History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
James Haldane, 36, was a Scottish national and British subject living in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States, returning to visit his hometown of Glasgow, Scotland. He was one of the men who built the Lusitania when the ship was under construction and he was aboard the ship when she was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May …
Ruth Logan, 26, was a British subject and Scottish national residing in Paterson, New Jersey, United States. She was traveling aboard Lusitania with her two-year-old son, Robert, to Ayr, Scotland. Mother and son traveled in third class. Ruth Logan survived the Lusitania sinking on 7 May 1915 but Robert did not. Biography Ruth Thompson McCorry was born …
Hilda Stones (c. 1886 – 1915), 29, was a successful actress and singer from Leeds, Yorkshire, England, who had married rancher Norman Stones, and together they lived in Texada Island, British Columbia, Canada. Hilda and Norman were returning to England aboard Lusitania because Hilda’s mother was in poor health. Both Norman and Hilda went down with …
Robert William Whaley (c. 1884 – 1952), 31, was a British subject and electrician from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, traveling aboard Lusitania in second cabin. He seems to have been one of the survivors pulled into lifeboat 15 immediately after the liner sank: I was in the deck smoke room when the first torpedo struck …
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