Funeral of Frederick Governor
- Title of event
- Funeral of Frederick Governor
- Type of event
- Funeral
- Address of event
- Funeral of Frederick Governor Happened Entirely at 2492, 7th Ave
- Report on event
- Funeral of Frederick Governor Sole event referenced by Two Lose Lives as Ship Sinks Off N. J.
- Start date / time
- January 29, 1935
- Start (general time of day)
- Day (Any Time)
- Description
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"Two of the forty-seven people who went to their deaths when the Ward liner, Mohawk, sank Thursday night were colored: Frederick Governor, assistant steward, and Jacob Redemacker, native of the Dutch West Indies, third cabin steward. The Mohawk was struck by the freighter Talisman. Both men... had been seamen for twenty years. Both bodies were recovered. Funeral services for Governor were held on Tuesday from the parlors of James Veal and James Perkins, 2492 Seventh Avenue."