Miss Velin Öhman
- Biography
| Name: Miss Velin Öhman
Born: Friday 14th March 1890 Age: 22 years 1 months and 1 days. Last Residence: in Mariestad Sweden 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 347085 , £7 15s 6d Destination: Chicago Illinois United States Rescued (boat C) Disembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Saturday 19th November 1966 Cause of Death: Heart Failure / Disease Buried: Chapel Hill Gardens West Elmhurst Illinois United States |
Miss Velin Öhman (1), 22, was born 14 March 1890 (2). She was from Eks parish, Mariestad, Västergötland, Sweden.
Velin Öhman boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger (ticket number 347085, £7 15s 6d) she was destined for Chicago, IL (3). She was rescued in Collapsible C with fellow Swede Hilda Maria Hellström.
She died in Chicago, Illinois on 19 November 1966.
Notes
1. Velin Öhman is listed in the American Senate list as Velin Olman and
in other lists as E. Orman.
2. This date taken from Wetterholm
(1996), the death certificate gives date as 14 March 1892.
3. She claimed to be travelling to the home of her uncle Henry Forsander who
turns out to have been her fiancé.
Documents
State of Illinois Medical Certificate
of Death
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
References
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN
91 518 3644 0
Acknowledgements
Claes-Göran Wetterholm, Sweden
Contributors
Phillip Gowan, USA
Leif Snellman, Finland
Related Articles and Documents
| Chicago Tribune (1966) | SURVIVOR, 74, OF SINKING OF TITANIC DIES |
Link to this page
Please link to this page using the following URL
http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/velin-ohman.html
Or copy the link text below
Cite this page
If you need to cite this article as a reference please copy the following and adapt as necessary for your referencing system:
(2012) Velin Öhman Encyclopedia Titanica (ref: #1092, accessed 14th February 2012 09:18:44 AM)
URL : http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivor/velin-ohman.html
