Passenger List of the SS Minnekahda, London to New York, 3 September 1927 — Professors, Bishops, and Tourist Third Cabin Travelers
Front Cover, SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, Departing 3 September 1927 from London to New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer, Commanded by Captain J. Jenson (LCDR, U.S.N.R.). GGA Image ID # 1732beae34
🚢 Review & Summary: SS Minnekahda Passenger List, 3 September 1927
On 3 September 1927, the SS Minnekahda of the Atlantic Transport Line sailed from London (via Boulogne-sur-Mer) bound for New York. Commanded by Captain J. Jensen (LCDR, U.S.N.R.), this voyage highlights the enduring role of the Minnekahda as a workhorse of Tourist Third Cabin travel — the class that defined the growing democratization of transatlantic crossings in the 1920s.
The roster of passengers offers a fascinating social tapestry: professors, clergy, physicians, consuls, families, and even titled individuals — all mingling in this class that was respectable yet practical. It is a snapshot of travel between two worlds at the height of the interwar era.
Explore the SS Minnekahda Passenger List from 3 September 1927, sailing London to New York via Boulogne. Featuring professors, clergy, physicians, and notable figures, this Tourist Third Cabin roster offers rich insights for historians, genealogists, and maritime enthusiasts.
🌍 The Ship: SS Minnekahda
Launched: 1917
Operator: Atlantic Transport Line (part of IMM Co.)
Tonnage: About 13,000 gross tons
Service: Initially a wartime transport ship, then converted into a popular Tourist Third Cabin liner.
Route: London – Boulogne – New York.
Special Note: By the late 1920s, the Minnekahda became one of the most recognizable ships for students, teachers, clergy, and emigrants choosing Tourist Third Cabin as a balance between comfort and affordability.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain J. Jensen, LCDR. U.S.N.R
- Chief Engineer: William Joyce, LCDR, U.S.N.R.F
- Surgeon: Charles W. Green
- Purser: W. Gilfillan
- Assistant Purser : H. J. Thurber
- Chief Steward: Chas. Matthews
Tourist Third Cabin Passengers
List of Passengers, Part 1 (J. Albert-M. Bowman)
- Mrs. J. Albert
- Mrs. E. M. Alexander
- Mr. D. Alperin
- Miss E. B. Anderson
- Miss E. B. Anderson
- Miss M. Armstrong
- Dr. H. D. Arnold
- Mrs. H. D. Arnold
- Miss J. Ashman
- Mrs. E. Ashman
- Miss B. Ashman
- Mr. C. Atkins
- Mr. C. Atkinson
- Miss M. Bachrack
- Mr. L. H. Baer
- Mrs. V. S. Baer
- Miss E. Bailey
- Mrs. S. Bailey
- Mr. E. F. Bailey
- Mrs. Bailey
- Mrs. M. A. Baker
- Miss F. A. Baker
- Miss M. Ballard
- Mr. G. Barker
- Mrs. A. E. Barrett
- Miss M. Bartels
- Mr. E. Bartlett
- Miss E. Bax
- Mrs. S. A. Beasley
- Mr. S. W. Becker
- Mrs. B. Becker
- Master S. W. Becker
- Mr. J. Beddow
- Miss O. Bekwith
- Mr. H. Benham
- Mr. E. Berger
- Miss A. Berrigan
- Miss L. Beumann
- Mr. C. Bill
- Mrs. S. Bill
- Mr. H. Bill
- Miss C. Bill
- Miss E. A. Black
- Mr. R. H. Bladard
- Dr. I. F. Bobrove
- Mr. L. I. Bockfahler
- Mrs. M. Boffey
- Mrs, K. Bohm
- Miss E. Bohm
- Miss E. Bohm
- Mrs. M. A. Bonfield
- Miss V. Booth
- Mr. F. Borowski
- Mr. J. Bovington
- Mrs. Z. Bovington
- Miss N. E. Bowman
- Miss M. Bowman
List of Passengers, Part 2 (L. V. Boyd-S. Dorrell)
- Mr. L. V. Boyd
- Miss A. D. Brackett
- Mr. E. Bray
- Mrs. Bray
- Mrs. D. Bredemarer
- Miss A. Bredemarer
- Mr. M. Briggs
- Mrs. Briggs
- Miss J. C. Briggs
- Miss B. Bright
- Miss E. Brodhead
- Miss E. B000ks
- Miss H. Broome
- Mr. A. P. Brown
- Mrs. M. G. Brown
- Mr. N. P. Brown
- Mrs. D. E. Brown
- Mr. A. C. L. Brown
- Mr. G. Brown
- Miss G. G. Brown
- Mr. J. Brown
- Miss L. M. Brueger
- Dr. E. L. Brunett
- Miss M. E. Bryan
- Mr. H. W. Bugden
- Mrs. Bugden
- Miss M. Burgham
- Miss P. Burke
- Mr. P. Bussley
- Mrs. F. Bussley
- Miss M. Bussley
- Mr. G. Bussley
- Miss T. S. Butcher
- Miss R. Buvington
- Mr. F. M. Calvert
- Mrs. F. M. Calvert
- Mr. L. E. Cannon
- Mrs. T. B. Cannon
- Mrs. C. E. Cannon
- Mr. J. Cappio
- Mr. J. E. Cappio, Jr.
- Miss A. Carlozzi
- Mrs. W. A. Carlton
- Mrs. P. Carnal
- Master W. Carnal
- Miss E. Carson
- Mr. J. Cashmere
- Mrs. M. Cashmere
- Miss J. Cates
- Mr. C. C. Chapel
- Mr. D. Chapman
- Mrs. M. Chapman
- Miss M. S. Chase
- Mr. C. L. Clark
- Mr. W. T. Clark
- Mrs. W. T. Clark
- Mme. L. Clark
- Miss M. Coates
- Mr. J. Cohen
- Mrs. Cohen
- Mr. J. S. Coleman
- Mr. G. Coleman-Woodbury
- Mrs. V. Collings
- Mrs. K. Collycott
- Miss L. A. Colton
- Mr. J. J. Corn
- Mr. Cornell
- Miss E. Corrigan
- Mr. T. Costigan
- Miss C. Crane
- Miss H. Crane
- Prof. M. B. Crawford
- Mrs. C. L. Crawford
- Miss M. Crawford
- Mrs. D. Crawford
- Miss Crawford
- Miss Crawford
- Mrs. E. L. Crosby
- Mrs. C. Cushman
- Miss D. Dalton
- Mrs. H. Darabar
- Miss M. Day
- Miss J. W. Dayton
- Mr. G. P. Decker
- Mrs: G. P. Decker
- Mrs. M. C. Dennis
- Mrs. S. Desson
- Miss M. Desson
- Mrs. F. Deutsch
- Mr. M. Diez
- Mrs. M. Diez
- Miss B. Diez
- Miss O. Dodge
- Miss S. Dorrell
List of Passengers, Part 3 (H. G. Dowdall-J. Haight)
- Mr. H. G. Dowdall
- Mr. T. P. Drum
- Mr. J. Du Bois
- Mrs. G. Du Bois
- Miss L. Du Bois
- Mrs. M. Dunham
- Mrs. P. J. Dunne
- Master P. Dunne
- Mr. M. P. Dutfield
- Mrs. Dutfield
- Miss M. B. Eames
- Miss K. C. East
- Mrs. C. T. Eastman
- Miss N. M. Emerson
- Mr. J. H. Engle
- Mr. P. S. Eristoff
- Miss D. Esselstyne
- Mrs. E. Evans
- Miss A. M. Faber
- Mr. T. L. Farrell
- Mrs. F. J. Farrell
- Miss M. Feigham
- Miss H. Feigham
- Dr. A. Feinberg
- Mrs. A. Fingado
- Mr. J. Fitzgerald
- Mrs. F. Fitzgerald
- Mrs. W. M. Flagg
- Miss Flagg
- Mrs. G. Flint
- Miss M. Flint
- Mrs. P. Follett
- Miss A. Forbes
- Mr. R. Forsyth
- Mrs. J. M. Forsyth
- Miss T. Forsyth
- Mr. F. T. Foster
- Miss E. Frack
- Mr. W. Fraser
- Mrs. M. French
- Mr. C. H. Frey
- Miss E. Fuch
- Mr. R. E. Fuller
- Miss H. R. Gallard
- Mr. H. Gallard
- Miss. E. Garnett
- Miss H. L. Garrett
- Mr. C. A. Gash
- Mr. W. Gay
- Miss L. Gilkes
- Mr. R. Gilman
- Mrs. M. Gilman
- Master J. Gilman
- Miss M. Gilman
- Miss M. Gilman
- Miss H. T. Gilroy
- Miss E. Giordane
- Miss M. Giordane
- Miss B. Gittens
- Miss M. Glendinning
- Mr. F. W. Glenn
- Mr. C. Goggin
- Miss M. Goldberg
- Miss I. Goodell
- Mr. D. W. Goodrich
- Master D. W. Goodrich
- Mr. F. N. Goodrich
- Mrs. D. W. Goodrich
- Mrs. C. H. Goodrich
- Master C. H. Goodrich
- Miss M. Gorrie
- Miss H. Gould
- Mr. E. Gower
- Mrs. K. Gower
- Mrs. H. Grammar
- Miss M. S. Grant
- Mrs. W. Grant
- Miss Cade Greene
- Mr. A. S. Grey
- Mrs. L. Grey
- Miss W. S. Grey
- Miss G. Griffin
- Miss M. B. Groom
- Mr. G. W. Grupp
- Mrs. C. Gubler
- Miss Gubler
- Miss L. Gubler
- Mr. H. J. Gullage
- Mrs. Gullage
- Miss F. Haefilin
- Mrs. W. Haensli
- Mr. A. Haensli
- Mr. G. A. Hafer
- Miss J. Haight
List of Passengers, Part 4 (R. Haight-Kelly)
- Miss R. Haight
- Mr. M. Haimson
- Miss M. Haim
- Mr. F. Hamilton
- Mrs. E. Hancock
- Miss S. Hardy
- Miss M. Hardy
- Miss T. Harmon
- Mrs. M. Harnley
- Miss L. Harries
- Mr. G. B. Harrington
- Mr. H. Harrison
- Mrs. P. C. Harrison
- Miss R. Harrison
- Miss L. Harrison
- Miss M. Hart
- Mrs. R. W. Hastings
- Miss R. D. Hastings
- Mr. C. A. Hastings
- Miss D. Hawkins
- Mr. R. C. Hawley
- Mrs. M. M. Hawley
- Mr. A. M. Hawley
- Miss K. R. Hawley
- Miss E. Headon
- Mr. E. H. Heffner
- Mrs. E. Heffner
- Miss E. Hegan
- Miss L. Helhoff
- Miss O. Helhoff
- Mr. J. Helm
- Mrs. M. B. Helm
- Miss E. Hermann
- Miss H. Heron
- Mr. C. Hester
- Mrs. Hester
- Miss K. B. Heywood
- Mr. W. Hicks
- Mr. G. Hill
- Mrs. P. Hill
- Mr. A. E. Hinricks
- Mrs. E. H. Hinricks
- Mr. C. Hocker
- Mrs. T. Hocker
- Mrs. P. Hodge
- Master A. Hodge
- Mrs. R. Hoffman
- Miss B. Hoffman
- Mr. W. S. Holmes
- Mrs. Holmes
- Mr. W. H. Holmes
- Mrs. H. Holmes
- Mrs. R. Holmes
- Mr. J. A. Hopper
- Mr. M. Hornley
- Miss A. Hosford
- Miss E. Howell
- Mrs. E. S. Howland
- Miss E. Howland
- Miss E. S. Howland
- Miss U. P. Hubbard
- Mr. H. C. Hubbart
- Dr. F. J. Hughes
- Mrs. Hughes
- Mrs. M. Hughes
- Miss M. Hughes
- Miss L. Hughes
- Miss J. Hughes
- Mr. F. A. Hunter
- Prof. P. Huser
- Miss T. Hutchins
- Mrs. S. E. Ingraham
- Rt. Rev. Bishop Ivins, B. F. P
- Mr. J. Jacobs
- Mr. S. Jacobs
- Miss M. Jacobs
- Mrs. E. Jacobs
- Miss F. Jacobs
- Miss S. Jacobs
- Miss N. Jannett
- Miss E. Jennings
- Mr. L. Johnson
- Mrs. Johnson
- Mr. E. Johnson
- Mrs. Johnson
- Mrs. H. E. V. Johnson
- Mr. F. M. Johnston
- Mrs. W. Johnston
- Miss J. K. Johnston
- Miss J. K. Johnston
- Rev. F. B. Johnston
- Mr. D. Kauferr
- Miss I. M. Kearney
- Miss L. Kelley
- Mr. A. B. Kelly
- Mrs. Kelly
List of Passengers, Part 5 (H. Keogh-R. Morgan)
- Dr. H. Keogh
- Dr. A. T. Kerr
- Mrs. Kerr
- Mr. B. D. Kerr
- Miss C. J. Kerr
- Dr. R. O. Kevin
- Miss C. Kevin
- Miss M. Kevin
- Miss J. Kirpal
- Mrs. D. Kolnnecke
- Miss D. Kolnnecke
- Miss C. Koons
- Miss L. Koore
- Mr. L. Krassovsky
- Mr. A. J. Kunzli
- Mrs. H. Kunzli
- Mrs. A. Lancaster
- Miss S. Lane
- Miss F. Laun
- Mrs. A. Lawton
- Miss J. Lawton
- Mrs. M. Lazard
- Mrs. W. E. Lehman
- Miss K. Leinback
- Miss M. Lenander
- Mrs. L. R. Leonard
- Miss F. Levine
- Miss D. Levius
- Miss M. E. Lewis
- Mrs. A. Lindsay
- Miss M. Lindsay
- Miss E. Lindsay
- Mr. S. Llosa
- Mrs. M. Locke
- Miss L. Longuet
- Miss M. B. Lothrop
- Mr. A. Lottimer
- Mr. Y. Lucas
- Mrs. R. Lucas
- Mr. A. Ludlow
- Mrs. T. Ludlow
- Miss H. Luery
- Miss D. Lynd
- Miss S. P. Lynd
- Miss S. Lyons
- Mme. du Rosaire Macgowan
- Miss D. Mackay
- Miss M. J. MacKinnon
- Mr. D. T. MacPhail
- Mr. W. MacPhail
- Dr. D. Maeth
- Rev. A. E. Magaoj
- Mr. F. L. Maggine
- Mrs. A. Marchant
- Mrs. A. Marsden
- Master D. Marsden
- Mrs. E. Marshall
- Miss E. Marshall
- Mr. M. Marx
- Miss M. Marx
- Mr. G. M. Matthews
- Miss G. Matthews
- Mr. J. Mayher
- Mr. R. McClosky
- Mrs. J. McConnell
- Mrs. A. E. McIndoe
- Mrs. L. McKay
- Miss L. McKay
- Miss E. McKay
- Mr. H. McKnell
- Miss McKnell
- Miss V. McLaughlin
- Mr. R. McLellan
- Miss A. McMurran
- Miss I. F. McVey
- Mr. J. T. Mede
- Mrs. Mede
- Mr. J. Mede, Jr.
- Mrs. A. Medlock
- Miss E. A. Medlock
- Mrs. E. Melchers
- Mrs. C. Mellard
- Miss M. Melville
- Miss M. Melville
- Miss H. Merlens
- Miss L. Merrick
- Rev. R. A. Merrifield
- Miss P. Miller
- Mrs. M. Mills
- Miss E. Mills
- Miss M. Mills
- Dr. F. Moorcombe
- Dr. C. Moore
- Mrs. Moore
- Miss H. C. Moore
- Miss M. Montgomery
- Miss E. Morgan
- Mr. J. P. Morgan
- Mrs. R. Morgan
List of Passengers, Part 6 (L. Morgan-C. R. Rowland)
- Miss L. Morgan
- Miss C. Morley
- Mr. M. Morris
- Mrs. T. Morris
- Miss M. Morrison
- Mrs. F. Morse
- Miss G. Morse
- Mrs. A. Moseley
- Miss M. Moseley
- Miss S. Moseley
- Mr. T. Muller
- Mrs. Muller
- Miss R. Muller
- Miss A. Murphy
- Mrs. W. Murphy
- Miss D. Neird
- Mr. T. Nelson
- Mrs. E. Nelson
- Mr. T. Nelson, Jr.
- Mr. J. Newman
- Mr. H. E. Newton
- Mr. D. A. Nichols
- Miss F. Nie
- Miss I. H. Noble
- Mrs. D. Noll
- Mrs. M. Noll
- Miss J. K. O'Brien
- Rev. C. Ockender
- Mrs. Ockender
- Mrs. P. Okelberg
- Miss E. M. Olson
- Mr. J. C. O'Malley
- Mrs. T. O'Sullivan
- Miss L. E. Pace
- Mrs. B. A. Pace
- Miss W. Packwood
- Mrs. A. Parham
- Mr. W. H. Parkhurst
- Dr. T. M. Paul
- Mr. F. M. Pearce
- Mr. Pearce
- Mrs. M S. Pearse
- Miss M. Percy
- Mr. A. L. Perry
- Miss M. Perschuk
- Miss B. M. Philps
- Miss B. M. Philp
- Mrs. A. M. Pinnock
- Miss A. E. Pinnock
- Mr. W. Pons
- Mrs. A. du Port
- Mr. H. H. Powell
- Mrs. Powell
- Mr. F. Powell
- Mrs. Powell
- Mrs. B. P. Powers
- Miss I. Powys
- Mr. N. Rackowe
- Mrs. E. Rackowe
- Miss S. Radcliffe
- Miss V. Raeburn
- Miss M. Ramsay
- Mr. J. Redfern
- Mrs. M. Redfern
- Miss M. Reese
- Mme. D. Regan
- Mrs. M. Rehm
- Mr. W. Reichart
- Mr. P. F. Reilley
- Mr. W. Reinhart
- Miss B. Renna
- Miss E. Riach
- Rev. A. Richards
- Mrs. G. Richards
- Master K. Richards
- Master C. Richards
- Mr. H. F. Richards
- Mr. H. F. Richards
- Mrs. Richards
- Miss E. Richter
- Mrs. W. Ridelough
- Mr. B. F. Rinker
- Mrs. F. Roberts
- Master V. Roberts
- Mr. J. Robson
- Mrs. Robson
- Mr. S. Robson
- Mrs. L. Robson
- Miss E. Roe
- Mr. F. C. Rogers
- Mrs. J. F. Rose
- Mrs. A. Rosenberg
- Miss E. Rosenkranz
- Miss M. Rowe
- Dr. J. F. Rowland
- Mr. J. E. Rowland
- Mr. E. D. Rowland
- Mrs. C. R. Rowland
List of Passengers, Part 7 (O. Ruff-A. Tudor)
- Miss O. Ruff
- Mr. R. Rusk
- Mrs. C. Rusk
- Mr. S. P. Russell
- Mrs. P. Russell
- Mrs. E. Russo
- Master J. Russo
- Mr. J. W. Ruwe
- Mrs. E. Ruwe
- Mr. J. Ruwe
- Mr. F. Ruwe
- Mrs. J. H. Ruwe
- Miss J. Ruwe
- Miss C. M. Ruyer
- Mrs. E. C. Ryerson
- Mr. D. Saidenberg
- Mr. R. P. Satterwaite
- Mrs. A. de Sauty
- Miss B. Scheman
- Mr. J. Schmeidler
- Mr. R. Schnieder
- Mrs. A. Schnieder
- Mr. H. Schneider
- Mr. R. Schneider
- Mrs. W. J. M. Scott
- Miss D. Scrivener
- Miss H. Seager
- Mr. E. O. Sellers
- Miss H. Shedden
- Miss K. Sherman
- Rev. A. M. Sherman
- Mrs. M. Sherman
- Master A. M. Sherman
- Master L. B. Sherman
- Miss M. L. Sherman
- Mr. I . R. Shero
- Mrs. Shero
- Miss G. Shero
- Miss A. Shero
- Miss F. Shero
- Mrs. H. Short
- Miss E. Smedley
- Miss A. B. Smedley
- Mr. R. G. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Miss D. Smith
- Miss D. Smith
- Miss E. Smith
- Mrs. A. Smith
- Mr. P. Smith
- Mr. W. T. Smith
- Mrs. C. E. Smith
- Mrs. S. Smith
- Miss N. D. Smith
- Miss E. Smith
- Miss D. Sparks
- Mr. R. Speiser
- Mrs. J. Sprague
- Hon. C. W. Stapleton
- Mrs. Stapleton
- Mr. R. Starkey
- Mrs. Starkey
- Miss D. M. J. Starkey
- Mrs. W. Stephens
- Miss R. Stephens
- Mrs. F. F. Stephens
- Mr. W. Stephens
- Mr. G. Stephens
- Miss V. J. Stephenson
- Mr. M. Stewart
- Mrs. A. S. Stewart
- Miss E. Stewart
- Mr. H, W. Stone
- Miss I. Stoneham
- Mr. W. L. Story
- Mr. W. B. Stoskopf
- Mr. A. Sudlow
- Mrs. Sudlow
- Mr. S. Sugarbread
- Mr. E. R. P. Sutherby
- Mrs. C. Swan
- Miss V. Tardy
- Mr. C. Tanschek
- Mrs. M. Tanschek
- Mr. H. Taylor
- Mrs. B. Taylor
- Mrs. S. J. Taylor
- Miss W. M. Taylor
- Mr. M. de Kay Thompson
- Mrs.H. de Kay Thompson
- Miss J. Thompson
- Miss E. Thompson
- Miss C. Thompson
- Miss C. E. Toope
- Mrs. M. Tomlinso
- Mrs. W. B. Trimble
- Mr. R. B. Trimble
- Mr. E. J. Tudor
- Mrs. A. Tudor
List of Passengers, Part 8 (S. Udale-C. Zinn)
- Mr. S. Udale
- Miss I. Ulmer
- Miss C. Urquhart
- Miss J. Valentine
- Miss M. Valentine
- Miss A. W. Valentine
- Miss A. Vallare
- Miss E. Vance
- Mr. J. L. Vanderberg
- Mrs. Vanderberg
- Mr. A. Vanderberg
- Mrs. A. Van Zile
- Miss L. Van Zile
- Miss E. Varez
- Mr. I. Vernon
- Miss D. Vernon
- Mr. P. Verpoest
- Mr. C. Vogel
- Mr. C. Wagner
- Mrs. R. Wagner
- Miss R. Wagner
- Miss E. Wagner
- Mrs. F. Walker
- Miss H. Walker
- Miss E. Walker
- Miss M. Walker
- Mr. F. Walker
- Miss E. Walker
- Mr. R. Wallace
- Mr. A. H. Waller
- Miss M. Walters
- Mrs, M. Wallace
- Master R. Wallace
- Miss M. T. Watson
- Miss S. T. Watson
- Miss E. Watson
- Mr. L. P. Weil
- Mrs. D. Weil
- Mrs. F. P. Wellis
- Mr. H. E. Wells, Jr.
- Mrs. A. M. Wells
- Miss A. H. Wells
- Mr. D. H. Wells
- Mr. H. E. Wells
- Mrs. V. P. Wells
- Master Mc. D. H. Wells
- Mr. H. C. Weston
- Rev. G. F. White
- Mrs. R. White
- Miss G. Whiting
- Miss M. G. Whitlock
- Miss M. Wilburn
- Miss J. C. Wilcox
- Miss J. Wilds
- Mlss L. M. Wilds
- Mrs. J. M. Willard
- Mr. Willey
- Mrs. Willey
- Miss E. Williams
- Miss S. Wilner
- Miss L. Wilner
- Mr. N. Wilson
- Mr. B. D. Wilson
- Mrs. R. D. Wilson
- Mrs. H. Windholz
- Master A. Windholz
- Mr. C. M. Wistar
- Mrs. C. M. Woodham
- Miss R. A. Woodhouse
- Miss F. Woodhouse
- Miss E. A. Woods
- Mr. H. E. Wood
- Mrs. Wood
- Miss S. Wood
- Mrs. J. A. Work
- Miss A. B. Wright
- Mrs. L. Yancey
- Mrs. C. Young
- Mrs. C. Zinn
🎓 Notable Individuals on Board
👨🏫 Academics
Dr. Harold D. Arnold, Ph.D. (1883–1933) – Physicist & engineer, Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Prof. Morris Barker Crawford (1882–1969) – American scholar and author.
Prof. P. Huser – Representative of European academia.
✝️ Clergy & Religious Leaders
Rt. Rev. Bishop Benjamin Franklin Price Ivins (1884–1962) – Episcopal Bishop of Milwaukee.
Rev. F. B. Johnston – Minister, likely engaged in missionary or pastoral travel.
Rev. A. Richards – Clergyman adding to the strong clerical presence aboard.
Rev. A. M. Sherman – Traveling with his family, blending religious and family life.
🩺 Physicians & Medical Professionals
Dr. Earl Louis Brunett, D.V.M. (1890–1965) – Veterinarian.
Dr. A. Feinberg – Practicing physician.
Dr. Chester Henry Keogh, M.D. – Medical doctor, representative of the professional class.
⚖️ Diplomats & Civic Leaders
Hon. Charles W. Stapleton (1853–1935) – American lawyer and politician from New York.
Mini-Biographies from the SS Minnekahda (3 September 1927)
✝️ Rt. Rev. Benjamin Franklin Price Ivins (1884–1962)
Role: Episcopal Bishop of Milwaukee
Notability: A respected church leader traveling in Tourist Third Cabin, Bishop Ivins lent both spiritual authority and prestige to the voyage. Episcopal bishops were often recognized figures in the Atlantic religious community, frequently engaged in missionary or ecumenical work. His presence would have ensured that Sunday services at sea carried solemnity and dignity, attended not only by Anglicans but by Protestants more broadly. Ivins was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Milwaukee on the first ballot in January 1925. He was consecrated at Cathedral Church of All Saints, Milwaukee, on May 7, 1925, by Bishop William Walter Webb. He succeeded William Walter Webb as diocesan bishop upon his death on January 15, 1933. In a tradition that he continued from his predecessors, Ivins promoted the catholic heritage of the Episcopal Church. He retired on December 31, 1952, and died in 1962.
👨🏫 Prof. Morris Barker Crawford (1882–1969)
Role: American academic, and the first professor of physics at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Notability: Professors often used Tourist Third Cabin as a cost-effective way to lecture abroad or attend conferences. He was a tutor in mathematics at Wesleyan from 1874 to 1877. He also served as registrar. From 1877 to 1880, he studied mathematics and physics at the University of Leipsic and the University of Berlin. He was appointed an instructor of physics in 1880, an associate professor in 1881, and a full professor in 1884. He was the first physics professor at Wesleyan, the Foss Professor of Physics. He retired in 1921 and was elected professor emeritus. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the American Physical Society. Prof. Crawford represents the academic class of international travelers, demonstrating how intellectual exchange crossed the Atlantic on practical liners like the Minnekahda. His company with Prof. P. Huser created a “professorial pair” on this voyage, suggesting discussion and camaraderie that could enliven the days at sea.
⚖️ Hon. Charles W. Stapleton (1853–1935)
Role: American Lawyer & Politician from New York
Notability: Stapleton was a well-regarded attorney and public servant in New York during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His legal career was marked by civic engagement and a reputation for integrity, while his political work connected him to broader questions of governance and reform in an era of rapid change.
Traveling aboard the Minnekahda in Tourist Third Cabin suggests his voyage may have blended professional responsibilities with personal interest, further underscoring the line’s reputation as a bridge not just for students but also for distinguished professionals. Stapleton represents how respected civic leaders embraced this more economical yet vibrant class of travel.
🩺 Dr. Harold D. Arnold, Ph.D. (1883–1933)
Role: Physicist & Engineer, Bell Telephone Laboratories
Notability: Dr. Arnold was a pioneering engineer whose work in electronics and telephony revolutionized communication. He introduced the use of high-vacuum tubes for amplification, paving the way for modern telecommunications. His presence elevates this voyage, showing how Tourist Third Cabin carried not only emigrants but scientific innovators shaping the modern world.
🩺 Dr. Earl Louis Brunett, D.V.M. (1890–1965)
Role: Veterinarian
Notability: Dr. Brunett’s inclusion highlights the breadth of medical sciences represented aboard. As a veterinarian, his career reflected the growing importance of animal health to agriculture and society. His transatlantic travel may have involved professional exchange or advanced study.
👨👩👧 The Sherman Family (Rev. A. M. Sherman, Mrs. M. Sherman, Master A. M. Sherman, Master L. B. Sherman, Master L. B. Sherman, Miss M. L. Sherman)
Role: Clergyman and Family Group
Notability: Rev. Sherman, traveling with his wife and daughter, exemplifies the family dimension of Tourist Third Cabin travel. Ministers frequently brought their families on overseas sabbaticals, missions, or extended study trips. Their inclusion on the passenger list emphasizes how this class was respectable and family-friendly, bridging the gap between emigrant steerage and the more luxurious cabins.
✨ Why These Passengers Stand Out
Together, these figures create a cross-section of faith, scholarship, public service, medicine, and family life. They demonstrate how the SS Minnekahda became a cultural vessel, carrying not only emigrants and students but also distinguished individuals who shaped communities back home.
✨ Most Engaging Highlights
The Bishop on Board: Rt. Rev. Ivins gives this list a strong ecclesiastical note. His presence would have elevated Sunday service.
A Professorial Crossing: Professors Crawford and Huser symbolize the ship’s role in moving academics cheaply but comfortably.
The Surgeons’ Club: With so many doctors aboard, the Minnekahda might have resembled a floating medical convention.
Hon. Stapleton’s Journey: A reminder that even titled figures traveled Tourist Third Cabin by the late 1920s.
Information for Passengers
- Breakfast at 7.30 am and 8.30 a.m
- Lunch at 12 noon and 1:00 pm
- Dinner at 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Divine Service will be held on Sundays at 11:00 am
Smoking. — Passengers are kindly requested not to smoke in either the Dining Saloon or in the Reading and Writing Room.
Seats at Table.—Passengers who have not previously arranged for seats at table to be reserved should apply to the Second Steward.
Upper Berths.—Passengers occupying upper berths can obtain steps for getting in or out on applying to the Steward or Stewardess.
Medical Attendance. The Surgeon is Authorised To Make Customary Charges, Subject in Each Case To The Approval of The Commander, for Treating Passengers at Their Request for Any Illness Not Originating On The Voyage. in The Case of Sickness Originating On The Voyage No Charge WILL Be MADE, and MEDICINE WILL Be PROVIDED Free in ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
The Purser's Office is situated on Deck B, where Letters, Cables, Telegrams and Marconigrams are received or delivered, and Postage Stamps can be purchased.
None of the ship's staff other than those on duty in the Purser's Office are authorized to accept Letters or Telegrams for despatch.
Charges Collected on Board. Passengers are requested to ask for a Receipt on the Company's Form for any additional Passage Money, Chair or Steamer Rug Hire, charges collected for Marconigrams Cablegrams or Telegrams or Freight paid on board.
Deck Chairs and Steamer Rugs can be hired on application to the Deck Steward, at a charge of $1 each for the voyage
Valuables. For the convenience of Passengers, the Line has provided in the Purser's office a safe in which money, jewels, ornaments, documents or other valuables may be deposited by Passengers A receipt for any articles so deposited will be issued by the Purser, but the Line does not, having regard to the ticket conditions and to the provisions of Section 502 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1891, and of Section 4281 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, accept any responsibility for the safe custody of any such articles. Passengers are accordingly advised to protect themselves by insurance.
Exchange of Money. The Purser is prepared, for the convenience of Passengers, to exchange a limited amount of English and American money at rates which will be advised on application.
Baggage. Questions relating to Baggage should be referred to the Second Steward, who is the Ship's Baggage Master.
Wardrobe Trunks. Passengers are advised that it is not always possible' to arrange for the placing of Wardrobe Trunks in the passenger accommodation in a position where they are easily accessible, also that there is frequently difficulty with regard to the landing of such packages owing to their exceptional size. They are therefore recommended to use steamer trunks in preference.
Baggage Room. For Passengers' special convenience all heavy baggage not placed into state rooms is stored in the baggage room, where it is available to the owner twice daily at hours as stated on the ship's notice board.
Dogs. Passengers are notified that dogs should be handed over to the care of the live-stock attendant, and cannot be landed in Great Britain unless a license has previously been procured from the Board of Agriculture, London. Forms of license must be obtained by direct application to the Department before the dog is taken on board.
Travellers' Cheques. I. M. M. Company's Travellers Cheques payable in all parts of Europe can be purchased at all the principal offices of the Atlantic Transport Line. These Cheques in small denominations are accepted on board Atlantic Transport steamers in part payment of accounts, but the Pursers have not sufficient funds to enable them to cash these or any other Cheques.
🖼️ Noteworthy Images (From Captions)
Front Cover — A dignified design marking the sailing from London to New York via Boulogne.
Title Page & Passenger Lists (Parts 1–8) — Cleanly typeset lists showing the democratic mix of Tourist Third Cabin.
Information for Passengers (Parts 1 & 2) — Valuable insight into shipboard life: mealtimes, smoking restrictions, baggage rules, even the hiring of deck chairs.
Map of New York City — Practical, showing the pier and connections to hotels.
ATL Sailing Schedule (1927) — Demonstrates the Minnekahda’s role in regular service alongside the Minnesota.
Track Chart of the North Atlantic — A visual reminder of the different routes ships could take (northern, southern, extra southern).
Back Cover “Connecting Link” Graphic — A striking chain motif showing London and New York as linked cities.
📚 Relevance of the Voyage
For teachers, students, genealogists, and historians, this list is gold:
Social historians see the rise of Tourist Third Cabin as a bridge between emigrant steerage and luxury first class.
Genealogists trace families traveling together, such as the Shermans or the Wells family group.
Religious historians note the concentration of clergy across denominations.
Medical historians find a roll-call of doctors.
Maritime historians see the Minnekahda embodying the interwar boom in affordable transatlantic crossings.
📝 Final Thoughts — Why This Passenger List Matters
The 3 September 1927 sailing of the SS Minnekahda captures the cultural middle ground of transatlantic travel: professors rubbing shoulders with bishops, families sharing space with titled individuals, and emigrants joined by musicians and academics. Unlike the gilded splendor of First Class or the hardship of Steerage, Tourist Third Cabin was the class of mobility, practicality, and opportunity.
This passenger list is more than a roster — it is a portrait of a transitional age, with faith, scholarship, medicine, and social life converging on one voyage. 🌊✨
Map of New York City Showing Atlantic Transport Line Pier and Head Office in Relation to The Hotel Area. SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d31b9d2e
Information for Passengers, Part 1. SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d32d5632
Information for Passengers, Part 2. SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d32f560e
Title Page, Listing of Senior Officers, List of Passengers, Part 1 (J. Albert-M. Bowman). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d331fac3
List of Passengers, Part 2 (L. V. Boyd-S. Dorrell). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d3943b54
List of Passengers, Part 3 (H. G. Dowdall-J. Haight). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d3f05abb
List of Passengers, Part 4 (R. Haight-Kelly). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d454d0cc
List of Passengers, Part 5 (H. Keogh-R. Morgan). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d4d1148f
List of Passengers, Part 6 (L. Morgan-C. R. Rowland). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d4ef469f
List of Passengers, Part 7 (O. Ruff-A. Tudor). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d56b5dfd
List of Passengers, Part 8 (S. Udale-C. Zinn). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d587ea19
ATL Sailing Schedule, London-Boulogne-New York Service, From 2 April 1927 to 10 December 1927. Ships Included the Minnekahda and Minnesota. SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d6947299
Company's Offices in America. Telegraphic Address for Each of the Above Offices "IMMERCO." SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d6fe8504
Atlantic Transport Line Track Chart of the North Atlantic Ocean Showing the Northern, Southern, and Extra Southern Track (Route) and Memorandum of Log (Unused). SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d710183d
Back Cover: The Connecting Link Graphic of the Atlantic Transport Line, Showing Graphic Chain Links for London (Where You Step On) and New York (Whre You Step Off) With Scenes from Each City Inside Thier Respective Chain Line. SS Minnekahda Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List, 3 September 1927. | GGA Image ID # 22d74ac68e
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