Mr Richard James Slemen
- Biography
| Name: Mr Richard James Slemen
Born: Saturday 16th December 1876 Age: 35 years Last Residence: in Landrake Cornwall England 2nd Class passenger First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912 Ticket No. 28206 , £10 10s Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered |
Mr Richard James Slemen, 35, was born on 16 December 1876 in the village of Landrake, Cornwall, the son of Mrs Augusta L. Slemen (née Steed) and brother of Minnie J., Hilda and Arthur Slemen. The 1881 census shows him to be living with his mother, sister and grandfather, Richard Steed. He possibly later moved to live in Four Lanes.
He embarked Titanic at Southampton and was travelling second class (ticket number 28206, £10 10s). He was most likely travelling to Nashua, New Hampshire where he was known to have had relatives.
He was lost in the sinking, his body, if recovered, was never identified.
There is a memorial to Richard Slemen on a family gravestone in the cemetery at Landrake, Cornwall.
Courtesy: Steve Coombes, UK
Sources
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York;
NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
British Census 1881, 1891
Acknowledgements
Stephen Coombes, UK
Chris Dohany, USA
Brian Ticehurst, UK
Geoff Whitfield, UK
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