SS Empress of France Passenger List - 5 August 1949
Front Cover of a First Class and Tourist Passenger List from the SS Empress of France of the Canadian Pacific Line (CPOS), Departing Friday, 5 August 1949 from Montreal to Liverpool, Commanded by Captain B. B. Grant, R.D., R.N.R. | GGA Image ID # 1166ee16ba
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: B. B. Grant, R.D., R.N.R.
- Chief Officer: W. R. Thorburn
- Chief Engineer: G. Young
- Surgeon: J. Prendergast, M.B., Ch. B., B.A.O., B.Sc., B.A., B.Litt
- Purser: A. W. M. Stark
- Second Purser: F. C. Talbert
- Chief Steward: W. Parr
- Second Steward: W. H. Blease
- Rail Traffic Representative: F. M. Lavery
First Class Passengers
- Mr. Samuel Abbott
- Mrs. Abbott
- Mrs. L. Abrey
- Mr. Arthur H. Adamson
- Mrs. Adamson
- Mr. Henry E. Andrews
- Mr. J. S. Arnold
- Mrs. Arnold
- Lieut. Robert W. Atkinson
- Mrs. Atkinson
- Mrs. R. Baker
- Mr. Jack Barr
- Mr. C. T. C. Beecroft
- Dr. C. C. Benson
- Mrs. D. Benson
- Mr. A. C. Bethune
- Mrs. Bethune
- Miss Anne Bethune
- Mr. Thomas Bickley
- Mrs. Bickley
- Mr. S. R. Black
- Mrs. Black
- Miss Vannessa Black
- Mr. George Bland
- Mr. Alick J. Bolter
- Miss C. A. Bradley
- Mrs. E. Breed
- Mrs. Ernest Brown
- Mr. George T. Brown
- Miss L. M. Brown
- Mr. F. L. Burton
- Mr. Lee D. Butler
- Mrs. Butler
- Mr. Lee David Butler, Jr.
- Miss Mabel A. Cann
- Miss Winifred M. Cann
- Mr. J. R. Campbell
- Mrs. T. R. Campbell
- Dr. A. M. Carpenter
- Mrs. H. K. Chambers
- Lady Charmier
- Mr. W. A. Chappell
- Mr. F. V. Checksfield
- Mrs. Checksfield
- Master Martin Checksfield
- Miss L. E. Chidgey
- Mrs. Thomas Cole
- Mr. T. J. Collins
- Mrs. Collins
- Dr. J. B. Collip
- Mrs. Collip
- Mr. James Connors
- Mrs. Connors
- Mr. Alfred Cooke
- Mrs. Cooke
- Mrs. Blanche Cormier
- Miss Nicole Cormier
- Master Noel Cormier
- Mrs. A. K. Cox
- Mr. J. Cowlishaw
- Mrs. Cowlishaw
- Mr. E. Crabtree
- Dr. R. N. Craig
- Mrs. Craig
- Mrs. Elizabeth Crighton
- Miss Ethel M. Crow
- Mr. C. L. Crowe
- Mis. Joan Cumming
- Miss P. F. Cumming
- Mrs. Susan J. Davidson
- Mr. Leslie Dent
- Dr. H. A. Derby
- Mr. Charles W. Dewis
- Mrs. Dewis
- Mr. F. Haydon Dimmock
- Miss Sheila Dirassar
- Mr. Robert Downie
- Miss E. Downie
- Mr. H. Downton
- Mrs. Downton
- Mr. Vivian Robert Driman
- Mrs. Driman
- Miss Mabel Dunbar
- Mr. Henry Eastwood
- Mr. Reginald Edwards
- Mr. L. W. Ellerbrock
- Mrs. S. B. Engineer
- Mrs. F. Feather
- Mis* Jean Fenie
- Miss May Fleming
- Mis* Irene Fletcher
- Mr. Robert Forrest
- Miss J. M. Forsythe
- Miss R. Foster
- Mr. Percy Foy
- Dr. H. L. Fraenkel-Conrat
- Mrs. Allen French
- Mrs. A. M. Fryer
- Mr. Alfred Galser
- Mrs. Louisa Gartside
- Mr. William Gentle
- Mrs. Gentle
- Mrs. E. Glaser
- Mr. J. A. Glynne-Percy
- Mr. Emil Godan
- Mrs. P. M. Goff
- Master B. Goff
- Mr. J. H. Granbery
- Mr. J. A. Hale
- Mr. F. C. Hamilton
- Mrs. Hamilton
- Miss Elisabeth Hamilton
- Mr. Tom Harrison
- Mrs. Harrison
- Mrs. I. Hetcherley
- Miss Susan Hatcherley
- Mr. G. C. Hawkins
- Mrs. E. Hayward
- Capt. J. N Hicks, R.N.
- Miss Frances Hirst
- Capt. A. F. W. Howard
- Mrs. Howard
- Mr. David Hutchinson
- Mr. S. Hyslop
- Mr. Walter H. Illingworth
- Mrs. Illingworth
- Mrs. E. E. Ingham
- Mr. William S. Ingram
- Mrs. Ingram
- W/C Robert Innes
- Mr. J. E. Jackson
- Mr. T. H. Jackson
- Mrs. Jackson
- Miss Caroline Jackson
- Mr. Robert Johnston
- Miss Martha Johnstone
- Mr. T. S. Karr
- Prof. L. Clark Keating
- Mrs. Keating
- Matter Richard Keating
- Master Geoffrey Keating
- Miss Ann Keating
- Mr. W. Kemp
- Mrs. Kemp
- Miss Leta Kemp
- Mr. H. Kirton
- Mrs. Daisy Knight
- Mr. H. F. Knowles
- Mrs. Knowles
- Miss Martha Kramer
- Mr. A. E. Ledingham
- Mr. A. Leggett
- Mrs. Leggett
- Mr. J. H. Lines
- Mrs. Lines
- G/Capt. M. Lister
- Mrs. Lister
- Master M. R. Lister
- Miss S. E. Lister
- Mrs. E. Litster
- Mr. J. E. Lock
- Mrs. Lock
- Mrs. G. Long
- Dr. Ian B. Macdonald
- Miss Janet MacDonald
- Mr. George MacGregor
- Mr. Leonard W. Madge
- Mrs. M. Magladery
- Master T. Magladery
- Mrs. Sarah M. Major
- Mrs. J. Manning
- Mrs. W. J. Martin
- Miss S. Massey
- Miss Lily T Maybury
- Miss E. M. McAlpine
- Mrs. C. McCann
- Mr. D. McGavin
- Mrs. McGavin
- Miss M. McGavin
- Master M. McGavin
- Mr. David C. McGeorge
- Dr. Maud Menten
- Mr. George Miller
- Mrs. William Miller
- Miss J. I. Miller
- Miss M. Milward
- Mrs. E. Moody
- Dr. D. D. Muir
- Mrs. Muir
- Mrs. Phyllis Muir
- Master John Muir
- Mrs. K. K. Mullen
- Mr. William S. Myron
- Mr. Bernard Naylor
- Mrs. Naylor
- Mrs. Albert Nordheimer
- Mr. Gerald Nordheimer
- Mrs. A. E. Parkin
- Mrs. A. D. Payne
- Mrs. Sarah E. Peacock
- Mrs. T. R. Pearson
- Mr. Frank A. Peers
- Mrs. Peers
- Mr. T. Pendleton
- Rev. Dr. W. E. Pescott
- Dr. C. A. Peters
- Mrs. Peters
- Mr. V. Pethlck
- Mrs. Pethick
- Mrs. M. E. Pocock
- Mrs. M. Post
- Mrs. A. Prendergast
- Prof. J. H. Quastel
- Mrs. M. S. Rees
- Mr. R. Richardson
- Mrs. Richardson
- Mr. J. Rippin
- Mrs. M. H. Robertson
- Mr. J. Robertson
- Mr. W. G. Robson
- Mrs. Robson
- Mr. Alan Robson
- Mr. Barry Robson
- Mr. Rochester Hart Rogers
- Mrs. Rogers
- Mr. W. F. Sargisson
- Mrs. Sargisson
- Mr. John M. Scott
- Miss K. Seabrook
- Lt. Col. Sir Norman Seddon-Brown
- Lady Seddon-Brown
- Mr. Maitland Smith
- Mrs. V. O. Spencer
- Mr. P. C. Stephenson
- Mrs. Muriel D. Stewait
- Mrs. D. E. Stopps
- Mrs. M. Story
- Mr. L. W. Strutt
- Mrs. Strutt
- Mr. D. A. Sucksmith
- Mrs. Sucksmith
- F/Lt L. A. Tapp
- Mrs. Tapp
- Miss Barbara Taylor
- Mrs. J. E. Thompson
- Miss Joan Thompson
- Master Paul Thompson
- Miss Carole Thompson
- Mr. R. C. Thomson
- Miss Janet Thurston
- Mr. C. F. Tissington
- Mr. A. B. Toms
- Mrs. Toms
- Mr. W. Tong
- Mrs. Tong
- Mr. Geofray W. Tory
- Master Peter Tory
- Master David Tory
- Miss Wendy Tory
- Mr. M. Tranter
- Mrs. Tranter
- Miss A. Waldron
- Miss Alice Waller
- Mr. W. A. Washburn
- Mrs. Washburn
- Mr. Alastair Watt
- Cmdr. R. P. Welland
- Mrs. Welland
- Master Michael Welland
- Master Anthony Welland
- Master Christopher Welland
- Mr. Edward Wild
- Mrs. Wild
- Mrs. G. E. Williams
- Mr. John L. Williamson
- Mrs. Williamson
- Mr. James R. Wilson
- Mrs. H. Witt
- Mrs. W. E. Witt
- Mrs. Dorothy
- M. Woodhead
Back Cover, SS Empress of France Passenger List - 5 August 1949. | GGA Image ID # 116764f50a
Tourist Class Passengers
- Mrs. Mildred M. Adams
- Dr I. M. Allen
- Mr. T. Allen
- Mrs. Allen
- Mr. F. Allnutt
- Mrs. Allnut
- Mr. Wm. Anderson
- Mrs. E. E. Atkins
- Miss Irene Audsley
- Mr. L. Baker
- Mrs. Baker
- Mrs. B. Barker
- Miss M. Barnard
- Mrs. B. Batchelor
- Mr. A. W. Beale
- Mr. R. Bearne
- Mr. J Beattie
- Mrs. Alice M. Bernard
- Miss E. Bernard
- Miss Margo Bernard
- Mr. Frederick Bingham
- Mrs. Bingham
- Mrs. I. Birks
- Mr. A. Blades
- Mm. E. Bonfield
- Mr. J. D. M. Boudreau
- Mrs. Boudreau
- Master Donald Boudreau
- Master James Boudreau
- Mr. Arthur Bradley
- Mrs. Bradley
- Mrs. Margaret Bradshaw
- Mrs. J. Brewster
- Mm. G. Brook
- Master Bernard Brook
- Master George Brook
- Mrs. A. E. Brown
- Miss M. Brundage
- Mrs. F. J. Butler
- Miss Agnes Caldwell
- Mrs. N. Moore Cantley
- Mrs. E. Chalmers
- Miss M. H. Charleson
- Mis. K. W. H. Charnock
- Miss H. B. Clark
- Mrs. Ruth Cook
- Mr. W. Cook
- Mrs. Cook
- Mrs. Catherine Coombs
- Rev. Francis E. Cooper
- Miss A. C. McL. Cormack
- Mrs. J. Cowie
- Mr. E. J. S. Cowling
- Mr. A. Dair
- Mr. George Dair
- Mrs. Dair
- Miss H. Davenport
- Mrs. Frances J. Davies
- Mrs. M A. Davies
- Mr. R. E. Davies
- Mrs. Doris M. Davis
- Mrs. S. A. E. Dean
- Miss L. E. Dean
- Mr. J. N. Dolding
- Mrs. Alice Duckworth
- Mrs. Grosset M. Edmiston
- Mr. F. J. Edwards
- Miss M. M. Elliott
- Mrs. K. Ellis
- Mrs. Pearl Embury
- Miss Elaine Embury
- Master Delbert Embury
- Mr. S. Farler
- Mrs. Farler
- Mr. R. Finnie
- Mr. F. Fletcher
- Mrs. Fletcher
- Mrs. Catherine Floyd
- Miss Nancy E. Floyd
- Rev. C. T. Follett
- Mr. B. Foster
- Miss A. G. Fraser
- Mr. D. C. C. Fraser
- Miss Margaret Fraser
- Mrs. L. French
- Miss Lilias Mary Frier
- Mr. J. Gallagher, Sr.
- Mr. J. Gallagher, Jr.
- Miss M. Gallagher
- Mrs. F. Gillespie
- Miss Ann Gillis
- Mr. W. Goss
- Mr. E. Grainger
- Mrs. Grainger
- Mr. J. E. Grant
- Mrs. Grant
- Mr. H. J. Green
- Miss Green
- Mr. Geoffrey Gregory
- Miss K. S. Griffiths
- Miss June Hare
- Mrs. A. Hasson
- Mr. E. G. Haward
- Mrs. Haward
- Miss Cora B. Haward
- Mrs. Agnes Hazelden
- Mr. W. J. J. Herron
- Mrs. A. M. Higham
- Mrs. Kate Hind
- Mrs. Christina Hogg
- Miss Barbara Holgate
- Mr. W. Honig
- Mrs. Honig
- Miss M. J. Hoskin
- Mrs. Frank Johnson
- Miss Cheryl Johnson
- Master Andrew Johnson
- Rev. Father J. Kelly, O.M.I.
- Mrs. M. Kelly
- Mrs. D. G. Kent
- Mr. G. M. Keyser
- Mrs. Keyser
- Miss G. E. Keyser
- Miss Emma Lambert
- Mrs. G. E. LeBreton
- Mr. Ernest Lee
- Mrs. Lee
- Miss Marilyn J. Lees
- Mrs. Amelia L. Lees
- Mr. A. Levack
- Mrs. Levack
- Miss K. Lothian
- Mr. James M. Macalister
- Mrs. J. MacLean
- Mrs. Mary Magor
- Prof. Thos. Mahoney
- Mrs. L. A. Mansell
- Mrs. J. Mansfield
- Mr. W. H. Marker
- Mr. Francis Martin
- Mrs. Martin
- Miss M. McCaffer
- Mrs. J. E. McDonald
- Miss Helen M. McDonald
- Miss Phyllis McDonald
- Mrs. Mary McEwan
- Mr. James McGregor
- Mrs. M. Mcllwain
- Miss I. Mcllwain
- Mr. Edward McKerlie
- Mrs. McKerlie
- Mr. James J. W. McLean
- Mrs. McLean
- Mrs. J. D. McMillan
- Master William McMillan
- Master John McMillan
- Mr. W. J. McMurray
- Mr. J. McNeilly
- Mrs. C. F. McQuire
- Miss E. D. Meikle
- Miss A. Melberg
- Miss Larraine Middleton
- Mrs. I. Mitchell
- Miss R. Monaghan
- Mrs. Ethel Moncrieff
- Mrs. Amelia R. Montgomery
- Miss Josephine C. Montgomery
- Miss G. Moody
- Mr. John Muir
- Mrs. Muir
- Miss Bridget Murray
- Miss A. H. Near
- Mrs. Alice B. Nelson
- Mrs. H. C. D. Noble
- Miss Mary E. Norris
- Mr. W. Oswald
- Mrs. A. Owen
- Rev. B. T. Page
- Mrs. Page
- Dr. Edouard Page
- Mrs. L. F. Painter
- Miss Gail Painter
- Master Garry Painter
- Miss E. Palin
- Mr. W. Parker
- Mrs. Parker
- Miss Elizabeth Parry
- Mr. K. Pearce
- Mrs. Pearce
- Miss C. Pearce
- Mr. R. W. Foster-Pegg
- Mrs. H. R. Pickup
- Mrs. Ethel L. Piety
- Mr. H. E. Plummer
- Miss M. Prentice
- Miss N. Pugh
- Mr. H. F. Punter
- Mrs. Lena E. Rieger
- Mrs. M. Roberts
- Mr. Samuel Rosen
- Mrs. Emily J. Rowland
- Mr. D. R. Russel
- Mrs. Russell
- Master David Russell
- Miss M. M. Schommer
- Mrs. Mabel Sellick
- Miss L. Scnecal
- Mrs. S. Sharpe
- Mr. John Shaw
- Mrs. Shaw
- Mrs. E. Shepherd
- Mr. F. H. Sidwell
- Mrs. Sidwell
- Mrs. F. J. Sjoquist
- Mrs. C. Sked
- Mr. George Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mrs. Margaret N. Smith
- Mrs. J. Spowage
- Miss I. V. Stelfox
- Mr. Robert Stephenson
- Mrs. Stephenson
- Mrs. Margaret A. Stewart
- Miss Catherine J. Stewart
- Mr. Robert Stewart
- Mrs. Robert Stewart
- Miss Irene Stewart
- Mr. W. Stewart
- Mrs. Stewart
- Mrs. D. M. Streatfleld
- Mr. R. B. Sykes
- Mrs. Sykes
- Mrs. Maisie Symes
- Miss Beatrice E. Taylor
- Miss Doreen F. I. Taylor
- Miss E. Taylor
- Mrs. N. Taylor
- Miss K. Teasdale
- Mr. E. J. Theobalds
- Mrs. Theobalds
- Mr. John Thomson
- Mr. R. J. Thorp
- Mrs. Thorp
- Mrs. Theresa Timmins
- Miss Marie Tohill
- Mrs. M. K. Trean de Coeli
- Miss Mary Trean de Coeli
- Master Peter Trean de Coeli
- Master Brian Trean de Coeli
- Mr. J. G. Trickett
- Mrs. Trickett
- Mr. L. H. Urmson
- Mrs. G. E. Wade
- Miss J. P. M. Walker
- Mrs. O. C. S. Wallace
- Mrs. L. Watkins
- Mrs. K. S. Weaver
- Master Grant K. Weaver
- Mr. J. C. Western
- Mrs. Western
- Mr. Harold Whinfield
- Mrs. Whinfield
- Mrs. M. White
- Mr. J. Wilson
- Mrs. Wilson
- Master Paul Wilton
- Mr. William C. Wilton
- Mrs. Iris Yates
- Miss Nicola Yates
- Mrs. E. P. Yonge
- Mrs. Maggie Young
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