Mrs.
JOHN FREEMAN (RACHEL GRANT), Second Class Passenger
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Rachel Blanche Freeman, 30, was the wife of John
Freeman. They were from Falkain, Canada. The couple had
married in May of 1908.
The couple was on the Lusitania returning to England to visit
relatives and on business.
When the ship was struck, John and Rachel were sitting on the upper
deck of the Lusitania. He claimed that there were two
torpedoes. They
immediately stepped into the lounge to get out of the way of the
debris.
Rachel turned to John and exclaimed, "Whatever may happen to us,
we
shall go to Glory."
John took Rachel to a lifeboat and placed her in it and went back to
their second class cabin area to fetch lifebelts.
John and Rachel Freeman lived out most of the rest of their lives in
Canada until John died in England on 6 January 1937. Rachel died
on 11 September 1967.
Contributors:
Michael Poirier
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