Mrs Antoinette Flegenheim
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| Name: Mrs Antoinette Flegenheim
Age: 48 years Last Residence: in New York City New York United States 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Cherbourg on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 17598 , £31 13s 8d Rescued (boat 7) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 |
Mrs Alfred Flegenheim (Antoinette) [1], 48, was born in Berlin, Germany in May 1871. She married her husband Alfred in Germany in 1891 and came to New York City in 1892. They had no children. Alfred Flegenheimer died in Manhattan on 23 November 1907 [2].
A wealthy socialite she was reportedly living in Philadelphia although most record indicate her home as Manhattan, New York.
Mrs Flegenheim boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a first class passenger (ticket number PC 17598, £31, 13s, 8d). She was rescued in lifeboat 7.
She was married in late 1912 to an Englishman, Mr P. E. White-Hurst.
Mrs White Hurst (late Flegenheimer) is thought to have died in Europe (possibly in Berlin).
Notes
1. Her husband's name appears to have been "Flegenheimer" but she generally used the shortened version of the name.
2. His body was placed in a "holding vault" at Salem Fields Cemetery until 21 January 1908 when it was shipped to Germany for burial
Credits
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Phillip Gowan, USA
Charles Provost, USA
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