SS United States, revisiting Lusitania wreck, and new pages

…and to donate recovered artifacts to the Irish state to commemorate the upcoming sinking centennial. http://westcorktimes.com/home/?p=17785 New pages today! The goal is to have a biographical page for everyone who was on board, so I thank everyone who has been sending in contributions! Walter Emond, saloon passenger Joseph Friedenstein, saloon passenger Frederick Hawkins, saloon passenger Sigurd Anton Jacobaeus, saloon passenger Wilfrid Keeble, s…

Mr. Maximilian M. Schwarcz

…s three daughters brought his death as a case in front of the Mixed Claims Commission. As his daughters had been dependent upon Schwarcz, the Commission awarded Irene $20,000, Dorothea $23,000, and Minna $32,000, with interest on each of these sums at the rate of five per cent per annum from November 1, 1923. Irene became well-known for her piano performances, usually of her husband’s compositions. Schwarcz’s death also meant that Dorothea inherit…

Mrs. James W. Shineman (Margaret McKenzie)

…as “Margaret MacKenzie” on a World War I memorial in Torridon, Scotland. Related pages James and Margaret Shineman at the Mixed Claims Commission Links of interest Torridon War Memorial Contributors: Geoff Whitfield, UK References: Docket 2057, Mixed Claims Commission, page 516. Hoehling, A. A. and Mary Hoehling. The Last Voyage of the Lusitania. Madison Books, 1956. Page 226. “Torridon.” The Scottish War Memorials Project. Web. Accessed 16 May 2…

Other Specific Ships of Interest

RMS Olympic: The Old Reliable ss-united-states.com– help preserve this marvel of American engineering. S.S. United States Conservancy – Save the S. S. United States Hospital Ship Britannic – An international collaborative effort about the Titanic’s younger sister. Andrea Doria – Tragedy and Rescue at Sea – preserving the memory of the collision between the Italian Liner Andrea Doria and Swedish-American Stockholm on 25-26 July 1956. The Normandi…

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