Lusitania survivor: George Griffiths

[rubymelia]

Hi all,

I am hoping someone can offer any advice/knowledge?

I am searching for information on my g-grandfather, George Griffiths (16/08/1895 - 1943) who was born and died in Chester, Cheshire however worked on the docks/ships in Liverpool so used to travel back to Chester at the weekends.

I am following a family story that he survived the Titanic sinking however when checking out names etc I couldn't find a match but found a 'George Griffith', a second class waiter, who survived the Lusitania. My g-grandfather's surname had an 's' however what are the chances this could be him? I am also aware that the name Griffiths is extremely popular.

(His family is also from Mold, Wales)

Thanks

[CaroleW]

He would have been around 20 when the Lusitania was sunk.  Unfortunately there is no age against the entry you found

[CaroleW]

Have a look at this link

https://www.bootlehistory.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20929

Strangely - no mention on this link which is supposedly all crew & passengers at time of commencement of voyage

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

[cath151]

There is this which enlarged seems to indicate a birth in 188? and possibly in Salop.

https://theunseenlusitania.wordpress.com/2017/05/21/george-griffiths-second-class-waiter/

Cathy

[CaroleW]

Brilliant find Cathy 🤗

[markheal]

Carole,
Many thanks for all those links.

I have this survivor on my tree:

Frederic John Gauntlett
1870–1933
BIRTH 2 JAN 1870 • 16 John Street, Marylebone, London, England
DEATH 20 JUL 1933 • St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, England
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GAUNTLETT, Fred J.
New York. Passenger: first class. Survived. Traveled with A. L. Hopkins and S. M. Knox. Mr. Gauntlett manned a lifeboat and helped save 32 people. (Hickey/Smith, pages 96, 104, 150, 187, 226)
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https://www.rmslusitania.info/people/saloon/frederic-gauntlett/#:~:text=Frederic%20Gauntlett%20%281870%20%E2%80%93%201951%29%2C%2045%2C%20was%20a,and%20Knox%20survived%20the%20disaster%2C%20Hopkins%20did%20not.

[Gibel]

The George Griffiths found by Cathy151 looks to me as of he was born in 1881 in Jackfield Salop which appears to be in the parish of Broseley Shropshire.

[barryd]

Google          George Griffith Lusitania

if you have not already and you will get about a page of him.

[rubymelia]

Hi thanks all looks like it's not him who was on the Lusitania!

Any ideas of where to investigate next? It was originally thought it was the Titanic and then the Lusitania and both have been discounted so not really sure where to look now!