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Tido (Ejdo) Rekić

Mr Tido (Ejdo) Rekić, 38, from Krupa, Bosnia (Austria Hungary) was married with four sons and two daughters.  

He had emigrated to America in 1906 to work in a mine.  He returned to Bosnia to visit his wife and children.  

When he returned to America he took three friends with him.  Their destination was Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

He bought his ticket from the agent: Viktor Klaus-Wildi, Buchs for 293 Swiss francs (ticket number 349249, £7 17s 11d).

Rekić died in the sinking. His body, if recovered, was never identified.

His widow and four dependent children in Bosne Krupe received £130 from the Titanic relief fund.

On the 100th anniversary of the sinking, a memorial to the four Bosnians that died in the sinking was erected in Bosanska Krupa.

Notes

  1. Mr Rekić's last name is often erroneously given as Kekic. Tido may be a misspelling or Anglicization.
  2. Hometown sometimes given as Batic, Bosnia.

References and Sources

Günter Bäbler (1998) Reise auf der Titanic. Chronos Zürich
Contract Ticket List
, White Star Line 1912 (National Archives, New York; NRAN-21-SDNYCIVCAS-55[279])
Marriages, Births, Deaths and Injuries. White Star Line 1912, Board of Trade 1912 (PRO London, BT 100/260).
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  1. mrsabic

    His name was Ejdo not Tido, and he is from Ostruznica not Badic
  2. Me

    His name was Ejdo, not Tido.
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Titanic Passenger Summary

Name: Mr Tido (Ejdo) Rekić
Born: circa.1874
Age: 38 years (Male)
Nationality: Bosnian
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: General Labourer
Embarked: Southampton on Wednesday 10th April 1912
Ticket No. 349249, £7 17s 11d
Died in the Titanic disaster (15th April 1912)
Body Not Identified

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