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People on the Titanic residing in Sittingbourne
Follow the links below for more information about these two people and the Titanic's last sailing in 1912

Mr Richard Henry Rouse

53, a former coal miner, lived at 30 New Road, Sittingbourne, Kent

Age: 53 years
Last Residence: 30 New Road, Sittingbourne
Occupation: Farm Labourer
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
3rd Class passenger, Ticket No. 3594 , £8 1s
Destination: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Died in the sinking, body Not Recovered

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/1172/

Miss Kate Buss

Born at 37 Shakespeare Road, Sittingbourne, Kent on Tuesday 28 December 1875, the daughter of James Buss and Elizabeth Hannah Brown. Her parents were married on April 5th 1871 at St.Michael's Church in Sittingbourne. Her father, James, was born the illegitimate son of Mary Ann Buss in the (allegedly haunted) village of Pluckley, Kent in 1845. Kate was the 3rd of 7 children. She had 4 sisters - Emma, Edith, Lizzie and Hannah and 2 brothers - Alfred George Albany and Percy James.

Kate lived the early part of her life working in the grocers shop owned by her brother, Percy James, in the small village of Upper Halling, close to Rochester

Born: Tuesday 28/12/1875
Age: 36 years
Marital Status: Single.
Last Residence: in Sittingbourne
First Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
2nd Class passenger - Ticket No. 27849 , £13
Destination: San Francisco
Rescued (boat 9)
Disembarked Carpathia: New York on Thursday 18th April 1912
Died: Wednesday 12/7/1972
Cause of Death: Heart Failure / disease
Buried: Fircrest Cemetery, Monmouth, Oregon

http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/biography/360/

 

 

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