Acknowledgments

A big thank you goes out to all the contributors who have made The Lusitania Resource possible.  Without your help, this website could not exist.

Contributors

A

  • Fred T. Adams (great-grandnephew of Henry Adams, Saloon Passenger)
  • Nicolas Adams (grandson of William McMillan Adams, Saloon Passenger)
  • Brian Ahern
  • Jim Alberico (great-grandson of Martha King, Second Cabin Passenger), USA
  • Joseph Allport (relative of Harry Allport, Saloon Steward)

B

  • Mark Baber
  • The Baffa Trasci Amalfitani di Crucoli Family (family of Angela Pappadopoulos, Saloon Passenger), Italy
  • David Bailey (great-grandson of Harriet Plank, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Richard Bailey
  • Nick Baker
  • Helen Ball
  • Frances Stephens Ballantyne (granddaughter of Frances Stephens, Saloon Passenger), Canada
  • Margaret Ballantyne-Power (great-granddaughter of Frances Stephens, Saloon Passenger)
  • Lynne Banister (niece-in-law, once removed, of Beata Ferrier, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Warwick Bartle (great-nephew of George Gilpin, Saloon Passenger)
  • Malcolm Barres-Baker, UK
  • Cliff Barry, UK
  • Rob Betz
  • Norma Kinch Bieler (relative of Eunice Kinch and William Mustoe-Kinch, Second Cabin Passengers)
  • Linda Bott (great great granddaughter of Thomas Evans, Deck Crew)
  • Margaret Brandon
  • Randy Bryan Bigham
  • Daphne Birkby (relative of Arthur Mathews, Saloon Passenger)
  • Jerard Bone
  • Fred Braches, Canada
  • Rosanne Bradley
  • Carl Brechlin
  • Nigel Buswell (relative of Peter Buswell, Saloon Passenger)
  • Shirley Dowsett Byrne (great-niece of Elizabeth Dowsett Mainman, Second Cabin Passenger)

C

  • Nicola Carpenter, UK
  • Anthony Carroll, Ireland
  • Erin Carroll
  • Caroline Cavanaugh (relative of William Pierpoint)
  • Dr. Yupin Chung, UK
  • Peter Clarke, UK
  • Andrew Clarkson
  • Ray Clelland
  • Jack Cobb
  • Jean Cobb
  • Peter Colquhoun
  • Christine Connolly, Yale University Archives, USA
  • Ralph Cook
  • Richard Coplen, Ireland
  • Paul Courtney
  • John Crank
  • Croonaert Research Services
  • David G. Crouch (relative of Jeanie McKinnon, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Geoff Cuthill

D

  • Brad Dale
  • Janet Dare (great-grandniece of Matilda Longdin, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Marjorie Hayes Darjany
  • Frank Davies
  • Paul Davis (great-grandson of Patrick Moran, fireman)
  • Betty Peacock Davlin (great-granddaughter of Elizabeth Peacock and granddaughter of Thomas Peacock, Second Cabin Passengers)
  • Thomas Derbyshire
  • Simon Peter Desai (grandnephew of Henrietta Pirrie, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Kevin Donnelly (great-grandson of Mary McCann, aunt of Owen McCann, Trimmer), Ireland
  • John Dougall (great-nephew of Catherine Dougall, Saloon Passenger), South Africa
  • Sylvia Droughan
  • Steve Duke, Australia
  • Shelley Dziedzic, USA

E

  • John P. Eaton, USA
  • Andrew Elliot, Canada
  • Peter Engberg-Klarström, Sweden
  • Cynthia Engel (grandniece of Caroline Hickson Kennedy and Kathryn Hickson, Saloon Passengers)
  • Karen Evans (great-granddaughter of Thomas Evans, Able-Bodied Seaman)
  • Lawrence Evans
  • Dr. Martin J. Crossley Evans
  • Maurice Evans
  • Pauline Evans (granddaughter of Thomas Evans)
  • William Evans

F

  • James M. Farrell (grandnephew of Annie Kelly, Third Class Passenger)
  • Philip Fazzini
  • Francisca Fearon (granddaughter of Peter Fearon, Greaser)
  • Hugh Hammond Fenwick (grandson of Ogden and Mary Hammond, Saloon Passengers)
  • Beatrice Fernet (granddaughter of Maude Thompson, Saloon Passenger)
  • Mike Findlay
  • Terrence Flanagan (relative of Ellen Chapman, Saloon Passenger)
  • Bob Florence
  • Colin Foote
  • Steve Foster
  • Jean Freeman
  • Sabina Shields Freeman, USA
  • John Fry (relative of Florence Padley, Saloon Passenger)

G

  • Cynthia G. (great-granddaughter of Frederic Gauntlett, Saloon Passenger)
  • Diane Gallagher, Boston University Archives, USA
  • Alison Glenie (great-niece of James Andrew Gardner, Second Cabin Passenger), New Zealand
  • Hanuš Petr Grab (relative of Oscar Grab, Saloon Passenger), Germany
  • William Graham
  • Michael Green

H

  • Sue Hancock
  • J. Hanley (relative of Catherine Irvine, Stewardess)
  • Susanne Haines, UK
  • Michael Harrison (greatnephew of Herbert Harrison, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Brian Hawley, USA
  • John Hayward
  • J.J. Heath-Caldwell, UK
  • Tony Hennessy
  • Anthony Hickson, UK
  • Clive Hickson
  • Philip Hirst (relative of Staff Captain James Anderson), UK
  • Laura Hoglund, USA
  • Steuart Holding (grandson of Ferdinand Lemberg, Confectioner)
  • John Holland (relative of Nina Holland, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Michael Holland, University College Cork Curator, Ireland
  • Ben Holme
  • Barbara Hookings (granddaughter of James Houghton, Saloon Passenger)
  • Heather Houghton (granddaughter of James Houghton, Saloon Passenger), USA
  • James Hudson (relative of Christopher Griffiths, Second Cabin Passenger), UK
  • Kathy Hume, USA
  • J. G. Hutchinson, UK

I

  • David Irving

J

  • R.J. Jackson, USA
  • Aubrey Jacobs (relative of Liba Jacobs, Third Class Passenger)
  • Doris Jensen (relative of John Roberts, Assistant Engineers’ Mess Steward), Canada
  • H. Robert Johnston
  • Jack Johnston
  • Lawrence Jolivet (son of Beatrice Witherbee and relative of Rita Jolivet, Saloon Passengers)
  • Cherie Jones, USA
  • Margaret Jones
  • Steve Jones, UK
  • Melissa Jossa

K

  • Jim Kalafus, USA
  • Lena Kaltenbrunner
  • Stephen Keegan (grandson of John Keegan, trimmer)
  • Carol Keeler (relative of Helen Smith, Second Cabin Passenger), USA
  • Sue Keeler ((step?)-granddaughter of Harold Slight, Third Class Passenger), UK
  • Chris Kelly, UK
  • Peter Kelly, Ireland
  • Mike Kempson (relative of Maitland Kempson, Saloon Passenger)
  • Tom Kenan (grandson of Owen Kenan, Saloon Passenger), USA
  • Jonathan Kinghorn
  • Lilian Knowles (daughter of Joseph Parry, able-bodied seaman)
  • J. Kontzle

L

  • Nanette McDougall LaChance (granddaughter of Alice Middleton, Second Cabin Passenger), USA
  • George William Lamb (great-nephew of John Roberts, Assistant Engineers’ Mess Steward), UK
  • Julie Langley
  • George Larson II
  • Paul Latimer
  • Gordon Lees, UK
  • Carole Lindsay
  • Martin Lines
  • Eric Longo, USA
  • Margaret Lonsdale (daughter of John Roper, Able-Bodied Seaman)
  • Alison Lowe (descendant of Robert Chisholm, Second Steward)
  • Dr. Patrick Loodts, Belgium

M

  • James Maggs
  • Roy Makinson
  • Joe Mankowitz, UK
  • Linda Rose Mar
  • J. E. Marichal (grandson of Joseph Marichal, Second Cabin Passenger), UK
  • Michael A. Martin (grandnephew of Annie Kelly, Third Class Passenger)
  • Brian Mathewson, USA
  • Mary Mathewson, USA
  • Trevor Maurice
  • Peter Flagg Maxson (relative of Alfred Vanderbilt, Saloon Passenger), USA
  • Patrick J. McCann (relative of Owen McCann, Trimmer)
  • Liam McCann (relative of Owen McCann, Trimmer)
  • Penny McColm (relative of James McCubbin, Purser), Australia
  • Barbara Anderson McDermott, (Lusitania survivor) USA
  • Tom McDonough
  • Steve McGreal
  • Leonard McMurray (relative of Leonard McMurray, Saloon Passenger)
  • Patria McWalter (Archivist, Galway County Council), Ireland
  • Bill Mears
  • Kieran Mecredy
  • Brian Meister
  • Ellie Moffat, (Merseyside Maritime Museum) UK
  • Senan Molony, Ireland
  • Alexei Monreal
  • Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd
  • Wendy Morash (great-grandniece of Annie Adams, Saloon Passenger), Canada
  • Sylvia Morgan (grandniece of John William Hemingway, Double Bassist)
  • Ken Morrison
  • Daniel Moucheboeuf (relative of Joseph Myers, Saloon Passenger)
  • Gerardo Munoz (great-grandson of Julian de Ayala, Saloon passenger)
  • Dave Murphy (relative of Dennis Murphy, Fireman)

N

  • Jeff Newman, USA
  • Lee Nichols
  • Karin Nicholson
  • Les Nixon

O

  • Robert O’Brien
  • James O’Connell (son of John O’Connell, Fireman), UK
  • Jimmy O’Connell (grandson of John O’Connell, Fireman), UK
  • David O’Mara, UK
  • Kevin O’Neill
  • Loren O’Neill (grandson of Charles Gouder, waiter)
  • David Ouse, USA

P

  • Hildur Panula-Heinonen
  • Anne-Marie Paris (granddaughter of Joseph Marichal, Second Cabin Passenger), France
  • Eric Peacock (great-grandson of Elizabeth Peacock and grandson of Thomas Peacock, Second Cabin Passengers)
  • Dr. Nick Pearce, UK
  • Charles E. G. Pease
  • Chris Pederson-Brown (great-grandson of John Brown, Joiner)
  • Mitch Peeke, UK
  • Jane Pendry, UK
  • Derry Perrin (daughter of Robert Leith, Telegraphist)
  • Roger Peterson (relative of Wallace Phillips, Saloon Passenger), USA
  • Andrea Francis Phillips (granddaughter of William Mitchell, Second Linenkeeper)
  • Derrick Phillips (grandnephew of Harold Slight, Third Class Passenger)
  • Marika Pirie (relative of Robinson Pirie, Saloon Passenger), Canada
  • Michael Poirier (relative of Frank Naumann, Saloon Passenger), USA
  • Trevor Powell, USA
  • Mark Praetorius (great-great nephew of Henry Sonneborn, Saloon Passenger), USA<
  • Cathal Prior
  • Barbara Moore Pugh (great-granddaughter of Edwin Moore, Second Cabin Passenger), USA

Q

  • Maureen Fenwick Quinn (granddaughter of Ogden and Mary Hammond, Saloon Passengers), USA

R

  • John Radzilowski, USA
  • Bill Redmond
  • Mike Redwood
  • Clive Reid
  • Tina Reilly (relative of Jeanie McKinnon, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Christopher Richards (relative of Alexander Campbell, Saloon Passenger), UK
  • Tony Rivenbark, USA
  • Ann Paynter Roberts (relative of Charles and Irene Paynter, Saloon Passengers)
  • Dr. Terry E. Rogers, UK
  • Diane P. Rofini
  • Harold Ruoff
  • Oliver Russell (great-nephew of Chrissie Aitken, Second Cabin Passenger), UK
  • Phyllis Ryerse (cousin of Mary and Laura Ryerson, Saloon Passengers)

S

  • Barbara Samuelson (relative of Neil Leach, Waiter)
  • Eric Sauder, USA
  • Julian Saunders
  • Amy Schapiro, USA
  • Zachary Schwarz
  • Geoffrey Scott (great-nephew of Captain Alick Scott, Saloon Passenger)
  • Michael Shetina
  • Wilma Slaight, Wellesley College Archives
  • David Slater
  • Averill Sloane (daughter of Robert Leith, Telegraphist)
  • Cathleen M. Smith
  • Mary H. Smith, Ireland
  • Terry D. Smith
  • Horatio Connell Snyder, USA
  • Lois Sparrow
  • Alison Spencer (granddaughter of Margaret Ballantyne, Third Class Passenger)
  • Valerie Steele
  • Joy Stocking (grandniece of Sarah Lund, Second Cabin Passenger), USA
  • Kate Sturdy (great-granddaughter of Charles Sturdy, Saloon Passenger)
  • Mr. and Mrs. John Sullivan (relatives of the Coughlin Family, Third Class Passengers)
  • Joe Symon

T

  • William Taber (relative of Peter Buswell, Saloon Passenger)
  • Judith Tavares
  • William D. Theriault
  • Hildo Thiel, The Netherlands
  • Huw Thomas (grandson of Helen Smith, Second Cabin Passenger), UK
  • Steven Thompson (great-great nephew of Albert Thompson, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Hugh Thomson (grandnephew of Gertrude Adams, Second Cabin Passenger), Australia
  • Jean Richards Timmermeister (relative of the Thomas Richards Family, Second Cabin Passengers), USA
  • Phil Tomaselli

W

  • Josephine Waites (niece-in-law of Martha Waites, Saloon Passenger)
  • John Walmsley (relative of Charles and Frances Fowles, Saloon Passengers), Canada
  • M. Waldron
  • Kevin Walsh-Johnson, UK
  • Annabelle Ward (great-granddaughter of William Pierpoint)
  • Yasmine Webb, UK
  • Adam West, UK
  • The Western Front Association
  • Geoff Whitfield, UK
  • Barbara Wiffen (daughter of Frank Holman, Third Waiter), UK
  • Brett Williams
  • Ed Williams, Canada
  • Marthe Williams
  • William Thomas Williams
  • Kihm Winship, USA
  • Bill Wilson (grandson of Patrick Melia, Greaser)
  • Jane E. Wilson
  • Gary Wimpress
  • Margaret Winslow (cousin of Grace French, Second Cabin Passenger)
  • Judy Wolkovitch
  • Peter Wood
  • Josie Wright (granddaughter of Margaret Tuohy, Third Class Passenger)
  • Jane Wynne (relative of Sydney Arter, Second Cabin Passenger)

Z

  • David Zeni
  • Robert Zink (relative of Rosina T. P. Leverich and Rosina Philip Leverich, Second Cabin Passengers)

Technical Support

  • Alex Murphy, USA
  • Jeff Newman, USA
  • Alex Street, USA
  • Arvid Tomayko-Peters, USA
  • Scott Tsai, USA

If you’ve contributed and I’ve forgotten to mention you, please contact me to amend the error.

References:
By now I’ve realized that with so many different sources for every single passenger and crew aboard the Lusitania, it’s absolutely impossible for me to keep track of every book and every newspaper that I’ve ever read.  Of course, I still acknowledge the source on the page most relevant to the source, but I don’t think I can remember them all to jot them down on this page.  So for now, this page is just a sampler.

  • Books

Bailey, Thomas A. and Paul B. Ryan.  The Lusitania Disaster:  An Episode in Modern Warfare and Diplomacy.  The Free Press, 1975.

Ballard, Robert D. and Spencer Dunmore.  Exploring the Lusitania.  Warner Books, 1995.

Braynard, Frank O. and William H. Miller.  Fifty Famous Liners, Volume I.  W. W. Norton and Company, 1982.

Hickey, Des and Gus Smith.  Seven Days to Disaster. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981.

Hoehling, A. A. and Mary Hoehling.  The Last Voyage of the Lusitania. Madison Books, 1956.

Kludas, Arnold.  Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume I:  1858-1912.  Patrick Stephens, Ltd., 1972.

Lauriat, Charles E.  The Lusitania’s Last Voyage.  Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1915.

Molony, Senan.  Lusitania:  An Irish Tragedy.  Mercier Press, 2004.

Preston, Diana.  Lusitania:  An Epic Tragedy.  Berkley Books, 2002.

Ramsay, David.  Lusitania:  Saga and Myth.  W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

Sauder, Eric and Ken Marschall with Bill Sauder.  R. M. S. Lusitania:  Triumph of the Edwardian Age.  Waterfront Publications, 1993.

Simpson, Colin.  The Lusitania.  Little, Brown, and Company, 1972.

Zeni, David.  Forgotten Empress.  Goose Lane Editions, 1998

  • Newspapers

The Ashburton Guardian, Ashburton, New Zealand, May 1915.

The Bay Of Plenty Times, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, May 1915.

The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, USA, May 1915

The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL, USA, May 1915

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, USA, May 1915

The Galveston Daily News, Galveston, TX, USA, May 1915

The East Rand Express, Germiston, South Africa, May 1915

The Harrow Observer, Harrow, England, United Kingdom, May 1915

The London Times, London, England, United Kingdom, May 1915

The Manchester Guardian, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, May 1915

The Miami Daily Metropolis, Miami, FL, USA, May 1915

The Daily Missoulian, Missoula, MT, USA, May 1915

The New York Times, New York, NY, USA, May 1915

The Otago Daily Times, Otago, New Zealand, May 1915.

The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, On., Canada, September 1967

The Providence Journal, Providence, RI, USA, May 1915

The Reading Eagle, Reading, PA, USA, May 1935

The Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney, NSW, Australia, May 1915.

The Toronto Star, Toronto, On., Canada, May 1915

The Washington Post, Washington, D.C., USA, May 1915.

  • Websites

1837online.com

Ancestry.com

EllisIsland.org

Encyclopedia-Titanica.org

Genealogy.com

Cunard.com

  • Schools

Boston University Archives

Wellesley College Archives

Yale University Archives

Below is much of Judith’s original text in acknowledging her sources, from back in the day when this site was a branch off her site:


The Lusitania’s Passengers and Crew, May 7, 1915
The following is a compilation of data gathered from The New York Times, starting on the day after the Lusitania sank. The Lusitania left New York after 12 p.m. on Saturday, May 1, 1915. She was expected to arrive in Liverpool by Saturday, May 8. Some passengers were transferred from the Cameronia, a ship taken over by the British Government, as it was about to sail from New York on Saturday, the first of May. The last-minute transfers delayed the Lusitania’s departure by 2 ½ hours. This information about the Cameronia is contradicted by Simpson’s book, which said the passengers came over from the S.S. Queen Margaret the night before the Lusitania sailed, However, the information about the Cameronia is supported by Ballard’s book.

The New York Times, Saturday, 8 May 1915, page 4.
Article entitled “Complete List of Passengers on Lost Lusitania and of The Known Members of Her Crew”. The total number of persons on board was 1,918, of whom 1,253 were passengers and 665 were members of the crew, according to the headlines of the article on page 4. However, the descriptive paragraph before the list of officers and crew said, “Of the 630 members of the crew of the Lusitania eighty-three were assigned to the deck, these including the captain and his staff, 307 were in the engineering force, and 240 were in the stewards’ department.” (Through all that I have read about the Lusitania’s stats for lives lost or saved, the numbers rarely agree from article to article. Perhaps the true figures from that tragedy will never be known. It is possible that someone’s name may have slipped through the cracks. A few did cancel at the last minute and yet their names appear on the list of passengers as though they had in fact sailed. All it takes is an error of one to make the stats inaccurate.) Data specific to some of the more prominent passengers is scattered throughout the first five or six pages of each edition of the newspaper.

The New York Times, Sunday, 9 May 1915
The Sunday’s paper contained a list of survivors among the passengers and crew, which has proved to be incomplete and in places, incorrect. Throughout the first 5-6 pages of the paper are articles about the Lusitania and its passengers, especially those who were prominent or from a larger city. These articles are quoted herein. Page 6 of the Sunday paper contained a list of the missing and probable dead. This list of the lost specified only first and second cabin. Steerage and crew not included. Some people ended up on both lists, living and dead!

The New York Times, Monday, 10 May 1915
Page 1 carried a list of

23 identified American dead
81 survivors
102 American cabin passengers lost (bodies cannot be located)
The list of 102 lost bodies included only First Class and Second Cabin passengers. Third class not included. Crew not included. Page 5 has a revised list of survivors. (Did you notice these numbers add up to 206?)

The New York Times, Tuesday, 11 May 1915
A list on page 2 gives the condition of the injured treated at a hospital in Queenstown. Sixteen members of the crew were buried in a common grave with the unknown dead. The presence of so many children on the Lusitania was due to the fact that Canadian women were going to England to join relatives while their military husbands were fighting at the front. Ninety-two of the dead were buried in a cemetery two miles outside of Queenstown, May 10, 1915. Services were held in both Catholic and Protestant Churches. Photographers had taken pictures of the unidentified dead in the morgue. Many children and little babies were still in the morgues awaiting burial in a mass grave. Page 5 showed a list of survivors as well as the identified American dead:

86 American survivors
26 American identified dead
76 Americans still missing
(Now the numbers add up to 188 total Americans on board!)

The Lusitania carried life boats and rafts sufficient to accommodate 2,605 persons. These included 22 life boats which carried 68 persons each; 20 Chambers collapsible boats carrying 54 each; 12 McLean-Chambers collapsible boats with a capacity of 49 each; 2 Henderson collapsible boats, carrying 43 each, and 14 life rafts, with capacities varying from 20 to 40 each. There were also nearly 3,000 life preservers on board. “The life-saving apparatus is examined before every voyage in Liverpool by the Board of Trade officials when the boats are lowered into the water and the life jackets placed on deck for inspection.”

A memorial service was held in the New York City Cathedral of St. John the Divine, on Sunday, May 23, at 11 A. M., with an address by Dean Grosvenor.

Seven Days to Disaster:  The Sinking of the Lusitania
by Des Hickey and Gus Smith
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
200 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
ISBN 0-399-12699-6
1981
Out of print but old copies can be found at the Barnes and Noble website Page 281:154 bodies were buried in 3 graves in the Old Church Cemetery two miles out of Queenstown. “By Cunard’s reckoning that Monday afternoon 1,150 passengers and crew were dead and 767 had been saved.” (Total: 1,917 souls) Page 317: “The official analysis of missing and survivors issued by the Cunard Steamship Company in 1 March 1916, listed 1,195 missing (178 first class, 374 second and 239 third and 404 crew members) and 764 survivors (113 first class, 227 second and 134 third, and 290 crew members).” (Total: 1,959 souls)

The Cove was given the name Queenstown in 1849 in honor of a visit by Queen Victoria. It was changed to Cobh in 1922 at the formation of the Republic of Ireland. Cobh is pronounced “cove”.

The Mayor of New York City established a relief fund for Lusitania victims. Frank A. Vanderlip was the Treasurer of the committee. By Thursday, May 27, 1915, $14,664.50 had been pledged.

The Lusitania
by Colin Simpson
Little, Brown and Company-Boston
Copyright 1972
ISBN=0-316-79178-4
Simpson and Hickey/Smith seem to have used the same sources with Simpson giving a better view of the political situation before the ship sails. Page 110: 70 passengers and 200 tons of cargo were transferred over to the Lusitania from the S. S. Queen Margaret. The 70 passengers were 67 men, 2 women, one with a baby. They were accommodated on E deck. It appears none of them survived. [No mention here of the Cameronia as had been described in the newspapers.] The transfer was completed by 9 P.M., Friday, April 30. This information about the Queen Margaret is not mentioned elsewhere.

Exploring the Lusitania
by Robert D. Ballard with Spencer Densmore
Warner Books, Inc.- New York
Copyright 1995
ISBN=0-446-51851-4
No mention of the Queen Margaret in this book but he does describe the Cameronia transfer. On page 10, the wreck is described as being 11.2 miles south of the Old Head of Kinsale in 295 feet of water, where 1,195 passengers and crew died. Per page 13, Of 1,959 passengers and crew only 764 survived. Of those 123 were Americans. Per page 24, the last crossing was the 202nd crossing for the Lusitania. 123 was called an “unusually large number of American citizens.” Per page 37, 291 first-class passengers with a 552 capacity; 601 second-cabin passengers with facilities designed for 460; 373 steerage passengers in a space intended for 1,186. Per page 45, the cost of a Regal Suite was $4,000, one way. A Regal Suite consisted of 2 bedrooms, a parlor, a bathroom, plus dining room and pantry for private dining.

See also, the Irish Titanic Historical Society

Two other sources searched were microfilms from the LDS Family History Center: microfilm #1656877, Liverpool Worthies, volume 9-17, 1910-1921 and microfilm #1656874, Newspaper cuttings, Liverpool obituary notices, 1909-1916. In the first of these two, there was no mention of the Lusitania from May, 1915 to May, 1916. The second film was, regrettably, extremely difficult to read. The newspaper clippings were very blurry and only small places were legible. The Lusitania was mentioned in a few articles but the details could not be deciphered. This microfilm contained clips from The Liverpool Echo, Evening Express, Journal of Commerce, Post and Mercury. Page 84 of the scrapbook of obits contained an article entitled “Lusitania Victims”. This was in the May 15, 1915,, Liverpool Post and Mercury. Also on this page, was reference to the funeral of Captain Anderson and Mr. J. McCubbin.. Pages 92 and 108 also referred to the Lusitania. An ink stamp on page 95 of the latter microfilm read “Liverpool Public Library”. Perhaps someone reading this will have access to this book in the Liverpool Library and will help to clarify the references.

One other source was Who’s Who in America, 1897-1942

The list of interments in Old Church cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, Ireland , which was sent to me by Janet Dare has been included here. Thank you, Janet. I did not include the numerous “unidentified” that appeared on the list. “Church records indicate a total of 169 Lusitania victims currently interred at the Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, Ireland. Data courtesy Luke Cassidy and Geoff Whitfield. Database by NJRay.”

Another source: :Roll of Merchant Navy Personnel lost in the Sinking of the Cunard Passenger Vessel Lusitania on 7th May 1915, off the Old Head of Kinsale, SW Ireland. The person who sent it is W.D.Roberts, whose e-mail address I can no longer locate via AOL. So, if Roberts, you see this, please send another e=mail so I can thank you and include your e-mail address if you like so others can contact you if so desired. Thank you anyway for sending the information. Some of the names I already knew from the newspaper articles. The Roll includes only those lost, not the survivors, so there are still more names out there to obtain, I am sure. Does anyone have a list of crew survivors they would like to see included here?

One last note: The information given here is by no means all that I found or all that is mentioned in the sources listed. Time and again, I had to remind myself that the goal here was not to retell history but point out information that would be of use to a family historian and a person looking to make connections from his/her family to those on board the ship the day it went down. Anecdotes that would not further the goal of genealogy have been omitted. Well, okay, there are a few!

11 thoughts on “Acknowledgments”

  1. My father-in-law was William Ewart Gladstone Jones so naturally I was very interested to discover only this evening (Wednesday, September 8, 2011) that Mike Poirier was seeking information about him. I will be in touch in a few days’ time.
    Best wishes
    Daphne Jones

  2. My Great Great Grandfather Thomas William Evans (deck hand) was on the ship when sunk and survived. I have a photo of him taken on the deck of the ship.
    Linda Bott (nee Evans)

    • Hi Linda, Thanks for visiting the site. We would be very much interested in any information about your great-great-grandfather and a picture of him. Would you be able to provide a picture write up a small biography of him for the site? It would be greatly appreciated!

    • Hello Linda, your mention caught my eye as, interestingly my great grandfather was called Thomas Evans too. He was one of the helmsmen but had just finished his shift and gone below deck when the torpedo hit. He didnt survive. He had a wife and five children and Cunard only paid her for one more day after his death. I also have a picture of him on deck that my aunt sent.

  3. My wife’s grandmother Alice Middleton was the passenger that Alfred G. Vanderbuilt gave his life vest to. She received the “freedom ship of London” which at that time only 2 women had it, The queen of England , Florence Nightingale, She was honored on the Television show “This is Your Life” She was introduced by Milton Burl, She also received a new Lincoln Continental , and a 14K gold charm Bracelet with 15 charms representing her life. We have the show in a DVD sent to us and the Bracelet that is going on the market soon.

  4. My grandmother phoebe amory was on the ship. She survived and wrote a small book of her experience also I have an original cunnard passanger list and the deceased…I also have a original photo of the ship the day it left new york and the picture taken of my grandmother after the rescue. …if anybody is interested. ..katie

  5. hi can anybody tell me if they have come across a young man by the name of john [jack] thompson he was on his first trip on the ship and was lost . i beleive his remains are in ireland any help on this please thank you yours truly j cullen

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