Lusitania Death

montgo

Hi,

i am looking for any online notification of a cousin who died on the Lusitania in 1915. I searched Irish Newspaper Archives without success but of course I might have missed something.

Are there any other on line sources?

His name was John Joseph Kelly b.1887 Emly/Tipperary

pedroeibar1

Have you looked here ?

montgo

cheers, Pedro, I will look there.
thanks,

shanew

The only John Kelly I saw on the lists was a crew member with a Liverpool address, but originally from Glasgow.

In addition to the site mentioned above, might be worth checking lusitania.net and they have a full list of pass. and crew here as a pdf

and the CWGC website - John Kelly

montgo

Thanks Shane, he is listed as John J. O'Kelly, age 28.

He is listed on the family headstone but I am assuming that he is not buried there, even if his body were recovered?

montgo

Follow up query -

I am not having any luck in locating John's immigration/travel record. He was at home for the 1901 & 1911 Census so presumably sailed from Queenstown after 1911 to New York.

Name: John Joseph O'Kelly born 1887.

Thanks again.

CassieManson

montgo wrote: »

Thanks Shane, he is listed as John J. O'Kelly, age 28.

He is listed on the family headstone but I am assuming that he is not buried there, even if his body were recovered?

I know there is a mass grave in the old Cobh cemetery, where 150 of the victims were buries. I visited a few years ago, but I cannot remember if the names are listed there.

montgo

CassieManson,

Yes, he might be buried there. Many thanks.

shanew

there's a list of bodies recovered on the rmslusitania.info website - some unidentified.

see : Recovered

montgo

Thanks Shane. Unfortunately, John's name is not listed but there were 26 unidentified male bodies included.