The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery

[lusysinking]

Hi Ken-

Yes, sometimes you hear from people once and that is it. I am sure you meet researchers like that all the time. I heard from Cliff. He says he will go through his notes when he gets home. Thanks for the warm welcome.

Very best
Mike

[lusysinking]

Hi Ken

A friend said it might be the Martin-Davey family.

Mike

[liverpool annie]

Hi Mike and welcome to RootsChat !! 

The only Martin - Davey I found - was this one ...... Mrs. Elizabeth !!
This name was not on the list of passengers. Knowledge of her comes from the list of interments at Cobh in which she was identified as body #35, female, age 53 years, 2nd class passenger, Common grave A.

DAVEY Mr. and Mrs. Martin
DAVEY Arthur Vancouver British Columbia. Passengers - second cabin.
All 3 above were on the Sunday May 9 list of missing and probable dead.
DAVEY Miss Annie - She was not on the Sunday  May 9  list of missing and probable dead.
MARTIN Charles D. Pittsburgh  PA. Passenger - second cabin - On the Sunday May 9  list of missing and probable dead.

http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lusilist/LusitaniaPassengerList.html

[uk2003]

Mike, Annie

I cannot find them on the manchester burials site - BUT we all know what trouble that site has been over the last year  . I will try to check out the registers

Ken

[lusysinking]

Hi Annie

They had only been in Canada since 1914. They were originally from England. The thing is- the body need not be recovered in order to have some sort of memorial stone.

Mike

[emmsthheight]

Hi Mike

Welcome to  Rootschat.  This topic's fascinating and it's great to have someone else with some input.

Yes, I was thinking the same thing about them not necessarily being buried there.  You missed the fantastic photo's Ken took for me of Moston, but of the people on the gravestone, two were buried at Heywood, and one on the continent - Belgium I think.  the stone doesn't give all theat.  Just Heywood.

Taking that a step further, if there's a War Memorial i  Phillips Park, do we know if there are Lusitania victims, even not buried here, and if there were, anyone who had another member of the family buried in Philips Park could roughly fit the description.

Apologies if anyone's mentioned that.  I can't just see it, but we've covered a lot of ground.

Best wishes all.

Emms

[liverpool annie]

Hi Ken and Mike !

They should be on 1901 census .... but I can't access it right now !  

I'll see if I can find them in Canada .... maybe it'll give some more information !

Annie  

[uk2003]

Mike

This is the only bit of evidence that a burial took place - but no one's knows a thing about it - from the grave diggers to admin staff at manchester burials

http://www.philipspark.org.uk/PhilipsPark/Medlock_Valley_Places/Philips_Park_Cemetery/

This is a new link the one on page one of this posting had changed

[uk2003]

Emms

Yes Philips Park does have a war memorial and I have looked at it a dozen times, but cant ever recall seeing lusitania on it. But will recheck on my next visit, this will be soon - believe it or not but we have to dig up the father-in-law 

Ken