Third U.S. Protest over the Sinking of the Lusitania

…iation in defense of its acts, and in view of the manifest possibility of conforming to the established rules of naval warfare, the Government of the United States can not believe that the Imperial Government will longer refrain from disavowing the wanton act of its naval commander in sinking the Lusitania or from offering reparation for the American lives lost, so far as reparation can be made for a needless destruction of human life by an illega…

Mrs. Charles Young (Elizabeth Grossart)

…Charles Young (? – 1915, her death) Elizabeth Young, 27, was born in Scotland and later emigrated to Chicago, Illinois, United States.  Elizabeth was married to Charles Young, and they lived with James and Margaret Murray and their son Walter at 6853 South Green Street.  Both husbands were employed by the Chicago City Railways Company and did not sail with their wives on Lusitania’s last crossing. Elizabeth was accompanying Margaret and Walter on

Mrs. Alfred F. Smith (Elizabeth “Bessie” A. Jones)

…United States in September 1909, moving in with Alfred’s brother Arthur Smith on Oliver Street in Yonkers, New York. The Smith family moved west to Ellwood City, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In Ellwood City, Alfred found a job as an electrician. In late 1914 in Elwood City, Alfred and Elizabeth had a baby boy, named Hubert, and thus Helen gained a little brother. Also settling in Ellwood City with the Smiths were Alfred’s sister Cecelia and her…

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