History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Iris Burnside, 20, was the daughter of Josephine Burnside. She, her mother, and maid Martha Waites were traveling on the Lusitania in May of 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland. They were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. Josephine survived the Lusitania sinking, Iris did not. Iris was born around 1895, the daughter of Thomas Burnside …
Josephine Burnside, née Eaton, 49, was the daughter of the founder of Eaton’s Department Store. Josephine, her daughter Iris, and maid Martha Waites were traveling on the Lusitania in May of 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland. They were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. Josephine survived the Lusitania sinking, Iris did not. Josephine was the …
Read moreMrs. Thomas David Meldrum Burnside (Josephine Smyth Eaton)
Jeanette Mitchell (c. 1888 – 1966), 27, was a British subject from County Down, Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland), traveling aboard Lusitania with her husband Walter Dawson Mitchell, their son, also named Walter Dawson, and her brother, John Moore. Before boarding, they had made friends with fellow Ulster passenger, Mary Agnes Hume. Jeanette and John were saved, but …
Read moreMrs. Walter Dawson Mitchell (Jeanette “Nettie” Elizabeth Moore)
Image credit: Steven Thompson Albert Thompson, 37, was a British national from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. was traveling aboard Lusitania with his friend William Dale. Both men lived in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and were Irish. Both Thompson and Dale were lost in the Lusitania disaster. Thompson was reported to be an invalid. Thompson was originally from …
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