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RMS Lusitania
Cunard Line Royal & United States Mail Steamers Europe America Pasenger List Cunard line Services Liverpool to New York Liverpool to Boston New York and Boston to Liverpool London to New York London to Portland London to Montreal London to Quebec New York to London Portland to London Montreal to London Quebec to London Mediterranean American Line Liverpool and Manchester to Havre and Ports in Mediterranean
Chairs and Rugs May Be Hired at a Cost of 4/-{or$1} each on application to the Deck Steward. Each rug is contained in a sealed cardboard box, and bears a serial number worked into the material so that passengers will have no diffuculty in identifying their rugs. At the end of each voyage, the rugs which have been in use, are sent to the store and thoroughly cleaned before being re-issued.
The "Lusitania" carries an orchestra of highly-trained musicians, which will play at the undermentioned times and places:
10:00 to 11:00 a.m. Second Class Dining Saloon 1:00 to 2:10 p.m. First Class Dining Saloon 3:30 to 4:00 p.m. Second Class Dining Saloon 7:10 to 8:45 p.m. First Class Dining Saloon. 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. First Class Lounge.
Cunard Line. Inaugurated 4th July, 1840 List of Second Cabin Passengers Per R.M.S. "Lusitania," Captain W.T. Rurner, R.N.R. Staff-Captain J.G. Anderson. Chief Engineer -A. Bryce Chief Officer-J.T.Piper Surgeon-J.F.McDermott Purser-J.A.McCubbin Asst.Surgeon-J.Garry 2nd Purser-P.Draper Chief Steward F.V. Jones Liverpool to New York, April 17th 1915
1 Miss Mary Ahern 2 Mr James M Alexander 3 Mr Wm Allen 4 Mrs N V Alston 5 Mrs M Ames 6 Mr W Anderson 7 Mrs Ethel Ansell 8 Mr W P Arscott 9 Mrs R A Arscott 10 Miss A M Arscott 11 Mrs Atkin 12 Mrs R Baker 13 Miss L Barlow 14 Mr George Barrett 15 Mrs Barrett 16 Miss S Barrins 17 Mr John J Barry 18 Miss M Barry 19 Mr Ed B Barry 20 Mr Ed B Barry 21 Miss L Bass 22 Mr John Beck 23 Mrs Annie Beckworth 24 Mr A N W Beecher 25 Miss Bridie Beirne 26 Mrs Mary A Bell 27 Miss Mary E Bell 28 Miss F Bennett 29 Miss Imma Bennett 30 Miss Eliz Bennett 31 Miss Agnes Bennet 32 Mr Woolf Bercowitch 33 Mr Harry Ed Berry 34 Mrs Lyndon Bird 35 Miss Lizzie Bissley 36 Mr Daniel Bloom 37 Mr David Boath 38 Mrs Elizabeth Boland 39 Mrs Bonnette 40 Miss Ada Booth 41 Miss J Bostock 42 Miss M Brady 43 Mr Peter Bramwell 44 Mr Brandon 45 Miss Breckley 46 Mrs Brister 47 Miss Brister 48 Mr John Brogan 49 Miss Bessie Brogan 50 Mr S Wm Brooks 51 Mr Udel Brown 52 Mr John Browne 53 Mrs Brunsden 54 Mr A N W Bucher 55 Mrs Buckell 56 Mr John Bulman 57 Miss E Bunn 58 Miss Charlotte Burke 59 Miss Kath Burne 60 Mr Edmund Butler 61 Mrs B Butler 62 Miss J Butler 63 Master Jos Butler 64 Miss Catherine Butler 65 Master Ed Butler 66 Master Gerrard Butler 67 Miss G Butler 68 Mrs Rosa Butler and Infant 69 Miss Celia Byrne 70 Miss Noraj Byrne 71 Miss Mary Byrne 72 Mr John Caldwell 73 Mrs Eliz Caldwell 74 Mr Phillip Calland 75 Mr A E V Capern 76 Mr John Carroll 77 Miss M Casey 78 Mrs de Celle 79 Mr Chalk 80 Mrs Chalk 81 Mr H E Chalk 82 Miss H M Chalk 83 Mr Louis Chapins 84 Mr C W Cherry 85 Mr Alex O Clark 86 Mr George E Clarke 87 Mrs B Clarkson and Infant 88 Mrs Cleghorn 89 Mr Clemo 90 Mr N Coddle 91 Mr P Coddle 92 Mrs Nellie Coe 93 Mr A H Comoy 94 Mr James Conboy 95 Mr Nat Connor 96 Mr Martin Conway 97 Miss Edith Cook 98 Mr James Cooney 99 Mrs Cooney 100 Miss M E Corbett 101 Mr Patrick Corcoran 102 Mr Martin Corey 103 Mr H Cork 104 Mrs Cork 105 Miss E M Cork 106 Mrs Jennie Corlett 107 Miss E Corlett 108 Mr Lawrence Cosgrove 109 Miss Hannah Costello 110 Miss Anna Cotter 111 Mrs J R Couper 112 Miss A M Crawley 113 Miss M A Cronin 114 Miss Margaret Cronin 115 Mr W H Cross 116 Mrs Cross 117 Rev J Cruise 118 Mr Joseph N Crystal 119 Mr Thomas Curley 120 Mrs L Curley 121 Master Thomas Curley 122 Master Jos Curley 123 Miss F Curley 124 Mrs A Currey and Infant 125 Master F Currey 126 Miss K D'Arcy 127 Miss J D'Arcy 128 Mr Thomas Hy Davenport 129 Rev Davidson 130 Mr James Davidson 131 Miss N A Davies 132 Mrs Martha T Davis 133 Miss Margaret Deacy 134 Mr J Dearnley 135 Mrs Dearnley 136 Mrs G Delpino 137 Miss M Delpino 138 Mr James Devir 139 Miss Mary Dineen 140 Mr Ernest Dooley 141 Mrs Dooley 142 Mr J Douglas 143 Mr Thomas J Dowd 144 Mrs Florence M Downing 145 Master Eric Downing 146 Master F Downing 147 Master D Downing 148 Master George Downing 149 Miss F Downing 150 Mr Oscar Downing 151 Master Alf Downing 152 Master K Dowing 153 Miss Margaret Duffy 154 Miss H Dugan 155 M F Dugan 156 Miss Josie Duggan 157 Miss May Duncan 158 Mr Amos Dunn 159 Mrs Eliz J Dunn 160 Miss Catherine Dwyer 161 Mr F Eakin 162 Mrs Eakin 163 Mr R W Eddon 164 Mrs Cissy Eddon 165 Mr Tom Egan 166 Mr Phillip E Ely 167 Miss Susan J Excelby 168 Miss M Fairleigh 169 Mr Peter Falconer 170 Miss Ellen Fallon 171 Mr J Fauckner 172 Mrs Fauckner 173 Mr Michael Feeley 174 Mr H Feuerstein 175 Mr D Fitzgerald 176 Mr C Fitzgerald 177 Mr E J Flamank 178 Mr J Fletcher 179 Mr Richard Flynn 180 Mr Thomas Flynn 181 Mr F J Folinsbel 182 Mr David H Forbes 183 Mrs Forbes 184 Miss Fothergill 185 Mr James Fox 186 Mr Frank Fox 187 Mrs Bridget Fox 188 Miss Mary Fox 189 Mr F W G Fozer 190 Miss Mary Frain 191 Miss Mary Frainey 192 Mr G A Frantz 193 Mrs Frantz and Infant 194 Miss Mary K Freeman 195 Miss Edith Fullerton 196 Mr Harry Furze 197 Mr W Gardiner 198 Miss E A Gardner 199 Mrs Emma Gartside 200 Mr Thomas Gash 201 Master S Gash 202 Mr P Garaghty 203 Miss M Geraghty 204 Mr George Gibson 205 Mrs Mary Gibson 206 Mr Gilbert 207 Mr John Gillespie 208 Mr John Godfrey 209 Mr W Goggin 210 Mrs A K Golden and Infant 211 Miss G Goldsworth 212 Mr Donald Gough 213 Mr Donald Gooch 214 Miss M Gough 215 Mr F Gould 216 Mrs M Graham 217 Miss M Graham 218 Miss A A Graham 219 Mrs A Greenwood 220 Mr E J Griffiths 221 Miss Sara Griggs 222 Miss Eliz Haggerty 223 Miss Lily F Hall 224 Miss M Hardy 225 Mrs H M Hardy 226 Master Frank Hardy 227 Miss M Hardy 228 Mrs S A Harp 229 Miss H Harp 230 Mr Walter Harvey 231 Mrs Mary Harvey 232 Miss B Hawkins 233 Mr J Hayes 234 Miss Bridget Hellerman 235 Mr James Hendrie 236 Miss Margaret Hennessy 237 Rev A F Hensey 238 Mrs Hensey 239 Mr Geo Hibbard 240 Mr Thos Hickey 241 Mr Alf Hilton 242 Mrs M H Hobson 243 Mr James Hodder 244 Mr A B Hobson 245 Mrs Holderness 246 Mrs Holland 247 Miss Holland 248 Mrs Donald Hopkins 249 Mr E C Howell 250 Mr T C Hubbard 251 Mr L Hudson 252 Miss A Hudson 253 Mr Wm Hughes 254 Miss Ellen Hughes 255 Mr Thomas Hurley 256 Miss Sarah Hutchinson 257 Mr E A Huybers 258 Mr Joseph Iredale 259 Mr Cyril Ives 260 Mr Jacks 261 Mrs Jacks 262 Master Charles Jacks 263 Miss Jennie Jacks 264 Miss Freda Jacks 265 Master Haymann Jacks 266 Henry James 267 Miss Adelaide S Jameson 268 Mr Anton E Johnson 269 Mrs A Johnston and Infant 270 Mrs A F Jones and Infant 271 Miss S Jones 272 Mr Jas Jordan 273 Miss Delia Kane 274 Miss Maggie Kearney 275 Miss Katie Kelleher 276 Mr Hugh Jos Kelly 277 Mr Hugh J Kelly 278 Rev J Kemp 279 Mr John Killallea 280 Miss Nora King 281 Mrs Kingston 282 Mr Wallis Kirby 283 Mr Horace Kirby 284 Mr Norman Kirby 285 Mrs Helen Kirby 286 Mrs Elsie Kirby 287 Mr John Knowles 288 Mr Ruddolph Kux 290 Mr Graham Lacey 291 Miss Margaret Laidler 292 Mr Stanley Lambert 293 Mr Ernest Lambert 294 Mrs Eliz Lambert 295 Miss Annie Ledgett 296 Mrs Kate Lee 297 Master Lee 298 Mr Herman Leech 299 Miss M H Leigh 300 Mr H T Letley 301 Mr H Levett 302 Mrs Levett 303 Miss J Levett 304 Miss B Levett 305 Mr Charles Levinson 306 Mr Louis Levinson 307 Mr Wm T Lewenenry 308 Mrs M Lindsay-Watts 309 Miss Dorothy Ling 310 Mr A Lipski 311 Mrs H Litard 312 Miss Lloyd 313 Miss Annie Lloyd 314 Mr Samuel Lodge 315 Mrs Lodge 316 Miss Agnes Lodge 317 Mr Charles Lofthouse 318 Mr R W Loyd 319 Mrs Loyd 320 Mr P M Luce 321 Mr Ernest Lund 322 Mrs Oliver Lund 323 Mrs Lutze 324 Mr Charles R Lynch 325 Miss Norah Lynskey 326 Mrs A M Mac Gtotty 327 Mr Oliver Mackenzie 328 Mr Robert Mackie 329 Mr John A Mackie 330 Mr Keith D Mackie 331 Mr Patrick Maguire 332 Miss H J Mair 333 Mr Thomas Mannion 334 Mr James Marr 335 Miss Jeannie Marshall 336 Miss Lillian Maurice 337 Mr Arthur B J McArdle 338 Miss Lizzie McAuliffe 339 Miss Laura McBride 340 Mr Jas McCalla 341 Misss H McCalla 342 Mr John McClelland 343 Miss Martha McCracken 344 Miss H McCracken 345 Miss Margaret McConagh 346 Miss McDonald 347 Mr Thomas McDougall 348 Miss May McFadden 349 Mr Wm McGormick 350 Mr John McGrane 351 Miss Margaret McIsaac 352 Miss Ellen McKie 353 Mr Seaton McLennan 354 Miss Bridget McLoughlin 355 Mr J D McManus 356 Mr Daniel McNamara 357 Mr Henry McNeal 358 Mr Robert McQuillan 359 Mr John McQuirk 360 Mrs Ellen McQuirk 361 Mrs Jennie Melville 362 Mrs E Metcalfe 363 Mr James Milne 364 Mr A R Mitchel 365 Miss Annie Molloy 366 Miss R Moloney 367 Mr G A Moore 368 Mr John Hos Moran 369 Mr Joseph Moreton 370 Miss Margaret Morris 371 Miss Gretta Mulherin 372 Miss Maggie Mullen 373 Miss Delia Mulqueen 374 Mrs B D Mulvihill 375 Mrs J L Murphy
At the botton of these last two pages is written as follows:
This Steamer is fitted with Marconi's System of Wireless Telegraphy. Also with the Submarine Signalling Aparatus. The "Lusitania" and "Mauretania" are the Fastest Steamers in the World.
376 Miss C Murphy 377 Miss M Murhpy 378 Mr Lawrence Murray 379 Mrs Mary Murray 380 Mr Ed Murray 381 Mr Ed Murray 382 Mr R Myhill 383 Mr G Myhill 384 Mr Patrick Naughton 385 Miss Delia Naughton 386 Miss A Neligan 387 Mr John J Newburg 388 Miss Florence Nicholson 389 Mr Alex Nixon 390 Mrs Nixon 391 Mrs L J Nixon 392 Miss L Nixon 393 Miss M Nixon 394 Miss Mary M Noble 395 Miss E Noonan 396 Miss M E Nordlund 397 Miss Alma Nordwall 398 Mrs W O'Brien 399 Mr Martin O'Connell 400 Miss M O'Connell 401 Mr John O' Donohoe 402 Miss Mary O'Grady 403 Mrs Margaret O'Hara 404 Mr Peter O'Malley 405 Miss Susan Opton 406 Mr. Thomas O'Sullivan 407 Miss Delia A O'Sullivan 408 Mr Arthur C Parker 409 M W Parsons 410 Mr A V Paul 411 Mr Thos J Heddington 412 Mr Thomas J Pellow 413 Miss A Pembroke 414 Mrs L Penhey 415 Miss Elsie Penhey 416 Mr D B Phillips 417 Mr A Pellet 418 Mrs G K E Poole 419 Miss L Poole 420 Mr J E Porles 421 Mrs Porles 422 Master Frank Porles 423 Mr Leslie Porter 424 Mrs K Porter 425 Mr W Potter 426 Mr E W Pratt 427 Mrs Eliz Pratt 428 Miss Ivy Pratt 429 Mr F H Price 430 Mrs E Prophet 431 Rev S E Prytherick 432 Mr Peter Quin 433 Mr Patrick Quin 434 Miss Ellen Quin 435 Mrs M G Ramsey 436 Miss Vera Ramsey 437 Miss Mary A Regan 438 Mr Wm H Reid 439 Mr John Reilly 440 Miss E Reilly 441 Mr John Richardson 442 Mr D M Richmond 443 Miss Catherine Riordan 444 Miss Mary Roach 445 Mr G Robertson 446 Mrs Robertson 447 Master Robertson 448 Miss Marjory Robertson 449 Mr J F Robertson 450 Mrs Robertson 451 Miss Robertson 452 Miss Emma Rogerson 453 Miss Mary Rooney 454 Mr Thomas Roscoe 455 Mr Willard R Rose 456 Mr N L Rothkrug 457 Mr Sabin 458 Mrs Minnie Sanders 459 Miss M Sanders 460 Miss M Sanders 461 Mrs Florence Savage 462 Miss Lily Savage and Infant 463 Mr John Scholes 464 Mr Ed M Scott 465 Mrs Annie Semple 466 Mrs D E Shann 467 Miss D Shann 468 Master W E Shann 469 Mr H Sharp 470 Mrs Sharp 471 Master A Sharp 472 Mrs C B Shepherd 473 Miss Shepherd and Infant 474 Mr W Sherman 475 Mrs Sherman 476 Mrs Maud Shore 477 Miss I Irene Shore 478 Miss Ellen Shore 479 Miss Agnes Shore 480 Master Wm Ed Shore 481 Mrs Sieb 482 Miss Sieb 483 Mr R Simpson 484 Mrs Slater 485 Mr Wm Slater 486 Miss A Slater 487 Miss E Slater 488 Miss K Smith 489 Miss Bertha Smith 490 Mr Henry Smyth 491 Mrs Wm Stalker 492 Miss Jane Stalker 493 Miss Maggie Staunton 494 Mr David Stevenson 495 Miss C Stevenson 496 Mrs L Stevenson 497 Mr W J Stewart 498 Mr Allan Stone 499 Mrs Clara Stone 500 Mr Allan R Stone 501 Miss Irene Stone 502 Mr Eugene Sullivan 503 Mr H Sykes 504 Mr Henry Tainsh 505 Miss Susannah Taylor 506 Miss Lucy Jane Thomasson 507 Mr James Thomson 508 Miss Sarah Tierney 509 Mr Harry Tiples 510 Mr John Tirnan 511 Mr Martin Tirnan 512 Mr B M Tompkins 513 Mr John C Tonks 514 Mr W Townsend 515 Mrs Townsend 516 Mrs W W Towse 517 Mr Richard W Trathen 518 Mr J A Tulloch 519 Mrs Tulloch 520 Mr A W M Van Birkel 421 Mrs Varley 522 Miss F Varley 523 Master J Varley 524 Mr L Venables 525 Mrs Venables 526 Mr Bertram E Vigers 527 Miss L M Vincent 528 Miss Luch J Waites 529 Mr Thomas Wallington 530 Miss T Walsh 531 Mr Arthur Ward 532 Mrs Helen D Warley 533 Mrs Clara E Watson 534 Mrs Anna Weatherston and Infant 535 Mr Max Webor 536 Mrs F Wells 537 Mrs Jane Wemyss 538 Mr Jos Ed West 539 Mr Ed Wheelecor 540 Miss A Wheelecor 541 Miss E Whileyman 542 Miss J Whileyman 543 Mr Conrad R White 544 Mr Joseph B White 545 Miss H White 546 Mrs Bridget White 547 Mr J E Whirehouse 548 Mrs M E Whitehouse 549 Mrs Thomas Whyte 550 Miss E Whyte 551 Miss A Whyte 552 Miss E O Whyte 553 Mr J J Wickens 554 Mrs H D Wilkinson 555 Mr Geo Williams 556 Mr C A Williams 557 M E Williams 558 Miss E Williamson 559 Mr Thomas Wills 560 Mrs C Wilman 561 Mr Robt M Wilson 562 Mr John Wilson 563 Miss Amelia Winterburn 564 Mrs E E Withers and Infant 565 Mr John C Wright 566 Mrs Wright 567 Miss V M Yendran 568 Miss Yates 569 Mrs M M Young 570 Mr Marijan Zawadzki
At the bottomn of this page it reads as follows:
A stenographer and typist is on board for the convenience of passengers, and is prepared to attend promptly to all work required.
Informaton for Passengers
Meals will be served in the Saloon at the following times:
Breakfast 8:00 AM
Luncheon 1:00 PM
Dinner 6:30 PM
The Bar and Smoke Room will be closed at 11 PM
Seats at table:
* Applications may be made at any of the Chief Offices in advance or to the
Second Cabin Steward on board the steamer on day of sailing.
* Divine Service on Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Baggage:
* Passengers are recommened to insure their Baggage, as the Company's
liability is strictly limited in accordance with Contract Ticket.
* All enquires regarding Baggage on board ship should be addressed to
the Baggage Master.
Valuables:
* The Company is not responsible for theft if valuables or money are kept
in the Staterooms.
* The same should be placed in charge of the Purser for deposit in his safe,
and a receipt will be given on the Company's form.
* As no charge is made for carriage the Company can not accept any
responsibility for loss or damage, however arising, but passengers can
protect themselves by insurance.
* Passengers should obtain a receipt on the Company's form for any
additional Passage Money or Freight paid on board.
Notice:
* Passengers are informed that Professional Gamblers are reported as
frequently crossing the Atlantic Steamers, and are warned to take
precautions accordingly.
EXCHANGE OF MONEY:
* Owing to fluctuations it is not possible to make a fixed Rate of Exchange.
MEDICAL:
* The Surgeon is authorised to make customary charges, subject to the
approval of the Commander, for treating any passengers at their request
for any illness not originating on board the ship.
* In the case of sickness contracted on board no charge will be made and
medicine will be provided free.
Dogs:
* Passengers are notified that dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain
unless a license has previously been procured from the Board of
Agriculture, London.
* Forms of license must be obtained by direct application to the Department
before the dog is taken on board.
ARRIVALS AT NEW YORK:
* Passengers are landed at the Company's Piers, 53 to 56, North River,
Foot of West 14th Street, where railway tickets can be purchased and
baggage checked to any part of the United States and Canada landing,
passengers should enquire at the desk on the wharf for letters and
telegrams.
* When any of the Company's steamers arrive at the Pier after 8p.m.,
passengers have the option of remaining on board over night and landing
after breakfast the following morning.
PUBLIC TELEPHONES:
* Telephone service with booths and operator in attendance will be found
near the Customs Lines on the New York wharf.
TAXICABS AND CARRIAGES:
* Can be hired at the New York Piers.
* Instructions should be given to the Purser in advance.
ARRIVALS AT LIVEROOL:
* Time of landing passenger, Under normal conditions when any of the
Company's steamers arrive alongside the Liverpool Landing Stage after
8 p.m. it is optional for the passengers to go on shore that night.
* In the event, however, of their remaining on board, they will be landed
after breakfast the following morning, eight at the stage or in dock as
circumstances may make desirable.
* In the same way when the vessel reaches the river but does not come
alongside the Stage, to prevent inconvenience and to meet emergencies,
any passengers desirous of disembarking will, on arrival of the steamer,
be landed, with hand baggage only by tender.
EUROPEAN HOSTILITIES:
* During present Hostilities passengers of foreign nationality are, under
the Aliens Act, only permitted to land at certain approved ports, of
which Liverpool is one, but Queenstown and Fishguard are excluded, and
passengers may be subjected to slight delay on arrival at Liverpool.
THE CUNARD STEAM SHIP CO. LTD
8 & 12 Water St., and 1, 3 & 5 , Rumbord., Liverpool.
Telegraphic Adress {Cunard, Liverpool} Telephone 8100 Central
Tel. Address and Tel. No.
London 29-30 Cocksput St., S W {Caution Westrand.} 7538 Central
51 Bishopsgate, E C {Cunard Ave} 4378 London Wall
51 Bishopsgate, E C {Canavice Led} 3369
Manchester 98 Mosley Stree Cunard 1447 Central
Bradford 24 Charles Street Cunard 4996
Glasgow 30 Jamaica Street Burns 5760 Central
Leith Exchnage Buildings Burns
Greenock 2 Brymner Street Burns
Queenstown Cunard Warf Burns 14
Belfast 24 Rayal Avenue, and 49. Queen's Square Burns 3901
Plymouth W Leaman & Co., 2, Millbay Road Leaman 70
Southampton Nisbet & Fladgate, 1, Millbay Road Leaman 70
Paris 37 Bulevard des Capucines Cunard
Nice 11 Promenade des Anglais Cunard
{Monaco} Do. do. do. Nice
Rome Via Tritone {Select Hotel} Cunard
Havre 23 Quai D'Orleans Cunard
Lucerne J Koch-Lang & Co., Ltd.
Geneva Ybolouz & Co., 3 Rue du Mont Blanc Cunard
Amsterdam Hoyman & Schuurman Biijubg'
Rotterdam Max Hirschfeld Westbound
The Hague A J Lindeman & Co., Lindeman
Gothenberg Axel H Lagergren Cunard
Libson Garland, Laidley & Co Cunard
Azores Joao de Freitas Martrins, St. Michael's Shipbroker, Pontra Delgada
Gibraltar Anchor Line Henderson Bro. Ltd. Cunard
Genoa Cunard-Anchor Office, 94 Piazza Marina Cunanchor
Naples Nicola Ferolla, 59, Via Fontane No 12 Cunard
Venice Faerber's Reisebureau Campo S Moise 1455/6 Faerber
Patras Panos D Panaguli Conard
Piraeus T D Ralli Agence Ralli Athens
Messina Carrara"s Travel Bureau {Carrara Brothers Carrara
Palermo Cunard-Anchor Office 94 Piaza Marina Cunanchor
Alexandria Thos. Cook & Son Egypt. Ltd. Cook
Rodocanachi & Co. Cuard
Cairo Thos. Cook a& Son Egypt Ltd. Cunard
New York 21 to 24 State Street Cunard
Boston Cunard Building, 126 STate Stret Cunard
Chicago, Ill.S.E. Corner Dearborn and Randolph Streets Cunard
Minneapolis Metropolitan Life Building Cunard
Philadelphia 1300 Walnut Street Cunard
Quebec Montreal
Toronto & Portland The Roger Reford Co. Ltd Cunardford
Montreal W H Henry 286 St James Street Henrytours
Toronto A F Webster & Son 53 Yonge Street Webster
114 King Street West Immigration Dept.
Winnipeg 304 Main St{Opp.Winnipeg Exposition Building}Cunard
San Francisco 42 Powell Street Cunard
St. Louis 215 N. 10th Street, SW corner of Olive St. Cunard
Seattle E E Uilberg 116 Cherry St Uilberg
Duluth P Geo Hanson & son General Ticket Agents Cunard
1915 W. Superior Street
Halifax, N>S> S. Cunard & 'co. Cunard
The Company also have Offices or Agencies at the following Cities,
but owing to hostilities communication with these centres is suspended
for the present:-
Antwerp Bremen Constantinople Munich
Baden-Baden Brussels Fiume Strttgart
Basle Budapest Frandfort O-M Trieste
Berlin Cologne Hamburg Vienna
Transcriber's notes:
* This was a totally typed manifest.
* It is typed in whole as it came from the list I received.
* There were no deaths on the passage
* There were no ages, country to which they severally belong, intended
destinations, or occupations listed.
Correspondence: January, 2000 Passenger #291 Laidler
I am very much into family research, and had heard that my Aunt Maggie had
sailed on the Lusitania - but had no proof - so it was fantastic that the One
Voyage of the RMS Lusitania that had been transcribed was the one containing
my aunt's name.
The source for date of arrival of Margaret
Laidler in the US. was Application for Citizenship[ - Form No. 1-IP dated
9/19/27 - listing date of arrival as April 23, 1915, port NY, NY.
Margaret Laidler was born June 23, 1886, in Alnwick, Northumberland, England,
a small village that still retains it's medieval buildings. She was one of
five children of William Laidler and Mary (Kelly) Laidler. Their mother died
at 35 - and father remarried. The five children, as was the custom at the
time, attended formal schooling until the age of 12 and then were apprenticed
or worked on nearby farms. Margaret worked on a farm prior to emigrating to
the U. S.
Earlier arrivals in America included two great uncles, her grandmother, a
brother and sister, Joseph and Sarah Laidler. All had settled in Providence,
R. I.
It is said that upon disembarking and seeing the size and confusion of NY,
Maggie wanted nothing more than to secure passage for the return trip of the
Lusitana - and to go home. Luckily she changed her mind, that became the
last and fatal voyage of the Lusitania.
Aunt Maggie's first employment in Providence, R. I. was at the Davol Rubber
Plant, making gas masks for WWI soldiers. She married Robert Ward, they had
two children, a son and daughter. She died in Providence, R. I.
Above information provided by her niece:
Jean Laidler Kesner
Correspondence January 8, 2001 passenger #52 John Browne
Please contact William Browne
Correspondence April 20, 2002 passenger (not listed McConnell) see below
Dick Barton
LANCASHIRE SPINNER'S EXPERIENCE.
Under The Sea And Back Again.
From "Manchester Guardian," Monday, May 10th 1915.
Mr J.W.McConnel, the well-known cotton spinner, and a vice-president of
the Fine Cotton Spinners' and Doublers' Association, was a passenger on
the Lusitania and had a narrow escape. Mr McConnel arrived in
Manchester from Holyhead early yesterday morning. The account which he
has given to a representative of the "Manchester Guardian" of what
happened when the Lusitania went down, and of his own strange
experience, will be read with especial interest.
Just after two o'clock, English time, Friday, after lunching and
addressing a couple of letters, I came out of the café‚ at the stern end
of A deck (the top). Ireland was in sight, as it had been for hours. I
was walking forward to see from some place clear of boats whereabouts we
were when I heard the crack - a sharp crack, accompanied by a great
blast of dust and dirt, near or in the forward or second funnel. My
first thought was that I was at a play when the crisis had come, my
second that it was an infernal machine, not a torpedo. Then I saw all
the people forward running to the main entrance, and down came a sweep
of dirty water - more than rain, but not buckets full.
At once I started forward through the lounge to the companion. No
lifts were working. The stairs were crowded with people, mostly coming
up, and all behaving very well. I got down gradually to my cabin on D
deck, where I put on my life-saving waistcoat, snatched some papers and
a flask, and, taking another lifebelt, went up on B deck.
There I gave my spare belt to a young lady, and finding a boat grinding
down from A past the openings on B, I shoved as hard as I could to clear
it. I think the young lady got into the boat. As the gunwale reached
our ledge the stern ropes were let go, and the boat fell endways to the
water. Then the other falls were dropped, and she seemed all right
except that half-a-dozen or a dozen of her crowd were in the water.
Then I went up to A. An officer told me there was plenty of time and
the ship was not sinking; but the list, which. by-the-way, began at the
very first second, became rapidly worse.
I crossed to the starboard. There two, or perhaps three, boats were
ready and stewards calling for passengers - "Ladies first." Many got
in, but some ladies would not leave their husbands. Almost instantly
the boats were in the water and the edge of A deck level with them, a
drop, I believe, of 60 feet. I jumped over a rope entanglement into the
last boat, which was full. Then as we tried to clear the sling ropes,
now being pulled down by the davits, I suddenly found myself sitting in
the water. All my knowledge of my neighbours ceased.
A funnel came sweeping down a few feet to the left; then something
closed over me and I went down and down and down.
Then it cleared, and I got up to the top, but mighty forces were
swirling everything about, and again something quite enormous covered me
and I was driven down, I don't know how far, but I thought all hope was
gone, and curiously, my great regret was that I should not know what
America would say. Then up again, and great as had been the distance
down, the rise was very quick. Of course I had sucked in quantities of
sea-water, not noticeably unpleasant.
As I saw again the blessed thinning of the waters, I sprang out into
the glorious sun. And at that moment, as it seemed to me, all the
turmoil ceased like magic. No ship was there, of course, but bright
clear water, with boats here and there, sadly few right side up,
wreckage everywhere, and a few people bobbing about like myself. I was
struck even then with the immense area the wreckage and survivors
covered. As a matter of explanation, I am told that after the ship had
disappeared an immense wave boiled up owing to an explosion, which threw
us apart. There was certainly no suck-down after the ship.
Then the next part began - getting to some sort of safety. I got first
one thing, then another, and soon the corner of a big deck chest, which
was covered with canvas, where one could get one's fingers into the
joints. Another man and a woman shared it - perhaps others. The
nearest, indeed the only refuge, was a boat upside down, with a steward
or two looking as smart and nice as usual except for their cork
jackets. They and another man collected an oar or two and poked their
way round to us. We got the woman onto the boat; then the man left me,
and I think he got on. Then they reached out the oars to me, and by
their kind help I was hauled up. Another man got on afterwards, very
done indeed - a fireman who had been, he said, to the bottom. We were
about seven men, the woman, and a dead woman.
Chapter III lasted, I suppose, three hours. We sat or, those who
could, stood at times, and hoped for relief. My flask, I think, saved
the woman and two men, and helped us all. The blessed sun made all the
difference, and when not sick or shivering I had times when I thought
that a row-boat the right way up might not be an unpleasant thing to be
in. The worst feature was that we did not know if any "S.O.S." signal
had been sent. The only thing in sight was a sailing boat, which did,
in fact, save many, but which in that perfect calm was, of course, very
slow.
Boats able to row had all gone. Smoke appeared on the far horizon,
east, I think. but it seems they never saw us, and it passed away; first
one and then a second. Then at last came the smoke of the
torpedo-boats, pushing from Queenstown. The second one took us off, and
then plied round and round picking up other derelicts, many in far worse
case than ourselves.
For though the water at first was not so cold as I expected, it must
have been awful to have been in it all the time, as many were, some in
injured boats and some with nothing but bits of wreckage to cling to;
and of course many were suffering from bodily injury as well, though I
expect most of them died.
One lady was picked out of a wicker chair in which she was sitting,
with head back, unconcious.
I think the only other personal incident is that I was as black as a
collier, and my head plastered with black mud. This was not from the
first blast, as I had my shooting hat on then. It must have been got in
one of my diving trips, and makes me partly believe the story of two of
my companions on the boat keel - viz., that they had gone down one of
the funnels and had been blown out again.
There was absolutely no panic anywhere near me. Everybody was
considerate and quiet. And my companions on the boat-roof said the same
of the second-class and steerage. JOHN W. McCONNEL.
Correspondence June 28, 2002 passenger #206 Gilbert
I think the passenger Mr. Gilbert is my grandfather, John Taylor
Gilbert, who sailed from Liverpool to NY and/or Montreal. His mother,
Elizabeth Nichols Taylor Gilbert, remained in Liverpool on Crown Street
and two sisters, Rose and Agnes, lived somewhere in England. One sister
married a Harry Edwards and also had a son Harry, who went on to engage
in the brewery and/or beer importing business in India and Australia
before retiring back in England.
John Taylor Gilbert later enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces
of WWI and served in Europe, sometimes visiting England on leave. He left a
sweetheart in Buffalo NY, Catherine Lucia Krotz, who part of his pay was
sent to for saving. Her German parents owned the first butcher shop in
the city of Buffalo, a photo of it with the family out front is in the
historical society achives there. He and Catherine married when he
returned from the war and lived in Kenmore, Erie County, NY., and had
five children.
"John T" as the family calls him left Liverpool for what family lore
says are not such honorable reasons - something to do with betting and
bookies, an upset, and shortage of funds. Thus he did not list his first
name on the ships record. He remained a skilled card player as well as
an accountant most all his life. I retain a couple of oil paintings he
brought with him, done by a minor Scottish artist, Robert Anderson. One
is of the historical Fighting Cocks Inn, still open in England today. As
a child, I played with a Stetson top hat and a decorative monocle that
my parents said had been his.
He claimed to be originally of Irish descent, near Dublin. His mother
was Welsh. His father appears to have been James Briscoe Gilbert , on his
birth record in 1882 in Liverpool.
Note the warning for passengers on the ships record about skilled
gamblers aboard. Susan Gilbert
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