Mr. George Ley Pearce Vernon (Butler) (George La Page)

George Vernon Saloon Passenger Lost image:  The Illustrated London News, 29 May 1915.  Courtesy Michael Poirier. Born George Ley Pearce Butler 1869 Massachusetts, United States Died 7 May 1915 (age 45) At sea Age on Lusitania 45 Ticket number D1347 Cabin number E 62 Body number 201 Interred Private grave 651, Old Church Cemetery, Queenstown (now …

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Mrs. Alfred Thomas Wakefield (Mary Gertrude Smith)

Mary Wakefield, 38, was a saloon passenger aboard Lusitania who survived the disaster. She was a British citizen from or visiting Honolulu, Hawaii Territory. She was an expecting mother. She entered a lifeboat that upset and was thrown into the water. Both mother and unborn child were saved. Mary was originally from Birmingham, England, where …

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Mr. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt

Alfred Vanderbilt Saloon Passenger Lost Alfred Vanderbilt aboard Olympic. New York Times, 8 May 1915. Born Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt 20 October 1877 New York, New York, United States Died 7 May 1915 (age 37) At sea Age on Lusitania 37 Ticket number 46032 Cabin number B 65, B 67, and bath (Parlour Suite) Traveling with …

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Mrs. Cameron Willey (Catherine E. Dietrich)

image:  San Francisco Examiner, 10 May 1915. Michael Poirier Collection. Catherine Willey, 57, was the mother of Mrs. Robert Julius Thorne (Katherine S. Thorne), wife of the president of  Montgomery Ward & Company.  Catherine was from Lake Forest, Illinois, United States and had lived at the Continental Hotel in Paris, France for the previous 6 …

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