Mrs. William Edward King (Martha Frances Stevens)

…e conduct which prompted the perpetration of this abominable attack on non-combatant men, women and children, citizens of so many neutral and other nationalities of the world. In a brief article in The Wallasey and Wirral Journal for Saturday 15 May 1915, it was also stated: – Mrs. King ….. left Seacombe for the United States some years ago, and was returning to, the Homeland on a visit to her son who lives in Wallasey. As soon as the latter heard…

Mr. Percy Hefford, Second Officer

…nd Wales 1891 Census of England and Wales 1901 Census of England and Wales Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cunard Records Hickey, Des and Gus Smith. Seven Days to Disaster, G. P. Putnam and Sons, 1981. Hoehling, A. A. and Mary Hoehling. Last Voyage of the Lusitania, Madison Books, 1956. Northampton Mercury Probate Records PRO ADM 137/1058 Tragedy of the Lusitania Wallasey News The Wallasey and Wirral Chronicle UniLiv. PR 13/24 PRO BT 334. Share…

Docket No. 2489: John, Katherine, John Jr., Margaret, and Jeremiah Coughlin

…nion, in Administrative Decision No. V, and in the other decisions of this Commission to the facts as disclosed by this record, the Commission decrees that under the Treaty of Berlin of August 25, 1921, and in accordance with its terms the Government of Germany is obligated to pay to the Government of the United States on behalf of (1) John Coughlin, a minor, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) and (2) Jeremiah Bernard Coughli…

Mr. Percy Draper, Second Purser

…er, and later a cargo superintendent, which suggest he worked for shipping companies. On the 14 October 1913, he married Annie Elizabeth Zinck in Liverpool, and in 1915 they resided at 4 Bedford Road, Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire. Percy signed on board the Lusitania in the Deck Department, as Second Purser, at Liverpool on 16 April 1915 for what would be the Cunarder’s final voyage, at a monthly rate of pay of £5-1-s-0d (£5.50). He reported for dut…

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