Thomas Marsh, 29, was a British national traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Annie, son Thomas, Jr., and Annie’s employer George Hook and his children Elsie and Frank. Annie and the Hook Family survived the Lusitania sinking. Thomas and Thomas, Jr. did not. Thomas Marsh’s body was recovered, #80, and buried in Queenstown in Common Grave C.
The Marshes and the Hooks were from England and had been living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where Annie was the housekeeper to the Hook Family. After the death of Mrs. Hook, they were all returning home to England. The Hooks were planning to travel in second cabin, but when George found out that the Marshes were traveling third class, George changed his family’s tickets so that the Hooks and Marshes could travel together.
Contributors:
Judith Tavares
References:
Hickey, Des and Gus Smith. Seven Days to Disaster. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1981.
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