Mr. Florence O’Sullivan

Florence O’Sullivan, 26, Irish name Flortaid and nicknamed Flor, was traveling with his wife Julia O’Sullivan aboard Lusitania to return to Ireland after living in the United States for several years. Both Flor and Julia avoided boarding the a lifeboat that spilled. Flor and Julia were separated when the Lusitania sank, but both husband and …

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Mrs. William Stevenson (Janet M. Wallace)

image:  Cleveland Plain Dealer, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 2. Janet Stevenson was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, near the city of Glasgow.  Eighteen months previous to her fateful voyage on the Lusitania, she married William Stevenson, who had also been born near Glasgow.  William was a molder and came to the United States several years before …

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Miss Helen Smith

Helen Smith Second Cabin Passenger Saved Helen Smith with Ernest Cowper, the man who saved her life, in Queenstown.  Image:  New York Times, Sunday, 30 May 1915. Born Helen Smith October 1908 Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Died 8 April 1993 (age 84) Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 6 Traveling companions – Alfred Smith (father) …

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Mr. Thomas Henry Richards

Thomas Henry Richards, 40, of  Meaderville, Montana, near Butte, was a naturalized United States citizen.  He was married to Phillipa “Phyllis” Conner, who was not naturalized.  They had three children, Thomas Percy, Cecil Harry, and Dora Millicent.  The children were all born in Montana. The Richards family was on its way to Cornwall during the …

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