History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Nigel Booth, 8 months old, was the son of Charles Booth and Emily Hadfield of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He was traveling aboard Lusitania with her mother while his father stayed behind in a hotel in Ottawa. Emily died in the Lusitania sinking, but the 8-month-old baby was picked up out of the water. The Nigel was …
May Barrett, 25, and her friend Kate McDonnell were returning to Ireland for a holiday aboard RMS Lusitania. Both May and Kate survived the sinking. May Barrett was of 120 Barrack Street, Cork City, Ireland. In April 1911, May and Kate McDonnell emigrated to the United States on the White Star Liner Majestic. Their address in New York …
James Sydney Arter, 33, known to friends as Sydney, was returning to England on the Lusitania for vacation. He survived the sinking. For the past five years Arter was engaged on rubber plantations in the Federated Malay States (British Malaya, present-day Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei). Arter had arrived in the United States from Malaya on 23 …
Samuel Abramowitz, 36, was a father of 8 and lived at 34 Rue St., Annes, Paris, France and survived the sinking of the Lusitania. He was a very successful furrier who made the crossing to London and New York twice a year to attend auctions. His frequent traveling made him known among the Cunard crew, which …
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