Titanica

• Name: Miss Marija Oreskovic
• Age: 20 years
• Last Residence: in Konjsko Brdo Croatia (Modern)
• Occupation: Farm Labourer
• 3rd Class passenger
• First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
• Ticket No. 315096 , £8 13s 3d
• Destination: Chicago Illinois United States
• Died in the sinking.
• Body Not Recovered

Miss Marija Oreskovic, 20, an unmarried farmhand from Konjsko Brdo, Croatia, Croatia, 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 Oreskovic died in the sinking. Her body, if recovered, was never identified.

Marija's mother recieved a grant of £50 from the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund.

References

• Günter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos, Zürich

Sources

• 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

Acknowledgements

• Günter Bäbler, Germany
• Hermann Söldner, Germany
• Brian Ticehurst, England