History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…niversity of Cambridge in England. The family lived in Paris, France, and London, England. Arthur had taken his son to New York for William to think over his decision to join the British Army. During the Lusitania sinking, they both entered lifeboat 17, which upset while lowering. William survived the Lusitania sinking. Arthur did not. Contents Family background Lusitania Love and business Related pages Links of interest Family background William…
…erSaved [No Picture Provided] Born Elizabeth Sarah Mainman4 October 1907Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Died 1983 (age 79)Lancaster, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 7 Traveling with – Alfred Mainman, Sr. (father)– Elizabeth Mainman (mother)– John Mainman (brother)– Alfred Mainman, Jr. (brother)– Molly Mainman (sister)– Edwin Mainman (brother) Citizenship British (Canada) Residence Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Spouse(s) John Kennedy (1936 – ?) Plea…
…ve their trunks packed that day. At about 1 pm that day, Jane was standing on one of the upper decks, enjoying the view of the water and coast of Ireland on that clear day. At that time, she thought to herself, “Where is the spoken of danger? The end of the voyage is almost in view and we have had no sign of danger whatsoever.” Mother and daughter then went to lunch in the second cabin dining saloon. In Jane’s words: While seated at luncheon, my d…
…d booked passage on the Titanic‘s maiden voyage and cancelled due to a premonition by his mother. His uncle, George Vanderbilt, had booked sailing on the Titanic and cancelled. George’s luggage was still loaded onto the Titanic and went down with the ship. image: Cleveland Plain Dealer, 8 May 1915. On board Lusitania, Vanderbilt stayed in Parlour Suite B-65, B-67, and bath. He was often in the company of Charles Frohman, George Vernon, Rita Jolive…
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