History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Christina Stewart, 30, was traveling with her son John Knox Stewart from Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Glasgow, Scotland on Lusitania’s last crossing. Both she and her son survived. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Monday, 10 May 1915: Mother Seizes Babe and Runs to Deck “I was in my cabin with my 8-month old baby, who was sleeping …
image: Cleveland Plain Dealer, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 2. Janet Stevenson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, near the city of Glasgow. Eighteen months previous to her fateful voyage on the Lusitania, she married William Stevenson, who had also been born near Glasgow. William was a molder and came to the United States several years before …
Soren Sorenson, 33, was a British citizen from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He survived the Lusitania sinking. He played poker with others to the last possible moment, even when the room was tilting. Contributors: Judith Tavares References: Hickey, Des and Gus Smith. Seven Days to Disaster. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981. Page 229.
Helen Smith Second Cabin Passenger Saved Helen Smith with Ernest Cowper, the man who saved her life, in Queenstown. Image: New York Times, Sunday, 30 May 1915. Born Helen Smith October 1908 Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Died 8 April 1993 (age 84) Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 6 Traveling companions – Alfred Smith (father) …
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