My Grandfather was one of the survivors
of the Tuscania. As I recollect, he told stories of how the Irishmen came to
his daring rescue. My Grandpa was Mike Guthrie, he was in the 20th
Engineers, Company F of the U.S. Army. His family was Irish and
sometimes spelled their surname "Guttry." He lived a long life in Deer River, Minnesota, and worked for
the U.S. Forestry Service.
I will try and find a picture of my Grandfather to contribute to your site.
Jackie Lujan
July 25, 2006 |
Mike Guthrie - Effie, Itasca Co.,
Minnesota
Army Rank:
Private (1918).
Assigned Unit:
6th Bn., 20th Engineers, Co. F (18th Co.)
Army Serial Number:
250,797
Inducted:
Dec. 15, 1917 Jefferson Barracks, Missouri
Promoted:
Army Discharge:
1919
Remarks:
Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – 1919
Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918
Member
of the Tuscania Survivors Association (1938)
Address: Albion, Wright Co., Minnesota (1900).
Address: Effie, Itasca Co., Minnesota (1910) (1920)
Address: Deer River, Itasca Co., Minnesota (1938)
Wife’s Name:
Fathers Name:
John P. Guthrie
(b. Oct. 1856 Ohio)
(d. Minnesota)
Mothers Name:
Josephine Rahier
(b. Aug. 1869
Minnesota) (d. Minnesota)
Brothers:
James; John Edward; Robert Andy; and Albert
Sisters:
Alice M., Olive E., and Nora L. Guthrie
Civilian Occupation:
Forest Ranger, Dear River, Minnesota (1938)
Born:
May 4, 1892 Effie, Itasca Co., Minnesota
Died:
Sept. 7, 1974 Dear River, Itasca Co., Minnesota
Cemetery:
Plot:
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