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Transatlantic 14 Sept 1955

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First Class Passenger List

Westbound Transatlantic Crossing
Depart Southampton Weds, 14 Sept 1955
Arrive New York 21 Sept 1955

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Arrival Summary
21 September 1955
First Class Passengers
329
Cabin Class Passengers
392
Total Passengers
721
Crew Total
609
Total souls on board
1,321 (including Master)
Officers List
Master
John W. Caunce, RD, RNR
Staff Captain
Phillips A. Read, DSC, RD, RNR
Chief Engineer
John W. Bain
Staff Chief Engineer
James B. Johnston
Principal Medical Officer
Isaac N. Winer, MRCS, LRCP
Surgeon
John T. Patton, MRCS, LRCP
Chief Officer
Leslie K. Goodier
Purser
Fergus Pritchard
Staff Purser
Desmond A. Wilcox
Chief Steward
Sidney Gabbott
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Frontispiece

Officer List

A.S. Babb Luggage Label

List of Passengers

This page is a full-text transcript of the First Class Passenger List for Caronia's Westbound transatlantic crossing from Southampton and Le Havre on 14 September 1955. It is constructed from an amalgamation of Cunard's published list issued to passengers and New York US Immigration records.

Important Notes
  • Combining two lists has provided an opportunity of more complete information
  • As with crew lists, not all the information, such as age or place of birth, has been transcribed
  • In the Cunard list, wives travelling with their husbands don't have their actual forename(s) included, so these have been added
  • Amalgamation also means that this list gives place of embarkation and U.S. destination
  • Immigration manifests provide reliable information about who actually travelled
  • Names prefixed with ¶ are appended from the Immigration List, but do not appear in the Cunard List
  • Names placed within brackets show differences appended from the Immigration List
  • The errata list shows other differences between the two lists and those who did not embark
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Arthur Allen
Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Dorothy B. Allen
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Leslie W. Andrew
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Alan S. Babb [M78]
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Edward H. M. Badger
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Thomas C. Battersby
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Mary Battersby
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Eric A. Bland
Norristown, Penna.
Mrs. Pamela J. Bland
Norristown, Penna.
Mr. Alec R. Bennett
New York, N.Y.
Mr. William B. Belknap
Goshen, Kentucky
Mrs. Edith Belknap
Goshen, Kentucky
Mr. John R. Binns
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Alice M. Binns
New York, N.Y.
Mr. William Boden
New York, N.Y.
Dr. Walter T. K. Braunholtz, OBE
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Berta N.) William Briggs
New York, N.Y.
Dr. Philip Brown
Bronx, N.Y.
Mrs. Ruth Brown
Bronx, N.Y.
Mr. Harold J. Brownlee
Fanwood, N.J.
Mrs. Ethel C. Brownlee
Fanwood, N.J.
Mr. David D. Burns., OBE
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Costas Carauikas
Washington, D.C.
Mr. James Carr, OBE
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Hugh S. Cheetham
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Lincoln Clark
Westford, Mass.
Mrs. Ethel Clark
Westford, Mass.
Mr. James R. Collins
Transit Guatemala
Mrs. Edith W. Cooper
New York, N.Y.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. William C. M. Couch, CBE
Washington, D.C.
Mrs. Dorothy Couch
Washington, D.C.
Mrs. (Eleanor) William T. Crocker
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Charles R. M. Croft
New York, N.Y.
Mr. William Crosby
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Phyllis Crosby
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Lewis S. Crowle
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Ord A. Cunningham
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Katherine Cunningham
New York, N.Y.
Mr. George E. Currier, OBE
New York, N.Y.
Dr. Edward P. Davey
Rochester, N.Y.
Mr. John E. Davis, OBE
New York, N.Y.
Mr. John T. Delaney
Slingerlands, N.Y.
Mrs. Ethel M. Delaney
Slingerlands, N.Y.
Mr. William Dick, OBE
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Katherine Rosa Dietze
Cranford, N.J.
Mr. Norman Dixon
New York, N.Y.
Miss Eleanor G. Elkins
Gwarthmore, Penna.
Mrs. (Hazel) J. Arthur Fisher
Franklyn Canyon, N.Y.
Mrs. Mary E. Flinn
San Francisco, Calif.
Dr. Wilfred S. Fox
Boston, Mass.
Mr. Kenneth W. Francombe
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Winsor French
Cleveland, Ohio
Mr. William G. Fullen
Belle Harbour, L.I.
Mr. Franklin Galloway
Winter Park, Fla.
Mrs. (Mary) Philip Garrett
Not Disclosed
Mr. William R. Garrett
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Thomas W. Gibson
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Doreen Gibson
New York, N.Y.
Miss Mabel Giroux
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Samuel O. Greisman
Transit Canada
Mrs. Frances Greisman
Transit Canada
Page 3

Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Clifford T. Hackett
New York, N.Y.
Dr. Albert E. Haffner
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Frederick T. Hall
New York, N.Y.
Miss Katherine M. Halle
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Harold E. Hamblen
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Francis F. Hamblen
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Anne W.) Farrow Harrow
Not Disclosed
Mr. Ian J. Hartill
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Stuart Hazelwood
Bryn Mawr, Penna.
Mrs. Helen Hazelwood
Bryn Mawr, Penna.
Mr. Charles A. E. Henson
Springfield, Ohio
Mrs. Gladys Henson
Springfield, Ohio
Miss Judith N. Henson
Springfield, Ohio
Mr. Edward Trevor Hill
Sarasota, Fla.
Mrs. Catharine C. Hill
Sarasota, Fla.
Mr. Edward L. Hogan
Bellfair Est. Fla.
Mrs. Josephine Hogan
Bellfair Est. Fla.
Mr. Arthur F. Hopper
Plainfield, N.J.
Mr. Walter F. S. Howell
New York, N.Y.
Miss Susan M. Hughes
Gloucester Co. Va.
Mr. William K. Hutchison, CBE
New York, N.Y.
Mr. John W. Hyde
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Phyllis J. Hyde
New York, N.Y.
Miss Felicity Hyde
New York, N.Y.
Miss Coralie Hyde
New York, N.Y.

Felicity Hyde recalls…
I was aboard RMS Caronia from Southampton. We experienced Hurricane Ione during the voyage, and encountered gigantic waves and 120 knot winds. The fresh water tanks were filled with salt water in order to lower the ship in the water. We changed course, going into the eye of Ione, as I recall, and arrived late in New York.

Hurricane Ione had formed off Cape Verde, strengthened north of the Lesser Antilles, landed in Wilmington North Carolina, and restrengthened over the NW Atlantic as a category 2. As a child and first class passenger with a porthole cabin, I remember the grandeur and ferociousness of the sea, as if it were yesterday!

The staff and crew were marvellous, and when us children had the bathtub overflow, as the faucets all became stuck on, they were thankful it had happened and been repaired before the next Autumn Mediterranean Cruise passengers embarked. I shall always love the “Green Goddess” and the lifetime love of the sea she gave me.

Mr. Frederick Jewell
Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.
Mr. George Johnson
Not Disclosed
Mrs. Florence Johnson
Not Disclosed
Dr. Catherine Johnson
Not Disclosed
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Nicholas J. Katenov
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Matilda H.) Richard Kelly
Florham Park, N.J.
Miss Mary G. Kilpatrick
Baltimore, Ohio
Mr. Clifford A. King
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Nora King
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Robert Laing
Santo Domingo, Chile
Mrs. Olive Laing
Santo Domingo, Chile
Mr. Joseph S. Lamont
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Edward Large
Battle Creek, Mich.
Mrs. Aulene Large
Battle Creek, Mich.
Dr. George Lawton
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Ethel Lawton
New York, N.Y.
Sir Herman Lebus, CBE, JP
Chicago, Illinois
Lady Ethel Lebus
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Arthur F. Lederle
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Margaret B. Lederle
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Olive B. Lewis
Ridgewood, N.J.
Dr. Robert H. Little
Hudson, N.Y.
Miss Dorothy K. Little
Hudson, N.Y.
Mr. David N. Lowe
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Muriel Lowe
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Alec C. Lowman
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Helen M.) Duncan McCallum
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. (Lorraine G.) MacDermott
New York, N.Y.
Miss Patricia Makins
Washington, D.C.
Mstr. Dwight Makins
Washington, D.C.
Mr. Harry R. Malott (Malcott)
Meridian, Ms.
Mrs. Anne L. Malott (Malcott)
Meridian, Ms.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. David Marshall
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Margaret Marshall
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Frank F. Matheson
Winter Park, Fla.
Mr. Gilbert E. Mayhew
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Frances Mayhew
New York, N.Y.
Miss Phyllis Meek
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Alexander Mennie
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Margurite) Robert W. Milbank
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Robert Mitchell
Framingham Centre, Mass.
Mrs. Mary Mitchell
Framingham Centre, Mass.
Dr. Lionel A. Moignard
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Wilfred Moore
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Enid Moore
New York, N.Y.
Miss Rosemary Moore
New York, N.Y.
Miss Susan Moore
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Wickcliffe W. Nelson
Winter Park, Fla.
Mr. William H. Niel
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Arve Nilsen
Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. (Christine) William J. O'Brien
East Orange, N.J.
Mr. Arthur F. Oatley
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Clarice Oatley
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Frank Oglesby
Philadelphia, Penna
Mrs. (Rose N.) Robert Olds
New York, N.Y.
Mr. John W. Ormiston
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Jean E. Ormiston
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Ronald C. Padget
Transit Canada
Mrs. Dorothy Padget
Transit Canada
Mr. Albert N. Patton
Lithonia, Ga.
Mrs. Mildred G. Patton
Lithonia, Ga.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mrs. Dorothy B. Pavia
Verona, Penna.
Mstr. Dominick Pavia
Verona, Penna.
Miss Mary E. Pavia
Verona, Penna.
Mr. Cyril H. Pearson
New York, N.Y.
Mr. George Phillips
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Fannie Phillips
New York, N.Y.
Miss Dorothy A. Potter
Transit Australia
Mr. Peter G. Price
New York, N.Y.
¶ Mrs. Kay Price
New York, N.Y.
Miss Lucita Purcell
Transit Mexico
Miss Anita Purcell
Transit Mexico
Miss Helena Purcell
Transit Mexico
Mr. Frederick G. Pyper
New York, N.Y.
Mr. David P. de Rham
Melrose, Conn.
Mrs. de Rham
Melrose, Conn.
Dr. John Richter
New York, N.Y.
Miss Alice G. Robertson
Transit Guatemala
Mrs. (Kathleen) James Robinson
Haverford, Penna.
Miss Annie E. Robinson
Haverford, Penna.
Mr. Wilfred L. P. Rogers
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Elsie R. Rogers
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Albert E. Rose
Boston, Mass.
Mr. Andrew W. Rose
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Janet K. Rose
Los Angeles, Calif.
Master Christopher Rose
Los Angeles, Calif.
Master Nicholas Rose
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. Tom Sanderson
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Aubrey R. Sanford
Scarsdale, N.Y.
Mrs. Ella P. Sanford
Scarsdale, N.Y.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Thomas F. Scheers
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Hans Schluter
St.Louis, Missouri
Mr. Herbert F. Schwarz
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Dorothy C. Schwarz
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Emily Serridge
Detroit, Mich.
Mr. Donald J. Shanks
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Phyllis Shanks
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Charles D. Shann
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Margaret H. Sherwin
Willoughby, Ohio
Mr. Albert H. Silcox
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Thomas W. B. Simpson
New York, N.Y.
Mr. George C. Sivley
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Mrs. Jean G. Sivley
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Mr. John F. Smith
New York, N.Y.
Col. Sir Harold Smith, KBE, DL
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Alberto Smits
Santiago, Chile
Mrs. Lumilla Smits
Santiago, Chile
Mr. Reginald S. Snelling
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Madeline H. W. Spitta
New York, N.Y.
Hon. Allen M. Stearne
Philadelphia, Penna.
Mrs. Mary S. Stearne
Philadelphia, Penna.
Mrs. Irene Stewart
Jamaica, N.Y.
Miss Victoria Stewart
Jamaica, N.Y.
Mstr. Roger Paul Stewart
Jamaica, N.Y.
Mr. De Witt Taylor
Balboa Island, Calif.
Dr. George Wm. Taylor
Philadelphia, Penna.
Mrs. Edith Taylor
Philadelphia, Penna.
Mr. Hugh B. Taylor
New York, N.Y.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Southampton

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Walter F. Thorne
New York, N.Y.
Mr. James R. Tompsett
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Doris Tompsett
New York, N.Y.
Mr. James W. Towart
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Paul T. Utermohlen
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Alice V. Utermohlen
New York, N.Y.
Miss Virginia Utermohlen
New York, N.Y.
Miss Joya Utermohlen
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
Short Hills, N.J.
Mrs. Catherine C. Vermeule
Short Hills, N.J.
Mr. Reginald T. Watson
Manhasset, N.Y.
Mr. John F. West
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Elsie D. West
New York, N.Y.
Dr. John R. Wilson
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Sheila S. Wilson
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Arthur V. Wood
Transit Canada
Mr. Kenneth E. Wood
Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Lilian Wood
Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Frank H. Woodward
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Bessie M. Wright
Philadelphia, Penna.
Mr. Stewart L. Wright
New York, N.Y.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Le Havre

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. David C. Allison
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. M. Elizabeth Allison
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mr. James M. Barrett, Jr.
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Edna F. Barrett
Fort Wayne, Ind.
Mrs. Pauline Berman
Orlando, Fla.
Miss Pearl Blumenthal
Tunton, N.J.
Dr. Chapman Franklin Bracken
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. Etta H. Bracken
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mr. David Burnett
Glen Rock, N.J.
Mrs. Mary Burnett
Glen Rock, N.J.
Mr. William J. Clothier
Valley Forge, Penna.
Mrs. (Juliet) Barron Collier
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Sara) M. M. Crump
Memphis, Tenn.
Mrs. Helen Gorman Davis
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mr. Fletcher Durbin
Chicago, Illinois
Mrs. Hazel Durbin
Chicago, Illinois
Mrs. (Helen) Virgil Ector
Miami, Fla.
Mr. Harry Edison
St. Louis, Missouri
Mrs. Mae Edison
St. Louis, Missouri
Mrs. (Alice) John Ellsworth
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Leo S. Fields
Long Beach, Calif.
Mrs. Irma B. Fields
Long Beach, Calif.
Mrs. Virginia B. Fort
Orlando, Fla.
Mr. Edwin L. Frank
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mrs. Carrie L. Frank
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Le Havre

Name
U.S. Destination
Mrs. (Mildred) A. Peter Gates
Pasadena, Calif.
Miss Christine Gogreve
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mr. George A. Gordon
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Alice V. Gordon
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Manuel Diaz Granda
Transit Cuba
Mrs. Belarmina Diaz Granda
Transit Cuba
Mr. Herman A. Gronemeyer
Clarksburg, W.Va.
Mrs. Agnes H. Gronemeyer
Clarksburg, W.Va.
Mr. Walter Halle
Shaker Hts., Ohio
Mrs. Helen Halle
Shaker Hts., Ohio
Mrs. Louise A. Hard
Aurora, Illinois
Mr. Clyde J. Heath
Brookline, Mass.
Mrs. Betty L. Heath
Brookline, Mass.
Miss Solange Helfmann
New York, N.Y.
Miss Katherine Thayer Hobson
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. (Katherine) George Ingalls
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Fred Jahn
Lunenburg, Mass.
Mrs. Helen Jahn
Lunenburg, Mass.
Miss Janet Jahn
Lunenburg, Mass.
Mr. Carl A. Joel
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Meta Joel
New York, N.Y.
Mr. William Benton Jones
Augusta, Ga.
Mr. William Kirkland
Queens Co., N.Y.
Mrs. Leontine B. Kirkland
Queens Co., N.Y.
Mr. Philip Kraft
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kraft
New York, N.Y.
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Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Le Havre

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Lyman L. Lovell (Louell)
Enid, Oklahoma
Mrs. Florence G. Lovell (Louell)
Enid, Oklahoma
Mr. Lucien C. Lowndes
Baltimore, Md.
Mr. Frank A. McBride
Ridgewood, N.J.
Mrs. Alice McBride
Ridgewood, N.J.
Mr. Charles McCormick
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Alicia McCormick
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. (Frances) McLanahan
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Alberto Martinez-Piedra
Transit Cuba
Mrs. Maria E. Martinez-Piedra
Transit Cuba
Mrs. (Lydia) John R. Maxwell
Bryn Mawr, Penna.
Mrs. Marjorie Nott Morawetz
New York, N.Y.
Mr. John F. Muller
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Joseph Nadal
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Lyliane Nadal
New York, N.Y.
Miss Jacqueline Nadal
New York, N.Y.
Miss Joan O'Dwyer
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Grover O'Neill
Oyster Bay, L.I.
Mrs. Catharine G. O'Neill
Oyster Bay, L.I.
Mr. Henry Raymond Powell
Garden City, N.Y.
Mrs. Emilie L. Powell
Garden City, N.Y.
Mr. James H. Rebstock
Chicago, Illinois
Mr. Cameron K. Reed
Kansas City, Missouri
Miss Gertrude Roberts
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Charles Joseph Robinson
Short Hills, N.J.
Page 12

Westbound Transatlantic Passenger List 14 Sept 1955

Key

Passengers listed on this page boarded Caronia at Le Havre

Name
U.S. Destination
Mr. Hermann Rosenberg
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Alice Rosenberg
New York, N.Y.
Miss Eleanor C. Ruff
Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Dorothy Ryle-Thorneycroft
New York, N.Y.
Dr. Gertrud M. Sakrawa
New York, N.Y.
Mr. Henry Schultz
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Hedy Schultz
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Stella S. Sencenbaugh
Batavia, Illinois
Miss Lora Starling
Kansas City, Missouri
Mr. Jose Marie Valdivia
Transit Cuba
Mrs. Isabel Valdivia
Transit Cuba
Mr. Philip J. D. Van Dyke
Altadena, Calif.
Mr. Alfred F. M. Voigt
New York, N.Y.
Mrs. Else Voigt
New York, N.Y.
¶ Mr. John C. Wise
New York, N.Y.
¶ Miss Nancy Wood
Lunenburg, Mass.
Mr. Walter J. Yost
Montgomery, Alabama
Mrs. Eva M. Yost
Montgomery, Alabama
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Addendum: Queried Records

The people listed do not appear in the Immigration Records, however they have been counted in the total because two scans were missing. They do appear in the published Cunard list.

  • Mr. George L. Armour
  • Mrs. Armour
  • Mrs. Boegner
  • Mr. Robert Bollt
  • Mr. L. Collins
  • Professor W . Lednicki
  • Mr. P. H. Mee
  • Mrs. Phipps
  • Mr. M. Sinelnikoff
  • Mrs. F. J. Wood
Other Amendments

Mr. Cameron K. Reed shown as Mrs. Carmen Reed in Cunard List

Mr. Carauikas shown as Mr. Caranikas in Cunard list

First Class Passenger Total
329

Reworked 23.55 / 03 Aug 2008

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