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Mr Ignjac Hendekovic : 3rd Class Passengers

Summary
Age: 28 years
Occupation: General Labourer
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 349243 , £7 17s 11d
Died in the sinking.
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 306)
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on Friday 10th May 1912.

Mr Ignjac Hendekovic

© Bob Knuckle, Canada

Mr Ignjac Hendekovic, 28, a married labourer from Vagovina, Croatia, boarded the Titanic at Southampton together with Matilda Petranec.

To reach their destination of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he bought his third class ticket from the agent: Viktor Klaus-Wildi, Buchs for 299 Swiss francs. (ticket number 349243, £7 17s 11d)

Hendekovic died in the sinking. His body was recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#306) and buried at Mount Olivet Roman Catholic Cemetery on 10 May 1912.

NO. 306. - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 30. - HAIR FAIR: LIGHT MUSTACHE. CLOTHING - Blue coat; blue striped pants; no vest; white shirt with embroidered front; leather sandals; brown belt. EFFECTS - One knife; purse with $ 12 in notes; small purse with 72 cents; two third class tickets; one, No. 349245 for Matilda Petram; the other No. 349243 for Toznai Hendokovic. THIRD CLASS. NAME - TOZNAI HEDOKOVIC

 

Notes
Sometimes listed as "Ignaz Hendekovic".

Documents
Record of Bodies and Effects: Passengers and Crew, S.S. Titanic (Public Archives of Nova Scotia) (#306)

References
Günter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich

Sources
Marriages, Births, Deaths and Injuries, White Star Line 1912 (PRO London, BT 100/260)
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])

Acknowledgements
Bob Knuckle, Canada
Günter Bäbler, Switzerland
Hermann Söldner, Germany