Miss Asuncion Durán i Moné, 27, a domestic, was born in San Adrian, Prov. Lérida, Spain. She had been visiting her father Ramon Duran at Tamaset 167 Piso 2°-1a- in Barcelona and was going to Tomas Benedicto, Plaza del Vapor, Havana, Cuba.
She boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as second class passenger together with her sister Florentina. She held ticket number SC/PARIS 2149, price: £13 17s 2d.
Asuncion and her sister survived the sinking. They were rescued by the Carpathia in lifeboat 12. To travel from New York to Havana, she bought ticket number 1508 for £3 1s 9d on 6 April 1912 from White Star Agent N. Martin in Paris. She was to travel via Ward Line.
She is thought to have married, and lived and died in Havana. Likely buried under her married name at Colon Cemetery, Havana, Cuba.
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When died Asuncion Duran More.
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No one in Titanicdom has found her date of death so far as I know. She stayed in Havana, Cuba and married--is said to be buried in Cementerio Colon but without a married name can't be located. A cousin of mine in Havana recently found the address of her daughter and has been to her home but unfortunately the daughter is in Spain for an extended period. I should know much more about her by year's end. Phillip Gowan
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I realise that both this post and its comment thread are 23 years old but, for what is worth, I thought I should mention: in countries of Spanish heritage - including obviously Spain - women don't take their husbands' name upon marriage so there is not such concepts as maiden or married names. The very notion is highly offensive. Women (thankfully, if I may add) keep their family name from birth until they die, and this has been the custom since ancient times when historical records began. It's not a new thing by any means. It's true that in early 20th century it was custom for female widows - particularly in polite and high society - to add the surname of their husband preceded by a "de" on some formal ocassions, and speacially if he was a prominent figure. For example, if Cristina Perez married Luis Ramos, they'd both keep their own names but upon Luis' death Cristina would start writing her surname as Perez de Ramos on invitations and social stuff like that. Never on official,...
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But won't that cause problems for the children? If both the...
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No, it doesn't cause any problems at all, as the centuries old custom demonstrates. It's actually a very convenient way to tell people apart. Imagine if Peter Smith was called Peter Smith Johnson instead; there would be no need for middle names as the probability of having 2 equally named individuals would be much lower. And children only inherit one surname from each parent...
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It really is. Taking the name of the husband is not even contemplated under the law in any Spanish speaking country. It's never been done in any point in history, so it's completely outside the realm of possibility. I don't know the situation of your Peruvian patient but I really doubt the name change had anything to do with her being married to a Spanish husband as in none of these 2 countries that's even a notion, let alone a legal possibility! I observed that some latinoamerican women immigrants in the US do often change their surname to that of their husband. I imagine that's due to...
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