History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Frederick Orr-Lewis (1860 – 1921), 49, was a Canadian businessman and president of Canadian Vickers, Ltd., the Canadian division of the British shipbuilding and armaments corporation, Vickers. He was a native of Montréal, Québec, Canada, but owned an estate in Enfield, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom named Whitewebbs. He had been in Canada on business with …
Florence Padley, née Fry (c. 1892 – 1978), 23, was born in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. In 1914, Florence moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Florence was an artist who loved painting the sea. Her husband, Charles, was a banker. In the spring of 1915, Florence was returning to Liverpool aboard Lusitania to have her baby. She …
Irene Paynter, 30, was a British national from England traveling aboard Lusitania with her father Charles after a trip to North America. Charles and Irene went down with the ship together, but Irene survived. She believed that her father was killed when wreckage struck him in the water. Life Irene was one of four daughters …
Stuart Pearl (1910 – 1964), 5, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his parents, Warren and Amy Pearl, sisters Amy “Bunny”, Susan, and Audrey, and nurses Alice Lines and Greta Lorenson. In the confusion following the torpedoing of the Lusitania, Stuart, Audrey, and Alice were separated from the rest of the family and saved by lifeboat …
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