Mrs Florence "Fannie" Kelly

Mrs Florence "Fannie" Kelly, 45, was born in Wandsworth, London, England. She lived in London, where her sister, Mrs Hamilton also lived (at 31 Bedford Place, Russel Square). Mrs Kelly, who was widowed, was going to visit her son Richard at 68 West 71th Street, New York City. She bought her ticket number 223596 for £13 10 s and boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger. She shared a cabin with Hilda Slayter.

Mrs Kelly survived the sinking. She was rescued by the Carpathia, possibly in lifeboat 9. On the Carpathia she sent a telegram to her sister in London on 18 April at 6.32 pm:

Hamilton 32 Bedford Place London
saved cable Dick lost adress
Fanny

References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
John Booth & Sean Coughlan (1993) Titanic Signals of Disaster. White Star Publicatons, Westbury, Wiltshire. ISBN 0 9518190 1 1
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
United States Senate (62nd Congress), Subcommittee Hearings of the Committee on Commerce, Titanic Disaster, Washington 1912

Contributors
Alan Hustak, Canada
Hermann Söldner, Germany