RMS Lucania Second Class Passenger List, 4 July 1896 – New York to Liverpool

Front Cover of a Second Class Passenger List from the RMS Lucania of the Cunard Line, Departing 4 July 1896 from New York to Liverpool, Commanded by Captain Horatio McKay. | GGA Image ID # 2381820308

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Commander: Captain Horatio McKay (LT, R.N.R.)
2. Surgeon: James Pointon
3. Purser: Wm. Field
4. Chief Steward: Henry Clark

Second Class Passengers

1. Mr. A. A. Ainsworth
2. Mrs. A. A. Ainsworth
3. Mrs. W. Allsopp
4. Mr. Henry Archibald
5. Mrs. Henry Archibald and infant
6. Master Thos. Archibald
7. Mr. James Allsopp
8. Mr. R. W. Allen
9. Mr. John J. Allen
10. Mr. Robert J. Allen
11. Mrs. M. Bave
12. Mr. Leo Burn
13. Mr. Ed. W. Ball
14. Mr. Thomas Burgess
15. Mr. John Baxter
16. Prof. M. D. Boeckman
17. Mr. David Bell
18. Mr. W. J. Bowen
19. Mr. Thos. W. Brown
20. Mr. F. E. Baker
21. Mrs. F. E. Baker
22. Miss Bates
23. Mrs. Bates
24. Miss Lucy Barrand
25. Miss Mabel Buckley
26. Mrs. Mary Banks
27. Mr. Michael Buckley
28. Mr. S. Bryan
29. Mr. F. A. Bell
30. Mrs. F. A. Bell
31. Mrs. Bates and infant
32. Miss Bates
33. Mr. Andrew Bires
34. Miss E. A. Boardman
35. Mr. W. W. Craig
36. Mr. John Crotty
37. Mr. Wm. Cook
38. Mr. Geo. F. Calder
39. Mr Jas. F. Crudginton
40. Mr. Herbert Corby
41. Mr. Daniel Campbell
42. Miss Nora Cole
43. Mr, Owen Corrigan
44. Mrs. Emma Currie
45. Miss Violet A. Currie
46. Mr. Robert Clark
47. Miss Kate Clark
48. Mr. Thomas Chalmers
49. Capt. H. Carns
50. Mr. Robert Clarke
51. Miss Julia Cronin
52. Mrs. Clarkson
53. Mr. Alfred Crew
54. Mrs. Alfred Crew
55. Miss Ethel Crew
56. Master Conrad Crew
57. Master Alfred Crew
58. Master Chas. Crew
59. Rev. Lawrence Cosgrove
60. Mrs. James Carmichael
61. Mr. James Carmichael, Jr.
62. John Cowlishaw
63. Miss Cath. Donnelly
64. Mr. Daniel Dunn
65. Mr. Ed. L. Dunn
66. Mr. Wm. Duff
67. Miss Annie Docker
68. Mrs. T. J. Davis
69. Miss Davis
70. Mr. John Davis
71. Mr. T. J. Davis
72. Miss Louise Dart
73. Mr. Chas. Drury
74. Mr. John Dunbar
75. Mr. Chas. Drury
76. Mr. Mattew Donnelly
77. Mr. A. C. Drate
78. Mrs. Jno. Dunbar
79. Miss Sarah A. Evans
80. Mr. Thos Evans
81. Mrs. Thos. Evans
82. Miss Maude M. Earle
83. Mrs. A. B. Earle
84. Mr. H. L.. Erskine
85. Mrs. H. D. Evans
86. Master Harold Evans
87. Miss Irene Fort
88. Mr. A. M. Fitzgerald
89. Miss Mary Fogerty
90. Mr. T. Foster
91. Mr. Whipple M. Follett
92. Mrs. Whipple M. Follett
93. Mr. James Fowell
94. Mr. Eli Freeman
95. Mr. Wm. H. Flat
96. Mr. Wm. Frizzell
97. Mr. Geo. Ferguson
98. Mr. J. Founders
99. Mr. P. Foley

100. Mr. M. J. Geary
101. Mrs. M. J. Geary
102. Mr. James Gibbons
103. Mr. Henry Greenwood
104. Mrs. Henry Greenwood
105. Mr. E B Green
106. Miss Kate D. Gilbert
107. Miss Ellen Gifford
108. Miss Agnes Gifford
109. Mr. Fred. Gray
110. Mr. W. H. Guy
111. Mrs. W. H. Guy, and child
112. Mr. Samuel P. Griffin
113. Miss Goodfellow
114. Mr. Alfred Goodfellow
115. Mrs. John J. Hardy
116. Mr. Wm. Harbonier
117. Mr. H.A. Hartley
118. Miss M. R. Hanion
119. Mr. Isaac Hardy
120. Mrs. Isaac Hardy
121. Mr. Jas. A. Hemingway
122. Rev. W. E. Hobbs
123. Mr. Hawkins
124. Mr. E. P. Harrington
125. Mrs. Neil Head
126. Mr. Neil Head
127. Mr. Chas. A. Hamilton
128. Miss Minnie Hughes
129. Miss Maggie Hannifan
130. Miss Mary Hurlihy
131. Mr. Wm. Hughes
132. Mr. James Horler
133. Mrs. James Horler
134. Mr. John J. Hardy
135. Mr. Jos. Hefter
136. Mr. Robt. Isherwood
137. Mrs. Robt. Isherwood
138. Master Leon'd Isherwood
139. Master Lester Isherwood
140. Mr. Johst
141. Miss Mary E. Jones
142. Mrs. Richard Jones
143. Rev. R. A. Jones
144. Mr. E. F. Keller
145. Mr. A. Kitchen
146. Mr. P. J. Kelly
147. Mr. James Lamb
148. Mrs. James Lamb
149. Mr. James Lord
150. Mr. Wm. Lord
151. Mrs. Jane Long
152. Mr. Wm. Langley
153. Mr. J Littlejohn
154. Miss Laura Lake
155. Mrs. A. Lake
156. Miss Lange
157. Miss Mary Langley
158. Mr. Wm. Lingbery
159. Mrs. Wm. Lingbery
160. Mrs. A. T. Lane
161. Mr. Chapman Marks
162. Mr. Daniel Morrison
163. Mr. Morgan R. Morgan
164. Mr. John McCartney
165. Mr. James McNaughton
166. Mr. P. McCabe
167. Mr. Wm. Mason
168. Mrs. Wm. Mason
169. Mr. Jas. McElroy
170. Mr. Jose Maurina
171. Mrs. Emma Middleton
172. Master W. Middleton
173. Miss Mary Macken
174. Mrs. Mary Morris
175. Miss Mellor
176. Mr. D. Y. Melleo
177. Mr. Jas. Mackin
178. Mr. Daniel Mungall
179. Mr. James Mungall
180. Mr. Jas. McElroy
181. Rev. McTavish
182. Mr. Wm. Morgan
183. Miss Sarah Nolan
184. Mr. A. H. Norman
185. Mr. James Naughton
186. Mr. Chas. Norman
187. Mr. Henry Naismith
188. Mrs. L. E Norman
189. Miss Maria A. Nealy
190. Miss Lizzie Nelson
191. Mrs. P. J. O'Connor
192. Miss Osborn
193. Miss Kate O'Keefe
194. Miss Annie O'Conneil
195. Miss Kate O'Rorke
196. Mr. D. H. Oliver

197. Mr. E. H. Primin
198. Miss Catharine Purcell
199. Mr. F. Prange
200. Mrs. Ann Pomfret
201. Miss S. O. Pickering
202. Mrs. A. Parry
203. Miss Parting
204. Miss Mary Reilly
205. Miss S. A. Rowe
206. Mrs. Sarah Richards
207. Miss Mary Robinson
208. Mr. A. C. H. Russell
209. Mr. Duncan Ross
210. Mr. Edward Rouse
211. Mr. Wm. Rannie
212. Mrs. Ratcliffe
213. Miss Mary Reilly
214. Miss P. Rogers
215. Miss H. M. Ryan
216. Miss V.A. Shaw
217. Mr. Jas. Sheeran
218. Mrs Jas. Sheeran
219. Master Frank Sheeran
220. Miss Naggie Sheeran
221. Mr. John G. Swann
222. Mrs. Mary Stuart
223. Mrs. Mary Sherritt and infant
224. Mr. E. Siviter
225. Mrs. Ernest Schwartz
226. Miss Carrie A. Sayre
227. Miss Hattie Southall
228. Mrs. Susannah G. Southall
229. Miss Marian V. Siviter
230. Mr. Francis Stones
231. Mr. Edwin Serler
232. Mr. Jas. E. Spargo
233. Geo. F. Scull. Jr.
234. Mr. A. W. Smith
235. Mr. John Simms
236. Mr. Henry Simms
237. Mr. L. J. Sullivan
238. Miss Hannah Simms
239. Miss Louise Stenstrom
240. Miss Helen Sullivan
241. Mr C. W. Stanard
242. Mrs. John Scolley
243. Miss Annie Scolley
244. Miss Elinor G. Scolley
245. Master Herbert H. Shay
246. Miss Mary Smith
247. Mrs. H. Sharp
248. Miss Marian V Siviter
249. Rev. McP Scott
250. Miss Annie Simms
251. Master Leon Schwartz
252. Miss Ellen Thomason
253. Mrs. Richard Thorp
254. Miss H. Thorp
255. Miss Jane Toole
256. Mr. Jas. Trainor
257. Miss Anne Taylor
258. Mr. Wm. Torry
259. Mrs. Wm. Torry
260. Mr. Irving S. Upson
261. Mrs. E. A. Walton
262. Mrs. M. Wild
263. Dr. C. Wild
264. Mr. Fred. Wharton
265. Mrs. Hlannah Ward
266. Mr. Jos. Wilson
267. Mr. J. H. Wiison
268. Msis A Webster
269. Miss L.izzie Webster
270. Miss Marian Webster
271. Mr. A. H. Wapshare
272. Mrs. A. H. Wapshare
273. Mr John M. Wells
274. Mr. Joseph Walker
275. Mr. Albert J. Ward
276. Mr. J. Worthington
277. Mr. Geo. E. Whitehead
278. Mr. Thomas Whitehead
279. Mr. W. II. Wilcock
280. Mrs. W. H. Wilcock
281. Miss Ada B. Wilburn
282. Mrs. Fred. Wharton
283. Mr. Thos. R. Wade
284. Mr A. R. Wade
285. Mr. Alex. Wood
286. Miss Rose Walsh
287. Mr. Wm. M. Wiiliams
288. Mrs. Wm. M. Williams
289. Mr. H. G. Williams
290. Mr. W. G. Wallace
291. Mr. S. Walsh

🧭 Voyage Overview – RMS Lucania, 4 July 1896 🇺🇸➡️🇬🇧

This second-class passenger list documents a 4 July 1896 voyage of the RMS Lucania of the Cunard Line, sailing from New York to Liverpool under Captain Horatio McKay (Lt., R.N.R.). It's a mid-summer, post–Gilded Age crossing on one of the fastest and most prestigious express liners in the world, carrying mostly middle-class travelers, professionals, families, clergy, and migrants in second class, the "respectable middle" between opulent saloon and crowded steerage.

The list preserves:

• Full roster of second-class passengers, including many family groupings

• Named senior officers (Surgeon James Pointon, Purser Wm. Field, Chief Steward Henry Clark)

• A beautifully designed front cover, a full two-page name roster, and a back-cover illustration comparing Lucania & Campania to the much earlier Britannia

Because the voyage departed on 4 July, American Independence Day, the list also offers a subtle glimpse of how Anglo-American travel continued right through a major U.S. holiday—useful for classroom discussions of work, leisure, and global mobility in the 1890s. 🎆

🚢 The Ship: RMS Lucania – Cunard's Atlantic Greyhound

The RMS Lucania was one of Cunard's celebrated twin-screw express liners, built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. for the Liverpool–New York mail route. She was the near-identical sister of RMS Campania; the two ships were, at launch, among the largest and fastest passenger steamers afloat, embodying peak late-Victorian confidence in steam, steel, and speed.

Key points about RMS Lucania:

• Operator: Cunard Line
• Type: Twin-screw express passenger liner (mail steamer)
• Built by: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Govan, Scotland
• Launched: Early 1893 (sister to Campania, launched in 1892)
• Size & power: Over 12,000 tons and about 620 feet in length, with enormous triple-expansion engines—among the largest of their kind when built.
• Route: Primarily Liverpool – New York express service, carrying both mail and passengers
• Speed & prestige: Lucania captured the Blue Riband for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1894 and held the title until 1898, making her a true "Atlantic greyhound."

For teachers and students, Lucania is a perfect case study in:

• The transition from paddle to twin-screw steamers
• How the British Admiralty partly subsidized large liners as potential armed auxiliary cruisers
• The symbolism of speed and reliability in the imperial and immigrant age

👥 Social Snapshot: Who Traveled in Second Class?

This 4 July 1896 passenger list shows second class as a socially diverse, but broadly middle-class space:

Family clusters:

The Crew family (Alfred, Emma, Ethel, Conrad, Alfred Jr., and Charles)

The Evans, Greenwood, Isherwood, Lamb, Mason, Mungall, Sheeran, Siviter, Southall, Webster, Wilcock, Williams, and many others

Numerous married couples with young children, nurses, and infants traveling together

Professional & white-collar passengers:

Prof. M. D. Boeckman – listed explicitly as a professor, a strong lead for academic historians and genealogists (even though his institution is not yet identified in easily accessible sources)

Multiple clerks, merchants, and likely skilled tradespeople, inferred from naming patterns and travel in second class

Women traveling with independence:

Many single women or widows (e.g., Miss Maude M. Earle, Miss Lucy Barrand, Miss Marian Webster, Miss Carrie A. Sayre, Miss Goodfellow) appear without a male relative, which is noteworthy for exploring women's mobility and autonomy in the 1890s.

Intergenerational journeys:

Grandparents, parents, and children share surnames (e.g., Sheeran, Isherwood, Crew, Greenwood), suggesting family migration chains or extended family visits between Britain and North America.

For genealogists, this is prime material: names, implied relationships, and children's given names all help connect census, church, and civil records across the Atlantic. 🔍

✝️🎓 Notable Figures & Thematic Clusters

 

Rather than a handful of globally famous VIPs, this list is rich in "ordinary elites"—professionals, clergy, and local notables—ideal for regional, religious, or institutional history.

 

🧑‍🏫 Academic & Professional Highlight

 

Prof. M. D. Boeckman

Listed explicitly as a professor, this passenger is a clear target for further research in university catalogues and alumni registers.

For students, Prof. Boeckman offers a concrete example of how universities were linked to transatlantic scholarly networks in the 1890s—summer travel, sabbaticals, or lecture tours.

 

Irving S. Upson (Irving S. Upson → "Irving S. Upson")

Appears here as Mr. Irving S. Upson, and later sources connect a man of this name to education and school administration in New Jersey (with a scholarship established in his memory at Rutgers).

For educators, he provides an excellent hook for tracing how regional educational leaders engaged with Europe and British institutions.

 

✝️ Religious Figures

 

The list includes several Reverend passengers, indicating the ship's role in carrying clergy between congregations in Britain, Ireland, and North America:

 

Rev. Lawrence Cosgrove – likely a Catholic priest or Anglican clergy serving Irish or urban parishes; his transatlantic travel suggests pastoral visits, fundraising, or reassignment.

 

Rev. W. E. Hobbs – could represent a mainline Protestant tradition; his presence alongside other clergy allows students to explore denominational diversity.

 

Rev. R. A. Jones, Rev. McTavish, Rev. McP Scott – reinforce the strong presence of ministers on this crossing, useful for examining missionary work, ecclesiastical conferences, or "pulpit exchanges" between Britain and North America.

 

Even when precise biographies are not yet confirmed, the cluster of clergy shows how religion, migration, and empire intertwined across the Atlantic.

 

🎖️ Military / Maritime Titles

 

Capt. H. Carns – identified as "Capt.", but without further branch or country in the list. He may have been:

• A merchant sea captain,
• A retired naval officer, or
• A militia/army captain traveling incognito in civilian lists.

This ambiguity is pedagogically useful: it invites students to test hypotheses using city directories, army lists, or Lloyd's Captains' Registers.

🧑‍💼 Local Elites & Middle-Class Travelers

We also see:

• Multiple "Mrs. ___ and infant/child/nurse" entries (e.g., Mrs. W. H. Guy and child, Mrs. Mary Sherritt and infant), showing how second class could accommodate family comfort at a price point below first class.

• Repeated surnames such as Mungall, Evans, Siviter, Webster, Isherwood, Crew, Sheeran, and Greenwood, hinting at kin networks and possibly small business owners or artisans traveling as a group.

No clearly documented stage or cinema celebrities appear in this list (at least from easily verifiable sources), but the presence of educators, a professor, clergy, and probable businesspeople provides rich material for micro-biographies.

🎯 Most Engaging Content & Why It Stands Out

 

1. A Second-Class Crossing on 4 July
The combination of Independence Day (4 July) and second-class travel on an ultra-modern British liner is inherently engaging:

• It allows teachers to discuss how "holiday" at home vs. "business abroad" worked—many Americans are at sea rather than at parades.
• It illustrates how national holidays don't freeze global mobility; the Atlantic economy continues to turn.

 

2. Dense Family Networks & Social Worlds
This list is full of families with children, maids, and interlinked surnames. For genealogists and students:

• The Crew, Evans, Greenwood, Isherwood, Sheeran, Southall, Webster, and Williams families encode whole micro-communities traveling together.
• Pair this with census and city-directory work, and students can reconstruct who sat together at table, who shared cabins, and how family units moved between continents.

 

3. The Visual Comparison of 1840 vs. 1890s Steamers
The back-cover illustration (see below) comparing RMS Britannia (1840) and RMS Lucania/Campania (1893) is a visually powerful teaching tool, making technological change instantly obvious to learners.

🎓 Relevance for Teachers, Students, Historians & Genealogists

👩‍🏫 For Teachers (Middle School through University)

This passenger list works beautifully for:

STEM & History crossover

Compare ship sizes, tonnage, and speeds between Britannia and Lucania; discuss why twin screws, larger engines, and iron/steel construction mattered.

Social-history exercises

Have students categorize passengers by gender, family status, and likely class, then ask: Who could afford second class? Who is missing (steerage, first-class)?

Primary-source literacy

Use the probable errors (see box below) as an exercise: How do we spot transcription mistakes? What evidence would we need to correct them?

🧑‍🎓 For Students

• Great for name-study projects (Anglicized vs. Irish vs. continental names)
• Excellent source for mapping exercises: plot likely origins and destinations of families (Irish names, Scottish surnames, Welsh vs. English vs. American passengers).
• Serves as a case study of mobility—why might a professor, several reverends, and many families cross in summer 1896?

 

📜 For Historians

• Offers a cross-section of second-class passengers, often less documented than first-class elites and more elusive than mass-migration steerage.
• Helps contextualize Cunard's express service in the era when Lucania held the Blue Riband, showing who benefitted from increased speed.
• Provides leads on local political, educational, and religious figures, especially when cross-referenced with city directories, newspapers, and church records.

 

🧬 For Genealogists & Family Historians

The list gives exact sailing date, ship, route, and travel class, plus family groupings and often implied relationships (shared surnames + "and infant," "and nurse," etc.).

It's particularly helpful for:

• Tracking temporary returns to Britain by U.S. residents
• Confirming emigration/return-migration dates
• Linking New York departure with British arrival records in Liverpool

🖼️ Noteworthy Images in This Passenger List

Placed together, these images help tell the story visually and are perfect to call out in the article:

Front Cover of the Second Class Passenger List

• Shows Cunard branding and period typography, signaling Lucania's status as a premier express liner and the respectability of second-class travel.

 

Title Page & List of Second Class Passengers (Part 1 of 2)

• The title page anchors the document in time (4 July 1896) and space (New York to Liverpool) and introduces the second-class roster.
• Part 1 of the list captures the density of names and early family clusters.

 

List of Second Class Passengers (Part 2 of 2) – GGA Image ID # 238224b630

• Completes the roster and shows further family groupings and repeated surnames, underscoring the communal aspect of the voyage.

 

Back Cover Illustration – RMS Campania & Lucania vs. RMS Britannia (1840 vs. 1893) – GGA Image ID # 238287e890

• On the left: Twin-screw RMS Campania & Lucania (1893), ~620 feet and ~12,950 tons.
• On the right: Paddle-wheel RMS Britannia (1840), only 207 feet and 1,139 tons.
• This side-by-side comparison is one of the most striking visual elements of the entire artifact, making nearly a half-century of technological progress instantly visible to students and readers.

Title Page and List of Second Class Passengers, Part 1 of 2, RMS Lucania Second Class Passenger List, 4 July 1896. | GGA Image ID #

List of Second Class Passengers, Part 2 of 2, RMS Lucania Second Class Passenger List, 4 July 1896. | GGA Image ID # 238224b630

Back Cover Illustration: (l) Twin Screw RMS Campania & Lucania, 1893. Length 620 Feet, 12,950 Tons. (r) Paddle Wheel RMS Britannia, 1840, Length 207 Feet, 1,139 Tons. RMS Lucania Second Class Passenger List, 4 July 1896. | GGA Image ID # 238287e890

⚠️ "Probable Errors" Box – Duplicates & Spelling Oddities 📝

Because the list was typeset and possibly later transcribed, a few names and details likely contain typographical or duplication errors. These should be flagged rather than silently corrected, so researchers know to treat them cautiously:

Probable Duplicates / Repeats

• Mr. Chas. Drury – appears twice in close succession; likely one individual listed twice or two related travelers with identical name.
• Mr. Jas. McElroy – appears more than once; may indicate a duplication or father/son with same initials.
• Miss Marian V. Siviter – appears twice (once with Marian V. Siviter, another as Marian V Siviter), probably the same person.

 

Likely Typos / Mis-set Names

• "Mr, Owen Corrigan" – comma instead of period after "Mr" (Mr, → Mr.).
• "Mr. A. C. Drate" – possibly Drake; further corroboration needed from other sources.
• "Mr. D. Y. Melleo" – likely Mellor or Mello; name should be cross-checked against other records.
• "Miss Naggie Sheeran" – probably Maggie.
• "Msis A Webster" – likely Miss A. Webster.
• "L.izzie Webster" – should almost certainly be Lizzie Webster.
• "Mr. J. H. Wiison" – missing the "l" in Wilson.
• "Mr. Wm. M. Wiiliams" – probably Williams.
• "Mrs. Hlannah Ward" – likely Hannah Ward.

 

These notes are ideal for a small editorial sidebar on the page and make a great teaching example of why archivists and historians must preserve original spellings while noting probable issues.

🧩 Contextual Notes & Ship Features (Quick Reference)

• Ship: RMS Lucania (Cunard Line)
• Voyage Date: 4 July 1896
• Route: New York → Liverpool
• Class Covered: Second Class
• Commander: Captain Horatio McKay (Lt., R.N.R.)
• Typical Route: Liverpool–New York express mail and passenger service

 

Notable Features:

• Sister ship to RMS Campania
• Among the largest and fastest liners of her time
• Blue Riband holder for fastest Atlantic crossing (mid-1890s)
• Back cover illustration explicitly contrasts her with the much smaller 1840 RMS Britannia

🏁 Final Thoughts – Why This Passenger List Matters 💎

The RMS Lucania Second Class Passenger List – 4 July 1896 is far more than a simple roster of names:

• It captures middle-class transatlantic mobility at the height of the steamship age.
• It documents a holiday-weekend departure from New York aboard one of the world's fastest liners, connecting the U.S. and Britain in a single, elegant artifact.
• It preserves the names and family structures of hundreds of travelers—parents, children, clergy, a professor, an educator, and countless "ordinary" men and women whose lives intersected on this single crossing.
• Visually, the back-cover comparison of Britannia vs. Lucania/Campania makes the entire story of 19th-century maritime progress instantly graspable.

 

For teachers, it's a classroom-ready primary source.

For students, it's a window into real people behind big ships and big dates.

For historians and genealogists, it's a dense, name-rich document with excellent potential for follow-up research in newspapers, archives, and institutional records.

In short, this passenger list is a compact, human-scale snapshot of high-speed Victorian globalization, preserved in paper and ink—and now in digital form—for new generations to explore. 🌍�

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