Mrs. Alfred Duckworth (Elizabeth Ann Smith)

Elizabeth Duckworth Third Class Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Elizabeth Ann Smith 1863 Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Died 1955 (age 92) Taftville, Connecticut, United States Age on Lusitania 52 Lifeboat 21 Rescued by Wanderer (Peel 12) Occupation Textile mill worker Citizenship British (England) Residence Taftville, Connecticut, United States Other names Elizabeth Rushworth (first …

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Mr. Ernest Sedgwick Cowper

Ernest Cowper Second Cabin Passenger Saved Ernest Cowper and Helen Smith in Queenstown.  Image:  New York Times, Sunday, 30 May 1915. Born Ernest Sedgwick Cowper c. 1883 Died 4 January 1939 (age 56) Seattle, Washington, United States Age on Lusitania 32 Traveling with Richard Rogers (employer) Citizenship British (Canada) Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ernest Cowper, …

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Master Paul Bretherton

Paul Bretherton (1912 – 1980), 3, was traveling to England aboard Lusitania with his sister Elizabeth “Betty” and mother Norah to see their grandparents.  Norah, who was also pregnant at the time, and her children traveled in second cabin.  Norah, Paul, and the unborn child survived the sinking.  Betty did not. Paul was born in 1912 in southern California, as his mother …

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Miss Elizabeth Bretherton

Elizabeth “Betty” Bretherton, 15-months old, was the daughter of Cyril Bretherton and Norah Keating.  She was also the sister of Paul Bretherton.  She traveled with her mother and brother aboard Lusitania.  Norah and Paul survived, Betty did not. The Brethertons lived in Santa Monica, California, where Paul and Betty were born and where Cyril was working as a …

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