History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
…ven though Lothrop claimed the Boston area to be his home, he lived in England for several years. When he was in the Boston area, however, he lived with relatives in Newburyport. One of his cousins was W. W. Jacques of 469 Beacon Street. image: New York Times, Saturday, 8 May 1915. Lothrop’s profession was genealogy and was known internationally as an expert. He “spent several months each year in pouring over old Colonial records in New England” a…
…in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Fowles crossed the Atlantic several times between 1903 and 1915. On several of these trips there were some relatives with them, such as Charles’ daughter or Frances’ sister Dorothy. In 1912 her sister Dorothy, who was married now with Percy Arthur Smith, was with them. She also had her son with them Kenneth, then 5 years old. Both Charles and Frances Fowles died on the Lusitania‘s last voyage. Their cabin had been B-52. They…
…h. He became a Captain. After the British occupation of the Transvaal in 1900, Stuart re-commenced business in Germiston. Late in 1901, he married the widow of General Gerhardus Gravett. Gerhardus Gravett was the grandson of a British settler who came to South Africa in 1820. He was, like Stuart, a cartage contractor in Germiston. Gravett joined the Boksburg Commando during the Boer War and became a Combat General. He was killed fighting the Briti…
…rried Noble Graham in 1922 (and died about 1856) and Mum was born in 1992 (and died in 2013). Mum married an Australian RAAF officer during WW2 and came to Australia as a war bride in 1946. Grandma came out here when her husband died. So your spouse is not the only remaining Moore from Lisdarn House! There are quite a few of us descendants of Jane here in oz and there is a cousin in Canberra who is also about a 2nd or third cousin. Anyway if this…
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