Docket Nos. 474, 475, & 477: Charles and Mary Plamondon

…its earning substantially declined. He received salaries aggregating $17,200 per annum, and the stock owned by him in these two companies yielded him dividends bringing his average income from these two sources up to approximately $30,000 per annum. In addition he had an income from an interest in his mother’s estate of approximately $20,000 per annum. On his death he left an estate of a value somewhat in excess of $200,000, about one-half of whi…

Docket Nos. 406 & 620: Charles Hurley

…the Lusitania and the loss of his personal effects, the latter valued at $100. In the second case a claim is put forward on behalf of Joseph and Elizabeth Hurley, the surviving parents of Charles E. Hurley, deceased, naturalized as American citizens in 1886. It appears from the records that Charles E. Hurley married Mary I. Sweinimer September 20, 1905; that they lived together in a rented tenement at Brockton, Massachusetts, where Hurley was empl…

War

…th Atlantic. The British Government’s agreement with Cunard and John Brown and Company to subsidize the construction of Lusitania and Mauretania had been that in the event of war, the British Admiralty would be able to requisition the ships for use as armed merchant cruisers (AMCs). Their speeds would be an advantage for the British Royal Navy as warships. As such the sisters were on the official list of AMCs and were listed in the 1914 edition of…

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