History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Katherine Coughlin, 36, was a naturalized American citizen traveling aboard Lusitania with her husband, John (39), daughter Margaret (2 1/2), sons John, Jr. (3) and Jeremiah Bernard (11 months). The senior Coughlin and his daughter, Margaret, were lost. Katherine and the sons survived. Katherine Coughlin was born Katherine O’Neil, a native of Ireland from Castletownbere, …
Susan Coleman, around 22 years of age, was an Irish national and British subject living in Brooklyn, New York, United States. She traveled second cabin aboard Lusitania was saved when the German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank her ship on 7 May 1915. Susan was originally from the Cootehill district of County Cavan, Ireland. She …
Robert Dyer, 47, was a United States national living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He was by occupation an iron moulder. Dyer was a second cabin passenger on the Lusitania and survived when the ship was destroyed on 7 May 1915. During the voyage, Dyer met a fellow passenger named Patrick Carroll (most likely actually …
Christopher Griffiths, 32, a British subject from either Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States was a second cabin passenger and survivor of the Lusitania sinking. His reason for traveling on Lusitania may have been to enlist to fight for the British Army in World War I. Griffiths was born in Rogerstone, in the …
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