History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Lorna Pavey, 28, was from Fort Qui Apelle, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was crossing aboard Lusitania to join the Red Cross. She was at lunch when the torpedo struck the ship. Lorna survived the Lusitania sinking. Lorna had been a governess in the employ of Frances McDonald. Frances’ younger brother, Arthur Benson, would become Lorna’s future …
Marie Depage Saloon Passenger Lost image courtesy Patrick Loodts Born Marie Picard 1872 Belgium Died 7 May 1915 (age 43) At sea Age on Lusitania 43 Ticket number 46086 Cabin number E 61 Body number 57 Interred La Panne, Belgium Occupation Nurse Citizenship Belgian Spouse(s) Antoine Depage Signature Chicago Tribune, 8 May 1915. Marie Depage, sometimes …
image: San Francisco Examiner, 10 May 1915. Michael Poirier Collection. Catherine Willey, 57, was the mother of Mrs. Robert Julius Thorne (Katherine S. Thorne), wife of the president of Montgomery Ward & Company. Catherine was from Lake Forest, Illinois, United States and had lived at the Continental Hotel in Paris, France for the previous 6 …
Mary Anita Pells from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was aboard the Lusitania with her husband, Cyril Elmore, and infant son, John. The family had emigrated to Canada in March 1914, but they were returning to England where Cyril was to join his regiment as a Second Lieutenant. Mary’s account of the sinking differs somewhat from that of …
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