History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Frederick Webster, 28, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was a contractor who was traveling second class on board Lusitania with his wife Margaret, their 6-year old son, Frederick, and year-old twins William and Henry. They were all British citizens. When the ship was struck, the family was below decks in the second cabin dining saloon. Frederick …
Edward Tarry, 27, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was returning to England on the Lusitania to make his annual report to the firm of Encorah and Sons of Liecester. Tarry was the company’s Canadian representative. Tarry originally came to Canada in 1913 to obtain a market for knitted goods for his company. He had a wife …
Christina Stewart, 30, was traveling with her son John Knox Stewart from Toronto, Ontario, Canada to Glasgow, Scotland on Lusitania’s last crossing. Both she and her son survived. From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Monday, 10 May 1915: Mother Seizes Babe and Runs to Deck “I was in my cabin with my 8-month old baby, who was sleeping …
image credit: Michael Poirier/The Evening Mail, 11 May 1915. Richard Rogers, 41, was editor of the Canadian publication, Jack Canuck, based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was traveling with a reporter of his, Ernest Cowper, who was going to the front as a war correspondent. On the day of the disaster, Rogers and Cowper were in …
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