History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Ernest Moore, an Irish national and British subject and a native of Lisdarn, County Cavan, Ireland, was traveling aboard Lusitania‘s final voyage as a second cabin passenger. At the time of the Lusitania sinking, he gave his address as Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was lost when the ship was torpedoed and sunk on 7 …
Lieutenant Robert Matthews, 34, was a British citizen and militia lieutenant living in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. He was traveling aboard Lusitania with his mistress, Annie. Both Robert and Annie were lost in the Lusitania sinking. Contrary to some allegations, Matthews was not the leader of a troop contingent aboard Lusitania, nor were he and Annie transfers from the requisitioned Cameronia. …
Annie, whose true identity remains unknown, was the mistress of Lieutenant Robert Matthews, not his wife. The real Mrs. Matthews, Martha Ellen, was in Canada with her and Robert’s two daughters and did not sail on Lusitania. Both Annie and Robert were lost in the Lusitania sinking. In 1914, Lieutenant Robert Matthews left his wife, two daughters, his …
Minnie “Inez” Wilson (born Corbett), 46, was a British national from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was rescued from the Lusitania wreck. Inez is mentioned in the Monday, 10 May 1915, The New York Times, page 3: “…lowered in a lifeboat, which was swamped and sank. Supported only by a lifebelt, she remained afloat for three …
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