SS Minnetonka Passenger List - 29 August 1914

Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List for the SS Minnetonka of the Atlantic Transport Line, Departing 29 August 1914 from London to New York, Commanded by Captain E. O. Cannons. GGA Image ID # 173671b23b

Notable Passengers: William Walker Atkinson, Rev. James Roscoe Day, Ferdinand Howald, Dr. Elizabeth Hurdon, William Morton Payne, Helen Preece, Arthur Rosenberg, Bessie Wheeler and the Wife of Washington Atlee Burpee.

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Commnder: E. O. Cannons
2. Purser: Basil C. Evans
3. Chief Engineer: Carl Schneider
4. Surgeon: E. S. Perkins
5. Chief Steward: W. Sismey

First Class Passengers

1. Miss Elizabeth Adams
2. Miss Ina Archer
3. Mr. W. M. Atkinson
   William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 – November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought movement. He is also known to have been the author of the pseudonymous works attributed to Theron Q. Dumont and Yogi Ramacharaka
4. Mrs. W. M. Atkinson
5. Mr. F. W. Atkinson
6. Mrs. F. W. Atkinson
7. Miss Jessie M. Baldwin
8. Miss Stella Beard
9. Dr. Clement Biddle
10. Miss M. Bloom
11. Mr. Leo. J. Brennan
12. Miss W. M. Brennan
13. Mr. Woodall Birde
14. Mr. L. G. Broughton, Jr.
15. Mr. A. Eldridge Brown
16. Mrs. A. Eldridge Brown
17. Miss Eva J. Brummer
18. Mrs. Fredk. V. Bruns and Infant
19. Miss Sarah R. Budd
20. Miss Mary W. Budd
21. Mrs. W. Atlee Burpee
    Wife of Washington Atlee Burpee (5 April 1858 – 26 November 1915) was the founder of the W. Atlee Burpee & Company, now more commonly known as Burpee Seeds. Contrary to a natural folk etymology assumption, the company is not named after a relationship to "burpless" cucumbers
22. Mr. David Burpee
    David Burpee (1893 - 1980) was born in Pennsylvania and attended Cornell University until his father, W. Atlee Burpee, died in 1915. Burpee dropped out and took over the family business selling seeds. He immediately began shifting the firm's focus from vegetables to flowers. In 1917 the W. A.. Burpee Company was incorporated with Burpee as president
23. Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, Jr.
24. Miss Gertrude E. Bussard
25. Mrs. Frederick F. Calver
26. Miss B. Carolan
27. Mrs. Nelson Chester
28. Miss Ruth Chester
29. Mrs. E. B. Crone
30. Mrs. M. J. Cullen
31. Miss K. M. Cullen
32. Mrs. Martha Dalton
33. Miss Lorna Davenport
34. Chancellor James R. Day
    The Rev. James Roscoe Day, D.D., L.L.D. (June 7, 1845 – March 13, 1923) was an American Methodist minister, educator, and chancellor of Syracuse University
35. Mrs. James R. Day
36. Miss Emogene Day
37. Mr. August Densenberg
38. Miss R. Dudley
39. Miss B. Dundon
40. Miss Agnes E. Dunlop
41. Mr. G. S. Dunham
42. Miss Ruth Etheridge
43. Miss May Elizabeth
44. Mr. Richard Ellison
45. Miss Blanche Ellsworth
46. Mrs. G. O. Ensign
47. Miss R. O. Ensign
48. Miss B. Everson
49. Mrs. A. P. Flieman
50. Rev. J. M. Foster
51. Mrs. J. M. Foster
52. Mr. Duncan G. Foster
53. Miss Harriett E. Gaylord
54. Miss Jessie N. Goode
55. Miss C. E. Goodnow
56. Mr. Arthur P. Green
57. Miss Irene T. Gross
58. Miss Antoinette Halstead
59. Mr. Chas. R. Hamilton
60. Mr. M. E. Harby
61. Mrs. M. E. Harby
62. Miss Julia D. Harris
63. Miss Marion Harrison
64. Mrs. J. P. Hawke
65. Miss Edna Hawke
66. Miss May Hector
67. Mr. E. A. Henkle
68. Mrs. B. A. Henkle
69. Mr. J. S. Henry
70. Miss L. S. Henry
71. Miss Mabel Heslan
72. Mr. Ferdinand Howald
    (1856–1934). Businessman and important collector of artwork whos collection included important works by Charles Demuth, Preston Dickinson, Marsden Hartley, John Marin, Man Ray, and Charles Sheeler
73. Mrs. A. Hudson
74. Mrs. Hulsel
75. Dr. Elizabeth Hurdon
    Dr. Elizabeth Hurdon (1868–1941), a British gynecologist and pathologist considered to be the first female gynecological pathologists
76. Dr. Eliz. Jarrett
77. Mr. W. T. Jerome
78. Mr. C. S. Johnstone
79. Mrs. J. S. Kennelly
80. Mrs. H. B. King
81. Miss Mary King
82. Master Blackford King
83. Miss Anna Lacey
84. Miss Alice L. Lamb
85. Miss Lawrence
86. Mrs. Georgie B. Lee
87. Mrs. J. Drysdale Lee
88. Miss Drysdale Lee
89. Miss A. E. Lerry
90. Miss Anna F. Levins
91. Miss Julia M. Levins
92. Mr. Wm. R. Lowman
93. Mrs. Wm. R. Lowman
94. Dr. John C. McClintock
95. Miss Dorothy MacIsaac
96. Miss Anna E. McLine
97. Dr. Michael Maginnis
98. Mrs. Michael Maginnis
99. Miss Inez Marston
100. Miss A. Mathews
101. Mrs. Elsa Miller
102. Miss S. Moore
103. Mrs. Montrose A. Morris
104. Miss Mabel Nott
105. Mrs. M. S. Oliver
106. Miss K. S. Oliver
107. Miss G. G. Paine
108. Dr. Wm. Morton Payne
     William Morton Payne (February 14, 1858 - July 12, 1919) was an American educator, literary critic and writer
109. Mrs. Percy V. Pennebacker
     
110. Miss Ruth Pennebacker
111. Miss Harriet Phillips
112. Miss M. Philpott
113. Mrs. S. D. Phillips
114. Miss Eliza J. Pifer
115. Mr. E. Pollock
116. Mr. Ambrose Preece
117. Miss Helen Preece
     Helen Preece (1897-?) was a British equestrian who also rode in America. She was the daughter of Ambrose Preese, of Fulham road, London
118. Mr. James A. Pugh
119. Miss Helen C. Reed
120. Mr. Edward N. Reser
121. Miss Violet C. Ross
122. Mr. Arthur Rosenberg
     Arthur Rosenberg (1889–1943) was a German Marxist historian and writer
123. Mrs. Arthur Rosenberg
124. Miss Bessie Schanz
125. Miss Scoville
126. Professor Shaw
127. Miss Ruth Sharwell
128. Mrs. J. C. Shirra
129. Rev. Win. I. Simmons
130. Mrs. Frank Simpson
131. Mr. J. M. Smith
132. Mrs. George Spoerl
133. Mrs. Anna Steinfield
134. Rev. Phillip R. Strong
135. Miss Edna Stuart
136. Mr. Henry Suttkus
137. Mr. Chas. Swanson
138. Miss Sallie D. Tannahil
139. Miss Mary Tannahil
140. Miss M. S. Taylor
141. Miss M. Thom
142. Mr. Joseph C. Thorns
143. Mrs. Joseph C. Thorns
144. Mr. Adam Tindel
145. Mrs. E. H. Tucker
146. Mr. Harry D. Valentine
147. Miss Anna Waterbury
148. Miss C. Watson
149. Miss Helen Watson
150. Mr. D. S. Webster
151. Mr. A. A. Welsh
152. Mrs. A. A. Welsh
153. Mrs. B. A. Welstead
154. Mr. Alfred Wendt
155. Mrs. Alfred Wendt
156. Mr. Chas. F. Wheaton
157. Mrs. Chas. F. Wheaton
158. Dr. Herbert L. Wheeler
159. Mrs. Herbert L. Wheeler
160. Master Arthur C. Wheeler
161. Miss Bessie Wheeler
     Bessie Wheeler was a painter about whom little is known, other than that she was born in 1876. She painted portraits of people encountered on the streets of Honolulu around 1900
162. Miss Lydia D. Wheeler
163. Miss A. P. Whelpley
164. Mrs. B. I. Williams
165. Miss M. Williams
166. Miss E. Williams
167. Miss F. Williams
168. Mr. Wilson
169. Mr. Alfred F. Wise
170. Mrs. Alfred F. Wise
171. Mrs. E. J. Young
172. Mrs. M. L. Zabriskie

Information For Passengers

Public Telephones
On all New York Piers
With Booths and Operator

• Tea and Coffee ... at 7 a.m
• Breakfast ... 8:30 a.m
• Lunch ... 1:00 pm
• Dinner ... 7:00 pm

Meals for Nurses and Children :—Breakfast, 8:00 am; Dinner, 12 noon; Tea 5:00 pm

Please apply to Second Steward for seating accommodation at Table.

Lights in the Saloon are extinguished at 11:00 pm, and in the Smoking Room at 11:30 pm Bar closes at 11:00 pm

Smoking is not allowed in the Saloon, State-rooms or Companion-ways.

The Saloon Steward will supply Stamps, Telegraph Forms, Books of Reference, and Rail way Time Tables of the Principal Companies.

Divine Service.—Intimation regarding Divine Service will appear on the Notice Board every Sunday morning.

Valuables.—Passengers are enjoined to be very careful in the disposal of small articles of baggage, more especially during Embarkation, when there are always strangers on Board.

The Atlantic Transport Line has provided a Safe in the office of the Purser in which Passengers may deposit Money, Jewels, or Ornaments for safe keeping. The Company will not be liable to Passengers for the loss of Money, Jewels, or Ornaments, by theft or otherwise, not so deposited.

For the convenience of Passengers the Purser is prepared to exchange a limited amount of English and American money. The rate of exchange will be $4.80 to the Ci when giving American in exchange for English currency, and 4.1 to 495 when giving English money for American.

Baggage.—Only hand-bags and trunks which will fit underneath the berths are allowed in the Staterooms; all large or heavy baggage must be placed in the Baggage Room, to which access can be gained by applying to the Officer in charge of Baggage.

Passengers will greatly expedite the disembarkation if they will have their State-Room Baggage packed ready for removal directly on arrival, so that the transfer may at once be proceeded with.

Baggage Checked From Pier at New York To Destination.—Upon arrival in New York steamers are met by uniformed representatives of the Railroads, from whom tickets can be purchased and baggage checked from the pier to any point on the Lines of the Pennsylvania, New York Central, Lehigh Valley, and connecting Railroads,

Electric Bell Calls.—For Steward, one ring; for Stewardess, two rings.

Passengers' Addresses should be left with the Purser, in order that any letters sent to the care of the Company may be forwarded.

Letters.—Passengers may have their letters addressed to any of the Company's Offices given below, where they will be retained until called for, or forwarded according to instructions.

The Surgeon is authorized to make customary charges, subject to the approval of the Commander, for treating any Passengers at their request for any illness not originating on board the ship. In the case of sickness developed on Lo.ird no charge will be made and medicine will be provided free in all circumstances.

Travellers' Checks payable in all parts of Europe, can be purchased at all the principal offices of the Atlantic Transport Line. These Checks are accepted on board Atlantic Transport Steamers in payment of accounts, but the Pursers do not carry funds to enable them to cash same.

Deck Chairs can be hired at a charge of 4s. each for the voyage.

Steamer Rugs can be hired at a charge of 4s. each for the voyage.

Wireless Telegram Rates.

United States.—The Marconi Rate, via Seagate, Sagaponack or South Wellfleet Cape Cod), or through the medium of a passing steamer and one of these stations, is calculated at 6d. per word with a minimum of 5/- for 10 words, plus 9d. per word without minimum; thus for a message of 10 words or more the through wireless rate is 10d. per word; every word in the address, text, and signature counted; landline charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

The Marconi Rate, via Siasconset, or through the medium of a passing steamer and this station, is calculated at 7/0d. per word with a minimum of 6/3 for 10 words, plus 4d. per word without minimum; thus for a message of 10 words or more the through wireless rate is 1/0. per word every word in the address, text, and signature counted; landline charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

Canada.—The Marconi Rate, via Cape Race, Sable Island, Cape Sable, or through the medium of a passing steamer and one of these stations, is calculated at lid. per word with a minimum of 7/1 for 10 words, plus 4d. per word without minimum; thus for a message of 10 words or more the through rate is 1s. 0 id. per word; every word in the address, teat and signature counted; landline charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

United Kingdom.—The Rate, via Crookhaven, or other stations in the United Kingdom, or through the medium of a passing steamer, is 10d. per word; every word in the address, teat and signature counted; landline charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

Ship To Ship.—The general rate on ship to ship messages is 8d. per word, but as German, Dutch, Belgium and certain other vessels apply a ship tax with a minimum of 10 words, the charges on messages to these vessels will be calculated as follows :—English ship tax 4d. per word without minimum; German, Dutch or Belgium, etc., ship tax 9d. per word with a minimum of 3/4. Thus for a message of 10 words or more, the charge is 8d. per word.