Master Walter Dawson Mitchell, Jr.

Walter Mitchell, Jr. (1914 – 1915), 9-months old, was traveling aboard Lusitania with his parents Walter Dawson Mitchell, Sr., and Jeanette Mitchell, and his mother’s brother, John Moore.  Walter Jr., and Sr., were lost in the Lusitania disaster. Jeanette and John were saved. Walter Mitchell, Jr., was born in August 1914 in Newark, New Jersey, United States to …

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Mr. Walter Dawson Mitchell

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 …

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Mrs. John Henry (Catherine Ruane)

Catherine Henry (née Ruane), 24 or 35, was an Irish national and British subject originally from Cloonconna, Swinford, County Mayo, Ireland. As of 1915 she was residing in New York, New York, United States with her husband, whom she met in the States. Catherine survived the Lusitania disaster and was rescued by the Westborough, disguised …

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