Emil Haertjens (listed ‘Aertjens’ by the CPR). He was born ca. 1870 in Flanders, Belgium. His parents were Charles Louis and Nathalia Haertjens. He had sailed from Antwerp, Belgium, 16 July 1911 as a steerage (third class) passenger on the steamer Finland, and had arrived in New York 29 July 1911. He was described as an unmarried farm labourer aged 40 and his last place of permanent residence was noted as his native Bouchaute (?) where his father Charles lived at the time. He was bound for Moline, Illinois, where his brother Edmund (b. 20 May 1874, d. 1952) lived. Emil Aertjens/Haertjens was 5’6” tall, had dark hair and blue eyes. He may have had other siblings living in the Moline area. In 1914, he was travelling from Moline, Illinois, to Antwerp, Belgium. He did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, but two of his three travelling companions were rescued.
”Four men, Emil Haetjens, Victor Braet, Victor Van Demoere and Jacob Bonne, who left Moline a few days ago, were passengers on the ill-fated Empress of Ireland, which sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this morning following a collision with a smaller ship, but as yet their fate has not been learned. The four purchased tickets a short time ago from Cyriel de Voghelaere, a Moline dealer, and were booked to sail on the ill-fated steamer on the present trip. There is little doubt that they were aboard, and friends and relatives in that city are anxiously awaiting from them. Haetjens and Van Demoere lived in Moline, their homes being at Ninth Street, and Nineteenth avenue. Bonne’s home is on a farm in South Moline, while Braet is an Iowan, but is well known here.” (The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, 29 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
”Four men, Emil Haetjens, Victor Braet, Victor Van Demoere and Jacob Bonne, who left Moline a few days ago, were passengers on the ill-fated Empress of Ireland, which sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this morning following a collision with a smaller ship, but as yet their fate has not been learned. The four purchased tickets a short time ago from Cyriel de Voghelaere, a Moline dealer, and were booked to sail on the ill-fated steamer on the present trip. There is little doubt that they were aboard, and friends and relatives in that city are anxiously awaiting from them. Haetjens and Van Demoere lived in Moline, their homes being at Ninth Street, and Nineteenth avenue. Bonne’s home is on a farm in South Moline, while Braet is an Iowan, but is well known here.” (The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, 29 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
Emil Haertjens (listed ‘Aertjens’ by the CPR). He was born ca. 1870 in Flanders, Belgium. His parents were Charles Louis and Nathalia Haertjens. He had sailed from Antwerp, Belgium, 16 July 1911 as a steerage (third class) passenger on the steamer Finland, and had arrived in New York 29 July 1911. He was described as an unmarried farm labourer aged 40 and his last place of permanent residence was noted as his native Bouchaute (?) where his father Charles lived at the time. He was bound for Moline, Illinois, where his brother Edmund (b. 20 May 1874, d. 1952) lived. Emil Aertjens/Haertjens was 5’6” tall, had dark hair and blue eyes. He may have had other siblings living in the Moline area. In 1914, he was travelling from Moline, Illinois, to Antwerp, Belgium. He did not survive the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, but two of his three travelling companions were rescued.
”Four men, Emil Haetjens, Victor Braet, Victor Van Demoere and Jacob Bonne, who left Moline a few days ago, were passengers on the ill-fated Empress of Ireland, which sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this morning following a collision with a smaller ship, but as yet their fate has not been learned. The four purchased tickets a short time ago from Cyriel de Voghelaere, a Moline dealer, and were booked to sail on the ill-fated steamer on the present trip. There is little doubt that they were aboard, and friends and relatives in that city are anxiously awaiting from them. Haetjens and Van Demoere lived in Moline, their homes being at Ninth Street, and Nineteenth avenue. Bonne’s home is on a farm in South Moline, while Braet is an Iowan, but is well known here.” (The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, 29 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
”Four men, Emil Haetjens, Victor Braet, Victor Van Demoere and Jacob Bonne, who left Moline a few days ago, were passengers on the ill-fated Empress of Ireland, which sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence this morning following a collision with a smaller ship, but as yet their fate has not been learned. The four purchased tickets a short time ago from Cyriel de Voghelaere, a Moline dealer, and were booked to sail on the ill-fated steamer on the present trip. There is little doubt that they were aboard, and friends and relatives in that city are anxiously awaiting from them. Haetjens and Van Demoere lived in Moline, their homes being at Ninth Street, and Nineteenth avenue. Bonne’s home is on a farm in South Moline, while Braet is an Iowan, but is well known here.” (The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union, 29 May 1914, p. 1)
Courtsey Peter Engberg-Klarström.
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