Mr Jean Baptiste Van Impe
- Biography
| Name: Mr Jean Baptiste Van Impe
Born: Sunday 18th July 1875 Age: 36 years Last Residence: in Kerksken Belgium Occupation: Farmer 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 345773 , £24 3s Destination: Detroit Michigan United States Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
Mr Jean Baptist Van Impe, 36, from Bergstraat, Kerksken Belgium boarded the Titanic at Southampton with his wife Rosalie and daughter Catharina. They travelled as third class passengers (ticket number 345773, £24, 3s)
Their actions aboard the Titanic are a mystery. All three were lost and no trace of them was ever found.
Notes
Walter Lord (1976) lists him as "Jacob" others have documented his
first name as "Jan".
References
Michael Findlay Passenger List in John P. Eaton & Charles A. Haas
Titanic: Triumph & Tragedy, 2nd ed. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1 85260
493 X
Michael Findlay Revised Passenger List in Judith Geller (1998) Titanic:
Women and Children First. Patrick Stephens Ltd
Walter Lord (1976) A Night to Remember. London, Penguin. ISBN 0 14 004757
3
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Herman De Wulf and Michael A. Findlay (1998) The Belgians
and the Titanic. Voyage. #27
Acknowledgements
Herman DeWulf, Belgium
Michael A. Findlay, USA
Georges Picavet, Belgium
Kassandra Picavet, Belgium
Homer Thiel, USA
Travelling Companions (on same ticket)
Mrs Rosalie Paula Van Impe
Miss Catharina Van Impe
Related Articles and Documents
| New York Times (1913) | BELGIANS PLAN TITANIC SUITS |
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