History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…eland, to be gone for eight weeks. John had been suffering from a serious condition of Bright’s disease and hoped the sea air might be a benefit to him. He also wanted to pay a surprise visit to relatives and old friends in the land of his birth, perhaps for the last time, as physicians had predicted to Maria that her husband had but a very short time to live. His mother lived in the northern part, and he had visited her at different times during…
…ia, Canada. She was traveling aboard Lusitania with her parents Hubert Buxton and Beata. Hubert and Sheila were lost in the disaster. Beata survived. Sheila’s body was recovered and identified as #123. Hubert Buxton Ferrier’s body was either not or recovered not identified. Sheila was born on 14 April 1914. Her father Hubert worked as a fruit grower. Contributors: Lynne Banister (niece-in-law, once removed, of Beata Ferrier) Hildur Panula-Heinonen…
Campbell McKechan (1914 – 1915), 10 months old, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his mother Elizabeth and brother James. He was a dual British subject and American citizen living in Gillespie, Illinois, United States. Campbell initially survived the Lusitania sinking with his mother, but he lost his brother James. Elizabeth and Campbell returned to the United States not long thereafter. Campbell later died of injuries from the sinking and a li…
…second eldest child of John Henry and Elizabeth Bull. John Henry was a fruit and seed merchant, and in 1881 the family resided at 182. Albemarle St., Ashton-under-Lyne. According to the 1881 British Census, Florence’s siblings were Harry Farrer, Frederick Miller, and Percy. Florence married Reuben Burley, who was born in Sheffield, England, around 1876. Reuben worked for the Great Central Railway in Ashton-under-Lyne, until 1904. Then, he and his…
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