Friday, May 2, 2014

Catherine Buckley: Titanic Victim-- Part 2

Her body was recovered on April 28, 1912, 13 days after the Titanic sank.  by the recovery ship Mackay-Bennett and then taken to Halifax, Nova Scotia and forwarded to Boston on May 3rd.

Information from the recovery:  "Body No. 299.  Female. Est. age 18.  False teeth, top.  Hair, dark.  Clothing: long blue overcoat; blue serge jacket & skirt, blue corset; white blouse; grey knickers; 10 s in siler; 1 pound in gold; $5 note in purse; satchel; Third Class Ticket No. 329944.  Name Catherine Buckley."

The wake was held at her cousin Nellie Buckley's house on Baker Street in West Roxbury.  The funeral was at St. Theresa Church.

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