Miss Catherine Gilhooly

Catherine Gilhooly was an Irish national and British subject from County Leitrim. She survived the Lusitania sinking. During the Lusitania sinking, Catherine, and Margaret McClintock, went to the starboard side of the ship to enter a lifeboat. They saw the boats upset as they were lowered, throwing many people into the water. The women were …

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Mr. Oliver Percy Bernard

Oliver Bernard Saloon Passenger Saved The Boston Globe, Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, CT.  Courtesy Carole Lindsay. Born Oliver Percy Bernard 8 April 1881 Camberwell, London, England, United Kingdom Died 15 April 1939 (age 58) London, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 34 Ticket number 1299 Cabin number B 103 Traveling with – Leslie Mason (employer’s …

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Miss Josephine Mary Brandell

Josephine Brandell Saloon Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Josephine Mary Brandell 26 November 1891 Bucharest, Kingdom of Rumania (present-day Romania) Died August 1977 (age 85) New York, New York, United States Age on Lusitania 23 Ticket number 46031 Cabin number D 30 Traveling with Mabel Crichton Lifeboat 12 (upset), picked up by 15 Rescued …

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Mr. James “Jay” Ham Brooks

James Brooks Saloon Passenger Saved Image credit:  US National Archives/Michael Poirier. Born James Ham Brooks 4 January 1875 Lewiston, Maine, United States Died 30 April 1956 (age 81) Paris Hill, South Paris, Maine, United States Age on Lusitania 41 Ticket number 3080 Cabin number E 48 Traveling with None Lifeboat Collapsible Rescued by – Wanderer (Peel …

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