Mr Owen George Allum
Mr Owen George Allum, 18, was born in 1894, the son of William Allum, his birth was registered in Falmouth, Cornwall. He had a sister, Chloe.
As a young man he worked as a 'telegraph boy' for the local post office.
By 1912 he was a gardener living at 22 Oswald Road, Southall, London, he had also lived at 7 Gerrold Villas, Vansittart, Windsor, Berkshire. He embarked the Titanic at Southampton and was travelling in third class (ticket number 1223, £8 1s) bound for New York City to meet up with his father.
Allum was lost in the sinking, his body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett and taken to Boston on 4 May 1912.
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NO. 259 — MALE — ESTIMATED AGE 17 — HAIR, DARK CLOTHING — Grey tweed suit. EFFECTS — Gun metal watch and chain; hair brush; 2 knives; cigarette case; pocketbook. Third Class ticket number 1223. NAME - Owen George Allum 7 Gerrold Villas, Vansittart, Windsor. |
The body was brought back to England on board the Arabic on 17 May 1912 and was subsequently interred in the Clewer Parish Churchyard, Windsor, Berkshire on 22 May 1912.
Available Documents
Record of Bodies and Effects (#259)
References
White Star Line (1912.) Record of Bodies and Effects (Passengers and Crew
S.S. "Titanic") Recovered by Cable Steamer "MacKay Bennett"
Including Bodies Buried at Sea and Bodies Delivered at Morgue in Halifax,
N.S. Public Archives of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., Manuscript Group 100, Vol.
229, No. 3d, Accession 1976-191, 76 pp., unpaged.
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
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Summary
Born: 1894
Age: 15 years
Last Residence: at 22 Oswald Road, Southall London England
Occupation: Gardener
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 2223 , £8 6s
Destination: New York City New York United States
Died in the sinking.
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 259)
Buried: Clewer Parish Churchyard Windsor Berkshire England on Wednesday 22nd May 1912.
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