Mr. Frank Bowden Holman, Third Waiter

…ot part with the watch due to its sentimental value. Contributors: Michael Poirier, USA Barbara Wiffen (daughter of Frank Holman), UK References: Gergis, David. “Frozen in time: The watch that stopped when the Lusitania sank 97 years ago” Daily Mail. Web. Accessed 7 September 2013. <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2110103/Lusitania-1915-shipwreck-Watch-auction.html>. Rankin, Ben. “When time stood still: Watch that stopped when Lusitania sa…

Mrs. Hubert Isaacs Owens (Cecelia “Cissie” Mildred Smith)

…e because my mummy and daddy have gone,” Helen told well-wishers, “they’re coming on another boat.” As Helen continued to wait for her parents and sister who would never come, she regaled the symapthetic crowds with stories of submarines and how she had often seen them in moving pictures. Back in Ellwood City, when Cecelia’s husband Hubert heard news of the sinking, he was sick and almost speechless with dread. He went home early from the steel mi…

Mr. James Cargill Haldane

…SA Peter Kelly, Ireland Michael Poirier, USA References: “Haldane, James.” Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Online. <http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1568767/HALDANE,%20JAMES> Accessed 4 May 2015 12:24 a.m. Kalafus, Jim, Michael Poirier, Cliff Barry and Peter Kelly (2013) “Lest We Forget : The Lusitania.” Gare Maritime. (ref: #10962, accessed 27th April 2015 03:24:39 PM) URL : http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/lest-we-forget-the-lu…

Mr. Joseph Friedenstein

…1905, Cunard’s Mauretania in September 1912 and May 1914, and Lusitania in May 1911 and February 1915. Contributors: Senan Molony, Ireland Hildo Thiel, The Netherlands References: “Matching Passenger Records.” The Statue of Liberty- Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. Web. Accessed 14 May 2013. <http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?MID=09517388590076763776&FNM=JOSEPH&LNM=FRIEDENSTEIN&PLNM=FRIEDENSTEIN&first_kind=1&kind=exact&offset=0&dwpdone…

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