Mr Thomas A. Morgan
- Biography
| Name: Mr Thomas A. Morgan
Age: 26 years Marital Status: Single. Last Residence: in Southampton Hampshire England Occupation: Fireman / Stoker Engine crew First Embarked: Southampton Died in the sinking. Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 302) Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on Wednesday 8th May 1912. |
© Bob Knuckle, Dundas, Ontario, Canada.
Mr Thomas A. Morgan, signed on to the Titanic as a fireman and gave his residence as the Sailors' Home, Southampton.
He died in the sinking. His body was recovered by the Mackay-Bennett (#302), and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetary, Halifax NS on 8 May 1912.
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NO. 302 - MALE - ESTIMATED AGE, 26 - HAIR BROWN; SCAR ON LEFT WRIST CLOTHING - Blue coat; dark pants; no boots or socks. EFFECTS - Pocketbook with crucifix; Union book and discharge "A" book. FIREMAN. |
Notes
The Senate crew list address differs from the Halifax body list, which gives the address as Spar Tavern, Spar Road, Southampton.
References
United States Senate, Washington 1912. n° 806, Crew List
White Star Line (1912.) Record of Bodies and Effects (Passengers and Crew
S.S. "Titanic") Recovered by Cable Steamer "MacKay Bennett"
Including Bodies Buried at Sea and Bodies Delivered at Morgue in Halifax,
N.S. Details compiled from records of the "Mackay-Bennett". Public Archives
of Nova Scotia, Halifax, N.S., Manuscript Group 100, Vol. 229, No. 3d, Accession
1976-191, c. Friday May 3, dark purple card covers, initial page entitled, Key
to accompanying List showing how bodies have been disposed of:, probably printed
in Halifax, N.S., 76 pp., unpaged, Body No. 1 to 306 inclusive: annotated in red
ink below each body's data with burial permit and cemetery data, and with two
extra typed pages added for the Minia, Montmagny and Algerine;
Body Nos. 307 to 324 inclusive, Nos. 326 to 329 inclusive and No. 330 respectively.
(#302)
Acknowledgements
Bill Wormstedt, USA
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