History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Michael Ward, a naturalized United States citizen, was a native of Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland. He lived in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He assisted Margaret and Desmond Cox to a lifeboat on the port side of the ship, but because the lifeboats on the port side were not being lowered, Margaret and Desmond went to …
Robert Dyer, 47, was a United States national living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. He was by occupation an iron moulder. Dyer was a second cabin passenger on the Lusitania and survived when the ship was destroyed on 7 May 1915. During the voyage, Dyer met a fellow passenger named Patrick Carroll (most likely actually …
Christopher Griffiths, 32, a British subject from either Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States was a second cabin passenger and survivor of the Lusitania sinking. His reason for traveling on Lusitania may have been to enlist to fight for the British Army in World War I. Griffiths was born in Rogerstone, in the …
Alice Tesson, 60, was a United States citizen from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, traveling aboard Lusitania with her husband Frank. The Tessons had booked passage aboard Lusitania at the last moment, as Frank intended to go to Paris on a buying trip for John Wanamaker stores, where he was assistant manager of the shoe department. …
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