Mr Ivan Stanković, 33, an unmarried labourer from Galgovo, Croatia, boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg.
To reach his destination of New York City, he bought a third-class ticket from the agent: Im Obersteg & Cie., Basel for 250 Swiss francs (Ticket No. 349239, £8 13s 9d).
Stanković died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.
His brother Mije Stanković in Galdova Erd (Sisak) received £40 from the Titanic relief fund.
Notes
Sometimes listed as "Jovan Stankovic".
Documents and Certificates
(1912) Contract Ticket List, White Star Line (Southampton, Queenstown), National Archives, London; BT27/776,780
(1912) Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, National Archives, London; BT334/52 & 334/53
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