Mrs.
GEORGE STERLING RYERSON (MARY AMELIA
CROWTHER),
Saloon Class Passenger
image
credit: Phyllis Ryerse.
Click for full photo.
Mary Amelia Ryerson, 49 ?, and her daughter Laura,
23, were wealthy Canadians
from Toronto, Ontario. Mary's husband George was cousin of Arthur
L.
Ryerson of Haverford, PA, who died on the Titanic. As with
Arthur
Ryerson's family, Mary Amelia was on the Lusitania to attend to the
death of a son who was killed in battle and to help the other son
recover
from being shelled. They were booked into cabin D-55, paid $310
on 27 April. George Ryerson was already overseas, having
taken
the Lusitania in April.
Mary and Laura were in the lounge taking coffee with Reginald Lockhart
and Leonard McMurray when the ship was struck.
The men then escorted the ladies to the port side to wait for the
boats. They were in lifeboat
#14 that capsized as it tried to pull away from the ship. Mary Amelia
was lost. Laura was rescued.
Memorial plaque at St. James Cathedral (Anglican) on King Street
in Toronto, Canada.
Image courtesy Marika Pirie. Click image
for full plaque.
Contributors:
Paul Latimer
Marika Pirie
Michael Poirier
Phyllis Ryerse
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