History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
John Hayes, 31, was junior fifth engineer aboard Lusitania’s final voyage. He perished in the sinking. Hayes married Jeanette Purves on 14 August 1914, less than a year before he lost his life in the Lusitania sinking. They settled in the Bootle neighborhood of Liverpool, England. Jeanette was pregnant at the time Hayes left on …
John Keegan (1889 – 1915), 26, was a trimmer lost in the Lusitania sinking. John was born in Toxteth, Liverpool on 19 February 1889. He lived at Tay Street, Toxteth and was married to Jane Davidson. John and Jane had married in 1912 and had 2 sons. Their youngest son was born in January 1915. …
John McEvoy was a refrigeration greaser from Jonesborough, County Armagh, Ireland. He survived the Lusitania disaster. McEvoy was asleep in his cabin when the torpedo impact and explosion awoke him. A fellow sailor reported as Griffith who was lost (William or Samuel Griffiths ?) rushed into the cabin and gave McEvoy a lifebelt. McEvoy got …
Andrew McKindrey (sometimes reported as McKendry or McKinley) was a native of Newry, County Down, Ireland. He survived the Lusitania sinking. When reporters asked Andrew how he survived the Lusitania disaster, he survived replied that he did not know but, “I owe my life to learning how to swim on ‘the track line’ [Fathom Line] …
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