and André where admitted to the Saint Vincent’s Hospital to recover from any shock.

Upon release they went back to Montreal, after Antonine was given $ 4000 as compensation for the loss of her husband.

In Montreal, his mother decided they would live in Paris from now on, and their home was sold, after which they packed their belongings, to travel to France once more.

## Later life

Antonine remarried to Léonidas Rodomanowski on 8 May 1924 in Paris, and André attended school. For the remainder of his life, André lived in Paris, unmarried and without offspring.

André passed away in Paris on September 22nd, 1973. He was probably suffering heart failure or some other disease, and was laid to rest at the Conches Cemetery in Normandy. His mother would outlive him by only one year.
Albina Bassani

Albina Bassani was a 32 year old Italian First Class passenger travelling aboard *Titanic*, as the maid of Emma Bucknell. They were both returning home to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Albina Bassani and Emma Bucknell boarded *Titanic* in Cherbourg to occupy their cabin, D-15.

Albina Bassani was born in around 1880 in Arsiè, Belluno, Italy. Her parents were Antonio Bassani (1851-1920), a pianoforte maker, and Pierina Fusianto.

She married to Mr Gaspare Bertoccini in Rome, and they got two children. He died early, in 1906. There is little known about the man.

She came in the employment as a maid to Emma Bucknell in mid-1911. She was a wealthy 59 year old woman from Philadelphia. Some time before April 1912, she accompanied her employer to Europe, before starting the journey home aboard *Titanic*.

On the night of April 14, she had helped mrs. Bucknell to get comfortable in her bed around 10:30 P.M. Well over an hour later, she heard a scraping noise when the ship hit an iceberg. Albina and Emma made their way to the Boat Deck and safely boarded the starboard lifeboat 8, which was amongst the first five boats to leave the sinking ship.

After arriving in New York on *Carpathia*, she and Emma Bucknell went their seperate ways.

She wanted to file a claim against White Star Line, holding them responsible for all the valuable stuff she lost in the sinking and and she calculated till she reached a sum of $2890. It is unclear if this was ever handled and solved in a way that satisfied her. At least $200 dollars were given to her by the Red Cross. By the time she had found a job as a maid for Major Harris of Fort Greble.

Bassani was remarried in 1915. He was a widower, named Augusto Papetti and they had one child: a daughter name Bruna Isabell, born in 1920 on the 28th of August.

In 1950 she had somehow living far away from both her husband and daughter. Augusto lived in she was in Los Angeles. On 8 February 1954, Mr. Pappetti died.

Albina Bassani herself died in on 23 July, 1960.
Agnes Charlotta Sandström

Agnes Charlotta Sandström born as Bengtsson, 8 November 1887, was a Swedish woman who was one of the last remaining survivors of the sinking of the *Titanic* on April 15, 1912. She was the last survivor who was born in Sweden.

## Early life

Agnes Charlotta Bengtsson was born November 8, 1887 in Lerbäck, Örebro County, Sweden, to Bengt and Lovisa Eriksson Bengtsson. She had seven older siblings, and later, three younger siblings. She emigrated to the United States in 1906, where she fell in love with ironworker Hjalmar Leonard Sandström, also a Swedish immigrant. Their first daughter, Marguerite Rut was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 23, 1908. They married on June 23, 1909. They soon relocated to San Francisco, California, where their second daughter, Beatrice Irene, was born on August 9, 1910. Agnes and her daughters had gone back to Sweden to visit friends and family, and in April 1912 were ready to return to America.

## Aboard *Titanic*

Twenty-four year old Agnes, four-year-old Marguerite and twenty-month-old Beatrice boarded the *Titanic* on April 10, 1912 in Southampton, England as third-class passengers, three of a party of ten Swedes destined for California. They were originally not supposed to be on *Titanic* but were transferred due to a coal strike in many British ships at the time. The Sandströms shared a cabin with Elna Ström and her daughter Telma. They travelled in Third Class.

On the night of the collision, Agnes was awake and talking to Elna, her cabin mate. Agnes later recalled,

> "As we sat there talking there was a bump, something was hitting us. We couldn't understand that at first but then later on they came to tell us the ship had hit an iceberg, there was a hole but it would soon be fixed, and then we would be under way again."
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Agnes and her daughters began their way up to the boat deck. She was under the impression that her cabin mates had followed her, but when she turned around, she discovered they were not there. Agnes never saw the Ströms again. She and her daughters soon escaped in lifeboat 13.

Agnes, Marguerite, and Beatrice were all picked up by the RMS *Carpathia* early the next morning. Elna and Telma both perished in the sinking, and their bodies were never identified nor recovered. Of the party of ten Swedes destined for California, only five, including the Sandströms, survived. Upon arrival in New York, the trio were hospitalized, before continuing onto San Francisco. The Sandström family, including Haljmar, moved back to Sweden in the autumn of 1912.

## Later life

In Sweden, Agnes and her husband welcomed three more children. The trio of the family's *Titanic* survivors were featured in the Swedish newspaper *Dagens Nyheter*, in 1961 and 1962 respectively. Agnes died on December 1, 1985 in Motala, at the age of 98, having outlived both her husband and eldest daughter. She was the last survivor born in Sweden.
Catherine Nellie Johnston

Catherine Nellie Johnston was a native of Croydon, Surrey, England, where she was born on 18 February 1905. She had Scottish parents, Andrew Emslie Johnston, a plumber, and Elizabeth "Eliza" Watson. Before Catherine she had given birth to her brother William on 13 September 1903.

In Sussex lived her mother's older sister, Margaret Ann Ford. Her husband had left her at some point in 1911. She had a daughter called Frances, and the young woman had been working in the United States for quite some time after migrating there in the same year. Frances had told her mother and her aunt Eliza wonderful stories about life in America. This got both Margaret and Elizabeth very interested, and were wondering whether they should start a new life at the other side of the Atlantic too.

The family made plans to emmigrate to the US in October 1911 on board the *Philadelphia* but with difficulties caused by the coal strike they decided to wait for Elizabeth's sister, Margaret and her family, and rearranged their journey on the *Titanic*. Catherine boarded the ship with her father Andrew, mother Eliza and brother William on April 10th in Southampton. Margaret Ann Ford and her family joined them, as well as their friend Alice Harknett. They traveled in Third Class. Catherine was 7 years old at the time.

Her mother and aunt planned to meet their brother Thomas in New London, Connecticut prior to reuniting with Frances.

On April 14, disaster struck as *Titanic* had an unfortunate collision with an iceberg, which caused her to sink.

The entire party was lost in the disaster that followed, and none of their bodies were ever recovered.