History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Ruth Wordsworth, 37, was returning to England aboard Lusitania with her brother Osmund to see their parents in Salisbury, England. Osmund was returning to England to enlist in the British Army. Both brother and sister survived the Lusitania sinking but did not know each other’s fate until they reunited in Ireland. She survived by clinging …
Robert Gray, 35, was a British national residing in Brooklyn, New York, United States. He was traveling second cabin aboard the Lusitania‘s final voyage. His cabin was on C deck, and his stewardess was May Bird. On the day of the Lusitania disaster, Gray was on deck with Cyril Wallace “indulging in a sing song.” Wallace …
Muriel Thompson, 30, was a British subject and the youngest daughter of Nathan Curtis Thompson and Charlotte Disney of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. Muriel had been visiting friends in Miami, Florida during the winter of 1914, where she stayed with Mrs. J.B. Patterson of 234 Thirteenth St. Muriel booked the 1 May 1915 voyage of the Lusitania …
Marian “May” Bird (1875 – 1975), 40, of Cheshire, England, was a British subject and stewardess who had served aboard Lusitania since the ship’s maiden voyage. She survived the sinking in lifeboat 15 with her friend, Fannie Morecroft. They were rescued by the trawler Wanderer (also known by its registration number Peel 11) and then transferred …
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