Mr. Frank B. Tesson

Frank Tesson, 49, was a United States citizen from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Alice. The Tessons had booked passage aboard Lusitania at the last moment, intending to go to Paris on a buying trip for John Wanamaker stores, where Frank Tesson was assistant manager of the shoe department. Both …

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Miss Helen Smith

Helen Smith Second Cabin Passenger Saved Helen Smith with Ernest Cowper, the man who saved her life, in Queenstown.  Image:  New York Times, Sunday, 30 May 1915. Born Helen Smith October 1908 Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Died 8 April 1993 (age 84) Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 6 Traveling companions – Alfred Smith (father) …

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Mrs. Hubert Isaacs Owens (Cecelia “Cissie” Mildred Smith)

Cecelia Owens Second Cabin Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Cecelia Mildred Smith 1879 ? Died 20 July 1966 (age 87) Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 33 Traveling with – Ronald Owens (son) – Reginald Owens (son) – Alfred Smith (brother) – Elizabeth Smith (sister-in-law) – Helen Smith (niece) – Hubert Smith (nephew) …

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Mr. Samuel Lamond Proudfoot

Samuel Proudfoot was a British citizen from Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania, United States, near Monessen.  Proudfoot had originally booked passage aboard Cameronia but was transferred to Lusitania when the former ship was requisitioned by the Admiralty.  Proudfoot was lost in the Lusitania sinking.  His body was either never recovered or never identified. Contributors: Judith Tavares Hildo Thiel

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