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| Keywords: Mr Neshan Krekorian.jpeg hy Նշան Գ իգո յան անգլե են Neshan Krekorian ա ևմտյան աղբյու նե ում Նեշան Կ եկո յան խո տակված «Տիտանիկ» շոգենավի ուղևո 711 փ կված մա դկանցից մեկը Ընդհանու առմամբ նավում կա 6 հայ ո ոնցից ե կուսը Նշան Գ իգո յանը և Դավիթ Վա դանյանը փ կվել են Vilayet of Erzurum He was a Christian and after the Ottoman government renewed an ongoing vendetta against Christians Krekorian and several of his compatriots Orsen Sirayanian Ortin Zakarian Mapriededer Zakarian and David Vartunian decided to flee the country and emigrate to Canada He was heading for the home of Mr Paul Martin 108 Princess Street Hamilton Ontario One source AH suggests that Krekorian did not have a ticket on Titanic and had to bribe a travel agent in Marseilles to get aboard although the contract ticket list indicates that he held ticket number 2654 which cost £7 4s 7d Either way he boarded the Titanic at Cherbourg as a third class passenger Krekorian later complained about being cooped up like a chicken in their third class cabin E-57 on F-Deck On the evening of April 14 Krekorian played cards and around 11 o'clock kicked off his shoes and crawled into his bunk with his clothes on He felt a draught and noticed his porthole was open When he went to close it he noticed ice floes in the water Even though it was the first time in my life I had seen icebergs I didn't think much of it because they were barely noticeable he said later Once the iceberg hit Krekorian managed to make his way up to A-Deck just as lifeboat 10 was being jerked down the Port side ran down the deck made a leap for it and landed in the boat Able Seaman Frank Evans later testified that Krekorian deliberately jumped in and saved himself Krekorian survived but caught pneumonia He was hospitalized in New York and when he finally made it to his destination in Brantford Ontario was in hospital again for a couple of weeks In 1918 he moved to St Catherines Ontario he married Persa Vartanian on 12 July 1924 and they had four children Krekorian worked all his life on a General Motors Automobile Assembly line The Titanic was his first and only time on a ship Whenever he went anywhere near a large body of water his daughter said his face betrayed his thoughts He would gaze at the water and instantly you knew he was reliving that night He died in St Catherine's on 21 May 1978 circa 1912 http //storage canoe ca/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1334131309752_ORIGINAL jpg quality 80 size 420x author pd-old Uploaded with UploadWizard Titanic passengers Ottoman Armenians People of Erzurum Province 1886 births 1978 deaths Suits 1912 | ||||
