Mrs. Albert E. Adams (Gertrude Pollet)

…hey had a daughter, Joan. They were British by nationality and lived in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Gertude survived the Lusitania sinking, Joan did not. At the time of the Lusitania‘s last voyage, Albert had joined the Canadian army and was already serving in France. He was a stretcher bearer with the 4th Battalion Central Ontario Regiment. Gertrude and Joan were returning to the UK to live with Gertrude’s family in Bath (near Bristol in Glouceste…

Mr. Matthew Backa

…l Poirier References: Kalafus, Jim and Michael Poirier (2005). Lest We Forget Part 2: As the Lusitania Went Down. ET Research. <http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/lusitania-lest-we-forget-2.html>   Share this: Print Email Pinterest…

Mr. Charles Harwood Knight

…nt remained in contact with Harwood and Naina, although she received no additional financial support from them after her marriage. The Knights moved from Baltimore to Paris, where they lived for 4 years while Harwood studied piano. Harwood gave recitals and worked for the piano manufacturing company of Sanders and Stayman. Both brother and sister never married. Harwood and Naina returned to the United States via Marseilles in 1914 when World War I…

Miss Katherine Gleason

…atherine Gleason, 23, lived at 6427 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States and was returning to Ireland aboard Lusitania to see her family in Killmallock, County Limerick. She wrote her extended family in Yonkers, New York to invite them to see her off; however, she mistakenly addressed the letter to Mrs. Johanna Murphy of 48 Yonkers Avenue, New York City. By the time the letter had reached her extended family Lusitania had already dep…

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