SS St. Louis Passenger List - 14 September 1895

Front Cover of a Saloon Passenger List from the SS St. Louis of the American Line, Departing Saturday, 14 September 1895 from Southampton to New York, Commanded by Captain William J. Randle. GGA Image ID # 21ae350d88. This List has Significant Foxing and Some Discoloration That Does Not Effect the Content's Legibility.

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Captain: Wm. J. Randle
2. Purser: Thomas Kinsey
3. Surgeon: R. Lloyd Parker
4. Chief Steward: George Bell

Saloon Passengers

1. Miss F. L. Ahern
2. Miss E. Abbott
3. Mr G. F. Buffum
4. Mrs C. E. Bentley
5. Miss Ethel Bentley
6. Mrs G. Hibbard Browne
7. Gen. Geo. S. Batcheller
8. Miss Mary Wistar Brown and friend
9. Mrs L. S. Bryant
10. Mr G. Bruck
11. Mrs Bruck
12. Mr A. Mc C. Beard
13. Mr W. M. Beard
14. Hon G. C. Barrett
15. Mr H. H. Bancroft
16. Mrs Bancroft
17. Mr Paul Bancroft
18. Mr Greffney Bancroft
19. Mr Philip Bancroft
20. Mr David De F. Burrell
21. Mr Norman M. Burrell
22. Mr A. N. Bastable
23. Mrs Bastable
24. Mr Robert N. P. Bellows
25. Mrs H. W. Bellows
26. Miss Ellen D. Bellows
27. Mr Geo. M. Bartlett
28. Miss Bennet
29. Miss A. E. Burns
30. Mr W. F. Blair
31. Mrs Elise Carr
32. Mr Geo. C. Case
33. Dr J. Chadsey
34. Mr H. C. Converse
35. Miss M. M. de Camp
36. Mr D. P. B. Conkling
37. Mr Henric Cavling
38. Mr Chas Chesley
39. Miss Florence Chesley
40. Mr S. P. Cooney
41. Mr J. Carmichael
42. Mrs Carmichael
43. Mr Thomas De Witt Cuyler
44. Mrs Cuyler
45. Miss Mary Cuyler
46. Miss Francis Cuyler
47. Miss Helen Cuyler and maid
48. Mr Samuel Croft
49. Mrs Croft
50. Mr A. J. Cassatt
51. Mrs Cassatt
52. Miss Katharine K. Cassatt
53. Miss Elsie F. Cassatt
54. Mr W. Cassatt man-servant and maid
55. Mr Thos. C. Craig
56. Mr Lewis S. Cox
57. Mr Cox, jr.
58. Miss Alice M. Cox
59. Miss Amy L.Cox
60. Mr Walter S. Cramp
61. Miss Laura L. Coleman
62. Miss E. S. Creighton
63. Mr John W. Castree
64. Mrs Castree
65. Miss Castree
66. Mrs Mary S. Cadwell
67. Mr Redmond A. Chadwick
68. Hon. Chas J. Chapman
69. Mrs Chapman
70. Mr F. C. Clark
71. Mrs Clark
72. Miss A.E. Clark
73. Mr C. T. Castle
74. Mrs Castle
75. Mrs E. A. Donahue
76. Miss L. V. Donahue
77. Mr F. J. Donahue
78. Mr F. C. Donahue
79. Mr Augustin Daly and valet
80. Mrs Augustin Daly and maid
81. Mr Townsend Davis
82. Mrs Davis
83. Dr Thomas M. Drysdale
84. Mrs Drysdale
85. Mr John C. Donnelly
86. Mrs Donnelly
87. Miss Laura M. Donnelly
88. Mr Edw. F. Donnelly
89. Miss Dodd
90. Miss Josephine Davis
91. Mrs F. O. Donohue
92. Mrs M. E. Driscoll
93. Mr Joseph Dupont
94. Mrs Henry M. Denton
95. Mr A. M. Dolph
96. Mr C. De Quinsac
97. Mr M. M. English
98. Miss Mary Evans
99. Mrs Samuel M. Elliott
100. Miss S. J. Eastman
101. Mr W. Ferguson, jr.
102. Mr C. H. Fisk
103. Mr J. H. Ford
104. Mrs Ford
105. Mr Walter B. Ford
106. Master Fredk. C. Ford
107. Mrs Parks Foster
108. Miss Florence Foster
109. Mrs J. Fellows
110. Miss Fellows
111. Mr Frank H. Funk
112. Mr F. Faires
113. Mrs Henry Baird Favill
114. Master John Favill
115. Mr W. G. Frizell
116. Mr F. M. Forbes
117. Miss Madge Freedly
118. Mr A. L. Gardner
119. Mr E. D. Godfrey
120. Miss Kate Gallagher
121. Mr H. F. Godfrey
122. Mr J. T. Gannon
123. Mrs Gannon
124. Miss Marie Gannon
125. Mr Benjamin H. Gaskill
126. Mrs Gaskill Mr D. M. Goodrich
127. Mr Lloyd Griscom
128. Mr H. T. Huston
129. Mrs L. N. Hitchcock
130. Miss Mary Hitchcock
131. Mr Y. Hirsch
132. Mr Chas. F. Haseltine
133. Miss C. M. Haseltinc
134. Mr M. Hecht
135. Mrs H. Hecht
136. Miss Annie Holland
137. Miss Holland
138. Rev. Saml. M. Hamilton, D.D.
139. Miss Lilly Porter Hamilton
140. Mr Win. M.Hoes
141. Mrs Hoes
142. Miss Jean Henderson
143. Miss Flora Hower
144. Mrs Theo. P. Howell
145. Mr Robert Holmes
146. Miss Lucy B. Heilig
147. Mr Frederic L. Huidekoper
148. Mr Reginald S. Huidekoper
149. Mr T. Huntington
150. Major C. W. Hulse
151. Mr Deming Jarves
152. Mrs J. Corey Johnson
153. Mr Edwin K. Johnson
154. Mr C. Jevne Mrs Jevne
155. Miss Adele E. Jones
156. Mr Fred A. Kursheedt
157. Miss Klots
158. Mr Sidney R. Kennedy
159. Mr Wm. F. Keep
160. Mr George L. Knowles
161. Mrs Knowles
162. Miss Jesse Kennedy
163. Miss Florence Kountze
164. Miss F. Knapp
165. Miss Georgin D. Knight
166. Mr E. R. Kopp
167. Mrs Korp
168. Mr Horace J. Knapp
169. Mrs Knapp
170. Mr E. O. Kerruish
171. Mr L. C. Love
172. Mr J. Laurence Laughlin
173. Mrs Laughlin
174. Mr M. W. Lipper
175. Mrs Lipper
176. Master Milton Lipper
177. Mr Arthur Lipper
178. Mr J. T. Lippincott
179. Mr Seth Low
180. Mrs Low
181. Rev. A. J. Lyman
182. Miss S. Libby
183. Mr David C. Leech
184. Mrs Leech Mr Leech, jr.
185. Mr H. S. Leech, jr. manservant and maid
186. Mr Edgar A. Meckes
187. Mrs A. P. Millar
188. Mr Clayton McMichael
189. Mrs McMichael
190. Mr Malcolmson
191. Mrs Richard Muser
192. Master Richard Muser
193. Master Ralph Muser
194. Mr V. Munroe
195. Mrs C. P. McCully
196. Mrs James A. Maginnis
197. Mr George F. Mull
198. Mr J. A. Mann
199. Mrs Mann and son
200. Mr F. Murphy, jr.
201. Mr Albert Metcalf
202. Mrs Metcalf
203. Miss Mary P. Metcalf
204. Mr Wm. Munro
205. Rev. J. H. Munro, D.D.
206. Mrs Munro
207. Miss Margt. Moffatt
208. Mr A. Maitland
209. Mrs Maitland
210. Mrs A. J. McCosh
211. Mr Wm. Mitchell
212. Mrs Mitchell
213. Mr John E. Miller
214. Mrs W. A. McCaskell
215. Mr G. B. Miller
216. Miss A. L. Miller
217. Madame Melba and two maidservants
218. Mr P. G. Morrison
219. Mr Thomas Neilson
220. Mrs Neilson
221. Miss Emma F. Neilson
222. Miss Mary A. L. Neilson
223. Mr Thaddens Norris
224. Mrs Norris
225. Miss Genevra Norris
226. Miss Lily R. Nye
227. Mr J. L. Oberly
228. Mr Ed. O’Brien
229. Mr B. S. Oppenheimer
230. Miss Elsie Olds
231. Mr L. J. Pooler
232. Mr Horace Petitt
233. Miss Pollock
234. Mrs J. J. Phyfe
235. Miss Lydia E. Phyfe
236. Miss Olive Phyfe
237. Mr Jos. W. Patterson
238. Mrs Patterson
239. Miss Elizabeth H. Patterson
240. Mr Frank P. Prichard
241. Mrs Martha C. Peirce
242. Miss Louise Pinney
243. Hon Sereno E. Payne
244. Mrs Payne
245. Mr William K. Payne
246. Mrs C. Arthur Pearson
247. Miss Sartori Pearson
248. Mr Evan Powell
249. Mr Francis L. Potts
250. Mrs Potts
251. Mrs Gaze Phillips
252. Mr C. F. P. Bichardson
253. Mr Ronald
254. Mr F. Rullman
255. Mrs Rullman
256. Mr Joseph A. Ropes
257. Mrs Ropes
258. Miss Ada Rehan and maid
259. Prof T. W. Richards
260. Mr W. G. H. Randolph
261. Mrs Randolph
262. Mr Louis Rosenberg
263. Mrs Rosenberg
264. Mr T. E. Roessle
265. Mrs Roessle
266. Miss E. C. Rochester
267. Miss E. N. Rochester
268. Miss Phoebe D. Rulon
269. Hon H. A. Rogers
270. Mrs Rogers Miss
271. May Rogers
272. Mr Allen Rogers
273. Mr F. H. Rawson
274. Miss Anne Shaw
275. Dr M. L. Smith
276. Mrs Smith
277. Mrs W. A. Sweet
278. Miss Ethel Sweet
279. Mr David Sears
280. Mrs M. Swartz
281. Miss Slater
282. Mr Fred A. Smith
283. Mr F. Strassburger
284. Mr George Clayton Stiles
285. Mrs Henry A. Stiles
286. Mr A. S. L. Shields
287. Mrs Shields
288. Mr Jos. L.. Shields
289. Miss Annie Slade
290. Mr Thos. G. Shearman
291. Mrs Sbearman
292. Mrs A.E. Spring
293. Miss A. R. Spring
294. Mrs D. Sherwood
295. Mrs A. Scott
296. Mr J. L. Shields
297. Mr Charles E. Sutton
298. Mrs Sutton
299. Mr Chas. H. Seitz
300. Mr Walter Twyeffort
301. Mr Wm. Jay Turner
302. Mrs Turner
303. Mr Jos. Trotter
304. Mrs E. de Lacey Wickes
305. Mr Joseph Wichalitschke
306. Miss S. B. Williams
307. Miss Lillian Waller
308. Miss Eloise Waddell
309. Mr Percy H. Williams
310. Mr Oliver Williams
311. Mrs Williams
312. Miss Grace Williams
313. Mr Philip V. R. Van Wyk, jr.
314. Mrs Van Wyk infant and maid
315. Miss Ethel Wheeler
316. Mrs K. R. Wheeler
317. Mr Lewis Werk
318. Mr R. Norris Williams

Passenger Information

• BREAKFAST from 8 until 10 a.m.
• LUNCHEON at 1 p.m.
• DINNER at 6.30 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 11.30 p.m.

Please apply to the Second Steward for Seats at Table.

Letters and Telegrams should be handed to the Saloon Steward within an hour after leaving Southampton, and those for despatch upon reaching port should be handed to him an hour before arrival.
Writing Paper, Envelopes, and Telegraph Forms, will be found in the Library.

For Railway and Steamship Time Tables of the various Companies, apply to the Saloon Steward.

Inquiries regarding Baggage will be attended to by the Baggage Steward, to whom all Baggage which Passengers wish to leave in the Company’s care should be handed, properly labelled, and with full instructions as to disposal.

Large Deck Chairs can be obtained for use on the voyage, at a charge of 50 cents each, upon application at the Purser's Office, or to the Deck Steward.

The Company will not be responsible for valuables or money unless given in the charge of the Purser, and a receipt for same should be obtained from the Purser.

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.

Sailing Schedule, Southampton-New York, from 11 September 1895 to 28 December 1895. Ships Included the New York, Paris, and St. Louis. SS St. Louis Saloon Passenger List, 14 September 1895. GGA Image ID # 21aeacab71

Information for Passengers, SS St. Louis Saloon Passenger List, 14 September 1895. GGA Image ID # 21af754851

Passenger List Information

Saloon Passenger List from the SS St. Louis of the American Line for 14 September 1895

 

Item Description

GGA is honored to present this Saloon Passenger List for the esteemed SS St. Louis of the American Line, documenting its transatlantic voyage from Southampton to New York on 14 September 1895. Commanded by the distinguished Captain William J. Randle, this passenger list provides a rare glimpse into the lives of the Gilded Age’s elite travelers.

This artifact’s historical significance is accentuated by its original front cover, which, despite some foxing and discoloration, remains Good in condition and fully legible. Such a list is not merely an inventory of travelers but a poignant representation of a transformative era in maritime travel.

 

Historical Context

The SS St. Louis, part of the renowned American Line, was celebrated for its luxurious accommodations and speed, setting a benchmark for first-class travel. This passenger list offers a detailed record of those aboard, ranging from industrial magnates to cultural luminaries. It reflects the social stratification and the opulence of the late 19th century, marking a pivotal moment in transatlantic travel and global connectivity.

 

Notable Passengers and VIPs

1. Gen. Geo. S. Batcheller

• Significance: Distinguished Civil War general, diplomat, and legislator, serving as U.S. Minister to Portugal.
• Appeal: A prominent historical figure, highly collectible for military historians and Americana enthusiasts.

2. Mr. A. J. Cassatt and Family

• Significance: President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, pivotal in shaping U.S. transportation infrastructure.
• Appeal: A titan of industry, his inclusion enhances the list’s prestige and appeal to collectors of industrial history.

3. Madame Melba

• Significance: Renowned Australian operatic soprano, one of the most celebrated singers of her era.
• Appeal: Her global acclaim and cultural significance make this passenger list highly desirable for collectors of musical and performing arts memorabilia.

4. Hon. Sereno E. Payne

• Significance: Influential U.S. Congressman, instrumental in the drafting of key tariff legislation.
• Appeal: Of interest to collectors of political and legislative history.

5. Miss Ada Rehan

• Significance: Leading actress of the late 19th-century American stage, known for her work in Shakespearean roles.
• Appeal: A luminary in the performing arts, ideal for theater history collectors.

6. Mr. Seth Low

• Significance: Prominent educator, mayor of Brooklyn, and later president of Columbia University.
• Appeal: A figure of intellectual and urban development, appealing to academic and municipal historians.

7. Mr. H. H. Bancroft and Family

• Significance: Renowned historian and ethnologist, known for his monumental works on the American West.
• Appeal: An important figure in historical scholarship, enhancing this item’s appeal to collectors of literary and regional history.

8. Miss Florence Kountze

• Significance: Heiress to a prominent banking family, notable for her philanthropic endeavors.
• Appeal: A reflection of the Gilded Age’s opulence, appealing to collectors of social history.

 

Conclusion

This Saloon Passenger List from the SS St. Louis transcends its functional purpose, serving as a time capsule of an era defined by grandeur, innovation, and cultural exchange.