Mr Erik Gustaf Collander

Mr Erik Gustaf Collander, 28, from Helsinki, Finland, was the son of Dr Paul Collander.

Collander left Finland on April 1, 1912. He was travelling to the United States on a pleasure trip and to study. According to the Ohio newspapers he had planned a surprise visit his cousin, Dr. Paul J. Collander of Ashtabula, Ohio.

Collander boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger and perished in the disaster, his body, if recovered, was never identified.

References
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio), 20 April 1912
Ashtabula Beacon (Ohio), 20 April 1912
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN 91 518 3644 0

Acknowledgements
Leif Snellman, Finland
Homer Thiel, USA