History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Lusitania‘s saloon (first class) passengers aboard for her final crossing, #202, New York to Liverpool, departing on 1 May 1915.
Saloon passengers: 291 total, 113 survived, 177 lost, 1 did not sail. A sortable version is available in Excel format in the downloads section.
Thomas Slidell (c. 1874 – 1946), 41, was an American national and newspaper correspondent traveling with Alfred Vanderbilt. He was from New York City, New York, United States, where he lived at the Knickerbocker Club. Slidell’s ticket number for Lusitania was 46127, and on board the ship he stayed in cabin E-41. During the Lusitania …
Charles Francis Williamson, an American national living in Paris, France, 40 years of age, was a passenger on and was lost with the Lusitania. He was traveling with Millie Baker, whose ticket he had paid for and who was also lost. Williamson’s ticket number was 46059, and he stayed in cabin number B-34, facing Millie …
William Winter, 28, was a British citizen. According to the Sunday, 9 May 1915 New York Times, during the Lusitania sinking, Winter entered lifeboat 17 which overturned and then swam to lifeboat 19. How this story could have reached the New York Times is puzzling, as Winter is listed as a Lusitania victim. Either the …
Alfred Witherbee, Jr. (1911 – 1915), 3, of New York, New York, United States was an American citizen and the son of Beatrice Witherbee and grandson of Mary Brown. He was traveling with his mother and grandmother aboard Lusitania, as his mother and father, also named Alfred, was relocating the family to London, England. Alfred …
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