Titanica

• Name: Mr Robert James Sawyer
• Age: 30 years
• Marital Status: Married.
• Last Residence: at 55 Bevois Street Southampton Hampshire England
• Occupation: Window Cleaner
• Last Ship: Olympic
• Deck crew
• First Embarked: Southampton
• Died in the sinking.
• Body Not Recovered

Mr Robert James Sawyer, 30, was born in Hampshire.

When he signed on to the Titanic in Southampton on 6 April 1912, he gave his address as 25 Bervois St., (Southampton). He had transferred from the Olympic. As a window cleaner he received monthly wages of £4.

Sawyer died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.

The plight of the children he left behind was later reported in the national press.

Contributors

• Family of Robert James Sawyer

Documents

• Crew Particulars of Engagement

References

• Agreement and Account of Crew (PRO London, BT100/259)
• United States Senate, Washington 1912. n° 806, Crew List
• Hermann Söldner (ed.) (2000) RMS Titanic: Passenger and Crew List 10 April 1912-15 April 1912. ä wie Ärger Verlag.

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This is a possible entry in Free BMD For his birth however it is 2 years out from the age give in Wikipedia.

Births Sep 1880 (>99%)

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Marriages Dec 1903

CALLEN Adelaide Rosina Southampton 2c 10

Sawyer Robert James Southampton 2c 10