SS City of Newport News Passenger List - 11 April 1938

Front Cover of an Annotated Passenger List for the SS City of Newport News of the Baltimore Mail Line, Departing 11 April 1938 from Bremen to Norfolk and Baltimore via Southampton, Commanded by Captain Robert H. Wright. GGA Image ID # 1739d41d7e

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Captain: Robert H. Wright, Lt. Cmdr., U.S.N.R
2. Chief Engineer : J. F. Stawicke, Lt., U. S. N. R
3. Chief Officer : G. A. Vickers, Lt., U.S.N.R
4. Purser: Harry Ketels
5. Surgeon: John H. King, M.D
6. Chief Steward: E. Urbanski

List of Passengers

1. Mr. F. Messing
   ($80.00 liquor bill)
2. Mrs. A. E. Cox
3. Mrs. Wm. Page Dame
   (Sheer Misery)
4. Mrs. Eliz. Lee Dame
   (Sheer Misery)
5. Miss Ada Dean
6. Mr. G. Ph. Derr
   (Turkey)
7. Miss Maria Dmbnik
8. Mr. H. Errol-Johnson
9. Mrs. Errol-Johnson
10. Mr. Ed. Fenimore
    (Turkey - King George)
11. Mrs. L. M. Grigg
    (Griffis L)
    
12. Miss C. L. Grigg
    (Griffis L)
13. Mr. F. G. Hejduk
    (Turkey "Call a Cab")
14. [Sam Insul (Cross Old Bear)]
15. Mr. N. G. Jenkins
16. Mr. J. R. Kidner
17. Mrs. Kidner
18. Miss L. T. LeBel
    (Lois - cute)
19. Mr. H. M. MacGregor
20. Mrs. MacGregor
    (A Mess)
21. Mrs. W. G. McQuinn
    (German Bride)
22. Mr. Wood Miller
    (Kentucky)
23. Mr. Henry B. Mostyn
24. Mrs. Mostyn
25. Mr. W. A. Nixon
    (Cyrano de Bergerac)
26. Mr. Frederic C. Rawson
    (Bar Tender's Name?)
27. Mrs. Rawson
28. Mrs. E. Reed
    (Navy)
29. Master Dale Ree
    (Head Beater?)
30. Mr. James P. Roberts
    (Pop-eye / Ping - Pong -- Panama)
31. Mrs. Roberts
32. Mrs. H. E. Robinson
    (Champagne)
33. Mrs. Leopold Roesler
    (German -- Your Bath is Ready)
34. Master Albert Roesler
35. Mr. Ernest Roschen
36. Mrs. Roschen (T.B. ?)
37. Mrs. Herbert Smith
    (Am I Bothering You?)
38. Mr. Casimir Soron
39. Dr. Paul H. Stevenson
    (St. Louis - Washington Univ.)
40. Mrs. Stevenson
    (Hirum? College)
41. Mr. Henning Warnecke
    (Uncle Henry "A Egg")
42. Mr. J. Wilkie
43. Mr. J. F. Ylvisaker
    (Missionery family from South Africa - "Nice")
44. Mrs. Ylvisaker
45. Miss Heloise Ylvisaker
46. Miss Ruth Ylvisaker
47. Mr. John Ylvisaker

(Ylvisaker - Pronounce this ... Sounds like what the missionaries go over to convert.)

This Passenger List was annotated by an unidentified passenger on the voyage and included to provide one perspective on that voyage and the Passengers.