Master Frank Philip Aks
(Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA)
Master Frank Philip "Filly" Aks, 10m, was born on 7 June 1911. He boarded the Titanic at Southampton together with his mother Leah.
Leah and "Filly" had left their home in London to join his father Samuel Aks in Norfolk, Virginia. Filly was rescued in lifeboat 11 and was reunited with his mother on board the Carpathia, she having been rescued in lifeboat 13.
Frank Aks in 1988
(© Michael A. Findlay, USA)
Frank died on 15 July 1991 and was buried in the family plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk, Virginia.
(© Michael A. Findlay, USA)
References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Judith Geller (1998) Titanic: Women and Children First. Haynes. ISBN 1
85260 594 4
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer
At Port Of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National
Archives, NWCTB 85 T715 Vol 4183
Names and Descriptions of Alien Passengers Embarked at the Port of Southampton,
10 April 1912 (PRO London, BT 27/780B).
Contributors
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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Summary
Born: Wednesday 7th June 1911
Age: 10 months and 8 days.
Last Residence: in London England
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 392091 , £9 7s
Destination: Norfolk Virginia United States
Rescued (boat 11)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Monday 15th July 1991
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Leah Aks
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