History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
David Samoilescu (1878 – 1915), 36, was a Jewish music hall entertainer who went by the stage name of Dave Samuels. He toured Europe and Australia and briefly returned to the United States before sailing overseas again aboard Lusitania for more shows in Europe. He lived in Bronx, New York, United States with his wife Lizzie …
Amelia Macdona (1856 – 1915), 59, was an American national and an actresses who had performed under the stage name of Amelia Herbert. Amelia was traveling aboard Lusitania in saloon cabin. Her ticket number was 13047 and she stayed in cabin E-45. Amelia was lost when the ship was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May …
Marguerita Kay, 31, was a British citizen who lived on Rhinelander Avenue in Bronx, New York, United States. She was traveling aboard Lusitania with her son Robert. Marguerita was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Robert was saved. In May 1915, Marguerita was in an advanced state of pregnancy. Still, she wanted to go home to England to have …
Robert Kay, 7, was an American child, from Rhinelander Avenue, Bronx, New York, United States, traveling aboard the Lusitania with his mother Marguerita. Marguerita was lost in the Lusitania sinking. Robert was saved. Kay would much later write an account of the sinking, An Earlier Day of Infamy, which stands as the best ‘child’s perspective’ of the disaster yet …
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