Miss Asuncion Duran y More
Miss Asuncion Duran y More, 27, a domestic, was born in San Adrian, Prov. Lérida, Spain. She had been visiting her father Ramon Duran at Tamaset 167 Piso 2°-1a- in Barcelona and was going to Tomas Benedicto, Plaza del Vapor, Habana, Cuba.
She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as second class passenger together with her sister Florentina. She held ticket number SC/PARIS 2149, price: £13 17s 2d.
Miss Asuncion Duran and her sister survived the sinking. They were rescued by the Carpathia in lifeboat 12. From New York to Habana, she bought ticket number 1508 for £3 1s 9d on 6 April 1912 from White Star Agent N. Martin in Paris. She was to travel via Ward Line.
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer
At Port of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National
Archives, NWCTB-85-T715-Vol. 4183.
References
Titanic Passenger List, maiden voyage booklet (1997). 7 C's Press, Ludlow.
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee
on Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912.
Acknowledgements
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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Summary
Age: 27 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: in Barcelona Spain
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 2149 , £13 17s 2d
Destination: Havana Cuba
Rescued (boat 12)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912