RMS Pavonia Passenger List - 23 August 1887
Saloon Passenger List for the RMS Pavonia of the Cunard Line, Departing Tuesday, 23 August 1887 from Liverpool to Boston, Commanded by Captain A. McKay. Illustration by Waterlow & Sons, Limited, London Wall, London. Publishers: The Edwardes Menu Company Ltd. GGA Image ID # 15a1add855
Notable Passengers included: Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Julius Eichberg, William H. P. Faunce, Henry L. Pierce, Denman W. Ross, Frederick Stone, Louis Sulzbacher.
Saloon Passengers
- Mr. T. B. Aldrich. Thomas Bailey Aldrich (November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American poet, novelist, travel writer and editor
- Mr. C. F. Aldrich
- Mr. H. F. Allen
- Mr. George E. Atwood
- Miss Nellie Barrett
- Mr. E. M. Beach
- Mr. R. R. Bishop
- Mrs. Bishop
- Mr. J. T. Bishop
- Mr. Benjamin Booth
- Mrs. Booth, and Maid
- Dr. A. Boothby
- Rev. G. M. Boynton
- Alderman Bromwich
- Mrs. Bromwich
- Rev. F. G. Burgess
- Mr. N. S. Burton
- Mr. H. F. Burton
- Rev. W. Calkins, D.D
- Mrs. Calkins, and Child
- Miss Calkins
- Master Calkins
- Master Calkins
- Mr. James A. Carlaw
- Mr. J. Carney
- Mrs. Carpenter
- Hon. P. C. Cheny
- Mrs. Cheny
- Miss Agnes Cheny
- Mr. Frederick Clark
- Mr. Atherton Clark
- Mr. J. M. Clark
- Mr. George L. Clark
- Mr. A. D. Cole
- Mr. A. Coleby
- Miss H. L. Cudlipp
- Mr. N. A. Cumner
- Mrs. Cumner
- Mr. A. B. Cumner
- Mr. E. A. Cushing
- Mr. Charles Davis
- Mrs. Davis
- Mr. Harleston Deacon
- Mrs. M. C. Dillon
- Miss M. Dillon
- Mr. T. H. Duggan
- Mr. James Dwight
- Mrs. Dwight
- Mr. John Edmunds
- Mrs. Edmunds
- Miss Edmunds
- Mr. H. W. Edson
- Mrs. Edson
- Mr. Julius Eichberg. Julius Eichberg (13 June 1824 – 18 January 1893) was a German-born composer, musical director and educator who worked mostly in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States
- Mr. Isidore Eichberg
- Miss Caroline Evans
- Miss Farrell
- Mr. W. H. P. Faunce. William Herbert Perry Faunce (January 15, 1859 – January 31, 1930) was an American clergyman, educator and the son of Daniel Faunce. He graduated in 1880 at Brown University (where he then taught mathematics for a year), and at 1884 at Newton Theological Seminary, and from 1884 to 1889 was pastor of the State Street Baptist Church of Springfield, Massachusetts
- Mrs. Faunce
- Rev. R. H. Fergurson
- Ex-Mayor James A. Fox
- Miss L. V. Fox
- Mr. Edward Fuller
- Mrs. Fuller
- Mr. A. J. George
- Miss E. A. George
- Mr. L. B. Gertz
- Mr. A. H. Gilman
- Mrs. Gilman
- Mrs. M. Goddard
- Miss Julia Goddard
- Mr. N. Goodwin
- Mr. George Goslin
- Mrs. Goslin
- Mr. S. Gregston
- Miss Ella Gregston
- Miss Laura Gregston
- Mr. W. M. Greenlee
- Mr. D. Haswell
- Mr. James W. Hawley
- Mr. L. A. Hills
- Mrs. Hills
- Mr. Hills, Jr.
- Dr. E. A. Hornell
- Dr. Emil Hougberg
- Mr. James Hunter
- Mr. H. S. Johnson
- Mrs. Johnson
- Miss E. W. Kaan
- Dr. J. E. L. Kimball
- Miss L. A. Kimball
- Mr. M. Kunkel
- Mrs. Kunkel
- Mr. T. Loring
- Mrs. T. Loring
- Miss Loring
- Mr. Patrick Lyons
- Mrs. Patrick Lyons
- Mr. W. P. McQuade
- Rev. Dr. R. R. Meredith
- Miss J. M. Milne
- Major P. E. Murphy
- Miss Nathurst
- Mr. Peter Nerney
- Mrs. Nerney
- Mrs. F. Nicholson
- Miss M. E. Nicholson
- Mr. D. W. Noyes
- Mrs. Noyes
- Mr. P. O'Connor
- Miss M. J. Owens
- Mr. W. N. Le Page
- Mr. W. H. Peterson
- Mr. H. L. Pierce. Henry Lillie Pierce (August 23, 1825 – December 17, 1896) was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born in Stoughton on August 23, 1825. He pursued classical studies, attended the State normal school at Bridgewater, and engaged in manufacturing. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, a member of the Boston Board of Aldermen, and served as Mayor of Boston
- Mr. H C. Puffer
- Miss Nellie Puffer
- Miss M. E. Putney
- Mr. George H. Quincey
- Rev. W. H. Ramsey
- Miss Annie Ramsey
- Mr. D. C. Roney
- Mr. Denman W. Ross. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935) was an American painter, art collector, and scholar of art history and theory. He was a professor of art at Harvard University and a trustee of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Mrs. J. L. Ross
- Mr. G. A. Russell
- Miss Eva Russell
- Mr. M. M. Sanders
- Mrs. Sanders
- Dr. N. H. Shaffer
- Mr. P. Sheppard
- Mr. H. Schuller
- Mr. J. L. Smith
- Mr. Dexter Smith
- Mr. S. D. Smith
- Miss H. F. Smith
- Miss E. T. Smith
- Mr. G. W. Snow
- Mr. R. H. Stearns, Jr.
- Mr. A. W. Sterns
- Mr. A. Stewart
- Miss M. Stewart
- Miss M. A. Stewart
- Hon. F. M. Stone. Frederick Stone (February 7, 1820 – October 17, 1899) was a U.S. Congressman from the fifth district of Maryland, serving two terms from 1867—1871
- Mr. Sulzbacher. Louis Sulzbacher (May 10, 1842 – January 17, 1915) was the first continental American appointed as Associate Justice of the newly created Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in 1900. Appointed by President William McKinley he assumed his post in August 1900 and served until 1904
- Dr. George S. Taylor
- Rev. Dr. R.. Thomas
- Mr. B. D. Thresher
- Mr. A. N. Thresher
- Mr. W. T. Titcomb
- Mrs. F. Townson
- Miss M. Townson
- Mr. J. R. Van Zandt
- Mr. J. H. Voss
- Miss Waldo
- Mr. Henry Whitmore
- Mr. Charles E. Whitmore
- Mrs. Whitmore
- Miss M. A. Willcox
- Mrs. Williams
- Mrs. De Wolf
- Miss De Wolf
- Mr. Thomas F. Wright
- Mrs. Wright
Leading British Hotels & Railway Announcements, 1887. Back Cover of a Saloon Class Passenger List for the RMS Pavonia Dated 23 August 1887. GGA Image ID # 15a1de403a
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