Mr Thomas Knowles

Thomas Knowles

Mr Thomas Knowles, 39, was born in Hampshire1

When he signed-on to the Titanic on 6 April1912 he was living at Tanner's Lane, East End, Near Lymington.2 He had transferred from the Oceanic. As firemens' messman he received monthly wages of £6.3

Knowles was rescued in Collapsible C.4

Documents
Crew Particulars of Engagement

References

  1. i. Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259)
    ii.British Census 1881: The crew sign-on sheets give his age as 39 and his birthplace as Hampshire. The only Thomas Knowles of appropriate age in Hampshire in 1881 was Thomas Knowles, aged 11, of 1 Goaters Alley, Holy Rood, Southampton. Living with his father Benjamin (a dock Labourer), mother Elizabeth and five siblings. If this is the correct person Knowles would have been 42 in 1912.
  2. The Lymington Chronicle, 25 April 1912, p.5
  3. Agreement and Account of Crew op.cit.
  4. Peter Engberg-Klarström, Correspondence with Editor

Contributors
Clare Church, UK
Peter Engberg-Klarström, Sweden
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Bill Wormstedt, USA

Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)

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Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

Name: Mr Thomas Knowles
Born: 1870
Age: 42 years
Marital Status: Married.
Occupation: Fireman Messman

First Embarked: Southampton
Rescued
Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Monday 8th January 1951


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