Mrs. HENRY AUGUSTINE
BRUNO (ANNIE THOMPSON), Saloon Class Passenger
[No Picture Provided]
Annie Bruno, née Thompson, 43, resided at 123 Elm Street,
Montclair, New Jersey,
United States with he husband, Henry.
Even though the couple had
lived in the United States for several years, they retained their
British citizenship. They had two sons, Henry A., Jr., of
Greenwich, Connecticut, and Frank of Montclair. Henry A., Jr.,
the elder of the two sons, was the advertising manager for the Greenwich News and Graphic
in 1915.
Annie and Henry were members of the First Baptist Church in
Montclair. Henry had business in England, being a marine partner
in the insurance firm Rogers and Carr in New York City, and Henry and
Annie booked passage on the Lusitania.
Annie had planned to visit friends
until Henry was ready to return to America. Prior to sailing, the
Brunos were in Greenwich and stayed with their son at the Elms on
Putnam Avenue.
During the sinking, George Kessler saw Henry and Annie Bruno
(erroneously printed as Mr. and Mrs. BERTH) get into a lifeboat;
however, as neither of the Brunos survived, one would probably surmise
that their lifeboat swamped or was dragged under.
As of Tuesday, 11 May both Brunos were still missing. Some had
hoped survival was possible because "the first class cabin occupied by
the Montclair couple was on the side of the ship not struck by the
torpedoes [port side]."
In the Wednesday, 12 May 1915 edition of The Greenwich Press, Henry,
Jr., in an interview declared "that his mother expressed a feeling as
of a premonition of evil before she sailed."
Per the list of
interments, Mr. Henry A. Bruno was body #212, age 45 years, grave #590.
Mrs. H. Bruno was body #147, age 45 years, common grave B.
Contributors:
Carole Lindsay
Judith Tavares
References:
Greenwich News and Graphic.
Tuesday, 11 May 1915, page 1.
The Greenwich Press.
Wednesday, 12 May 1915, page 1.
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