History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Sadie Hale (1885 – 1915), 29, was the typist aboard Lusitania on the ship’s final voyage. A native of northern Ireland, she was a British subject and was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915. Her body was recovered, #127, and is buried in the …
Rose Ellen Murray, 30, was an Irish national married to a United States Naval Officer traveling as a second-cabin passenger aboard Lusitania with her brother, Patrick Vincent McGinley. Both survived the Lusitania disaster. During the sinking, brother and sister were separated when their lifeboat overturned and threw them into the water. Each thought the other …
Patrick McGinley, 32, was a second cabin passenger and Irish national aboard Lusitania traveling with his sister, Rose Ellen Murray. Brother and sister had been separated in the sinking, and though both survived, each thought the other lost until they saw each other in Queenstown. Life McGinley was originally from Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland (present-day …
Henry McEvoy was a second cabin passenger and Irish national who survived the sinking of the Lusitania, although the Cunard Confidentiality Report following the disaster listed him as lost. McEvoy was originally from Donacloney (Donaughcloney), County Antrim, Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland), a son of William John McEvoy. His parents did not know he was sailing …
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