History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Iris Burnside, 20, was the daughter of Josephine Burnside. She, her mother, and maid Martha Waites were traveling on the Lusitania in May of 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland. They were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. Josephine survived the Lusitania sinking, Iris did not. Iris was born around 1895, the daughter of Thomas Burnside …
Josephine Burnside, née Eaton, 49, was the daughter of the founder of Eaton’s Department Store. Josephine, her daughter Iris, and maid Martha Waites were traveling on the Lusitania in May of 1915 to visit relatives in Ireland. They were at lunch when the ship was torpedoed. Josephine survived the Lusitania sinking, Iris did not. Josephine was the …
Read moreMrs. Thomas David Meldrum Burnside (Josephine Smyth Eaton)
Herbert Colebrook, 35, was a Lusitania survivor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was a British subject. Aboard Lusitania, his ticket was 10866 and his cabin was B-111. He was saved from the Lusitania disaster and returned to North America aboard the American Liner St. Paul on 13 June 1915. References Kalafus, Jim and Michael Poirier …
Joseph Charles, 48, was of the Musson Book Company. He was traveling aboard Lusitania on business, taking manuscripts over to England. He was also taking his daughter Doris overseas as a precaution. Doris had been in a serious relationship with a man named Elliot Lawler, and her parents thought that Doris was too young to …
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