Mr Edwin Nelson Jr. Kimball

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Name: Mr Edwin Nelson Jr. Kimball
Born: Wednesday 9th March 1870
Age: 42 years
Last Residence: in Boston Massachusetts United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 11753 , £52 11s 1d
Cabin No.: D19
Rescued (boat 5)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Wednesday 6th April 1927
Cause of Death: Lung Abscess
Buried: Newton Cemetery Newton Massachusetts United States

Mr Edwin Nelson Kimball jr, 42, was born in Atlanta, Georgia on 9 March 1870. He was the son of Edwin Kimball and Emma Cook.

Mr Kimball, from Boston, Massachusetts boarded the Titanic at Southampton with his wife Gertrude. Travelling as first class passengers (ticket number 11753, £52 11s 1d), they occupied cabin D-19.

The couple were rescued in lifeboat 5 with their friends Richard and Sallie Beckwith, Karl Behr and Helen Newsom.

Mr Edwin Nelson Kimball was the president of the Hallet, Davis Piano Company in Boston, Massachusetts.

After the sinking, Mr Kimball continued to make his home just outside of the Boston area.

He died in Newton Massachusetts on 6 April 1927 and was buried at Newton Cemetery, West Newton, Massachusetts.

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Gertrude Kimball

References and Sources

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standard Certificate of Death
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])

Credits

Phillip Gowan, USA
Michael A. Findlay, USA

Related Articles and Documents

NEWTON, MASSACHSETTS FAMILY HOMESTEAD AND SITE OF EDWIN'S FUNERAL  
EDWIN KIMBALL'S GRAVE  
New York Times  (1912)  BOSTON MAN MISSING  
Brooklyn Daily Times  (1912)  NO NEWS OF KIMBALLS  
Brooklyn Daily Times  (1912)  E. N. KIMBALL---LOST ON TITANIC  
Washington Herald  (1912)  E. N. KIMBALL SAVED  
Chicago Evening Post  (1912)  DREAD OF LIFEBOATS BY PASSENGERS TOLD  

Grave or Memorials Edwin Kimball's Grave

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