History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Grace MacFarquhar (1898 – 1979), 16, was a United States national from Stratford, Connecticut, and second cabin passenger aboard Lusitania accompanying her mother, Jane MacFarquhar, to Burghead, Scotland. When the Lusitania was torpedoed on 7 May 1915, mother and daughter escaped the sinking ship and survived the disaster in a starboard lifeboat that was picked …
Jane MacFarquhar (1862 – 1942), 52, of Stratford, Connecticut, United States, was traveling to Scotland aboard Lusitania in second cabin with her youngest daughter Grace. Both mother and daughter were United States citizens. When the Lusitania was torpedoed on 7 May 1915, mother and daughter escaped the sinking ship and survived the disaster in a …
Isabella Murrhead Hamilton was a British subject residing in New Haven, Connecticut, United States, who was lost in the Lusitania disaster. She was originally booked aboard the Cameronia to Glasgow, Scotland, but the British Admiralty requisitioned the ship, transferring her and 40 others to the Lusitania. Isabella was the wife of John Hamilton, and she …
Mary Delaney, 34, was from Shannow, County Cavan, Ireland. She had been living in Hartford, Connecticut, United States since 1904 when she immigrated aboard the White Star Liner Oceanic. She survived the Lusitania sinking. Mary stated in a story to the Daily Express that there had been no panic aboard the ship when the torpedo …
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