SS Vaderland Passenger List - 4 June 1904

Front Cover of a First and Second Class Passenger List from the SS Vaderland of the Red Star Line, Departing 4 June 1904 from New York to Antwerp, Commanded by Captain R. C. Ehoff. GGA Image ID # 207eed17f4

Sailing from New York on Saturday, June 4, 1904, at 10.30 A. M.

Notable Passengers: Julian Gumperz, Henry Morgenthau (Sr.), Helen Morgenthau, and James J. Parmelee.

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Commander: Captain R. C. Ehoff
2. Purser: Hugo A. Petersen
3. Surgeon: Dr. C. Waersegers
4. Chief Steward: James Farrell

First Class Passengers

1. Miss J. H. Adams
2. Mr. Leonard K. Armstrong
3. Mrs. P. Banner
4. Miss Rosalie Banner
5. Mrs. Louise Barnes
6. Mr. J. I. Barr
7. Mrs. Barr
8. Mme. Marie Bernard
9. Mr. George B. Bernheim
10. Mrs. Bernheim
11. Mr. W. F. Bissing
12. Mrs. Bissing
13. Miss Agues Boone
14. Mrs. Lucie Bordas
15. Mrs. Madeline Brown
16. Mr. I. J. Cahen
17. Miss G. L. Cathcart
18. Mr. J. Milton Colton
19. Mrs. Colton
20. Miss Margaret B. Colton
21. Miss M. Bthel Colton
22. Mrs. Theresa Schwarz Coons
23. Mr. Albert Schwarz Coons
24. Mrs. H. W. Curtiss
25. Miss M. H. Curtiss
26. Miss E. Dewey
27. Miss Grace Dewey, M.D.
28. Mrs. Belle P. Drury
29. Mrs. M. S. Felan
30. Mr. Albert Fries
31. Mrs. Fries
32. Miss Catharine C. Fries
33. Miss Margaret E. Fries
34. Mrs. C. B. Gilbert
35. Mlle. S. Grené
36. Mr. Jacob Gumperz
37. Mrs. Gumperz
38. Master Julian Gumperz (Note 1)
39. Miss Jeanette Gumperz
40. Dr. Albert E. Ham
41. Mr. Frank R. Hanna
42. Mrs. Hanna
43. Master Morris Hanna
44. Miss Alice M. Hanna
45. Miss Lulie E. Hanna
46. Mr. J. Heimann
47. Mrs. Heimann
48. Mr. Walter J. Heimann
49. Miss Edith Heimann
50. Miss Rita Heimann
51. Miss Emma Herold
52. Dr. G. Herter
53. Mrs. R. Hochstadter
54. Mrs. Jacoby
55. Mrs. E. Jacobs
56. Miss Jenkins
57. Mr. Harrison Kerr
58. Mrs. Kerr
59. Miss Ruth Kerr
60. Miss Jeanne Kerr and maid
61. Mr. J. Louis Loosé
62. Mrs. Loosé
63. Miss M. McCloskey
64. Mr. Henry I. Maris
65. Mrs. Maris
66. Mrs. S. J. Marks
67. Miss Elaine B. Marks and maid
68. Mr. Henry Martin
69. Mrs. J. M. Milligan
70. Miss Josephine Milligan
71. Mr. Henry Morgenthau (Note 2)
72. Miss Helen Morgenthau (Note 3)
73. Miss Morse
74. Mrs. Musson
75. Miss C. H. Nevins
76. Mrs. R. Oppenheimer
77. Miss E. Oppenheimer
78. Mr. George F. Parmelee
79. Mrs. Parmelee
80. Mr. James J. Parmelee (Note 4)
81. Mme. Eleonore Peltier
82. Mr. A. Peltzer
83. Mr. Eugene H. Pool
84. Mrs. Pool
85. Mrs. G. Putzel
86. Master Myron Putzel
87. Master Howard Putzel and maid
88. Mr. H. T. Richardson
89. Mrs. Richardson
90. Mrs. John K. Robinson
91. Miss F. E. Rogers
92. Mrs. Kate Ruhler
93. Mr. Eugene Rust
94. Mrs. Rust
95. Dr. Thomas E. Salterthwaite
96. Mrs. Satterthwaite and maid
97. Mr. Herman Schmalhausen
98. Mrs. Schmalhausen
99. Miss E. Schuhmehl
100. Mrs. E. A. Swartli
101. Miss Maud Swarth
102. Miss Géorgie Swarth
103. Mr. Jacob A. Schwarz
104. Mrs. Schwarz
105. Master Albert Schwarz
106. Master Leonard Schwarz
107. Mr. Jean P. Tonner
108. Miss K. E. Turnbull and maid
109. Mr. E. M. Vermorcken
110. Mr. M. H. Voorwinder
111. Mr. Paul Voss
112. Mrs. Voss
113. Miss Florida Voss
114. Mr. Elias Weinreich
115. Mrs. Weinreich
116. Miss Mirriam Weinreich
117. Miss Bessie Weinreich
118. Mr. Samuel Weinreich
119. Miss Margaret Wells
120. Dr. Martha Wöllstein
121. Mr. T. F. Woolsey, Jr.
122. Miss E. R. Wright

Notes to Accompany First Class Passengers

Note 1: (May 12, 1898 in New York City – February 1972 in Gaylordsville, Connecticut) was a United States-born German sociologist, communist activist, publicist, and translator.

Note 2: Henry Morgenthau (April 26, 1856 – November 25, 1946) was a German-born American lawyer and businessman, best known for his role as the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Morgenthau was one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek genocide and the Armenian genocide of which he stated, "I am firmly convinced that this is the greatest crime of the ages".

Note 3: Helen Morgenthau Fox (May 27, 1884 – January 13, 1974) was an American botanist and author of popular gardening books.

Note 4: James Parmelee (1855-1931) was a Cleveland financier. In 1886, he co-founded the National Carbon Company as part of a group that included Webb C. Hayes, the son of U.S. president Rutherford B. Hayes. The company figured prominently in the history of the battery. Parmelee was also the fourth president of the Cleveland General Electric Company.

Second Class Passengers

1. Miss Bertha Altmann
2. Miss Hortense Amoudreuz
3. Mrs. Monica Bergner
4. Mr. Barney
5. Mr. Fred. Bigler
6. Mrs. Maria Beisgen and infant
7. Master Albert Beisgen
8. Mrs. Aimé Baudeanx
9. Miss Aimé Baudeaux
10. Dr. F. E. Beckmann
11. Mrs. Beckmann
12. Master Beckmann
13. Miss Betty Beyer
14. Mrs. Caroline Binkert
15. Mr. Frederick W. Biemer
16. Mrs. Biemer
17. Mr. Thomas Blessing
18. Mrs. Blessing
19. Miss Sophie Kramer Blessing
20. Miss Brown
21. Rev. Jas. Buchler
22. Mrs Anna K. Buitresft
23. Miss Augusta Cuendet
24. Mrs. A. Dailey
25. Mrs. Adela Dickstein
26. Mr. Albert Doninger
27. Mr. Jos. K. Egger
28. Mrs. Egger
29. Mrs. Josephine Faigle
30. Miss Bertba Faigle
31. Rev. Thomas Fassbind
32. Mr. Otto Fritz
33. Miss Anna Gamewell
34. Miss E. Cathar. Gamewell
35. Miss Johanna Greenwald
36. Mr. Chas. Goessler
37. Mrs. Goessler
38. Miss Regina Goessler
39. Mr. John Hafner
40. Mr. John Hartrick
41. Mrs. Mary Heimaun
42. Mr. John Hafner
43. Mr. Emanuel Hoffman
44. Mr. Henry Horth
45. Mrs. Marcar. Horth
46. Miss Louise Horth
47. Mr. R. S. Hill
48. Mrs. Hill
49. Miss Irma Heiliger
50. Mr. F. G. Holthoff
51. Mr. A. M. Harmon
52. Miss Mary Hessemann
53. Mr. John Hoar
54. Mr. Stephen G. Johan
55. Mrs. Mary J. Johan
56. Mrs. Maria Jaussen
57. Miss Mamie Jaussen
58. Rev. A. Kaesen
59. Mrs. M. J. Krieln
60. Mr. J. A. Kriehn
61. Mr. Johann Kolodziej
62. Mr. Ferdinand Kleidt
63. Mrs. Kleidt
64. Miss Kuhleweide
65. Mrs. L. Kelhetter and infant
66. Miss Maude Kelhetter
67. Mrs. Seraphine Korrick
68. Master John Korrick
69. Miss Kunzmann
70. Miss Kunzmann
71. Mrs. A. Kunzmann
72. Mr. James Fados
73. Mr. Jacob Lang
74. Mr. Leopold M. Ladrier
75. Mr. Joseph Anton Libert
76. Mrs. Libert and infant
77. Mr. Pierre J. Leroy
78. Mrs. Leona Leroy
79. Miss Anna Leroy
80. Miss Elizabeth Mergens
81. Mrs. Ida Menden
82. Mr. Ed. Mai
83. Mr. Maulshagen
84. Mrs. Maulshagen
85. Mr. Andy Morgenroth
86. Miss Frances Motteska
87. Mrs. Isadore Moskovits
88. Miss Paulina Muller
89. Miss Mamie Meier
90. Mr. Johannes Muller
91. Mr. Peter Maier
92. Miss Barbara Malo
93. Mrs. G. C. Muller
94. Mr. F. C. Morse
95. Miss Rosa Naegeli
96. Mrs. G. Nola
97. Mr. G. Nola
98. Mr. Joseph Pohar
99. Miss Marie R. Perrin
100. Miss Emily Perrin
101. Mr. Frank Petzold
102. Miss Barbara Pavlik
103. Mr. Chas. F. Pfannstiel
104. Mrs. Pfannstiel
105. Mr. Geo. Pabst
106. Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips
107. Miss Julia Phillips
108. Mr. J. B. Quertinmont
109. Mr. Otto Rauch
110. Mrs. Rauch Theresa Reiter
111. Mrs. Rosa Reithard and infant
112. Miss Marie Rombach
113. Mr. Jacob Rohr
114. Miss Anna Strauss
115. Mrs. Ida Schappi
116. Mr. Wm. Schmidbaur
117. Mrs. E. A. Swarth
118. Miss Maude Swarth
119. Miss Géorgie Swarth
120. Mr. Joseph Silverberg
121. Mr. Alfred Schmidt
122. Mrs. Alfred Schmidt and infant
123. Misses Schmidt
124. Mr. Markus Schneider
125. Mrs. Schneider
126. Miss Reni Schneider
127. Mr. Michael Thiry
128. Mr. Michael Thomas
129. Mr. A. Tschumperlin
130. Mr. Albert Vandenbogard
131. Mr. G. Verbeck
132. Miss Frida Vollmer
133. Master Otto Vollmer
134. Mr. Bertram Wise
135. Mr. René WitteCort
136. Mrs. René WitteCort
137. Master George WitteCort
138. Mr. Nicholas Weylaud
139. Miss Katie Warker
140. Mr. Th. Zahraduik
141. Mrs. Zahraduik and infant
142. Master Jaroslaw Zahraduik

Passenger Information

FIRST CLASS

• BREAKFAST, 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
• LUNCHEON at 1 p.m.
• DINNER at 7 p.m.

SECOND CLASS

• BREAKFAST, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
• DINNER at noon.
• SUPPER at 6 p.m.
• NIGHTMEAL, 9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The Bar closes at 11 p.m.

Lights are extinguished in the Saloon at 11 p.m. and in the Smoking Room at Midnight.

For seats at the table. First Class Passengers should apply to the Second Steward, Second Class Passengers to the Second Class Steward.

Letters to be sent ashore with the Pilot should be placed in the letter boxes, and Telegrams should be handed to the Purser within one hour after leaving New York.

Letters for dispatch upon reaching Antwerp should be placed in the letter boxes, and Telegrams should be handed to the Purser one-half hour before arrival at Flushing.

Marconigrams are accepted on board by the Marconi Operator.

Writing papers, envelopes, and telegraph forms will be found in the library, saloons, and second-class ladies' rooms.

Railway and Steamship timetables of the various Companies can be obtained from the Saloon Waiters.

Inquiries regarding Baggage will be attended to by the Purser, whom all passengers desiring to leave baggage in the Company's care should consult.

Steamer Chairs can be obtained for use on the voyage at a charge of $1.00 each upon application to the Deck Waiter.

Valuables: The Company will not be responsible for valuables or money unless given in charge of the Purser and a receipt obtained from him.

Letters may be addressed to the care of any of the Offices named below, and they will be retained until called for or forwarded according to instructions.

Passenger List Images Contributed by Chris Crofts, December 2023.