History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
William Vassar, 44, was a British subject from London, England. He had previously crossed to the United States aboard the Cunarder Transylvania on 19 January 1915. He was returning to England aboard Lusitania. His ticket for the ship’s last voyage was 46070 and he was in cabin B-55. Vassar survived the Lusitania sinking. Contributors Jim …
Charles Sturdy (1877 – 1937), 38, was a British subject from Montréal, Québec, Canada who survived the Lusitania sinking. His ticket for the ship was 13167 and he stayed in cabin B-96. After Lusitania, Sturdy returned to America aboard the American Liner St. Paul. Other Lusitania survivors aboard this voyage of the St. Paul included Joseph and Doris Charles, Ernest Cowper, Maude …
Martha Waites, 36, was the maid to Josephine Burnside and Iris Burnside. A British subject in Canada, She worked for the Burnsides in Toronto, Ontario. Many members of the Waites family worked for Josephine’s family, the Eatons. Martha traveled on a ticket separate from the Burnsides, where she was on ticket 13063 and stayed in …
Julius Strauss, 39, was a British subject from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He was lost in the Lusitania disaster. His ticket for the ship was 8677 and he stayed in cabin E-42. Strauss had previously entered the United States on 22 March 1915 aboard Holland America’s SS Nieuw Amsterdam. Strauss’ body was either never recovered or …
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