History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Margaret Kenny, 32, was a second-cabin passenger traveling aboard Lusitania with her 2-year-old daughter Mary. They were both American nationals living Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, although Margaret had been born in Ireland in 1884. Both were lost in the Lusitania sinking. Margaret was born in Ireland in 1884 and immigrated to Boston in 1907. In June 1911, …
Annie Kelly, 19, was a deported third-class passenger from County Galway, Ireland, who had been detained at Ellis Island after she was discovered to have a heart condition on her previous passage aboard Lusitania from Ireland to America. Her family in Boston appealed to Boston Mayor James Michael Curley and Massachusetts Congressman James Gallivan for …
Annie Sharp, 32, was a British national who had been staying in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, but was returning home to the United Kingdom aboard Lusitania. She booked a third class ticket. When the Lusitania was sinking, she entered lifeboat 14, which was lowered successfully but soon filled with water and capsized repeatedly. Annie survived …
Thomas Sumner was a British subject and second cabin passenger aboard Lusitania who lived in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. He survived the sinking of the Lusitania, where he swam to a raft in the water and was rescued by the Indian Empire. After the sinking, Sumner corresponded with Mary Garry, the mother of the ship’s …
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