The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery

[uk2003]

Thought I'd share this new venture with my fellow rootchatters  coz I know they luv a challenge 

I am trying to locate a family who perished on the Liner Lusitania in 1915.

I have no idea who they were, but they are reported to be buried in Philips Park Cemetery, Manchester.

If I can find the grave and photograph it, It will be uploaded to the findagrave.com website

Ken
Ps

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It will be a few days before they clear on the findagrave website, but I have placed the 2 graves photos and info relating to the two survivors of the Charge of the Lightbrigade, buried at Philips Park

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[Mr. MIGKY]

Hi Ken, i found the passenger list for the last crossing she made. Now all we got to do is wittle down which one buried in Phillip's park
Migky



                      CLICK HERE 4 LIST

[emmsthheight]

Hi  Ken and Migky

Here are two of the same family, though only one was on the Lusitania, on the way to visit her family.

Mary Lovett, living in America was going to visit her family in Drolesdon.

William Lovett of Droylesdon died on a different occasion.  Related?

http://www.billnkaz.demon.co.uk/droymem3.htm

It'd be nice to find out for the Anniversary of the sinking wouldn't it?
I've been looking out for James Hoey who also perished, He was from Meath but I think also linked to Salford/Manchester.

Best wishes

Emms

[emmsthheight]

PS Full details:

Miss Mary Lovett, civilian,


Living: Falls River Mass. USA but native of Droylesden.
Going to visit family in Fairfield Rd Droylesdon.

Drowned at sea on  SS Lusiitania

Also: (Not on Lusitania)

William Lovett, Stoker 1st Class L/24481, HMS Invincible., RN
Son of Edward and Ellen Lovett, 18 Queen St, Droylsden.

Died 31st May, 1916, aged 26.
Killed in Action, Battle of Jutland.
LOVETT. WILLIAM. Stoker 1st Class. K/24481.
Also, Portsmouth Memorial.

A nice local site.  Can we have them in the resources?  Not sure how?

The wargraves in cemeteries are also on the Commonwealth Wargraves Site (CWGC), but it's much bigger and I didn't actually pin them down.  It's nice to pin them down.

Question is, is there another grave?  It does say one family, but they may not have the same name, or they may mean William.

Best wishes

Emms

[emmsthheight]

The Anniversary of the sinking if the
Liner SS Lusitania is tomorrow May 7th (1915)

A good time to remember them.

Emms
[Thank you Migky for the link.  It also points out that this tragedy was probably significant in America entering the war.]

[uk2003]

Hi Emms

Many thanks for your input - Just when you need the Manchester burial website 

We need to find out how old she was from the ships passenger list, any ideas on this ?

Just looking at that possible connection of Mary and William you have, I have been looking at the census info. We do find a Mary and William, but this one would be William's Aunty "nothing to say they are or not at the mo".

DATA REMOVED DUE TO BREACH OF CENSUS COPYRIGHT

If this is the lady she would be about 35 when the ship sank 

William was lost as sea so he would have no grave, so only looking for 1 grave

Ken

[bursy]

Hi All,

This is a very good Lusitania site

http://rmslusitania.info/pages/index.html

Dave

[uk2003]

Nice one Dave and interesting read

I did a breakdown of Saloon, 2nd & 3rd class passengers - the list below all came from 2nd class - Fall River - were British - and titled Miss apart from the Mr 

Wonder if they were together as a group? in different cabins 

LOVETT, Miss Mary " Fall River, MA, USA
WOODCOCK, Miss Sarah Emma, British, Fall River, MA, USA
DEWHURST, Mr. William, British, Fall River, MA, USA
HIGGINBOTTOM, Miss Mary " Fall River, MA, USA

(Mary Higginbottom of Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, was on the Lusitania to go to England to comfort her parents whos sons and sons-in-law were in the Front for the British Army.  On board the Lusitania, she shared a cabin with Phoebe Amory and Martha Whyatt.  Mary was lost when the ship sank.  Her body, if found, was not identified)

Ken

[bursy]

Hi Ken,

I wonder if this little Falls River group, were somehow related to each other, or was it the start of an Ex-Pat conclave.   

Dave