Third class passengers – Peter's Lusitania Page

Posted on 19 Jun, 201719 Jun, 2017 by Peter

Junczyk, Egor

Egor Junczyk was 24 years old according to the Cunard Line. He was a Russian national and his point of origin was Hoosik Falls, New York. He was a survivor of the Lusitania disaster.

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Posted on 19 Jun, 201719 Jun, 2017 by Peter

Zaliachanoff, Khaeho

Khaeho Zaliachanoff was allegedly 37 years old and a Russian national. His point of origin was New York.

Posted on 19 Jun, 201726 Dec, 2020 by Peter

Young, Mrs. Elizabeth

Mrs. Elizabeth Grossart Young. She was the daughter of William (b. ca. 1850) and Marion (nee Dickson; born ca. 1850) Grossart and was born in 1888 at Carmichael in Lanarkshire, Scotland. Her parents had married 27 January 1871 at Carmichael, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Her known brothers and sisters were James, b. 5 December 1870 (out of wedlock?), Adam, b. 20 May 1872, William, b. 16 October 1873, Alexander, b. 1875, Jane, b. 1876, John, b. 1877, Robert, b. 1880, Marion, b. 1882, Annie, b. 1883, Marion, b. 1890 and Thomas, b. 22 October 1891. She married Charles Young in 1909 at Partick, Scotland. She arrived at Ellis Island, New York on 27 April 1913, aged 24, and was noted as joining her husband Charles Young in Chicago, Illinois (520 W 65th Place) in good health, 5ft 7 tall with ruddy complexion, auburn hair and blue eyes, being from Lanark, Scotland. She paid her own ticket, but had not yet booked her onward journey. She was only in possession of $30 dollars rather than the required $50. She travelled on the Cameronia out of Glasgow. She was noted as married, a housewife and was able to read and write. Next of kin in country of origin was listed as: Marion D. Grossart (mother) of Cowan Brae, Lanark. She was returning to visit her family having been overseas in Chicago Illinois, her husband Charles was working on the railway there. She returned with a couple of other women in the same situation, returning to Castlegate in Lanark. The Cunard Line stated she was 27 years old and that her point of origin was Chicago. She travelled with Mrs. Murray. Mrs. Young did not survive the sinking of the Lusitania.

Posted on 19 Jun, 201721 May, 2020 by Peter

York, William

William York. He was born in Colchester, Essex, England, in early 1881, and was the son of William, a steam engine rivet maker born ca. 1841 in Essex, and Eliza York (nee Palmer, married name Mann; born about 1845 at Bacton, Suffolk). He was christened 3 July 1881 at St. Leonard’s church in Colchester in the Church of England tradition. His parents had married in the second quarter of June 1880 in Colchester. William’s known brothers and sisters were Charles, b. 1866, George, b. 1872, Charlotte, b. 1876, Alice (Alice Mann, step-sister), b. 1878, Edward J., b. 1884, Emily G., b. 1885, and James P., b. ca. 1900. His father had been married before; in late 1862 he had married Emma Kimberlee, and the three oldest children in the family were by his first wife, who had passed away in 1879, only 37 or 38 years old. In 1891, the York family lived at Park Lane in St. Leonard, Essex. In 1901, they lived in Colchester and William was noted as a maponite worker; maponite being a sort of golf ball manufactured by the firm of Maponite Limited in Hythe, in the Colchester area. In (early April) 1911, he was a linen draper’s assistant and still lived in Colchester with his parents. He married Kate Ethel Smith 22 May 1911 in the Colchester district of Essex, England. They apparently travelled to Canada directly after their wedding and had come to Quebec, Canada, 20 May 1911 on the steamer Teutonic. In mid-1911, he was noted as living in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. It was stated he was a native of England, where he had been born in May 1877 and was subsequently 34 years old at the time and he would have been 37 or 38 when he sailed on the Lusitania, according to the census, but according to his birth record, he would have been 35 when the Lusitania sank. His wife was noted as Cale (should read Cate/Kate), whose brother was Arther (sic; should read Arthur) Smith. They stayed in Brantford for a while and a daughter, Edna, was born to them 2 December 1912 in Brantford. Mr. York was described as a dry goods clerk at the time of the birth of their daughter.

According to local press, he had been in Canada for about a year, and had been employed for that length of time as a shipper for the Ham & Nott Company. His wife and child of two lived in the old country (England) and he was returning to them on a visit. He was booked on the Lusitania through the C. P. R. office in Brantford and in New York he joined his sister, a returned missionary from China, who was returning to England on furlough. The officials of the Ham & Nott Company described him a a fine specimen of a young man. (Brantford Daily Expositor) Later on it was revealed that he had taken out a 5,000$ traveller’s accident insurance policy and his family was subsequently well provided for. The Cunard Line listed him simply as an ”adult,” with point of origin Brantford, Ontario. He was a shipper for Ham & Notts and lived at 270 Brock Street in Brantford, Ontario, as a boarder with a Mrs. Thomas. William York did not survive the sinking of the Lusitania. It is not believed his sister was on the Lusitania, despite what local press claimed.

Posted on 19 Jun, 20172 Jul, 2017 by Peter

Yohanan, Alevaretz

Alevaretz Yohanan was listed by the Cunard Line as a Persian national, 32 years of age and his point of origin was Chicago, where he lived at 14 West Illinois Street.

Posted on 19 Jun, 201719 Jun, 2017 by Peter

Yohama, Envia

Envia Yohama (male) was listed by the Cunard Line as 40 years of age, a Persian national, and the point of origin was listed as Chicago.

Posted on 19 Jun, 20172 Jul, 2017 by Peter

Yocob, Baba Jan

Baba Jan Yocob was listed by the Cunard Line as having been 33 years of age and a Persian subject. His point of origin was Chicago, where he lived at 199 West Ontario Street.

Posted on 19 Jun, 20171 May, 2019 by Peter

Worrall/Worrell, Frederick Arthur

Frederick A. Worrall. He was very likely the Frederick Arthur Worrall, born 2 February, 1870, in Manchester, who on 20 March (1870) was christened in Saint Saviour’s Church, Manchester, and whose parents were Thomas, a clerk in 1871, b. 1818 at Appleton, Cheshire, and Elizabeth Worrall (nee Birchall; b. 5 December 1829 at Ashton in Mackerfield, Lancashire), and who in 1901 lived at Barton Street in Moss Side, Lancashire, and was a coal merchant. His parents had married 26 September 1854 at St. John’s Church in Preston, Lancashire (probably in the Church of England tradition). His known brothers and sisters were Mary Elizabeth, b. 1855 (Warrington), Henry Thomas, b. 1856 (Warrington), Annie Maria, b. 1859 (Warrington), and John William, b. 17 March 1867 (Manchester). He had gone to the USA at some point prior to 1896, possibly in 1890. He had married /Bridget/ Cecilia Higgins 21 June 1893 in Manhattan, New York. She had been born 30 March 1868 in (Mountmellick) Ireland and died 22 March 1896, purportedly aged 26, in Manhattan, New York, her address listed as 159 W. 66th Street. They had two sons, Arthur Thomas, 6 (b. 22 April 1894), and Frederick Timothy, b. ca. 1895, both of whom had been born in the USA. In 1901, he lived at Barton Street in Moss Side, Chorlton, Lancashire, and was noted as a coal merchant aged 31. His sons Arthur T., 6, and Frederick T., 5, lived with him, as did his siblings Mary E., 46, Annie M., 40, Henry T., 45, a coal merchant, and Henry’s wife Hannah E., 37. In 1911, his sons Arthur and Frederick lived in Gorton, South Manchester, in the household of their aunt, Frederick’s sister Mary E. Worrall. They were both described as unemployed ’J M’ clerks. It is not immediately known where Frederick Worrall, Sr., lived at the time. Frederick Arthur Worrall had left Liverpool, England, 26 February 1914 as a second cabin passenger on the steamer Baltic and had arrived in New York 7 March 1914 . He was bound for his home in Red Bank, New Jersey. He was 44 years of age, widowed, and a native of Manchester, England, and was described as a ‘nursery man.’ His last place of permanent residence was Manchester, England. His closest relative was his sister Annie, who lived at 42 Melbourne Street, Gorton, Manchester. He was 5’10” tall, had dark hair and blue eyes. He was lost when the Lusitania sank.

Posted on 19 Jun, 201721 May, 2020 by Peter · 1 Comment

Woodward (listed Woodworth), Robert

Robert Woodworth/Woodward. The Cunard Line listed him as Robert Woodworth, aged 22 (point of origin Niagara Falls, New York), but he seems in fact to have been Robert Woodward, who had been born at Leigh, Lancashire in 1892, to Edward, a collier hewer born around 1865 at Haydock, Lancahsire, and Alice (nee Beswick, born about 1868 at Tyldesley, Lancashire) Woodward. His parents had married 2 November 1889 in Tyldesley. He was born 22 September 1892 and was christened on 3 November 1892 at St. George’s Church in Tyldesley, Lancashire, in the Church of England tradition. His known brothers and sisters were Laurence, b. 1890, George, b. 1895 (died in childhood), Alice, b. 1897, Edward, b. 1899, and Catherine, b. 1905. Another two siblings had died in childhood. In 1901, the Woodwards lived at Johnson Street in Tyldesley, Lancashire. Robert was 8 years old and his brothers and sisters were Lawrence, 10, Alice, 3, and Edward, 1. In 1911, he was a cotton piecer, apparently at the the Mutual Mills in Heywood, aged 18, living with his family in Tyldesley. He had left Liverpool, England, 23 February 1912 as a steerage (third class) passenger on the steamer Empress of Britain. His last place of permanent residence was Heywood, England, and his closest relative was his father Edward, who lived at Promenade Street in Heywood. His place of birth was registered as Tyldsley (sic). He was noted as an unmarried labourer aged 19 and was going to an Arthur Taylor, who lived at 722 20th Street in Niagara Falls. Mr. Woodward stood 5’6”tall, had a fresh complexion, brown hair and blue eyes. He had come to the USA 3 March 1912. He was working in a silversmith’s works in Niagara Falls. His point of origin in 1915 was Niagara Falls, New York. His family lived at 39 Promenade Street in Heywood, Lancashire, in 1912. . He was working in a silversmith’s works in Niagara Falls. He was interviewed by the Rochdale Observer and stated he went down with the Lusitania when she sank. He was not a swimmer, but was wearing a lifebelt which kept him afloat until he was picked up by a lifeboat, more or less unconscious. He said he saw Mrs. Gwyer being thrown out of a funnel (a funnel nearly crushed him when it fell very close to him). They spent four or five hours in the lifeboat, rowing, until a fishing smack came to their aid. Thereafter they were transferred to a paddle steamer which conveyed them to Queenstown, where Mr. Woodward said they were treated very kindly. He also said there was no panic on the ship during the sinking.

”Woodward had no relatives in Niagara Falls. He has a mother living in England and was returning there with the intention of enlisting and going to the front. He had lived here several years and had been employed by the Oneida Community, Ltd., going with the company to Sherrill, when the plant moved away from here. Subsequently he returned to this city and sometime after the outbreak of the war he crossed to the Canadian side and enlisted in the 44^th regiment.
Because of some physical defect he was rejected by the examining surgeons when he volunteered for overseas service. For a long time he pondered, and finally decided to return to his native home, England, and enlist there.” (Niagara Falls Gazette, 8 May 1915, front page)

Woodward Lusitania

Posted on 19 Jun, 201717 Oct, 2019 by Peter

Wilson, Miss Dorothy Alice

Miss Dorothy Alice Wilson. She was the daughter of William and Emily Leah (nee Green) Wilson, who had married 26 October 1907 at Hailebury, Nipissing, Ontario. She was born in 1913 in Ontario. The Cunard Line stated she was 2 years old. She was lost in the sinking along with her mother and brother.