Mrs. Alfred Duckworth (Elizabeth Ann Smith)

Elizabeth Duckworth Third Class Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Elizabeth Ann Smith 1863 Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Died 1955 (age 92) Taftville, Connecticut, United States Age on Lusitania 52 Lifeboat 21 Rescued by Wanderer (Peel 12) Occupation Textile mill worker Citizenship British (England) Residence Taftville, Connecticut, United States Other names Elizabeth Rushworth (first …

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Mr. Matthew Backa

Matthew Backa, 28, of Saskatchewan, Canada was a Russian citizen returning to his homeland.  He survived the Lusitania sinking.  After he returned to Russia he was never heard from again.  It is not known if he was lost in the Great War, the following Russian Revolution, or the famine of the early 1920s. His name …

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Mr. William Brown

William Brown Third Class Passenger Saved image:  Toronto Star, Sunday, 8 May 1915, pg. 4.  Marika Pirie collection. Age on Lusitania 31 Citizenship British (Canada) Residence West Toronto, Ontario, Canada William Brown, 31, of West Toronto, Ontario, Canada was sailing on Lusitania to find work in the shipyards.  He survived the sinking. From the Toronto Star, …

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Mrs. Samuel James Ferguson (Mary Agnes)

Mary Ferguson, 23, was traveling third class aboard Lusitania with her 15-month old son, Edward.  Mary and Edward did not survive the sinking. Mary was married to Samuel James Ferguson who was one year younger than Mary.  He was a mechanic.  They lived in Newark, New Jersey, United States.  Samuel Ferguson filed suit against Germany in the Mixed Claims …

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