Achille Waelens

Name: Mr Achille Waelens

• Born: Tuesday 14th May 1889
• Age: 22 years
• Last Residence: in Ruiselede Belgium
• Occupation: Farm Labourer
• 3rd Class passenger
• First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
• Ticket No. 345767 , £9
• Destination: Stanton United States
• Died in the sinking.
• Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 140)
• Buried: Fairview Lawn Cemetery Halifax Nova Scotia Canada on Friday 3rd May 1912.

Documents

• Record of Bodies and Effects: Passengers and Crew, S.S. Titanic (Public Archives of Nova Scotia) (#140)

Sources

• Contract Ticket List, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
• Herman De Wulf and Michal A. Findlay (1998) The Belgians and the Titanic. Voyage. #27
• Coroners Report, Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Acknowledgements

• Herman DeWulf, Belgium
• Michael A. Findlay, USA
• Homer Thiel, USA

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See Encyclopedia Titanica (2016) Achille Waelens (ref: #1293, last updated: 21st April 2016, accessed 20th September 2023 09:59:58 AM)
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Mr Achille Waelens

Titanic Passenger Summary

Name: Mr Achille Waelens
Titanic Victim
Born: Tuesday 14th May 1889 in Ruiselede, Belgium
Age: 22 years 11 months and 1 day (Male)
Nationality: Belgian
Last Residence: in Ruiselede, Belgium
Occupation: Farm Labourer
3rd Class Passengers
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 345767, £9
Destination: Stanton, Iowa, United States
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912)
Body recovered by: Mackay-Bennett (No. 140)
Buried: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Friday 3rd May 1912