The Prichard Letters

…s, dated 10 November 1915 Item 243: Letter from F. Freeman concerning his son and daughter-in-law, dated 23 October 1915 Item 244: Letter from Mary Garry concerning Dr. Joseph Garry, dated 13 November 1915 Item 245: Letter from Mary Garry concerning Dr. Joseph Garry, Thomas Sumner, and Grace French, dated 23 February 1916 Item 246: Letter from Mary Garry concerning Drs. Joseph Garry and James McDermott, Jane Hogan and William Hendry, dated 26 Janu…

The Prichard Letters

…ng up on the site, The Prichard Letters. More letters will be added to the website as they are transcribed. Second cabin passenger Richard Preston Prichard was lost in the Lusitania disaster. Richard’s brother Mostyn went to to Queenstown to look for his body but did not find his body. Subsequently, his mother Gertrude tracked down every survivor, relatives of those on board, and Cunard Company staff she could and wrote them in hopes that they wou…

New & updated biographies & pictures, and SS United States part 4

The 10th anniversary of this website is coming tomorrow! I’m not quite sure what I’ll have ready for then, but until then, new biographies today at The Lusitania Resource: James Shineman (second cabin) Margaret Shineman (second cabin) Updated biographies Catherine Henry (third class) James Houghton (saloon) New pictures Albert Bestic (deck crew) Isaac Lehman (saloon) Robert Rankin (saloon) Also, part 4 of 5 of SS United States: Made in America. E…

#Lusitania sinking centennial, plans and site updates #Lusitania100

…which lifeboat or what cabin slowed down the pipeline of getting information online. Therefore, my priority plan now is: 1. Get as many passenger and crew biographies up, then… 2. Reorganizing the survivors’ and victims’ list, then… 2. Transcribe more primary documents and… 3. Compile lifeboat and rescue vessel pages that place which passengers on which rescue vessels. Further down the road, I’m considering: 4. More multimedia, including pictures…

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