Number of deaths on the Titanic in 1912.
There were 63 Finns on the Titanic. 43 of them died:
- Alhomäki, Ilmari Rudolf, 19, Salo
- Backström, Karl Alfred, 32, Ruotsinpyhtää
- Berglund, Karl Ivar, 22, Finby, Sund, Ahvenanmaa
- Collander, Erik Gustaf, 27, Mikkeli/Helsinki
- Gustafsson, Alfred Ossian, 19 Karlby, Kökar, Ahvenanmaa
- Gustafsson, Anders Vilhelm, 37, Ruotsinpyhtää
- Gustafsson, Johan Birger, 28, Ruotsinpyhtää
- Hakkarainen, Pekka Pietari, 28, Kuopio/Helsinki
- Heininen, Wendla Maria, 23, Laitila/Turku
- Hiltunen, Martta, 18, Kuopio/Utra, Kontiolahti
- Ilmakangas, Ida Livija, 27, Paavola
- Ilmakangas, Pieta Sofia, 25, Paavola
- Johanson, Jacob Alfred, 34, Bonäs/Munsala
- Jussila, Aina Maria, 21, Paavola
- Jussila, Katriina, 20, Paavola
- Kallio, Nikolai Erland, 17, Kauhajoki
- Lahtinen, Anna, 26, Kemi
- Lahtinen, William, 35, Viitasaari/käymässä Kemissä
- Laitinen, Kristina Sofia, 38, Kuopion msrk/Helsinki
- Leinonen, Antti Gustaf, 32, Välitaipale, Helsinki
- Mäenpää, Matti Aleksanteri, 22, Kauhajoki
- Mäkinen, Kalle Edward, 29, Ikaalinen
- Nieminen, Manta, 29, Karinainen
- Panula, Eino Viljami, 1, Ylihärmä
- Panula, Ernesti Arvid, 16, Ylihärmä
- Panula, Jaakko Arnold, 14, Ylihärmä
- Panula, Juha Niilo, 7, Ylihärmä
- Panula, Maria Emilia, 41, Ylihärmä
- Panula, Urho Abraham, 2, Ylihärmä
- Pekoniemi, Edvard, 21, Heinolan mlk
- Peltomäki, Nikolai Johannes, 25, Lavia/Helsinki
- Riihivuori, Susanna (Sanni), 22, Ylihärmä
- Rintamäki, Matti, 35, Kauhajoki
- Rosblom, Helena Wilhelmiina, 41, Kolla/Rauma
- Rosblom, Salli Helena, 2, Kolla/Rauma
- Rosblom, Victor Richard, 18, Kolla/Rauma
- Salonen, Johan Werner, 23, Karinainen
- Sivola, Antti Wilhelm, 21, Ruotsinpyhtää
- Strandberg, Ida Sofia, 22, Godby, Finström, Ahvenanmaa
- Tikkanen, Juho, 32, Pielavesi
- Wiklund, Jacob Alfred, 18, Vaasa/Munsala
- Wiklund, Karl Johan, 21, Vaasa/Munsala
- Äijö-Nirva (Ranta-Nirva), Iisakki, 41, Kauhajoki
Most Finns travelled in 3rd class, a few of them in 2nd, and none in 1st class. Only four bodies were recovered and identified. Wilhelm Gustafsson (37) was buried at sea while Wendla Heininen (23), Alfred Johansson (34), and Jacob Alfred Wiklund (18) are buried at the Halifax Fairview Lawn cemetery in Canada.
Juho Panula, who had gone to the United States six months prior lost his wife and children in the accident. According to eyewitness accounts, his wife Maria and two of the youngest children could have boarded a lifeboat, but didn’t when the older children asked “Mum, let’s all die together”. Their neighrbour, Sanni Riihivuori, was with them as a nanny and also died.
