History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Reverend Herbert Gwyer, 32, was a British citizen living in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Margaret Gwyer. They had been just married on 15 April 1915. Both Herbert and Margaret survived the Lusitania sinking. Herbert Gwyer was born in 1883, the son of John Edward Gwyer. Herbert was educated at Magdalene College at the …
Margaret Gwyer, 26, was the newlywed wife of Reverend Herbert Gwyer, as they had just married on 15 April 1915. She was a British national from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Margaret was sucked down a funnel during the Lusitania sinking and blown back to the surface. Both she and her husband survived the disaster. Margaret and Herbert had …
Read moreMrs. Herbert Linford Gwyer (Margaret Inglis Adams Cairns)
Archibald Donald, called Archie by his friends, was a Scotch-Canadian in his early twenties at the time of the Lusitania‘s sailing. He had been a structural engineer working for the Truscon-Steel Company in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. He was enroute to officers’ training at Edinburgh University, Scotland. On board Lusitania, Archie Donald shared a room with John …
Ralph Mecredy, 26, was born on 12 July 1888 in Dublin, Ireland to Richard James Mecredy, who was well known in the Irish motor and cycling world. His place of residence was listed as being from Bray, County Wicklow and sometimes Chicago, Illinois, USA or Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. The junior Mecredy and was a physician, …
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