Mr Peju Coltcheff
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| Name: Mr Peju Coltcheff
Age: 36 years Last Residence: in Gurnogmik Bulgaria Occupation: General Labourer 3rd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 349210 , £7 17s 11d Destination: Chicago Illinois United States Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
Mr Peju Colcheff, 36, a potter from Gumostnik (Gumoshtnik), Lovec (Lovech), Bulgaria, boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger. He was accompanied by fellow inhabitants of his home village: Lailio Jonkoff, Marin Markoff, Lazar Minkoff, Stoytcho Mionoff, Penko Naidenoff, Nedialco Petroff and Ilia Stoytcheff. To reach his destination Mr Colcheff bought ticket number 349210 for £7 17s 11d.
Colcheff died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified. At the cemetery of Gumoshtnik a stone was erected to commemorate the men.
Notes
Sometimes listed as "Peyo Coleff".
References
Harro Hess, Manfred Hessel (1999), Titanic, Das Handbuch, Herbig München
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Marriages, births, deaths and injuries that have occurred on board during the
voyage (PRO London, BT 100/259-260)
Contributors
Hermann Söldner, Germany
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