History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Emily Booth, 30, was a British national from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was traveling aboard Lusitania with her 8-month old son, Nigel. Her husband, Charles Booth, had remained at a hotel in Ottawa. Emily died in the Lusitania sinking, but the 8-month-old baby was picked up out of the water. The baby was claimed by an aunt in …
Nigel Booth, 8 months old, was the son of Charles Booth and Emily Hadfield of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was traveling aboard Lusitania with her mother while his father stayed behind in a hotel in Ottawa. Emily died in the Lusitania sinking, but the 8-month-old baby was picked up out of the water. The Nigel was …
Katherine Gleason, 23, lived at 6427 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States and was returning to Ireland aboard Lusitania to see her family in Killmallock, County Limerick. She wrote her extended family in Yonkers, New York to invite them to see her off; however, she mistakenly addressed the letter to Mrs. Johanna Murphy of 48 Yonkers Avenue, New York City. …
Reverend James Anderson Beattie, 53, was a missionary of the Reformed Church returning to the Arcot Mission in India with his wife Margaret. He had just spent a year’s leave in the United States. Reverend Beattie was born in Scotland and received his education in Edinburgh, and came to the United States soon afterward and …
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