Miss Wendla Maria Heininen
Miss Wendla Maria Heininen, 23, a single woman from Turku, Finland was travelling to New York City. She boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger .
Miss Heininen lost her life in the disaster, a few days a female body was pulled from the sea by crew members of the cable ship MacKay Bennett.
The unidentified body was laid to rest in Fairview Cemetery in Halifax, NS the plain stone bearing just a number and the date of death. Recent research enabled the name of victim #8 to be postively identified and the name was added to the stone. Wendla Maria Heininen's relatives received £50 in compensation for their loss.
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References and Sources
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN
91 518 3644 0
Record of Bodies and Effects: Passengers and Crew S.S. Titanic (#8)
List of Bodies Unidentified and Disposition of Same (#8)
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Leif Snellman, Finland
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Summary
Age: 23 years
Last Residence: in Turku Finland
Occupation: Servant
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 3101290 , £7 18s 6d
Destination: New York City New York United States
Died in the sinking.
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 8)
Buried: Fairview Lawn Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
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