Mr. Maitland Kempson

Maitland Kempson, 55, was a successful businessman from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a British citizen and lived on 6 Wellington Street, E, Toronto. Kempson survived the torpedoing of the Lusitania by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. Kempson was born on 28 May 1859. He was a man of wealth who had …

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Mr. Edward John Heighway, Able-Bodied Seaman

Edward Heighway Able-Bodied Seaman Saved Image courtesy Jon Belmonte. Born Edward John Heighway 22 December 1872 Auckland, New Zealand Died 23 November 1950 (age 77) Whiston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 42 Lifeboat 15, 1 Rescued by Wanderer (Peel 12) Citizenship British (Irish/New Zealander) Residence Strangford, Co. Down, Ireland, United Kingdom (present-day Northern …

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Mr. James Andrew Gardner

James Gardner was a British subject returning to New Zealand from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, aboard Lusitania with his wife Annie and sons Eric and William.  They, with another son, Leonard, had been living in North America for 13 of years and were planning to establish a market garden in New Zealand.  James and Annie were lost in the Lusitania tragedy.  …

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Mrs. James Andrew Gardner (Annie Gray)

Annie Gardner was a British subject returning to New Zealand from North America aboard Lusitania with her husband James and sons Eric and William.  They, with another son, Leonard, had been living in North America for 13 years and were planning to establish a market garden in New Zealand.  James and Annie were lost in the Lusitania tragedy.  Eric and …

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