Mr Benjamin James Thomas
Mr Benjamin James Thomas, 32, was born in Clapham, London on 31 May 1881 1 the son of Benjamin Thomas and Jane Evans. He married Polly James (born 1877) in Lewisham in 1906. He was on board the Titanic for her delivery trip from Belfast to Southampton. When he signed-on again, in Southampton, on 4 April 1912, he gave his address as 122 Avenue Road, Southampton. As a first class saloon steward he received monthly wages of £3 15s. His last ship had been the Olympic and he had been aboard her when she collided with the Hawke in 1911. Thomas was rescued in lifeboat 15. He emigrated to America in 1912 and with his wife was listed as visiting/lodging with old shipmate Fred Toms in Los Angeles in 1930. He died probably in New Jersey sometime in the 1930s. Notes 1. When he signed on in Belfast he gave his birthplace as London, in Southampton he gave it as Wrexham, Wales. It appears that his birth was registered in Wandsworth (London), in 3rd Qtr 1881. References and Sources
Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259) Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)
Gavin Bell, UK
Peter Engberg, Sweden Link to this page Or copy the link text below Cite this page (2013) Benjamin James Thomas Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #2152, accessed 18th May 2013 11:42:51 PM) |
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