Jenny Lovisa Henriksson
Jenny Lovisa Henriksson was a passenger on Titanic.
Early life[]
Jenny Lovisa Henriksson was a native of Härlingstorp, Axvall, Västergötland, Sweden where she was born on December 21, 1883 as the daughter of Per Henrik Larsson and Mathilda Charlotta Gustafsdotter.
Somewhere before 1890 she lost her mother and her father found a new wife in Emma Kristina Pettersdotter. They pled their vows to eachother on October 19, 1890.
She had 1 sister, who was adopted and three brothers, of which the last one was conceived from the new marriage.
In 1912, Jenny lived in Stockholm, probably with her cousin Elin Pettersson. Jenny worked as a maid in the Riksbank chambers C. Påhlson's household. Previously, she had been a housekeeper for the city fiscal Gottfrid Lustig's family on Skolgatan in Skara and was therefore familiar with the siblings Dagmar and Kurt Bryhl, children in the family, who would also travel with the Titanic.
Jenny had been planning to go to America for a long time, but it had never come to fruition. The Skoog family was related to Jenny and Ellen, and when they returned to Sweden after living in Iron Mountain, the girls were inspired again. When the family, contrary to their original intention, decided that they would be best off returning there, they both went along.
Titanic[]
In Southampton on April 10, they waved goodbye to the piers, as Titanic set off on her Maiden Voyage. Jenny was unmarried and 28 years old. She traveled in Third Class, with her cousin Ellen Petterson and the Skoog family. She was on her way to Olaus Rask, 805 East Second Street, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
On April 14, Titanic had struck an iceberg and the damage to her hull caused her to sink. On April 15 it became clear that evacuation was needed. At 2:20 A.M, with still many souls on board, Titanic foundered. It’s not known what really happened to Jenny or the party, but not a single one of them survived.
After her death[]
Her parents received SEK 875.52 (£48) from the charity fund. Compensation of SEK 911 (£50) was paid to the father on 4 May 1914.
Her body was recovered as body No. 3 but her idenity was unknown for many years. Since her clothes were marked "J.H." and she was the only one on board with those initials, it can be fairly certain that it is Jenny's body. Claes-Göran Wetterholm and Peter Engberg Klarström identified her in 1987. She wore a cholera belt, apparently afraid of contracting the disease. Such belts were usually made of cloth, had pockets for money, and were impregnated with a foul-smelling liquid that would keep cholera away.
After the MacKay-Bennett had picked her up, she was laid to rest at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia,