Mrs Claire Karnes (née Bennett)
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Mrs J. Frank Karnes (Claire Bennett), 22, was a young bride returning from India to the United States for a visit. She boarded with Mary Corey at Southampton. Claire probably spent the last afternoon of her life in the Second Class library, where she and Mary were seen by Lawrence Beesley. Mrs Karnes never knew that her husband had died several days earlier from smallpox in India. She and Mary Corey were among the 14 Second Class women who died in the sinking.
References
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio), 18 April 1912; 20 April 1912
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Homer Thiel, USA
Summary
Age: 28 years
Marital Status: Widowed.
Last Residence: in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 13534 , £21
Destination: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Mary Phyllis Elizabeth Corey
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