History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…ys booked passage aboard Lusitania on 21 April 1915. The family paid $1020.00 for ticket 46061 and cabins B-85, B-87, which had a private bath. Elise Bouteiller would also be traveling with them on the same ticket but in her own cabin, B-81. Shortly before sailing, Catharine revised her will, bequeathing an estate worth over $1,000,000 to her daughter and only child. Virginia spent most of her time on the ship with Elise Bouteiller. The Loneys wer…
…by the German submarine U-20 in 1915, resulting in the deaths of almost 1,200 people aboard. The disaster turned American public opinion against Germany and helped bring the United States into World War I. Education and experience Bemis was a businessman and millionaire, who, in addition to owning the Lusitania, served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War. He graduated with a economics degree from Stanford (’50) (after switching out of psycho…
…blic support for women in the House of Lords. The first six months saw 50,000 signatures, including the principals of the women’s colleges of Oxford and Cambridge. The Lords themselves finally passed a motion for women’s admission in 1949, but the Labour government under Prime Minister Attlee refused to deliver the promised legislation. Time and Tide Even though Margaret had been denied a seat in the House of Lords, she continued to further her…
…deal in my story. It was May 1, 1915 that the Lusitania took aboard her 3,000 passengers and crew [sic, the actual number was closer to 1,960], although rumours were aboard regarding the ship[‘]s safety, the people never could think that the Germans would attempt to sink such a ship as the Lusitania, unarmed, and carrying so many women and children. In fact, during the five years that I was on her, I had never seen so many women and children. We…
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