Mr John William Gill
- Biography
| Name: Mr John William Gill
Age: 24 years Last Residence: in Clevedon England Occupation: Chauffeur 2nd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 233866 , £13 Died in the sinking. Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 155) Buried: at Sea on Wednesday 24th April 1912. |
Mr John William Gill, 24, was born in 1887/8, the son of Richard Gill. In 1912 he lived at 3 Griffin Road, Clevedon and worked as a chauffeur to the Rev. C R Braithwaite, vicar of Hewish St Ann, near Puxton.
He married Sarah Elizabeth Wilton Hodder at St. John the Evangelist, Clevedon, Somerset on 14 February 1912. Barely two months following their marriage Gill was embarking the Titanic at Southampton as a second class passenger (ticket number 233866, £13). His destination in America is not known but the intention was that he was to set up home for them both.
Gill died in the sinking. His body was subsequently recovered from the sea by the cable-laying vessel MacKay Bennett (#155) on 23 April. He was buried at sea the following day.
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NO. 155. - MALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 31. DARK - HAIR. CLOTHING - Dark clothes; pajamas underneath. EFFECTS - Pocket comb; pocketbook; gold watch and chain; silver match box; keys; pocket knife; gold ring; $4.60 in silver; 9s. in various coins; $43.00 in notes; collar button. SECOND CLASS NAME - JOHN W. GILL, |
Following the exchange of letters reproduced below, the effects were returned to Gill's widow.
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Gold watch and chain |
Notes
Gill purchased his tickets at Cook & Son in Bristol. They sent him
the tickets on 2 April 1912 to Clevedon. That means his last place of
abode was wrongly given by White Star as Bristol.
Articles
Somerset Standard, 1912, Article
Certificates
Certified Copy of an
Entry of Marriage
Documents
Letter from Thomas
Cook and Son.
Letter from Richard
Gill to the Provincial Secretary, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Letter from Sarah
Gill to the Provincial Secretary, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Record of Bodies and Effects: Passengers and Crew, S.S. Titanic (Public
Archives of Nova Scotia)
(#155)
References
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Coroners Report (Public Archives of Nova Scotia, RG 41, Vols. 75-76)
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the
voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
Contributors
Steve Coombes, UK
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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