Albert Kaurin Andersen was a passenger of the RMS Titanic.
Background[]
Mr Albert Kaurin Andersen was born in Alvøen, Laksevåg, Søndre Bergenhus, Norway on 25 April 1878, to Anders Andersen, a fisherman b. 4 June 1840 at Askøy, Hordaland, and Larsine Berntine (nee Paulsdatter; she had been born 3 February 1843 at Askøy) Sörhavn, who seem to have married 10 April 1864 at Asköy, Hordaland County, Norway. He was christened on May 17 the same year in Askoy in Hordaland.
He had nine siblings: Andreas Berentin, Anne Cecilia, Peder Severin, Larsine Iverine, Larsine Iverine, Anton Martinus, Bernt Andreas, Peter Andreas Berntin, and Berntin.
He was married to Theodora Catharina Olsenon 23 March, 1905, and the couple had two sons; Teodor Andreas, and Leif.
In 1910, the family lived at Toldodalmenningen 3 in Bergen. Mr. Andersen was noted as a ''D/S maskinist,'' which means steamship engineer. Also present in the household at the time were Anna Olsen, b. 1843, Mrs. Andersen's mother, Jens Bernhard, b. 1879, a steward, Mrs. Andersen's brother, and Sigurd Arnold Olsen, b. 1891, a ship's fireman, who also may have been Mrs. Andersen's brother.
Albert Andersen had worked on ships as a trimmer, fireman and donkeyman. He had later studied to become a ship's engineer and was going to New York to work on the s. s. Edda as the second engineer (master captain Meidell).
Titanic[]
He boarded the Titanic at Southampton with Johan Holten and Henry Olsen who were also planning to join the Edda and journeying on the same ticket (ticket number 4001 which cost £22, 10s, 6d).
Andersen died in the sinking and his body was found by the MacKay-Bennett (#260):