Miss Aloisia Haas
Miss Aloisia Haas, 24, was born on 14 February 1888 in Switzerland. She lived at Altdorf, Kanton Uri, Switzerland. She was a cousin to Josef Arnold-Franchi and was employed at the restaurant "Feldschlösschen" at Olten, Kanton Solothurn, Switzerland.
She boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger together with Josef Arnold-Franchi and his wife and Josefine. To reach her destination Chicago, Illinois she bought ticket from the agent: Im Obersteg, Basel for 221 Swiss francs (ticket number 349236, price: £8 17s).
Aloisia Haas died in the sinking. Her body if recovered, was never identified. Her father Franz Haas worked at the ammunition factory of Altdorf and had to feed 11 children. In 1913 he received £85 from the Lord Mayor's Fund. Franz Haas died on 28 August 1928.
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the
voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
References
Günter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich
Acknowledgements
Scott Marty
Arthur Merchant, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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