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Mabel Skoog

Third Class Passenger

Mabel Skoog
Mabel Skoog

Miss Mabel Skoog was born in Iron Mountain, Michigan on 22 July 1902.

She was the daughter of Wilhelm Johansson Skoog (b. 1872), a mine engineer, and Anna Bernhardina Karlsson (b. 1866), both Swedish immigrants hailing from Skaraborg who had emigrated to the USA shortly after their marriage in 1898. She had three siblings: Karl Thorsten (b. 1900), Harald (b. 1906) and Margit Elizabeth (b. 1910). The family appear on the 1910 census living in Mountain City, Michigan and her father was described as a miner and he worked at the Pewabic Mine as an engineer

The family decided to return to Sweden around November 1911 which they did but soon regretted the move and made plans to return to America. Having travelled via Stockholm, Göteborg and Hull, the family boarded the Titanic at Southampton on 10 April 1912 as third class passengers (ticket number 347088 which cost £27, 18s). Travelling with them were two relatives, Elin Pettersson and Jenny Henriksson, who they had persuaded to join them.

Mabel, along with the rest of her family, were lost and their bodies were never recovered.

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Gavin Bell, UK
Loree Collins

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  1. Robert T. Paige

    Robert T. Paige

    Oh , OK . No problem. :-) Incidentally , on the "Dallas" name problem trivia.: John Neely Brown is usually considered as the founder of the town in 1841. But he had several friends whose first or last name was "Dallas". But nobody knows for sure which "friend". LOL Dallas County is said to be named for George Mifflin Dallas, who was Vice President of the USA when The Republic Of Texas (1836-1845) was annexed as a State to the United States in 1845. But there is even some disagreement on this. Another story was that they wanted to name the County Polk for the President but that had already been taken, so they settled for the Vice President. LOL This has nothing to do with Titanic. The closest thing I have found was there might have been a family from Groesbeck, Texas who might have been passengers on the Titanic.
  2. Robert T. Paige

    Robert T. Paige

    I feel sure that if you have searched on '' Skoog '' you will several entries, as I have, of persons named Skoog .
  3. Jill Carlier

    Jill Carlier

    So nice to hear from you, I think of your family often, such a tragedy. Did you see this nice website?

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Titanic Passenger Summary

Name: Miss Mabel Skoog
Age: 9 years 8 months and 24 days (Female)
Nationality: American
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 347088, £27 18s
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912)
Body Not Identified

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