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#Lusitania’s #ArmenianGenocide connection #Lusitania100 #ArmenianGenocide100 #1915

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Armenian majorities in the Ottoman Empire are shown in teal in the center of the map. From Wikimedia Commons. 24 April 2015 marks the centennial of the Armenian Genocide, where an estimated 800,000 to 1.5 million Armenians were killed under Ottoman rule. I don’t claim to be an expert in this field, so I’ll leave the …

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Mr. Michael Gibbons

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Michael Gibbons, 34, was a naturalized American citizen residing in Chicago, Illinois, United States, who was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Also lost with him was a box of personal effects. Gibbons had never married. His sole source of income was his wages of $16.00 per week. He left surviving him five brothers and two sisters, …

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Mr. George Walter Bowers Bartlett

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George Bartlett, 42, was a British national from London, England.  He was married to Irma Florine Rothschild of New York City.  George and Irma had been visiting Irma’s sister, Mrs. Alfred S. Austrian of Chicago before booking passage on the Lusitania to return to London. They both survived. Contributors Judith Tavares

Mrs. Harry Bradley Baldwin (Mary Margaret MacCauley)

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Mary Baldwin, 38, was a United States national from New York, New York, United States traveling aboard Lusitania with her husband, Harry. He was president of Austin Baldwin & Company, Inc. and was traveling for business. Both Mary and Harry were lost when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915. Life Mary …

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