Mr Niels Peder ("Rasmus") Jensen
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| Name: Mr Niels Peder ("Rasmus") Jensen
Age: 48 years Last Residence: in Portland Oregon United States Occupation: Farmer 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 350048 , £7 1s 1d Destination: Portland Oregon United States Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
Mr Niels Peder Jensen, 48, was a carpenter originally from Denmark, now living in Portland Oregon. Although unmarried he had a daughter, Julie Margarethe Geertsen in Lemvig, Denmark. His widowed mother lived in Peterstrup, Denmark.
He had been visiting his brother Christian and other family and convinced his younger relatives of the opportunities to be had in America. Therefore, when he returned in April 1912, he was accompanied by his cousins Svend Lauritz Jensen and Carla Jensen and her fiancé Hans Peder Jensen.
His body was never found. The Daily Telegraph Fund gave his mother £20 and the Mansion House Fund paid £60.
References
Claes-Göran Wetterholm (1988, 1996, 1999) Titanic. Prisma, Stockholm. ISBN
91 518 3644 0
Acknowledgements
Klaus Egvang, Denmark
Leif Snellman, Finland
Travelling Companions
Miss Carla Christine Nielsine Andersen-Jensen Neice
Mr Svend Lauritz Jensen Nephew
Mr Hans Peder Jensen
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