Charles Edward Sangster

Mr Charles Edward Sangster was born at 28 John Street in Southampton, Hampshire, England on 13 May 1882.

He was the son of William Sangster (1853-1946) and Louisa Ward (1852-1937), both natives of Southampton who had married there in 1873.

One of thirteen children, Charles’ siblings were: William George (1873-1874), William James (1875-1962), Louisa Jane (b. 1877, later Mrs George William Johnson), Ellen Eliza (b. 1878, later Mrs Walter Stephen Knight), Alice Emily (1880-1969, later Mrs John Henry Rew), George (b. 1884), Edward (1886-1974), Elizabeth Jane (b. 1888, later Mrs William Moody), Hilda Jessie Rose (1890-1893), Lillian (b. 1892), Albert Henry (1895-1971) and Arthur John (1897-1966).

Sangster first appears on the 1891 census when he and his family were living at 18 York Street, Southampton and when his father was described as a boilermaker. Charles was absent from the family home by the time of the 1901 census but his family is listed as living at 1 Grove Street, St Mary, Southampton.

Charles was married in Southampton in mid-1908 to Charlotte Tyler (b. 1880 in Southampton, daughter of William Tyler). The marriage proved both childless and brief as Charles was widowed within a few months when his wife died in early 1909.

Sangster did not remarry and when he appeared on the 1911 he was again living with his parents and siblings at 46 Wilton Street, Southampton and was described as a widowed marine fireman.

When he signed on for the maiden voyage of the Titanic on 6 April 1912, Sangster gave his address as 83 Bevois Street, Southampton. His previous ship had been the Olympic and as a fireman he could expect to earn monthly wages of £6.

Charles Sangster was lost the Titanic disaster and his body, if recovered, was never identified.

His mother and father continued to live in Southampton where his mother died in 1937 and his father in 1946.