History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Bertha Prescott, née Martin, (1885 – 1915) was a British citizen traveling aboard Lusitania to meet her husband who had been injured in World War I and was in Plymouth, England. Aboard Lusitania she was roommates with Bessie Barbour. Bertha was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Bertha was born on 4 March 1885 in Clee …
image credit: David Bailey. Click on image for full image. Harriet Plank, 61, of 69 Silverthorne Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, lived with her daughter Mrs. Bailey. Harriet booked the Lusitania because she was on her way back to Lancaster, England to visit her son and two other daughters. She came to Canada with her husband, …
Image courtesy Michael Poirier. Henrietta Pirrie, 24, was a British citizen from Glenfarg, Perthshire, Scotland, living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. She was aboard Lusitania to be on her way to England to be married. Henrietta was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Henrietta was the daughter of James R. Pirrie of Perth, Scotland. She had at …
Albert Palmer of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Annie and his children Edgar, Olive, and Albert, Jr. The entire family was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Colin Simpson’s book erroneously describes the Palmers as being transfers from the Queen Margaret. the transfers the morning Lusitania sailed were from the Cameronia, not …
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