Mr Ilia Stoytcheff
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| Name: Mr Ilia Stoytcheff
Age: 19 years Last Residence: in Gurnogmik Bulgaria Occupation: General Labourer 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 349205 , £7 17s 11d Destination: Chicago Illinois United States Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
Mr Ilia Stoytcheff, 19, a potter from Gumostnik (Gumoshtnik), Lovec (Lovech), Bulgaria, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger. He was accompanied by fellow inhabitants of his home village: Lailio Jonkoff, Peju Colcheff, Marin Markoff, Lazar Minkoff, Stoytcho Mionoff, Penko Naidenoff, and Nedialco Petroff. To reach his destination Chicago, Illinois, Mr Stoytcheff bought ticket number 349205 for £7 17s 11d.
Stoytcheff died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. At the cemetery of Gumoshtnik a stone was erected to commemorate the men.
References
Harro Hess, Manfred Hessel (1999), Titanic, Das Handbuch, Herbig München
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the
voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
Contributors
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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