Miss Jelka Oreskovic
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| Name: Miss Jelka Oreskovic
Age: 23 years Last Residence: in Konjsko Brdo Croatia (Modern) Occupation: Farmer 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 315085 , £8 13s 3d Destination: Chicago Illinois United States Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
Miss Jelka Oreskovic, 23, an unmarried farmwoman from Konjsko Brdo, Croatia, boarded the Titanic at Southampton together with her relatives (also farmers) Luka and Marija Oreskovic.
To reach her destination of South Chicago, Illinois, she bought her third class ticket from the agent: Johann Isidor Büchel, Buchs for 170 Swiss francs. (ticket number 315085, £8 13s 3d).
She died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
References
Günter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich
Sources
Marriages, Births, Deaths and Injuries, White Star Line 1912 (PRO London,
BT 100/260)
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Acknowledgements
Günter Bäbler, Switzerland
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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