History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Mr. George Hardie Hunter, 36, and wife Maggie were British citizens among the group who transferred from the Cameronia. They were both lost in the Lusitania sinking. George was born on 16 February 1879 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was a cabinet maker who emigrated to the United States in January 1906. By that time, he was engaged to …
Frederick Hubbard, 24, lived at South-bury Road in Enfield, England. Fred was a well-known footballer, playing for Old Park Athletic, for which he was also secretary for two years. He was also a representative of H. Machlestein and Co., rubber merchants. He sailed on the Lusitania‘s previous voyage on April 17th to visit the firm’s headquarters. …
image: Cleveland Plain Dealer, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 2. Elizabeth Horton, 51, was from Sheffield, England. She came over to the United States in June 1914 to be with her daughter, Mrs. Allen Bartlett of 99 Holyoke Avenue, East Cleveland, Ohio, United States who had just become a mother. Elizabeth’s husband and two other …
image credit: Providence Journal, Tuesday 11 May 1915. Click on image for full image. Mary Higginbottom was a British citizen who lived in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. She was aboard Lusitania to go to England to comfort her parents, whose sons and sons-in-law were in the Front for the British Army. On board Lusitania, she shared …
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