History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Michael Doyle, 31, was a harness maker who lived on Main Street, Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. He was a third class passenger aboard Lusitania. He survived the sinking on 7 May 1915 and was picked up by patrol boat No. 85, also known as Heron, and landed in Kinsale, Ireland. Doyle arrived in the United …
Laura Martin, 56, was born Laura Truman and from Ilkeston, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Albert Martin. They moved to New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States in early 1914, but Albert died that August. Now widowed, Laura decided to return home. She took passage on the Lusitania. She survived and submitted this account to the …
Image courtesy Small Town, Big War. Hucknall 1914 – 1918. Queenie Benjamin, 30, was from Newark, Nottinghamshire, England returning home from either Roland, Oklahoma or Roland Park, Maryland, United States, aboard the Lusitania. The following is her account from the Newark Advertiser & South Notts Gazette, 12 May 1915. I had just gone to my …
Ethel Lines, 34, was the wife of Stanley Lines. They were British subjects living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Stanley and Ethel were traveling aboard Lusitania to England to volunteer with the Red Cross. Both Stanley and Ethel survived the Lusitania disaster. Ethel escaped the ship in lifeboat 13. A newspaper tribute to Alfred Vanderbilt was …
Read moreMrs. Stanley Llandolf Burnett Lines (Ethel Moore Lamping)
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