History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…Cecelia Owens, brother of Reginald Owens, nephew of Alfred and Elizabeth Smith and cousin of Helen and Hubert Smith. Ronald, Reginald, and Helen had been playing on deck just before the torpedo struck the ship. The brothers became separated from the family and were not found. They were lost while Cecelia and Helen, the only members of their party, survived. Background Ronald’s family came from Swansea, Wales. He and his brother were the sons of Hu…
…Church in Niagara Falls. The couple was on the Lusitania for their honeymoon and a visit to Harold’s parents in Manchester. Harold said in a letter that they were told that the ship would make a dash up the coast in the cover of darkness, so they went to their cabin on Friday afternoon to begin packing. Hal was on deck when the ship was struck, and wearing only a shirt and trousers ran back to the cabin and announced to Lucy, “Well, that’s it. We…
…one of nine or ten sons of Alexander Robert Johnston (later Campbell-Johnston) and Frances-Ellen Palliser. Alexander was the acting administrator of Hong Kong from June 1842 to December 1842. The Campbell-Johnstons were visiting Southern California in 1883 and bought 2,000 acres of land of the historic Rancho San Rafael from Prudent Beaudry, who was mayor of Los Angeles from 1874 to 1876. The Campbell-Johnsons renamed their land the San Rafael Ran…
…gnature Gerda Neilson, 29, was traveling aboard Lusitania to return to England and see her sister Thomasine. During the voyage, she met and fell in love with mechanical engineer John Welsh. Welsh proposed to her during the voyage. Both Gerda and John survived the sinking and were married one week after the disaster. Contents Early life and emigration to America Lusitania Marriage Links of interest Early life and emigration to America Gerda was bor…
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