Mrs Hulda Kristina Eugenia Klasén (née Löfqvist)
Mrs Hulda Kristina Klasén (or Clasén), 36, was born 18 March 1876, the daughter of Peter Edvard Löfqvist from Salmunds, Stĺnga, Bjärges, Vänge, Gotland Island, Sweden. She had a sister Emma Josefina Veström. Hulda Klasén had emigrated to USA on 17 October 1902, she lived in Los Angeles, California and worked as a dressmaker.
Hulda had been visiting Gotland and was now returning to Los Angeles with her niece
Hulda Amanda Adolfina Veström. The niece's
father lived in USA and it is likely that Klasén was taking Miss Veström
to her father.
On Titanic, which she boarded at Southampton, she accompanied a group of Swedish third class passengers led by Thure Edvin Lundström.
Mrs Klasén died in the sinking, her body was never found.
The Mansion House Fund paid 1787.52 (Ł98) to her father and 1276.80 Kr (Ł70) to her sister. No damage claims were made as her father died before legal processes could start and the lawyers concluded that nobody else was dependent on her.
The following obituary appeared in the newspaper Gotlands Allehanda in 1912 alongside one for Hulda Amanda Adolfina Veström:
Enlargement Translation
Courtesy Jonas Söderström
Notes
When Hulda left Sweden she was travelling under her maiden name of Löfqvist. After the disaster she got confused with the Klaséns from Fliserys, Smĺland.
References
Gotlands Allehanda (Sweden), 29
April 1912
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN
91 518 3644 0
Acknowledgements
Leif Snellman, Finland
Jonas Söderström, Sweden
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Summary
Born: Saturday 18th March 1876
Age: 36 years
Last Residence: in Salmunds Sweden
Occupation: Housewife
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 350405 , £12 3s 8d
Destination: Los Angeles California United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Gertrud Emilia Klasén
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