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Mr Elias Samaan : 3rd Class Passengers

Summary
Age: 17 years
Last Residence: in Hardin Lebanon
Occupation: General Labourer
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 2662 , £21 13s 7d
Destination: Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr Hanna Elias Samaan
Mr Youssef ("Joseph") Samaan

Mr Elias Samaan

Mr Hanna Samaan, 18, a labourer from Hardin, Syria (modern day Lebanon) boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a third class passenger (ticket no. 2662, £21 13s 7d). He was accompanied by his father Hanna and brother Youssef.

They were among a large group of Lebanese passengers travelling from Hardin to Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.

All three men died in the sinking. Their bodies, if recovered, were never identified.

Entries in the Casualty List (PRO BT 100/259-260)
(Public Record Office- Reprinted with permission)

References
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)

Contributors
Hermann Söldner, Germany