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ca. 1911
Titanic passenger, the youngest of three children. In the 1901 and 1911 UK census he is described as living in London and a rubber merchant.
His sister (and possibly brother) had emigrated and settled in Montréal, Québec.
Fynney was a handsome bachelor and spent a lot of his time in the company of younger men. He worked with delinquents at his parish church, St. James, Toxteth, and neighbours often complained about the late night comings and goings of younger men to his house at Parkway in Liverpool. He often travelled to Canada to visit his family, and each time he made the trip, he brought a male companion with him. On this occasion he was travelling with eighteen year old apprentice barrel maker, William Alfred Gaskell. Both men boarded the Titanic at Southampton (number 239865 which cost £26) as second class passengers and both died in the sinking.
Fynney's body was recovered by the Minia and is buried in Mount Royal cemetery in Montreal1
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