Miss Bertha Ilett
- Biography
| Name: Miss Bertha Ilett
Born: Friday 12th October 1894 Age: 17 years Last Residence: in Jersey Channel Islands Great Britain 2nd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 14885 , £10 10s Destination: Altanta Georgia United States Rescued Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Thursday 30th September 1976 Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease Buried: Brookside Cemetery Geneva New York United States |
Miss Bertha Ilett, 17, was born 12 October 1894 in Jersey, Channel Islands. She boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger (ticket number SO/C 14885, £10 10s), she was travelling to New York City.
Miss Ilett was rescued, in which lifeboat is unknown
She married Chris Kristen Christensen and settled in Geneva, Ontario County, New York. They had two sons, Edward Ilett Christensen, Richard Christensen, and a daughter Phyllis Christensen Dutchess.
Bertha Christensen (née Ilett) died on 30 September 1976.
Articles
Geneva Times, 1 October 1976, Obituary
Documents
New York State Certificate
of Death
References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Contributors
Phillip Gowan, USA
Related Articles and Documents
| Geneva Times (1976) | MRS BERTHA CHRISTENSEN DIES - TITANIC SURVIVOR |
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