Mrs Adele Nasser (née Achem)
- Biography
| Name: Mrs Adele Nasser
(née Achem) Born: Saturday 19th March 1898 Age: 14 years Last Residence: in Zahlah Lebanon 2nd Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 237736 , £30 1s 5d Destination: Cleveland Ohio United States Rescued Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Tuesday 20th January 1970 Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease Buried: Evergreen Mausoleum El Paso Texas United States |
(Unidentified El Paso newspaper, 21 January 1970 / Phillip Gowan,
USA)
Mrs Nicholas Nasser (Nasrallah) (Adele Achem / Hakim), 14 (1), was born in Zahlah (Zahle), Lebanon on 19 March 1898, the daughter of Habib Hakim (2) and his wife Ator Achem (?Rose Gresati) from Zahle, Lebanon. She and her husband Nicholas boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as second class passengers. To reach their destination New York, they bought ticket number 237736 for £30 1s 5d.
Mrs Nasser survived the sinking, whereas her husband did not. To the Immigration Officer she gave her destination as Cleveland, Ohio, but unknown adress. This was given in the Senate's list as 652 Bolivia Road.
Adele Hakim Nasser was newly married to Nicholas Nasser and was pregnant. Her little boy was born on 9 December 1912 but died hours later.
She later remarried to Albert A. Shamaley who was born 15 May 1884 and died in a car accident in August of 1969.
She died in El Paso Texas on 20 January 1970. She was survived by her four chuldren and her sister Mary and brother Richard who had also emigrated to America.
Notes
1. This is the age calculated from the date on the death certificate. Other
lists give her age as 18 however, the obituary of 1970 gives her age as 72 so
she probably was only 14 on the Titanic.
2. Names are often Anglicised on different lists.
Documents
Texas Department Of Health
Bureau Of Vital Statistics Certificate Of Death
Unidentified Newspaper (El Paso, Texas) January 21, 1970, Obituary
References
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee
on Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279]).
List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States Immigration Officer
At Port of Arrival (Date: 18th-19th June 1912, Ship: Carpathia) - National
Archives, NWCTB-85-T715-Vol. 4183.
Acknowledgements
Phillip Gowan, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mr Nicholas Nasser
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