Victor Badertscher
Victor Badertscher, often misspelled Boderscher or Bairdstaker, age five was travelling with his mother Laura Badertscher, a first-class passenger on the Valencia. Victor's father Ernest Batertscher was in San Francisco when his wife and son lost their lives on the Valencia. A few months ago the family moved to San Francisco from Tacoma where Ernest worked as a harness maker. They recently decided to move back to Tacoma and Ernest sent his wife and son ahead to stay at his mothers home while he settled up his business affairs in San Francisco.