Miss Marija Orešković was born on 24 August 1892.1 She was an unmarried farmhand from Konjsko Brdo, Croatia, Croatia.
She boarded the Titanic at Southampton as a third class passenger together with her relatives (also farmers) Luka and Jelka Oreskovic.
To reach her destination of South Chicago, Illinois, she bought her ticket from the agent: Johann Isidor Büchel, Buchs for 170 Swiss francs (ticket number 315096, £8 13s 3d).
Marija Orešković died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.
Marija's mother Manda Orešković recieved a grant of £50 from the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund.
References and Sources
Günter Bäbler (1998)
Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich
Marriages, Births, Deaths and Injuries, White Star Line 1912 (PRO London, BT 100/260)
Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund Booklet, March 1913 (P234)
The great neice of Marija Oreskovic
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