Timothy Eaton and loss of family on RMS Lusitania

On my fall walk today at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, I visited the grave of former Canadian retail giant Timothy Eaton and his wife, Margaret. As a 20-year-old apprentice shopkeeper, young Timothy sailed from Ireland to settle with family members in southern Ontario. After a few failed business ventures—including a bakery and a dry […]

The stunningly beautiful RMS Lusitania (Length 787ft/beam 87ft/height 65ft) was a British ocean liner that was launched by Cunard Line in 1906.