Mr Alfred Fernand Omont
- Biography
| Name: Mr Alfred Fernand Omont
Born: Monday 25th September 1882 Age: 29 years Last Residence: in Le Havre France Occupation: Dealer 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 12998 , £25 14s 10d Rescued (boat 7) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Thursday 18th March 1948 |
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Mr Alfred Fernand Omont, 29, was born 25 September 1882.
A cotton dealer from Havre, France, Omont boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger (Ticket no. F.C. 12998, £25 14s 10d).
On the evening of 14 April Omont was playing auction bridge (a card game), in the Café Parisien, with Pierre Maréchal, Paul Chevré and Lucien P. Smith when the collision took place:
Chevré, Marechal and Omont were all rescued in lifeboat 7, they described their rescue in an article that appeared in Le Matin and The Times.
Alfred Omont died on 18 March 1948
References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Credits
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK
Related Articles and Documents
| (1908) | ST-LAZARE TRAIN STATION, PARIS | |
| The Times (1912) | FRENCHMEN'S ACCOUNT | |
| New York Times (1912) | HEARD DEATH CHORUS FOR OVER AN HOUR | |
| Titanic Research (2009) | THE TURN OF A CARD |
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