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 …
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.
Reverend Simpson, from Roseland, British Columbia, Canada, survived the Lusitania disaster by clinging onto an upturned boat. Reverend Simpson was in cabin C 3 and shared it with Duncan Hanes and Canon Ernest Phair. The stewardess in charge of their cabin was May Bird. The following are Simpson’s words as quoted in The Daily Missoulian, Sunday, 8 May 1915. …
image credit: Michael Poirier/The Evening Mail, 11 May 1915. Richard Rogers, 41, was editor of the Canadian publication, Jack Canuck, based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was traveling with a reporter of his, Ernest Cowper, who was going to the front as a war correspondent. On the day of the disaster, Rogers and Cowper were in …
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