Mr Patrick Canavan

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Name: Mr Patrick Canavan
Born: Friday 12th September 1890
Age: 21 years
Last Residence: in Knockmaria Ireland
Occupation: General Labourer
3rd Class passenger
First Embarked: Queenstown on Thursday 11th April 1912
Ticket No. 364858 , £7 15s
Destination: Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States
Died in the sinking.
Body Not Recovered

Mr Patrick ‘Peter’ Canavan (1), 21, of Knockmaria, Co Mayo, near Crossmolina, was born in September of 1890, the son of Anthony Canavan and Bridget Kelly. He was related to Anna Katherine Kelly and was a first-cousin of Mary Canavan. In 1912 he was travelling with 13 others from the Crossmolina area (see Katherine McGowan). To reach his destination of Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania he purchased third class ticket number 364858 which cost £7, 15s.

Patrick and John Bourke assisted in helping a number of women and children to safety after they had discovered a ladder leading to a higher deck. Patrick lost his life in the disaster. His body, if recovered, was never identified.

Notes
1. Some sources list him as "Peter Canavan", while others suggest that this was his nickname.

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

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Cameron Bell, Northern Ireland
Noel Ray, Ireland

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