History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
John Anderson, 67, was an able-bodied seaman in the Deck Department aboard Lusitania. He was lost in the Lusitania sinking. This biography is made possible by a collaboration with Peter Kelly and the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool. Anderson was born in Norway in 1848. He was married to Teresa Anderson and they lived at 25 Gray Street, …
Scott Turner, 34, a United States citizen from Lansing, Michigan, was an unmarried mining engineer on his way to Spitsbergen, Norway via the RMS Lusitania. He was to develop and operate mines there. He was friends with James Houghton, Carlton Brodrick, and Richard Freeman. Turner survived the Lusitania sinking, as did Houghton. Brodrick and Freeman …
Gerda Neilson Third Class Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Gerda Theoline Neilson c. 1885 Norway Died 2 June 1961 (age 76) Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 29 Occupation Dressmaker Citizenship British Residence Brooklyn, New York, United States Other name(s) Gerda Welsh Spouse(s) John Welsh (1915 – 1941, his death) Signature Gerda Neilson, …
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