Mrs. Walter Dawson Mitchell (Jeanette “Nettie” Elizabeth Moore)

Jeanette Mitchell (c. 1888 – 1966), 27, was a British subject from County Down, Ireland (present-day Northern Ireland), traveling aboard Lusitania with her husband Walter Dawson Mitchell, their son, also named Walter Dawson, and her brother, John Moore.  Before boarding, they had made friends with fellow Ulster passenger, Mary Agnes Hume. Jeanette and John were saved, but …

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Mr. Arthur Jackson Mitchell

Arthur Jackson Mitchell was an American merchant with the Raleigh Cycle Company who booked passage in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  He was an American citizen originally from Nottinghamshire, England. On the Lusitania, Thursday night, 6 May, he got together with others to plan a committee on how to show people to put on their lifebelts. Captain Turner …

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Mr. Frederick John Milford

Frederick John Milford, 36, was an American citizen from Hancock, Maryland, United States. He was saved from the Lusitania sinking. The New York Times of Monday, May 10, page 3, said: “E. J. Milford of Maryland was dragged into a lifeboat after swimming for fifty minutes.” He was rescued by the Flying Fish. He returned …

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Miss Kate “Kitty” McDonnell

Kate McDonnell, 25, of Cork, Ireland, was traveling with friend May Barrett, with whom she had moved to New York City.  In May 1915, the ladies were returning to Ireland on holiday and traveling aboard Lusitania.  Both Kate and May survived the Lusitania sinking. Kate was the daughter of Eugene McDonnell of 25 Prosperity Square, Cork …

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