Mr Achille Waelens
- Biography
| Name: Mr Achille Waelens
Born: Tuesday 14th May 1889 Age: 22 years Last Residence: in Ruiselede Belgium Occupation: Farm Labourer 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 345767 , £9 Destination: Stanton United States Died in the sinking. Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 140) Buried: Fairview Lawn Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on Friday 3rd May 1912. |
(Courtesy: Bill Fowler, Canada)
Achille Waelens, 22, was a farm hand from Ruiselede, Belgium. He was heading to Stanton, Ohio to take part in the sugar beet campaign.
He boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger (ticket number 345767, £9).
Mr Waelens died in the disaster. His body was later recovered by the MacKay Bennett (#140).
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NO. 140 - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 28 - HAIR & MOUSTACHE, LIGHT CLOTHING - Dark mixture suit; blue wool jersy; black shoes. EFFECTS - $25.00 in notes; foreign coins; watch; knife; pipe; trouser clips. NO MARKS ON BODY OR CLOTHING SECOND CLASS TICKET - NAME ACHILLE WAILENS |
He was buried at the Fairview Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia on 3rd May, 1912. Interestingly, when his body recovered, the record indicated that he held a second class ticket. His descendants do not believe that he could have upgraded his passage from steerage since he was practically penniless. The records must have recorded the passage ticket incorrectly.
Notes
Often listed as "Achille" or "Achiel Wailens".
Documents
Record of Bodies and Effects: Passengers and Crew, S.S. Titanic (Public
Archives of Nova Scotia)
(#140)
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Herman De Wulf and Michal A. Findlay (1998) The Belgians and the Titanic. Voyage.
#27
Coroners Report, Public Archives of Nova Scotia
Acknowledgements
Herman DeWulf, Belgium
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Homer Thiel, USA
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