Miss Crissy "Chrissie" Nicol Marshall Lizzie Stark Aitken

…3), William (born 1887), and John (born 1890). Chrissie’s mother died in 1908 and her father James decided in 1912 to go to Canada, where one of her brothers, James Jarvie, was living.  Jarvie had married Grace Mackay Taylor, had a son named James Jarvie, Jr., and they lived in Merritt, British Columbia.  James and Chrissie arrived in Merritt in 1912. Jarvie’s wife Grace died in 1914, and James and Jarvie decided to return to Scotland, bringing Ch…

Design and Construction

…ment came to an agreement where the government would provide a loan of £2,600,000 to build Lusitania and Mauretania with the provision that the ship would have a service speed of no slower than 24 ½ knots and could be requisitioned by the British Admiralty as Armed Merchant Cruisers during times of war.  The British Government also agreed to pay Cunard an additional £150,000 per year for the ships to carry royal mail. Both ships were designed by L…

Mr. Thomas Adamson, First Class Waiter

…e they could get away from the ship. Adamson filed one of approximately 4,400 Merchant Marine cards for sailors (or their next of kin claimed) to claim pensions for injury (or death) in the war. His card reads: M.P. 14340 Name ADAMSON Thomas. ex. S.S. “Lusitania” Rating 2nd Saloon Steward.Address 27, Virginia Street, Southport.Name of dependent (blank)Relationship (blank) Date of accident 7th May, 1915.Nature of injury Compound fracture of right l…

Mrs. Albert Clay Bilicke (Gladys Huff)

…alifornia, United States Other name(s) None Spouse(s) Albert Bilicke (c. 1900 – 1915, his death) Gladys Bilicke, née Huff (c. 1865 – 1943), 50, was the wife of hotel manager Albert Bilicke. They had been married for 15 years lived in South Pasadena, California, United States. They were traveling aboard Lusitania because Albert was recovering from abdominal surgery and needed rest. When the ship was sinking, the Bilickes entered a lifeboat that ups…

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