Winifred boarded Lusitania as 3rd class with her parents and 2 older brothers Francis (7) Frederick (4) on May 1, 1915. 6 days later the ship was struck by a torpedo from a German submarine off the coast of Ireland. The family was in the cabin having tea and preparing their luggage when the torpedo struck and the second explosion occurred they headed to the decks to the lifeboats. The father Joseph went to fetch some lifebelts but the mother with baby Winifred and her two sons stepped out of the lifeboat. The father and the oldest son survived. Winifred,her mother and brother Frederick sadly perished in the sinking and no trace of them was found. Winifred was 10 months old during the sinking.
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Winifred Annie Frankum
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan United States
July 11, 1914
Detroit, United States County, Michigan, USA
May 7, 1915
Mid-Atlantic Ocean
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