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William Edward Lowe Bessant

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Totton, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death: April 15, 1912 (40)
Titanic (Died in the sinking. Body Not Recovered)
Immediate Family:

Son of Walter Lowe and Ellen Bessant
Husband of Emily Ellen Bessant
Father of Charles William Bessant; Gladys Lillian May Crompton; Florence Ellen Cook; Leonard Stanley Bessant and Albert Edward Bessant
Brother of George Bessant; James Bessant; Walter Bessant; Frank Albert Bessant and Rose Leah Lowe Bessant

Occupation: 1881 - 9, Scholar; 1912 - Titanic Fireman/Stoker;
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About William Edward Lowe Bessant

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915

  • Name: William Edward L Bessant
  • Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1871
  • Registration district: New Forest
  • Inferred County: Hampshire, Wiltshire
  • Volume: 2b
  • Page:
  • 621
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  • Source Information:
  • FreeBMD. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
  • Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.

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Titanic Crew Summary

Name: Mr William Edward Lowe Bessant
Titanic Victim
Born: Tuesday 8th August 1871 in Totton, Hampshire, England
Age: 40 years 8 months and 7 days (Male)
Nationality: English
Marital Status: Married to Emily Ellen Cull
Last Residence: at 36 Henry Road Southampton, Hampshire, England
Occupation: Fireman
Last Ship: Oceanic
Engineering Crew
Embarked: Southampton on Saturday 6th April 1912
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912)
Body Not Identified

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William Edward Lowe Bessant's Timeline

1871
August 8, 1871
Totton, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1897
January 4, 1897
Freemantle, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1900
December 15, 1900
Freemantle, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1905
February 3, 1905
Freemantle, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1908
February 18, 1908
Freemantle, Southampton,Hampshire, England
1910
July 29, 1910
Freemantle, Hampshire, England (United Kingdom)
1912
April 15, 1912
Age 40
Titanic