Ballyclare Archives - The Lusitania Resource

Mrs. Thomas David Meldrum Burnside (Josephine Smyth Eaton)

Josephine Burnside, née Eaton, 49, was the daughter of the founder of Eaton’s Department Store. Josephine, her daughter Iris, and maid Martha Waites were traveling on the Lusitania in May of 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland. They were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. Josephine survived the Lusitania sinking, Iris did not. Josephine was the …

Mr. Archibald McIlroy

Archibald McIlroy, 55, was originally from Northern Ireland and lived in Drumbo, County Down, Ireland, but at the time of the Lusitania disaster he was visiting Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. McIlroy was a well-known author of his time and was lost in the Lusitania sinking. McIlroy was born in Kyln Park in the small market town of Ballyclare, County …

Mrs. Thomas David Meldrum Burnside (Josephine Smyth Eaton)

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Mr. Archibald McIlroy

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