Dr William Edward Minahan
From McKenna (1912)
Courtesy: Homer Thiel, USA
Dr William Edward Minahan, 44, was born on 20 April 1867, the son of Irish immigrants William B. Minahan and Mary Shaughnessy. He later became a well known physician in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin.
Minahan boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as first class passenger (Ticket No. 19928, £90), together with his wife Lillian and sister Daisy. They occupied cabin C-78.
Will's last words to his wife and sister were report to be "be brave."
Dr Minahan died in the sinking, his body was recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#230):
| NO. 230. - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 6O. - HAIR, GREY. CLOTHING - Black suit and overcoat. EFFECTS - Pocketbook; papers; gold watch, "Dr. W. E. Minahan"; keys; knife; fountain pen; clinical thermometer; memo book; tie pin; diamond ring; gold cuff link; nickel watch; comb; check book; American Express; $380; 1 collar button £16 10s. in gold; 14 shillings; nail clipper. FIRST CLASS PASSENGER. NAME - DR. W. E. MINAHAN. |
The body was forwarded to V. J. Minahan (probably his brother Victor), Green Bay, Wisconsin on May 2, 1912. He is buried at Green Bay.
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References and Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Green Bay Press-Gazette, 20 March 1998
Maurice McKenna (1912) Past and Present of Fond du Lac County [Wisconsin],
Volume II. S. J. Clarke Publ. Co., Chicago. (p. 5)
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