History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…k, United States was an American citizen and the son of Beatrice Witherbee and grandson of Mary Brown. He was traveling with his mother and grandmother aboard Lusitania, as his mother and father, also named Alfred, was relocating the family to London, England. Alfred Jr. and Mary were lost in the Lusitania disaster, but Beatrice survived. Beatrice related to her future mother-in-law, Pauline Jolivet, that Beatrice had tried to hold on to Alfred in…
…s of interest Education and marriage Beatrice was born in London, England, 0n 30 September 1890 to Mary ‘May’ Cummins and James LaTouche. Beatrice moved to the US when she was 3 months old. Her mother married a Mr. Brown, an Englishman, who lived in Larchmont. She never referred to Brown as her stepfather, but simply as her guardian. Even though, she was sometimes known as Beatrice Brown. School friends referred to her as Trixie. She attended the…
…apparently about six inches wide, and when I first saw it, it was between 200 and 300 yards from the ship. I saw no sign of a submarine, not a periscope or anything else. We watched the track of the torpedo as if fascinated, and saw it strike the ship between the funnels. We were second class passengers and were more or less confined to the stern of the ship. We were standing near to the railing dividing us from the saloon passengers, and would be…
…apparently about six inches wide, and when I first saw it, it was between 200 and 300 yards from the ship. I saw no sign of a submarine, not a periscope or anything else. We watched the track of the torpedo as if fascinated, and saw it strike the ship between the funnels. We were second class passengers and were more or less confined to the stern of the ship. We were standing near to the railing dividing us from the saloon passengers, and would be…
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