Vincenz Kink was a Titanic passenger and victim of the sinking of this ship. He was born on 25 July 1885 in Mahrensdorf, Styria, Austria. He was the son of Vinzenz Kink-Hofer. He had one brother, Anton Kink, born on 7 March 1883. A sister, Maria, was born on January 1st, 1889, but sadly, their father died shortly after that. In May 1911, the month that Titanic would be launched, they lost their mother too.
After their parents died, he worked as a storekeeper who moved with his sister Maria to live with their brother Anton in Zürich, Switzerland. Vincenz remained unmarried. The family agreed to emigrate to America and boarded the Titanic in Southampton as Third Class passengers.
He was in cabin #58 towards the bow on F-Deck along with his brother and Albert Wirz, Josef Arnold, Leo Zimmermann and a man from Bohemia, most likely Wenzel Linhart.
On the night of April 14, disaster struck as Titanic had grazed an iceberg, and he was awoken by the collision. He ran up the four decks to the Forward Well Deck, followed by his brother. They saw the iceberg and immediately returned to their cabin to dress and collect life preservers when water began to flood their cabin. They went to collect their sister Maria, Anton's wife Luise and daughter Luise Gretchen. As they made their way to the Boat Deck, Vincenz and Maria were lost in the crowd.
Vincenz was never seen again and perished in the sinking. His sister Maria wasn't saved either. Anton, his wife and daughter did manage to find a lifeboat to be rescued. Vincenz' body wasn't recovered.
Later, Anton receieved a compensation for losing his brother.