SS City of Newport News Passenger List - 11 April 1938
Front Cover, Annotated SS City of Newport News Passenger List, 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
- Captain: Robert H. Wright, Lt. Cmdr., U.S.N.R
- Chief Engineer : J. F. Stawicke, Lt., U. S. N. R
- Chief Officer : G. A. Vickers, Lt., U.S.N.R
- Purser: Harry Ketels
- Surgeon: John H. King, M.D
- Chief Steward: E. Urbanski
List of Passengers
- Mr. F. Messing
($80.00 liquor bill) - Mrs. A. E. Cox
- Mrs. Wm. Page Dame
(Sheer Misery) - Mrs. Eliz. Lee Dame
(Sheer Misery) - Miss Ada Dean
- Mr. G. Ph. Derr
(Turkey) - Miss Maria Dmbnik
- Mr. H. Errol-Johnson
- Mrs. Errol-Johnson
- Mr. Ed. Fenimore
(Turkey - King George) - Mrs. L. M. Grigg
(Griffis L)
- Miss C. L. Grigg
(Griffis L) - Mr. F. G. Hejduk
(Turkey "Call a Cab") - [Sam Insul (Cross Old Bear)]
- Mr. N. G. Jenkins
- Mr. J. R. Kidner
- Mrs. Kidner
- Miss L. T. LeBel
(Lois - cute) - Mr. H. M. MacGregor
- Mrs. MacGregor
(A Mess) - Mrs. W. G. McQuinn
(German Bride) - Mr. Wood Miller
(Kentucky) - Mr. Henry B. Mostyn
- Mrs. Mostyn
- Mr. W. A. Nixon
(Cyrano de Bergerac) - Mr. Frederic C. Rawson
(Bar Tender's Name?) - Mrs. Rawson
- Mrs. E. Reed
(Navy) - Master Dale Ree
(Head Beater?) - Mr. James P. Roberts
(Pop-eye / Ping - Pong -- Panama) - Mrs. Roberts
- Mrs. H. E. Robinson
(Champagne) - Mrs. Leopold Roesler
(German -- Your Bath is Ready) - Master Albert Roesler
- Mr. Ernest Roschen
- Mrs. Roschen (T.B. ?)
- Mrs. Herbert Smith
(Am I Bothering You?) - Mr. Casimir Soron
- Dr. Paul H. Stevenson
(St. Louis - Washington Univ.) - Mrs. Stevenson
(Hirum? College) - Mr. Henning Warnecke
(Uncle Henry "A Egg") - Mr. J. Wilkie
- Mr. J. F. Ylvisaker
(Missionery family from South Africa - "Nice") - Mrs. Ylvisaker
- Miss Heloise Ylvisaker
- Miss Ruth Ylvisaker
- 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.
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