Mr George Andrew Brereton (George Arthur Brayton / Bradley)
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| Name: Mr George Andrew Brereton (George Arthur Brayton / Bradley)
Born: Wednesday 11th November 1874 Age: 37 years Last Residence: in Los Angeles California United States 1st Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 111427 , £26 11s Rescued (boat 9) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Thursday 16th July 1942 Cause of Death: Gunshot Wound |
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Mr George Andrew Brereton (aka Bradley, Brayton etc.) was born on 11 November 1874 in Medelia, Minnesota, the son of Daniel Brereton, a native of Ireland and Mary Rohe Brereton from Germany. Later a resident of Los Angeles, CA he boarded the Titanic at Southampton (ticket number 111427, £26 11s). He was travelling under the alias Mr George Arthur Brayton. He was rescued in (possibly) lifeboat 9.
'Brayton' (a professional gambler) had been in the First Class smoking room stalking a victim when the ship struck. Even after the disaster, while travelling on the Carpathia back to New York, Brayton was still at work. He met another First Class passenger Charles Stengel on deck and after their return to New York attempted to involve him in a horse racing scam.
Brereton killed himself on 16 July 1942.
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Walter Lord (1986) The Night Lives On: Thoughts, Theories and Revelations about the Titanic. London, Penguin. ISBN 0 140 27900 8
Contributors
Phillip Gowan, USA
Mike Herbold, USA
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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