Mr. Robinson Pirie

Mr. Robinson Pirie Saloon Passenger Saved Portrait taken by McMillan of Dundas, Ontario. Image credit:  Jean Freeman Born Robinson Pirie 21 June 1855 Dundas, Ontario, Canada Died 12 July 1920 (age 65) Canada Age on Lusitania 59 Ticket number 46112 Cabin number B 58 Traveling with none Rescued by unknown Occupation Clothing store manager Citizenship …

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Miss Theodate Pope (Effie Brooks Pope)

Theodate Pope Saloon Passenger Saved Michael Poirier Collection/National Archives Born Effie Brooks Pope 2 February 1867 Salem, Ohio, United States Died 30 August 1946 (age 79) Farmington, Connecticut, United States Age on Lusitania 48 Ticket number 46015 Cabin number D 54, then A 10 Traveling with – Edwin Friend (friend) – Emily Robinson (maid) Lifeboat …

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Mr. Michael G. Byrne

Michael Byrne, 44, was a naturalized United States citizen from Paulstown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.  He moved to the United States and lived on 444 Fiftieth Street, New York City.  He was a retired merchant and ex-deputy sheriff of New York County. He married a German girl who left Germany at the outbreak of the First …

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Mr. Robert Daniel Fletcher Chisholm, Second Steward

Robert Chisholm, 33, was a second steward aboard the last voyage of the Lusitania. He survived the sinking. His grandfather, Captain Daniel Chisholm, was a ships salvager who dived searching for ship wrecks. A memorial in Rake Lane Cemetery in Wallasey, Merseyside, England, commemorates the elder Chisholm’s achievements. Robert had seen the torpedo approach the ship …

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