Mrs. Frank Albert Rogers (Agnes Bloor Hill)

…was also business for Frank Rogers, as he was employed by the Robert Simpson Company in Toronto, and work colleague Franklin Peardon would be accompanying them. The Rogers had ticket number 10859 and stayed in cabin A-25. All three were lost in the Lusitania sinking on 7 May 1915, and only Agnes’ body was recovered, #188. A memorial service was held for the three at the Shelbourne Street Methodist Church on 16 May 1915, a national day of mourning…

SS United States, revisiting Lusitania wreck, and new pages

…ster Jimmy Deenihan to discuss further exploration of the Lusitania wreck site, and to donate recovered artifacts to the Irish state to commemorate the upcoming sinking centennial. http://westcorktimes.com/home/?p=17785 New pages today! The goal is to have a biographical page for everyone who was on board, so I thank everyone who has been sending in contributions! Walter Emond, saloon passenger Joseph Friedenstein, saloon passenger Frederick Hawki…

World War I

…explosion claiming more than 1900 lives in the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on 6 December 1917. Halifax Regional Municipality – The Halifax Explosion The Chronical Herald – The Halifax Explosion   Share this: Print Email Pinterest…

Mr. David Walker

…son Engineering Company. He was traveling on board Lusitania with Dr. Pearson and Pearson’s wife, Mabel for business, and because the Pearsons were visiting their daughter, Natalie Nicholson, who was married to a British citizen. Walker’s ticket for Lusitania was number 46095, and his cabin was D-46. Walker and the Pearsons were lost in the Lusitania sinking. David Walker was born at Nook Farm, Balmaghie, Scotland, in 1882. He was the son of Willi…

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