John Ashby was a Second Class passenger who was lost when the ship went down.
Biography[]
Although there isn't much information about his biography, Mr. John Ashby was born in Balham, Surrey, England on June 29th, 1854.
He married Emma Keely in 1881 in the Hartismere district, England and they had (at least) three children; Amy Emma, Edwin Valentine and Lucy Ethel.
John and his family emigrated in 1889 and they appeared on the 1900 census living in Brooklyn, New York and on the 1910 census in West Hoboken, Hudson, New Jersey.
In 1912, he lived with his wife Emma at 517 Synnes Street, New Jersey.
Ashby had been working in a cravenette factory and had been injured in accident. He had been sent to England to recuperate and was returning to his family in New Jersey. He had stayed in London prior to booking Second Class passage on Titanic to return to the USA. He boarded the ship in Southampton on April 10th, 1912.
Titanic[]
Although there isn't much information when he was aboard the Titanic. But he died during the sinking and his body was never recovered.