Joseph J. Fynney: about 1877 - April 15, 1912

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Bibliography

Gaskell, Alfred. Sixteen-year-old apprentice barrel maker, traveling companion of Fynney on Titanic.

Hustak, Alan. (1999) Titanic: The Canadian Story. Véhicule Press. ISBN 1 55065 113 7.

From entry in Encyclopedia Titanica:

Joseph J. Fynney, 35, a Liverpool rubber merchant was going to visit his widowed mother who lived in Montreal, Canada. Fynney's father died in 1894, and his mother moved to Canada to live with her daughter, Martha Hoseason.

Fynney was a handsome bachelor, and spent a lot of his time in the company of younger men. He worked with delinquent youngsters at his parish church, St. James, Toxteth, and neighbours often complained about the late night comings and goings of young boys to his house at 13 Parkway in Liverpool.

He often travelled to Canada to visit his mother, and each time he made the trip, he brought a male teenage companion with him. On this occasion he was travelling with a sixteen year old apprentice barrel maker, Alfred Gaskell. Both men boarded the Titanic at Southampton as second class passengers. They died in the sinking.

Fynney's body was recovered by the Minia and is buried in Mount Royal cemetery in Montreal, Section G-1701A.

Liverpool, Great Britain. Residence of Joseph J. Fynney. <Obituaries in Liverpool papers?>

Merseyside Maritime Museum. Exhibit on Titanic and Liverpool passengers, including Fynney. http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/events/maritime/exhibitions/

Scarth, Alan. Titanic and Liverpool (Liverpool University Press; Co-published with National Museums, March 30, 2010. ISBN-10: 1846312221. ISBN-13: 978-1846312229

Scarth, Alan, curator. "Titanic and Liverpool: The Untold Story. 30 March 2012 - 21 April 2013. See also: "Titanic and Liverpool" (exhibition). Merseyside Maritime Museum.

Wetton, Staffordshire, Great Britain. Birth place of Joseph J. Fynney.