Miss Marija Oreskovic

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Name: Miss Marija Oreskovic
Age: 20 years
Last Residence: in Konjsko Brdo Croatia (Modern)
Occupation: Farm Labourer
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 315096 , £8 13s 3d
Destination: Chicago Illinois United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered
Miss Marija Oreskovic, 20, an unmarried farmhand from Konjsko Brdo, Croatia, Croatia, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger together with her relatives (also farmers) Luka and Jelka Oreskovic.

To reach her destination of South Chicago, Illinois, she bought her ticket from the agent: Johann Isidor Büchel, Buchs for 170 Swiss francs (ticket number 315096, £8 13s 3d).

Marija Oreskovic died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.

Marija's mother recieved a grant of £50 from the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund.

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])
Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913 (P234)
The great neice of Marija Oreskovic

Acknowledgements
Günter Bäbler, Germany
Hermann Söldner, Germany
Brian Ticehurst, England

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