History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…months, and Dorothy went to school in Germany. Charles then died around 1900 while the family was overseas, and the family matriarch moved the family to Rye, New York, to be close to her own family. The Conners’ new address would be on Boston Post Road. Dorothy graduated from her college preparatory school in 1908. Dorothy had a cousin and two sisters who went to Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Her cousin Candie Stimson graduate…
…(alternate spelling) Spouse(s) Hugh de Beauchamp Lawson Johnston (1946 – 2002, his death) Audrey Pearl (1915 – 2011), 3 months old, was traveling with her father Surgeon-Major F. Warren Pearl, mother Amy Lea Duncan Pearl, siblings Stuart, Amy Whitewright, and Susan, and the children’s nurses Alice Lines and Greta Lorenson. When Lusitania was torpedoed and sinking, Alice Lines took charge of Audrey and Stuart, entering lifeboat 13, which was safel…
…e four point bearing at 1:50, and Third Officer Lewis relieved Bestic at 2:00 pm. As Bestic made his way back to his cabin, he passed radio telegraphist Robert Leith and asked him about the submarines. “We heard one was spotted off Cape Clear at ten o’clock,” Leith answered. Bestic noted that was behind them. “Another was spotted a few miles south of the Coningbeg,” Leith continued, “that’s ahead of us.” The Coningbeg Lightship was still 80 miles…
…s for leaving your comment. I have been tracing the family history of John and his wife for many years now and am in touch with John’s sister’s family (Nora Steers) through Ancestry.co.uk Let me know if you are interested in the family history. My husband is John O’Connell’s grandson. mike newcomb hi karen only just found the rely would be very interested mike michael newcomb hi karen bit late but i would thanks mike mike newcomb hi karen i would…
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