History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Walter Mitchell, 27, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his wife Jeanette and their son, also named Walter, and Jeanette’s brother, John Moore. Walter and Walter, Jr., were both lost in the Lusitania disaster, but Jeanette and John were saved. Walter was the second son of Reverend G. P. Mitchell, rector of Drumbo, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland, and grand-nephew of …
Jeanette Mitchell (c. 1888 – 1966), 27, was a British subject from County Down, Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland), traveling aboard Lusitania with her husband Walter Dawson Mitchell, their son, also named Walter Dawson, and her brother, John Moore. Before boarding, they had made friends with fellow Ulster passenger, Mary Agnes Hume. Jeanette and John were saved, but …
Read moreMrs. Walter Dawson Mitchell (Jeanette “Nettie” Elizabeth Moore)
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 …
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