History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Charles Warren Bowring, 44, was an Englishman representing a branch of his family firm, Bowring Shipowners and Agents in New York. He was at lunch when the torpedo struck Lusitania. He jumped off the starboard side as the ship was sinking. He was rescued by Bluebell. Lusitania Bowring had seen the German warning in the …
Josephine Brandell Saloon Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Josephine Mary Brandell 26 November 1891 Bucharest, Kingdom of Rumania (present-day Romania) Died August 1977 (age 85) New York, New York, United States Age on Lusitania 23 Ticket number 46031 Cabin number D 30 Traveling with Mabel Crichton Lifeboat 12 (upset), picked up by 15 Rescued …
James Brooks Saloon Passenger Saved Image credit: US National Archives/Michael Poirier. Born James Ham Brooks 4 January 1875 Lewiston, Maine, United States Died 30 April 1956 (age 81) Paris Hill, South Paris, Maine, United States Age on Lusitania 41 Ticket number 3080 Cabin number E 48 Traveling with None Lifeboat Collapsible Rescued by – Wanderer (Peel …
Josephine Burnside, née Eaton, 49, was the daughter of the founder of Eaton’s Department Store. Josephine, her daughter Iris, and maid Martha Waites were traveling on the Lusitania in May of 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland. They were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. Josephine survived the Lusitania sinking, Iris did not. Josephine was the …
Read moreMrs. Thomas David Meldrum Burnside (Josephine Smyth Eaton)
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