Joseph Friedenstein, 48, was a British subject from London, England, traveling saloon cabin (first class) aboard Lusitania. He was lost in the Lusitania sinking. His body was either never recovered or never identified. Friedenstein’s ticket for Lusitania was 46038 and he stayed in cabin B-108. He had previously visited the United States via White Star’s Majestic in April 1905, Cunard’s Mauretania in September 1912 and May 1914, and Lusitania in May 1911 and February 1915.
Contributors:
Senan Molony, Ireland
Hildo Thiel, The Netherlands
References:
“Matching Passenger Records.” The Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. Web. Accessed 14 May 2013. <http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?MID=09517388590076763776&FNM=JOSEPH&LNM=FRIEDENSTEIN&PLNM=FRIEDENSTEIN&first_kind=1&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone=1>.
Molony, Senan ( 2008 ) “Lusitania: Final Voyage Folios,” Gare Maritime (ref: #6316, accessed 13th May 2013 11:31:43 PM) <http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/lusitania-folio.html>.
Joseph Friedenstein was my Great Grandfather.
Dear Robin,
My grandfather, John Pattison Bruce, was your Great Grandfather’s business partner. I have a photo of Joseph Friedenstein his wife and daughter on a beach holiday, his letter from New York before he sailed and letters send by my grandfather to my grandmother in Sheffield from Queenstown, now Cobh, Eire where he went to look for him among the bodies recovered from the sea. Get in touch? Dr Robert Bruce-Chwatt (find me using Google) London
Hello. Please get in touch as our grandfathers knew each other and I have original letters. Kind regards, Robert
I have a letter from him sent to my grandfather just before he sailed on the Lusitania. I wrote an article on it in Picture Postcard Monthly some years ago.
Was Joseph Jewish???