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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. James W. Shineman

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James Shineman, 29, was a United States national traveling to Scotland to visit the family of his newly-wed wife, Margaret Shineman. James and Margaret were transfers from the ship Cameronia who were transferred to Lusitania when the Cameronia was requisitioned by the British Admiralty. The Shinemans traveled second cabin aboard Lusitania. Both Margaret and James were lost in the Lusitania disaster. Both of their …

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Master Campbell Ballantyne McKechan

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Campbell McKechan (1914 – 1915), 10 months old, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his mother Elizabeth and brother James. He was a dual British subject and American citizen living in Gillespie, Illinois, United States. Campbell initially survived the Lusitania sinking with his mother, but he lost his brother James. Elizabeth and Campbell returned to the United States not long …

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