Newport, Minnesota, E.D. 37 Household: Ole Alquist (40) - b. April, 1860, Sweden; “Baggage man” Ida Alquist (38) - b. May, 1862, Sweden Jennie Alquist (16) - b. April, 1884, Sweden; “Domestic” Mary Alquist (14) - b. November, 1885 Lida Alquist (6) - b. August, 1893 Henry Alquist (2) - b. November, 1897
Name appears in list of nurses aboard the SS Misanabie, New York to England, June 11, 1918. On the 9th September 1918 when on route from Liverpool for New York, the Missanabie was torpedoed by German submarine UB-87 when 52 miles S by E ½ E from Daunts Rock, Ireland. 45 lives lost.
↑ The American Journal of Nursing Vol. 18, p. 341 (Google Books).
"Assignments: To U.S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Tyler, Louisville, Kentucky,... from St. Paul, Minn., Lydia Alquist..."
↑ U.S. Army Transport Service Arriving and Departing Passengers List, 1910-1939.
As part of returning Army Nurse Corps, Lydia departed Brest, France on 15 Mar 1919 aboard the USS George Washington, arriving Hoboken, NJ on 25 Mar 1919.