Miss Erna Alexandra Andersson
Miss Erna Alexandra Andersson, 17, from Kulla Bay, Strömfors (Ruotsinpyhtää), near Lovisa, Southern Finland boarded the Polaris at Hangö to Hull and then travelled on to Southampton where she boarded the Titanic as a third class passenger . She was destined for New York.
Erna was rescued in collapsible D. After her arrival in New York she was quartered in the Union League Home together with Maria Backström.
She stayed in New York and worked as a domestic helper. She visited Finland about 1913 then returned to USA. She married a Finn named Johansson and settled down, in (?) Houghton, Michigan.
References
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN
91 518 3644 0
Acknowledgements
Claes-Göran Wetterholm, Sweden
Contributors
Leif Snellman, Finland
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Summary
Age: 17 years
Last Residence: in Kulla Bay Finland
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 3101281 , £7 18s 6d
Destination: New York City New York United States
Rescued (boat D)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
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