Mr Erik Gustaf Collander
Born: Saturday 19th April 1884
Age: 27 years
Last Residence: in Helsinki Finland
2nd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 248740 , £13
Destination: Ashtabula Ohio United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered
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Mr Erik Gustaf Collander, 28, from Helsinki, Finland, was the son of Dr Paul Collander.
Erik Collander was trained as an engineer and worked as technical director at a large paper mill near Helsiki.Collander left Finland on April 1, 1912. He was travelling to the United States on a pleasure trip and to study. According to the Ohio newspapers he had planned a surprise visit his cousin, Dr. Paul J. Collander of Ashtabula, Ohio.
Collander boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger and perished in the disaster, his body, if recovered, was never identified.
References
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio), 20 April 1912
Ashtabula Beacon (Ohio), 20 April 1912
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN
91 518 3644 0
Acknowledgements
Leif Snellman, Finland
Homer Thiel, USA
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