Victim #76

[Phil Fazzini]

Body # 76 "Ethel"-looked over passenger listing-saw at least 2 "Ethels" But both survived. "etheL" name misread? Any ideas of ID?

[Moderator's Note: This message, originally posted in an unrelated topic, has been moved to the one which is discussing unidentified victims. JDT]

 

[Phil Fazzini]

Descriptions of # 76

Description of recovered bodies

Cards show the physical description and effects from bodies recovered after the sinking of the Titanic by the Mackay Benentt and other ships.

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Description of unidentified bodies

Description of bodies of Titanic victims that were recovered but not identified at the time.

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

Could "Francs" indicate on embarkation at Cherbourg and indicate deceased was either French or Lebanonese?

 

[Phil Fazzini]

Could this have been ETHEL THORNE?

TEN FROM THIS STATE ON TITANIC

Out of the ten New Jersey passengers on the doomed Titanic, four are reported to be among those saved...

www.encyclopedia-titanica.org

 

[Lester Mitcham]

In a word NO:

Look here: Ellis Island | Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island

 

[Phil Fazzini]

So she came on the "Majestic" not Titanic!
Could reading of engraving of "Ethel" have been a mistake for "Edith" ak "Edith Corse Evans" who
boarded at Cherbourg?

 

[Hildur Panula-Heinonen]

A lot of the time, an older family members would give younger females a "piece of them to take with them" as a token of luck and remembrance. A piece of jewellery, a watch, photographs a book, could be anything. The name ETHEL may or may not even have anything to do with the victim's ID. The name would have been from a mother and sister or an aunt.

This was true among men too, although chances are they would have received something new to start a new life with.