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Miss Augusta Maria Vanderplancke : 3rd Class Passengers

Summary
Born: Saturday 30th December 1893
Age: 18 years
Last Residence: in Zwevezele Belgium
Occupation: Servant
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 345764 , £18
Destination: Freemont United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered

Miss Augusta Maria Vanderplancke

Miss Augusta Maria Vanderplancke, 18, was born in Zwevezele, Belgium on 30th December, 1893. She worked as a lace maker in Zwevezele.

Auguste and her brother Leo were heading to Detroit, Michigan to visit relatives, then they would join their brother Jules and his wife Emilia in Fremont, Ohio.

The family boarded the Titanic in Southampton as third class passengers.

They all lost their lives in the sinking. None of their bodies, if recovered, were identified.

Sources
Herman De Wulf and Michael A. Findlay (1998) The Belgians and the Titanic. Voyage. #27

References
Michael Findlay Revised Passenger List in Judith Geller Titanic: Women and Children First. Haynes. ISBN 1 85260 594 4

Acknowledgements
Herman DeWulf, Belgium
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Georges Picavet, Belgium
Kassandra Picavet, Belgium
Homer Thiel, USA