Mr Paul Edvin Andreasson
Mr Paul Edvin Andreasson, 20, was born in 1892 the son of Andreas and Emma Nilsson, he had three siblings. Paul Andreasson was unmarried. He had been in training for 7 years to become a smith in Kalfsnäs, Kalfshult, Hallaryd, Kvilleberg, Småland, Sweden.
Travelling from Sweden via Denmark he bought his ticket for the Titanic in Copenhagen. He boarded at Southampton as a third class passenger with his travelling companions Albert Augustsson, Carl Jonsson, Nils Johansson and Olga Lundin. He had some 500-600 Kr with him. He was travelling to his brother Ernst Nelson 8109 Sherman Ave. Chicago.
Andreasson died in the sinking, his body, if recovered, was never identified.
The Mansion House Fund paid 872.52 Kr (£48) to his parents. 924 Kr in damage claims was paid to the parents on 5 October 1914.
References
Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklets and Minute Books
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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