Miss Ailsa Georgina Booth-Jones

…ow 18, No. 15 Citizenship British Residence Richmond, Surrey (now Greater London), England, United Kingdom Ailsa Booth-Jones (1907 – 1915), 8, was a British subject residing in Richmond, Surrey (now Greater London), England, traveling aboard Lusitania with her parents, Edward and Millichamp Booth-Jones, and her younger brother, Percival Booth-Jones. Ailsa had won a number of prizes while on board Lusitania. The entire family was lost in the Lusita…

Mr. Harry Ride George Allport, 2nd Saloon Steward

…cture Provided] Born Harry Ride (Ryde) George Allport 9 May 1880 Stepney, London, England, United Kingdom Died 5 November 1966 (age 86) Orange County, California, United States Age on Lusitania 34 Citizenship British (English), later United States Residence England, United Kingdom Spouse(s) Mary (?) (? – ?) Harry Allport (1880 – 1966), 34, was the 2nd saloon steward aboard the Lusitania. He survived the sinking. His name is sometimes transcribed a…

RMS Lusitania

…D HE ALSO DROW ABEAUTIFULL PICTURES. HE DREW A CRUISE SHIP RMS ˝ LUSITANIA˝ON ONE OF THE WALLSIN OUR HOUSE AND PEOPLE OF SUKOŠAN ADMIRE THAT PICTURE. IASKED WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AND LOOKED IN YOUR ARCHIVE PAPERS IF YOU HAVEANSWERS ON MY QUESTIONS:1. HOW MANY YEARS MY GRANDGRANDFATHER WORKEDON THE CRUISE SHIP RMS ˝LUSITANIA ˝ AND WHEN?2. WHATWERE HIS TASKS ON THAT SHIP, WHAT HE DID? INEED THIS ANSWERS BECOUSE I WRITE A TREE OF LIFE. PLEASE DON´T TH…

Mr. Ernest Sedgwick Cowper

…age for his magazine, The Philistine, by cabling his Lusitania Diary from London.  Ernest filled pages and pages of his notebook with quotes from the sage, including Hubbard’s thoughts on the possibilty of the Lusitania being torpedoed, of which Hubbard was sure would not happen.  When pressed why Hubbard believed so, the sage answered, “The Germans have done some darned bad things since the war started, but I don’t believe they’re all that bad.”…

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