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Master Richard F. Becker, 1, was born in Kodaikanal, India. He boarded the Titanic at Southampton. He was travelling with his mother Nellie and sisters Marion and Ruth from India to Benton Harbour, Michigan. Their ticket was #230136 and cost £39. Richard was rescued along with his mother and Marion in lifeboat 11.
He was first married to Eva Marie Anderson who died October 11. 1942 at the age of 30 in St. Louis, MO. Richard became a singer and in later life a social welfare worker. Widowed for a second time, he passed away in 1975.
References and Sources
Peoria Journal Star, September 7 1975, Obituary
State of Illinois Certificate of Death (#75049008)
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Phillip Gowan, USA
Summary
Born: Sunday 26th June 1910
Age: 1 years
Last Residence: in Guntur India
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 230136 , £39
Cabin No. F4
Destination: Benton Harbor Michigan United States
Rescued (boat 11)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Saturday 6th September 1975
Cause of Death: Kidney Disease
Buried: Swan Lake Memory Gardens Peoria United States
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Nellie E. Becker
Miss Marion Louise Becker
Miss Ruth Elizabeth Becker
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