History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
image: Cleveland Plain Dealer, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 2. Janet Stevenson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, near the city of Glasgow. Eighteen months previous to her fateful voyage on the Lusitania, she married William Stevenson, who had also been born near Glasgow. William was a molder and came to the United States several years before …
Annie Richardson, 39, a British national, was one of the pregnant mothers aboard the Lusitania‘s last voyage. Her cabin was E-114 and she shared a room with someone whom she described as being “Scotch” (Chrissie Aitken?). The torpedo struck the Lusitania as Annie was packing her belongings. She ran up the stairs and saw people …
Annie Pirie, 35, was traveling with her daughter Margaret and son Arthur, Jr. aboard Lusitania. They were originally Cameronia passengers but were transferred when the ship was requisitioned. They were British citizens living in Lynn, United States, on their way to Glasgow, Scotland. Mother and children were lost in the disaster. From the New York …
Mary Anita Pells from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was aboard the Lusitania with her husband, Cyril Elmore, and infant son, John. The family had emigrated to Canada in March 1914, but they were returning to England where Cyril was to join his regiment as a Second Lieutenant. Mary’s account of the sinking differs somewhat from that of …
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