History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Edith Williams Third Class Passenger Saved Born Edith Middleton Williams 27 March 1906 New Jersey, United States Died 12 May 1992 (age 86) California, United States Age on Lusitania 9 Traveling with – Annie Williams (mother) – John Edward Williams (brother) – George Albert Williams (brother) – Ethel Williams (sister) – Florence Williams (sister) – …
Paul Bretherton (1912 – 1980), 3, was traveling to England aboard Lusitania with his sister Elizabeth “Betty” and mother Norah to see their grandparents. Norah, who was also pregnant at the time, and her children traveled in second cabin. Norah, Paul, and the unborn child survived the sinking. Betty did not. Paul was born in 1912 in southern California, as his mother …
Elizabeth “Betty” Bretherton, 15-months old, was the daughter of Cyril Bretherton and Norah Keating. She was also the sister of Paul Bretherton. She traveled with her mother and brother aboard Lusitania. Norah and Paul survived, Betty did not. The Brethertons lived in Santa Monica, California, where Paul and Betty were born and where Cyril was working as a …
Reverend James Anderson Beattie, 53, was a missionary of the Reformed Church returning to the Arcot Mission in India with his wife Margaret. He had just spent a year’s leave in the United States. Reverend Beattie was born in Scotland and received his education in Edinburgh, and came to the United States soon afterward and …
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