Miss Katherine Buckley

Miss Katherine Buckley, 20, boarded the Titanic at Queenstown as a third class passenger (ticket number 329944, £7 5s 8d). She was on her way from Ovens, Co Cork [1] to Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Katherine Buckley lost her life in the disaster. Her body was recovered by the cable ship MacKay Bennett (#299).

NO. 299. - FEMALE. - ESTIMATED AGE, 18. - FALSE TEETH, TOP; HAIR, DARK.

CLOTHING - Long blue overcoat; blue serge jacket and skirt; white blouse; blue corsets; grey knickers; 10s. in silver; £1 in gold; $5 note in purse; satchel; third class ticket No. 329944.

THIRD CLASS.

NAME - CATHERINE BUCKLEY.

Her body was returned to Halifax and forwarded on 3 May 1912 to Boston at the request of Miss Buckley's sister, Margaret, 71 Montview St., Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Notes
1. She is sometimes listed as coming from Cork City.

Documents
List of Bodies Unidentified and Disposition of Same (#299)

Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Noel Ray (1999) List of Passengers who Boarded RMS Titanic at Queenstown, April 11, 1912. The Irish Titanic Historical Society

Credits
Philip Hind (Editor)

Titanic Passenger and Crew Summary

Name: Miss Katherine Buckley
Born: Monday 3rd June 1889
Age: 22 years
Last Residence: in Ovens Ireland

First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912
Ticket No. 329944 , £7 5s 8d
Destination: Roxbury United States
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912).
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 299)


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