RMS Lucania Passenger List - 17 June 1899
Front Cover of a Saloon Class Passenger Lists for the RMS Lucania of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday, 17 June 1899 from Liverpool to New York, Commanded by Captain Horatio McKay. GGA Image ID # 1598cf51d2
Notable Passengers Included: Walter Owen Briggs, Hon. George Edwards, Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: Horatio McKay (Lt. R.N.R.)
- Surgeon: James Pointon
- Purser: William Field
- Chief Steward: Henry Clark
Saloon Passengers
- Mr. Richard H. Abbott
- Mrs. Abbott
- Mr. J. G. Anderson
- Mr. G. C. Andreae
- Mr. W. S. Armitage
- Mr. G. E. Armstrong
- Mrs. Armstrong
- Mr. W. E. Bagshawe
- Mr. Balmford
- Mr. Frank Barrowcliff
- Mr. R. D. Beals
- Mr. Neptune Blood - Brother of Lady Colin Campbell had figured prominently in the Perot abduction case - he assisted Mrs. Perot to abduct her daughter from the residence of the child's grandfather in 1900
- Mr. Walter Briggs - Walter Owen Briggs, Sr. (February 27, 1877 – January 17, 1952) was an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner. He was owner of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1952
- Mr. A. L. Brown
- Mr. H. A. Butters
- Mr. Fred B. Carpenter
- Mr. F. M. Cartan
- Mr. H. Cartan
- Mr. George V. Cartwright
- Mr. James Cartwright
- Mr. Louis S. Cates (1881 - 1959) CEO of Phelps-Dodge
- Mr. John Clark
- Mr. J. W. Condit - Died of Typhoid fever in September 1906 - Was a Director of the Colonial Assurance Company and the Empire City Fire Insurance Company
- Mrs. Condit
- Mr. H. A. Dailey
- Mr. H. J. Davis
- Mr. J. A. Dillon
- Miss E. Dillon
- Mr. Oswald Dobell (1864 - 1912)
- Mrs. Katherine Dubois (1843-1924)
- Mr. E. Duche
- Mrs. Doche
- Mr. B. Edgerton
- Hon. George Edwards Member of the Australian House of Representatives1901-1906, 1910 - He died in 1911
- Mr. C. F. Emerson
- Mr. Leopold E. Eno - Committed suicide in March of 1905 - he was employed as clerk in the office of Paul F. GERHART & Co., agents for the Lamport and Holt line
- Miss Beatrice E. Eno
- Mr. H. Evans
- Mr. J. Fahys
- Mrs. Fahys
- Mr. G. Flood
- Miss A. M. Florence
- Mr. H. W. Forster, M.P. Member of the House of Commons
- Mr. Charles G. Foster
- Miss Cara R. Foster - Golfer
- Mr. A. V. Fraser
- Mr. Hamlin Garlant
- Mrs. T. H. Gelston
- Mrs. Gilbert
- Miss Gilbert
- Hon. H. D. Gordon
- Mr. Gould
- Mr. A. Hartman
- Mr. William Horlick, Jr.
- Mr. E. H. Hotchkiss - Eli Hubbell Hotchkiss
- Mrs. W. R. Hotchkiss - Wife of W. R. Hotchkiss of Deluxe Corp
- Mr. E. H. Howard
- Miss Alice Nugent Humble
- Mr. J. E. A. Hussey
- Mr. F. Hutchings
- Mrs. Hutchings
- Mr. Clarence M. Hyde
- Mrs. Hyde and Maid
- Miss Clara F. Hyde
- Miss Elizabeth Hyde
- Mr. N. King
- Mr. S. Kutnow
- Mr. William Laimbeer and Manservant - William Laimbeer, a member of the New York Stock Exchange and a graduate of Harvard, and Clara Button Bloodgood, the actress, were married 29 May 1902
- Mr. Leuenberger
- Miss Levy
- Miss S. Levy
- Mr. de Lery Macdonald
- Dr. A. C. Maclean
- Mr. A. E. Marchalleck
- Mr. W. E. Marrian
- Mr. Jenner G. Marshall - Engineer
- Dr. C. F. McGahan - Director of Aiken Cottage Sanitarium
- Mr. A. W. Merrill - Principal of Commercial Banking firm Sleeper & Merrill
- Mr. Charles W. Minor
- Miss M. E. Mitchell and Maid
- Mr. E. La Montagne, Jr. - Edward La Montagne, Jr., a well-known member of the Stock Exchange, and formerly head of the firm of La Montagne, Clarke Co
- Mr. Robert W. Moore
- Mr. George D. Morgan
- Mr. F. B. Morgan
- Mrs. Morgan
- Mr. A. R. Morrell
- Mr. James Morrish
- Mr. T. B. Morse
- Mr. Hugh Maser
- Mr. H. S. Naul
- Mr. Charles Neumann
- Mrs. John W. Van Oost
- Mr. Hubert G. Palmer
- Mr. Charles H. Petsch
- Mr. R. Popkiss
- Miss Catherine A. Power
- Mr. Thomas Pratt
- Mrs. W. A. Prime and Maid
- Master Prime
- Mr. George Quackenbush
- Mrs. J. P. Rafferty
- Mr. E. P. Rammell
- Miss M. Raymond
- Mr. Renner
- Mr. M. Resher
- Mr. Charles E. Rieman
- Mrs. Rieman
- Miss K. A. Rust
- Mr. John F. Saunders
- Mr. W. M. Scheftal
- Mr. Max Scheuer founder of the Century Doll Company
- Mr. Robert Scott
- Mr. C. C. Shoyer
- Mr. George C. Smith
- Mr. William G. Staniland
- Mrs. Staniland
- Master Alfred Staniland
- Mr. R. H. Stearns, Jour
- Mr. Simon Sterne - (23 July 1839 - 22 September 1901) Prominent Attorney - After 1870, Mr. Sterne made frequent trips to Europe to study the relation of railroads and corporations to the Governments
- Mrs. Sterne [Mathilde Elsberg Sterne - sister of Doctor Louis Elsberg, the celebrated laryngologist]
- Mrs. Isaiah Stetson
- Miss Lilly Stetson
- Miss Louise Stetson
- Mr. A. H. P. Stoneham
- Mr. D. Strachan
- Mr. James W. Sullivan - Typographer and Author
- Col. R. M. Thompson and Valet - Former president of the Canadian Copper Company
- Mrs. Thompson
- Miss Ruth Thompson - (September 15, 1887 - April 5, 1970) Attorney, Republican Representative for Michigan
- Miss C. E. Thompson
- Mr. H. L. Thompson
- Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Two Menservants (Either Cornelius Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. or Cornelius Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was a distinguished American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family
- Mrs. Vanderbilt and Maid
- Miss Vanderbilt and Maid
- Mr. R. C. Veit - Richard Charles Veit, (? - 1919) Secretary of the Standard Oil Company of New York
- Mrs, Veit
- Mrs. W. H. Virgoe
- Mr. James R. Walker
- Mr. Charles A. Walker
- Mr. Bert Walker
- Mr. Ray Walker
- Mr. A. Warne-Browne - Artist Naval paintings and Landscapes
- Mr. J. P. Watson
- Mr. Edgar Watts
- Mr. R. L. Weighton - Marine Engineer
- Mr. J. D. Weir
- Mrs. Weir
- Mr. F. N. White
- Mr. A. S. White
- Master White
- Mr. G. F. Willett - President of Willett & Company
- Mrs. Willett
- Mr. J. R. Barton Willing - John Rhea Barton Willing, (1865 - 1913) brother of Mrs. John Astor, accomplished fencer, boxer, and oarsman, died of diphtheria
- Mr. Harold Wilson
- Miss Ella Wilson
- Mr. Abe Wineburgh
- Dr. Peter B. Wyckoff
- Mrs. Wyckoff and Maid
- Miss Wyckoff
- Miss M. Alice Wyld - Author
- Mr. E. B. Wyman
- Mrs. Wyman
Information for Passengers
Record Passages and Fastest Ocean Steaming.
Steamer | Fastest Passage | Day's Run | Knots | |
---|---|---|---|---|
LUCANIA | 5 | 7 | 562 | 22.01 |
CAMPANIA | 5 | 9 | 558 | 21.88 |
ETRURIA | 5 | 20 | 509 | 20.00 |
UMBRIA | 5 | 22 | 510 | 19.78 |
For the convenience of Passengers from London and the South a Special Train will leave "Euston," London, for Riverside Station, Liverpool, at 12 Noon every Saturday.
Meals will be served in the Saloon at the following times :—
- Breakfast from 8:30 to to;
- Luncheon at 1:00 pm;
- Dinner (a la Carte) at 7
- Supper, if required, must be ordered before 10 o'clock
The Bar will be closed at 11:00 pm and the Smoking Room at 11:30 pm
The Second Steward has the arrangement of the seats at table.
Divine Service on Sunday at 10:30 am
All enquiries regarding Baggage should be made to the Purser.
Steamer Chairs may be hired from the Deck Steward at a cost of 4/- for the voyage.
Valuables and money should be deposited with the Purser who will give a receipt for same on the Company's form.
Information as to the methods of Custom's Inspection at New York, dutiable articles and rate of duty thereon, can be obtained from the Purser.
Passengers are notified that dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain unless a license has been issued by the Board of Agriculture, London. Forms for license can only be obtained by direct application.
Special Trains are run between Riverside Station, Liverpool, and Euston Station, London, in connection with the arrival and departure of these Steamers All the other Railway Stations in Liverpool are within a few minutes drive of the Landing Stage.
Cunard Transatlantic Track Chart, 1899. Back Cover of RMS Lucania Passenger List from 17 June 1899. GGA Image ID # 1599c29bc0