🌍 Saloon Class Passengers of the RMS Saxonia – 27 July 1909: Boston-Bound Voyage from Liverpool

Front Cover of a Saloon Class Passenger List for the RMS Saxonia of the Cunard Line, Departing 27 July 1909 from Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh), Commanded by Captain E. H. Pentecost. GGA Image ID # 159e714e8c

📌 Introduction

This elaborate passenger list from the RMS Saxonia, a steamship of the Cunard Line, documents a voyage that departed Liverpool on 27 July 1909, with a stop in Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland, before crossing the Atlantic to Boston, Massachusetts. The RMS Saxonia was one of Cunard’s proud workhorses of the early 20th century, known for transporting both luxury passengers and hopeful immigrants alike. This particular voyage offers a fascinating cross-section of social elites, religious leaders, medical professionals, naval officers, and American families of influence.

🚢 Ship Overview: RMS Saxonia

Operator: Cunard Line

Launched: 1900

Route: Primarily Liverpool – Boston

Type: Passenger liner with facilities for Saloon (First Class), Second Cabin, and Steerage

Notable Features: Wireless Telegraphy (Marconi System), Submarine Signalling, luxurious dining service

Captain (1909 voyage): E. H. Pentecost, Lt. R.N.R.

🧭 Voyage Details

Departure: Liverpool, 27 July 1909

Ports of Call: Queenstown (Cobh), Ireland

Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts (early August 1909 expected)

Class Covered: Saloon (First Class)

Passenger Count: High-profile individuals, academics, naval officers, clergy, and society elites

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Captain: E. H. Pentecost (Lt. R.N.R.)
2. Surgeon: David D. F. MacIntyre
3. Purser: I. G. Hodgson
4. Assistant Purser : Wm. V. Heayberd
5. Chief Steward: John Sleigh

Saloon Passengers

1. Miss M. J. Abbott
2. Commander F. A. Abercrombie-Millar, R.N
3. Mrs. Abercrombie-Millar
4. Miss Abercrombie-Millar
5. Mr. C. E. Adams
6. Mr. E. P. Adams
7. Mr. H. V. Andrews
8. Mr. Richard S. Austin
9. Mrs. A. M. Backus
10. Mrs. A. Bailey
11. Miss Bailey
12. Miss Edith Bailey
13. Mrs. Clayton A. Ballon
14. Mrs. Belcher
15. Miss Belcher
16. Mr. Henry W. Bliss
17. Mrs. Bliss
18. Miss M. Bliss
19. Mr. Harry M. Bliss
20. Miss Hester T. Bobson
21. Mr. S. Bowen
22. Mrs. Bowen and Maid
23. Mrs. Bryan and Maid
24. Mr. W. G. Buxton
25. Mrs. Buxton
26. Mrs. C. M. Camp
27. Mrs. F. Carroll
28. Mr. J. E. Carter
29. Mr. R. Casson
30. Mrs. Casson
31. Mr. W. M. Chase
32. Mrs. Chase
33. Dr. Arthur L. Chute
34. Mrs. M. E. Clarke
35. Mr. C. E, Cobb
36. Mrs. Cobb
37. Mrs. Richmond I. Cochrane and Infant
38. Mr. Pelham Cochrane
39. Mr. P. R. Culbert
40. Mrs. F. D. Daniels
41. Mr. Charles P. Darling
42. Mrs. Darling
43. Mr. I. F. Dwinnell
44. Rev. A. Fitch
45. Mrs. Fitch
46. Miss B. Fuller
47. Mr. George W. Gale
48. Mrs. Gale
49. Mr. W. G. Gittings
50. Mr. J. Guild
51. Mr. David Hadden
52. Mrs. Hadden
53. Master D. R. Hadden
54. Mrs. George S. Hatch
55. Miss H. H. Hatch
56. Mr. George S. Hatch
57. Master F. A. Hatch
58. Miss Camilla Hathaway
59. Mrs. B. S. Hemenway
60. Miss C. E. Hemenway
61. Mr. L. S. Hemenway
62. Mrs. R. D. Jones
63. Mrs. J. Jones
64. Miss M. C. Jordan
65. Mrs. C. W. Kennard
66. Mrs. J. W. Laurence
67. Mrs. R. C. Lehmann
68. Miss H. C Lehmann
69. Mrs. Lewis

70. Mr. John L. Magee
71. Mrs. Magee
72. Miss Genevieve Magee
73. Mr. Thomas Martin
74. Mrs. Martin
75. Miss Elsie Martin
76. Miss C. Masche
77. Mr. W. H. McGill
78. Mt. E. T. McKnight
79. Mr. John McLane
80. Miss McLane
81. Mr. William D. McLeod
82. Mr. W. J. Meadows
83. Miss Meadows
84. Mr. P. J. Miller
85. Mrs. A. W. Moore
86. Mr. Godfrey Morse
87. Mrs. Morse
88. Mrs. W. O. Moseley
89. Mr. Paul L. Mueller
90. Mrs. Mueller
91. Mr. E. J. Neale
92. Miss S. W. Orvis
93. Mrs. Hamilton Osgood
94. Mr. E. Ovey
95. Mrs, Ovey
96. Mr. G. H. Paterson
97. Mrs, G. R. Payson
98. Mr. Robert M. Pitt, Jr.
99. Miss Rhoda D. Power
100. Mrs. E. W. Pratt
101. Mrs. Wm. G. Reed
102. Mr. Edward Rhodes
103. Mr. H. I. Richmond
104. Mrs. R. S. Russell and Maid
105. Mr. Mahlon Alanson Sands
106. Mrs. Alanson Sands and Maid
107. Dr. T. Smith
108. Mrs. Smith
109. Mr. Clarence Smith
110. Miss Bessie S. Smith
111. Mrs. Peter D. Smith
112. Miss E. M. Smith
113. Miss Marion Sortwell
114. Miss F. A. Sortwell
115. Miss Sidney Spencer
116. Mrs. Stewart
117. Miss Stewart and Nurse
118. Miss Alice Stringer
119. Mr. C. B. Taylor
120. Mrs. Taylor
121. Mr. John W. Thompson
122. Miss Ida Thompson
123. Miss Thomson
124. Mrs. J. L. Thorndike and Maid
125. Miss Thorndike
126. Miss Thorndike
127. Mr. W. D. T. Trefry
128. Miss Sue Van Wagenan
129. Mr. F. H. Warner
130. Mrs. Warner
131. Miss Warner
132. Mrs. Fiske Warren
133. Miss Marjorie Warren
134. Master Hamilton Warren and Nurse
135. Miss B. Warren
136. Miss Mary G. Webb
137. Mr. James Whitaker
138. Mr. H. White
139. Mrs. White
140. Mr. J. R Whitehead
141. Mr. Edwin Wilcock
142. Mrs. Wilcock
143. Miss Wilcock
144. Mr. George O. Willey
145. Mr. L. H. Williams
146. Mrs. Williams
147. Mrs. Charles Wright and Maid
148. Miss Wright and Maid
149. Miss Evelyn Wright and Governess
150. Mr. W. Yerxa

👤 Notable Individuals Aboard

🎖️ Military & Naval Figures

Commander F. A. Abercrombie-Millar, R.N. – Representing the Royal Navy, his presence aboard reflects Anglo-American naval interactions at a time of rising international tensions before World War I.

🩺 Physicians & Medical Experts

Dr. Arthur L. Chute – Likely tied to transatlantic medical consultation or personal travel; potentially linked to hospital education.

Dr. T. Smith – Underscores the professional class using Cunard liners for transoceanic travel.

🙏 Religious Leaders

Rev. A. Fitch – Minister likely traveling for either mission work or vacation. Although affiliation is not stated, he may have served a Congregational or Episcopal congregation based on the era and region.

Religious leaders frequently crossed the Atlantic to attend religious conferences or pilgrimages.

🏛️ Elite American Families

Mrs. Fiske Warren & family – From a prominent Boston Brahmin family. The Fiske Warrens were deeply involved in philanthropy and arts.

Miss Marjorie Warren & Master Hamilton Warren (with nurse) – Young members of the family hint at summer travel for education or leisure.

Mrs. Stewart, Miss Stewart & Nurse – Suggests a well-to-do family traveling with domestic staff, typical of upper-class leisure voyages.

Mrs. Richmond I. Cochrane & Infant – The name “Cochrane” appears in elite social registers in both the UK and U.S.

🧑‍🎓 Academics & Society Members

While no specific professors are listed with university titles, several names such as:

Mr. George S. Hatch and Miss Camilla Hathaway may warrant deeper archival research, as they appear among known intellectual circles in Boston and New York during this period.

Information for Passengers

Meals will be served in the Saloon at the following times :-

• Breakfast, from 8:30 to 10;
• Luncheon at 1:00 pm;
• the usual Dinner will be served at 7 o'clock, but Passengers who wish to dine at 7:30 or 8 o'clock may arrange parties and order specially prepared Dinner as desired from the Head Waiter, not later than 2 o'clock
• Supper, if required, must be ordered before 10 o'clock

The Bar will be closed at 11:30 pm and the Smoking Room at Midnight.

Seats at Table.—The Second Steward has the arrangement of the seats at table.

Divine Service on Sunday at 10:30 am

Baggage.—All enquiries regarding Baggage should be addressed to the Purser.

Steamer Chairs may be hired from the Deck Steward at a cost of 4s. for the voyage.

Valuables.—The Company is not responsible for theft if valuables or money are kept in the Staterooms. The same should be placed in charge of the Purser for deposit in his safe, and a receipt will be given on the Company's form. As no charge is made for carriage the Company can not accept any responsibility for loss or damage, however arising, but Passengers can protect themselves by insurance.

Passengers should obtain a receipt on the Company's form for any additional Passage Money or Freight paid on board.

Exchange of Money.—The Purser is authorized to exchange money at the following rates. He will give American money for English at $4.80 to the pound sterling and English money for U.S. Currency at £1 sterling for $4.95.

The Surgeon is authorized to make customary charges, subject to the approval of the Commander, for treating any Passengers at their request for any illness not originating on board the ship. In the case of sickness contracted on board no charge will be made and medicine will be provided free.

Dogs.—Passengers are notified that dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain unless a license has previously been procured from the Board of Agriculture, London. Forms of license must be obtained by direct application to the Department before the dog is taken on board.

Arrivals in Liverpool.—Time of Landing Passengers.— When any of the Company's steamers arrive alongside the Liverpool Landing Stage after 8:00 pm it is optional for the Passengers to go on shore that night. In the event, however, of their remaining on board, they will be landed after breakfast the following morning, either by tender or in dock as circumstances may make desirable.

When any of the Company's steamers cannot arrive alongside the Landing Stage at Liverpool by 9:30 pm, the steamer will not be brought to the Stage until the following morning.

To prevent inconvenience and to meet emergencies, any Passengers desirous of disembarking on arrival of the steamer will, when the vessel reaches the river (but not later than midnight), be landed, with hand baggage only, by tender, provided that the Purser is advised immediately after departure from Queenstown of the passenger's wish to do so. Notice will be placed in the Companionway on arrival at Queenstown advising Passengers of anticipated arrival at Liverpool, and arrangements for landing.

Arrivals in Boston.—When any of the Company's steamers arrive at the Wharf after 8:00 pm, Passengers have the option of remaining on board over night and landing after Breakfast the following morning.

Automobiles.—The Purser can give full information to Passengers who wish to hire Automobiles for Touring purposes, and on receipt of instructions will send Marconigram to Head Office ordering same.

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 Prince's Stage.

Travellers' International Cheques.

For the convenience of its Patrons the Cunard Company now issues Cheques of $10.00, $20.00, $50.00 and $100.00, with Foreign money equivalents, at which they will be cashed by its Agents and Correspondents throughout the world, distinctly printed thereon; thus providing not only the safest and most economical means of taking funds abroad, with an absolute certainty as to value, but also A SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE MEANS of IDENTIFICATION in Case of NEED.

Full information regarding these Cheques will be given on application to any of the Company's principal Agencies throughout the United States.

This Steamer is Fitted with Marconi's System of Wireless Telegraphy, and Also with Submarine Signalling Apparatus.

Wireless Telegram Rates.

United States.—The minimum Marconi Rate, via Sea Gate, Babylon, Sagaponack or South Wellfleet (Cape Cod), or through the medium of a passing steamer and one of these stations, Is 8s. 4d. for ten words. Each extra word 6d.; text only counted; address and signature free; land charges additional; all fees must be prepaid. The minimum rate via Siasconsett or Cape Race, or through the medium of a passing steamer and these stations is 12s. 6d. for ten words. Each extra word 9d.; text only counted; address and signature free; land charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

The minimum Marconi Rate via Sable Island, or through the medium of a passing steamer and this station is 16s. 8d. for ten words. Each extra word Is.; text only counted; address and signature free; land charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

United Kingdom.—The minimum Marconi Rate, via Crookhaven, or other stations in the United Kingdom, or through the medium of a 'passing steamer, is 6s. for twelve words. Each extra word 6d.; every word in address, text, and signature counted; land charges additional; all fees must be prepaid.

Ship To Ship.—Minimum Rate, 6s. for twelve words. Each extra word 6d.; every word in address, text, and signature counted, and all fees must be prepaid.

Sailing Schedule for the Quadruple-Screw Turbine Steamers "Lusitania" and "Mauretania," The Largest, Fastest, and Most Sumptuously Appointed Vessels in the World, July-October 1909. Insert in a Saloon Class Passenger List of the RMS Saxonia From 27 July 1909. GGA Image ID # 159e71e3c2

Carriage Fares From Cunard Wharf, East Boston To Boston as follows :

Carriage Fares From Cunard Wharf, East Boston to Boston, 1909. Insert in a RMS Saxonia Saloon Class Passenger List From 27 July 1909. GGA Image ID # 159eecaa71

Division of the City of Boston Into Sections, 1909. Insert Included in a RMS Sasonia Saloon Class Passenger List From 27 July 1909. GGA Image ID # 159eef822d

• Points in Section A. $1.50 and Tolls for one, two or three, and $2.00 for four Passengers
• Points in Section B. $1.50 and Tolls for one, two or three, and $2.00 for four Passengers
• Points in Section C. $2.00 and Tolls for one or two Passengers
• Points in Section D. $2.50 and Tolls for one or two Passengers

Each additional Passenger to points in Section C, or D, fifty cents. One trunk free; each additional Trunk, twenty-five cents.

Passengers are requested to report any attempt to collect fares in excess of this Tariff at the Offices of the Cunard SS Co. Ltd., Boston

Division of The City Into Sections

Section A shall include all that part of the city proper lying north of a line drawn through the centre of State,. Court and Cambridge streets.

Section B shall include all that part of the city proper lying south of a line drawn through the centre of the streets named as forming the, southerly boundary of Section A, and north of a line drawn through the centre of Dover and Berkeley streets.

Section C shall include all that part of the city proper lying south of a line drawn through the centre of the streets named as forming the southerly boundary of Section B, and north of a line drawn through the centre of Massachusetts avenue.

Section D shall include all that part of the city proper lying south of a line drawn through the centre of the streets named as forming the southerly boundary of Section C, and north of a line beginning at the corner of Willow court, and theace running through the centre of Boston and Dudley streets, Eliot square, Roxbury street, Columbus avenue, Tremont and Francis streets.

Cunard Line Track Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, 1909. Included in a Saloon Class Passenger List of the RMS Saxonia From 27 July 1909. GGA Image ID# 159f13cbf6

🖼️ Noteworthy Images

📸 Front Cover

Elegant typography and Cunard branding, showcasing luxury in transatlantic travel.

📸 Sailing Schedule Insert

Highlights the Cunard fleet's pride – the Lusitania and Mauretania – underlining the Saxonia’s place among ocean liners.

📸 Carriage Fare Table (Boston)

An interesting glimpse into early 20th-century urban logistics and travel infrastructure in Boston.

📸 City of Boston Section Map

Useful for genealogists tracing immigrant disembarkation and residence patterns.

📸 Cunard Atlantic Track Chart

Excellent visual reference of transatlantic sea lanes—valuable for maritime historians.

📚 Relevance of the RMS Saxonia Voyage

This passenger list provides rich educational value for:

Teachers & Students 🧑‍🏫: Study early 20th-century immigration, class stratification, and the role of transatlantic liners in shaping culture and economy.

Historians 📖: Observe the presence of military, medical, and religious figures amid rising global mobility and imperial politics.

Genealogists 🔍: Trace elite family lines and support individual passenger research via city directories, society registries, or immigration records.

Sociologists 🧠: Analyze class divisions aboard ship (Saloon vs. Steerage), leisure travel, and early travel convenience marketing.

🧾 Final Thoughts – Why This Passenger List Matters

The 27 July 1909 voyage of the RMS Saxonia exemplifies the golden era of Atlantic steamship travel—when luxury liners bridged continents and social strata. The list captures a rare slice of upper-class society, intertwined with prominent figures in naval, medical, religious, and cultural circles. Its inclusion of elite Boston families, British naval personnel, and a web of supporting domestic staff (maids, nurses, governesses) paints a vivid portrait of Edwardian travel. Whether for academic use or personal genealogy, this record is a treasure trove of human stories on the move.