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Miss Mary “Polly” Higginbottom


image credit:  Providence Journal, Tuesday 11 May 1915.
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Mary Higginbottom was a British citizen who lived in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.  She was aboard Lusitania to go to England to comfort her parents, whose sons and sons-in-law were in the Front for the British Army.  On board Lusitania, she shared a cabin with Phoebe Amory and Martha Whyatt.  Mary was lost when the ship sank.  Her body, if found, was not identified.

Contributors:
Michael Poirier

References:
Providence Journal.  Tuesday, 11 May 1915.

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