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 …
Francis Kellett, 47, was a naturalized American citizen from Ireland living in Tuckahoe, New York, United States, with his wife Margaret and son Stewart. He was vice-president of the Julius Stein Company’s Successors, Inc. He was standing on deck with Joseph Myers and saw the torpedo strike Lusitania. Kellett and Myers were on the port …
Sir Hugh Lane Saloon Passenger Lost image: New York Times, Saturday 8 May 1915, Page 3. Born Hugh Percy Lane 9 November 1875 County Cork, Ireland, United Kingdom (present-day Ireland) Died 7 May 1915 (age 39) At sea Age on Lusitania 39 Ticket number 46101 Cabin number D 26 Traveling with – Charles Fowles (friend) …
Father Basil Maturin (1847 – 1915), 68, was a British citizen and Irish national. He was a Roman Catholic chaplain at Oxford University and well-known author of religious books. Father Maturin, on his 1915 voyage of the Lusitania, had just finished a Lenten series at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in New York. …
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