Mr William Augustus Spencer

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Name: Mr William Augustus Spencer
Born: Sunday 7th January 1855
Age: 57 years
Last Residence: in New York City New York United States
1st Class passenger
First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 17569 , £146 10s 5d
Cabin No.: B78
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered

Mr William Augustus Spencer, 57, was born in New York on 7 January 1855.

A resident of Paris, Mr Spencer boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a first class passenger (ticket number PC 17569, £146 10s 5d), together with his wife Marie Spencer.

Mr Spencer perished in the disaster. His body, if recovered, was nver identified.

There is a memorial stone for him at Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.


Courtesy of Michael A. Findlay, USA

Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Miss Eugenie Elise Lurette
Mrs Marie Eugenie Spencer

References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])

Credits
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Craig Stringer, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK

Related Articles and Documents

DIE DREILINDEN, ESTATE OF THE SPENCERS  
DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS  
DIE DREILINDEN, PROPERTY OF THE SPENCERS  
New York Times  (1912)  WILL OF LORILLARD SPENCER  
New York Times  (1912)  DEATH NOTICE OF WILLIAM A. SPENCER  
New York Times  (1912)  MANY GIFTS TO CHARITY  
New York Times  (1912)  SPENCER CODICIL ADMITTED  
New York Times  (1913)  OBITUARY NOTES  
New York Times  (1914)  TITANIC VICTIM'S ESTATE  
New York Times  (1922)  MISS KATHERINE FORCE TO WED MAJOR SPENCER  

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