James Hoey was born in Garballagh, Duleek, County Meath, Ireland, on the 15th May 1891, the son of John and Rose Hoey (née Conlon). His father was a labourer.
By 1915, his parents were deceased, and he resided with his aged grandmother and a married sister, Mrs. Teresa Murphy, at 4. Mary Street, Dundalk, County Louth.
He was employed as a trimmer in the Engineering Department on board the Lusitania and he was not amongst the survivors after the sinking. He was aged 23 years.
His body was never found and identified afterwards and as a consequence, he is commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
Register of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1901 Census of Ireland, 1911 Census of Ireland, Cunard Records, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Larne Times, PRO BT 100/345, PRO BT 334, Deaths at Sea 1871 – 1968, Graham Maddocks, Geoff Whitfield, Michael Poirier, Jim Kalafus, Cliff Barry, Paul Latimer, Norman Gray.
Copyright © Peter Kelly.
Revised & Updated – 11th January 2024.