Master Edward Ferguson

Edward Ferguson, 15 months, was the son of Mary Ferguson, 23. They were traveling third class aboard Lusitania’s last voyage. Mary and Edward did not survive the sinking. Edward was the son of Mary and Samuel Ferguson. Samuel was 22 at the time of the Lusitania disaster and was a mechanic.  They lived in Newark, …

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Mr. Alexander Harkens

Alexander Harkens, 41, was a British national who lived at 6235 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Harkens was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Contributor: Judith Tavares

Miss Katherine Gleason

Katherine Gleason, 23, lived at 6427 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United States and was returning to Ireland aboard Lusitania to see her family in Killmallock, County Limerick.  She wrote her extended family in Yonkers, New York to invite them to see her off; however, she mistakenly addressed the letter to Mrs. Johanna Murphy of 48 Yonkers Avenue, New York City.  …

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Mr. Edwin Twining

Edwin Twining, 19, was a United States and British dual citizen traveling on Lusitania‘s last voyage.  Twining was lost in the disaster. Twining was the son of Florence Larke, who was 50 at the time of the sinking.  Twining also had one sister, 13 at the time, and five brothers ranging from 16 to 26 years …

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