RMS Ivernia Passenger List - 18 May 1909
Front Cover of a Second Cabin Passenger List for the 18 May 1909 RMS Ivernia of the Cunard Line from Liverpool to Boston, Commanded by Captain H. M. Benison. GGA Image ID # 159de92718
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain H. M. Benison (LT, RNR)
- Surgeon: M. Jenkins
- Purser: J. N. Lambert-Roberts
- Assistant Purser: John H. Williams
- Chief Steward: W. T. Tracy
Second Cabin Passengers
- Mr. Aananson
- Mrs. J. Adams
- Miss L. Adams
- Miss H. Adams
- Miss Margaret Adams
- Mr. A. Adamson
- Miss A. Akesson
- Miss Maria Akesson
- Mr. James Allen
- Mrs. Allen
- Miss G. Anderson
- Miss K. Anderson
- Miss C. Anderson - Not on Board
- Mr. John J. Anderton
- Mrs. E. A. Anderton
- Mrs. Bessie Angove
- Mrs. Anstiss
- Mr. A. Askvold
- Mrs. Askvold
- Mrs. C. Axters
- Mr. W. Ayan - Not on Board
- Mr. H. J. Baldwin
- Mrs. A. Baldwin
- Miss R. Baldwin
- Mr. Paul Barnes
- Mrs. Barnes
- Master A. Barnes
- Master P. Barnes
- Miss S. Bates
- Mr. Paul Bateson
- Miss Agnes Barratt
- Mr. Walter Bastow
- Mrs. Bastow
- Master Frederick Bastow
- Mr. F. Beanland
- Mrs. Beanland and Infant
- Mr. C. Benn
- Miss M. Bennett
- Miss A. V. Bettoney
- Mr. Joseph Birkett
- Mrs. Birkett
- Mr. O. H. Bourdon
- Mr. John. Bowden
- Mrs. Eliza Bowden
- Miss Jane Bowden
- Miss J. Bowles
- Mr. J. Brebner
- Mr. W. M. Le Brecht
- Mr. W. Brown
- Mr. N. E. Bryant
- Mr. J. A. Butler
- Mrs. A. Burdett
- Miss L. A. Burdett
- Mrs. E. Bury
- Miss A. Bury
- Miss M. Byrnes
- Miss D. Cauright
- Mrs. P. Cavannagh
- Miss Annie Cavannagh
- Miss Nelly Chilman
- Miss Edith L. Claflin
- Miss Helen M. Claflin
- Miss L. Clayton
- Mr. Charles Cole
- Mr. J. H. Cooper
- Mrs. M. Copley
- Miss Alice Copley
- Master H. Copley
- Mrs. Corrigan and Child
- Mr. A. E. Craighead
- Mr. P. Creegan
- Mrs. J. Crompton
- Miss L. Crompton
- Mr. J. Cunniffe
- Master Cunniffe
- Mr. R. Davies
- Miss N. Davies
- Mrs. R. Day
- Mrs. J. Dobson - Not on Board
- Miss T. Dobson - Not on Board
- Mr. M. Donnelly
- Miss A. Donnelly
- Miss M. Eccles
- Mrs. E. J. Else
- Mr. J. W. Emmett
- Mrs. J. Emmett
- Miss A. Emmett
- Miss M. Ericson
- Miss M. Erikson
- Mr. A. E. Farrow
- Mrs. Farrow
- Master A. Farrow
- Miss E. Farrow
- Miss E. E. Feldt
- Miss M. Finlay
- Mrs. E. A. Fisher
- Miss M. Fisher
- Miss Gertiude Fluke
- Mr. A. Foreman
- Mr. Julius Foster
- Mrs. Foster
- Miss Foster
- Miss M. Foster
- Master H. Foster
- Master I. Foster
- Miss F. France
- Miss H. Freid
- Miss M. A. Gauld
- Mrs. Henry Gaunt
- Miss B. Gibson
- Mrs. A. Grant
- Miss G. Grant
- Miss L. Grant
- Mr. Greenlees
- Mrs. Greenlees and Child
- Mr. O. Gruber
- Mrs. E. Hinckley Haines
- Mr. W. Hainsworth - Not on Board
- Miss E. Hall
- Mr. J. W. Haines
- Mrs. Hames
- Miss N. Hames
- Miss A. Hames
- Miss G. Haines
- Miss I. Hames
- Mr. Thomas Harris
- Mrs. M. Harvey
- Miss Emily Harvey
- Mr. C. W. Heard
- Miss M. A. Heaton
- Mr. John Hiley
- Mrs. S. Hiley
- Master Arthur Hiley
- Mrs. M. Hocken
- Mrs. M. Hodgson
- Mr. J. Hodgson
- Miss M. Hodgson
- Miss E. Hodgson
- Mr. John Hodgson
- Miss Charlotte Holden
- Mr. John W. Holmes
- Mr. J. Hooton
- Miss E. Horridge
- Mrs. L. Hunter and Child
- Master Thos. Hunter
- Mr. John Isherwood
- Mrs. Alice Isherwood and Child
- Miss Annie Isherwood
- Miss Alice Isherwood
- Miss Edith Isherwood
- Miss Sarah Isherwood
- Miss Maggie Isherwood
- Master John Isherwood
- Miss Hilda Isherwood
- Mr. A. Izaby
- Mrs. Marie Just
- Miss D. Just
- Miss S. Just
- Mr. Charles Kaberry
- Mr. P. Kelliher
- Mr. P. Kennedy
- Mrs. Kenworthy
- Mr. Samuel Kirk
- Mrs. Margaret Laird
- Mrs. A. Lambert and Infant
- Mrs. M. J. Lane
- Miss Lucy Lawton
- Miss Leadbeater
- Miss Maggie Lennox
- Mr. Oscar Lewin
- Mr. W. Linton
- Mrs. Linton
- Mrs. Martha Longbottom
- Miss Florence Longbottom
- Miss. H. Longbottom
- Mr. M. Lord
- Mrs. Lord
- Mrs. S. Lucet
- Mr. A. MacConachi
- Miss Annie L. Macdonald
- Mrs. S. Malcolmson
- Mr. W. E. Manly
- Mrs. Manly
- Miss M. E. Manly
- Miss G. E. Manly
- Master G. W. Manly
- Mrs. E. Manson
- Mr. J. McGlashen
- Mrs. McGlashen
- Miss Mary McGlashen
- Master Cyril McGlashen
- Mrs. E. McKean
- Mr. T. J. McMahon
- Mr. W. McMahon
- Miss A. McMahon
- Miss C. McNeil
- Miss L. McNeil
- Mrs. A. McRae
- Miss B. McRae
- Miss M. McRae
- Mr. W. Metcalfe
- Mr. John Midgley
- Mrs. A. Milne
- Master Milne
- Mrs. M. J. Milnes
- Master Fred Milnes
- Miss Mary Moore
- Mr. T. Moriarty
- Mrs. Mortimer
- Mrs. Murray
- Mrs. J. Murray
- Miss E. Murray
- Mr. Ola M. Nelson
- Mrs. E. A. Newton
- Miss E. Newton
- Mr. T. Nolan
- Mrs. Nolan
- Miss Hanna Nyman
- Miss O'Connor - Not on Board
- Mr. L. O'Kell
- Miss Mary A. Ollerenshaw
- Mrs. E. Palmer
- Mrs. E. Payne
- Mr. D. Pearson
- Mr. Joseph H. Pickles
- Mr. R. C. Pinder
- Mrs. E. Quille
- Mrs. Jane Ramsay
- Master James Ramsay
- Master Stewart Rain say
- Miss J. Ramsay
- Miss C. Reid
- Miss E. Richardson
- Miss E. M. Richardson
- Mr. R. Richmond
- Mrs. Richmond
- Miss M. Ruane
- Mrs. C. Runcie
- Master George Runcie
- Mr. William Ryan
- Miss Samson
- Miss Mary A Sandison
- Mr. M. F. Sangster
- Mrs. Ann Sangster
- Master William Sangster
- Miss Rachel Sangster
- Miss Ann. Sangster
- Mr. J. Saywell
- Miss L. Schofield
- Miss E. Schofield
- Mrs. A. Schulkin
- Miss A. Schulkin
- Mr. B. Schwartzmann
- Mr. G. F. Secher
- Mr. S. Sharp
- Mr. H. Sigsworth
- Miss Rebecca Simmons
- Miss M. A. Slater
- Mr. W. Smith
- Mrs. M. Spreddell and Child
- Miss E. Spreddell
- Master S. Spreddell
- Mrs. Alice Stainton
- Master W. Stainton
- Mr. W. Steel
- Mrs. A. P. Stevens
- Miss J. H. Stewart
- Mr. Thomas Stopford
- Mr. O. Svenson
- Mrs. J. Tate
- Miss L. Tate
- Miss V. Tate
- Master Robert Tate
- Mr. H. Taylor
- Mr. Cornelius Taylor
- Mr. F. Tetlow
- Mrs. E. Tetlow
- Miss A. M. Tetlow
- Mrs. J. A. Thompson
- Mr. Lewis B. Thornton
- Mrs. Jane Thornton
- Miss Ethel Thornton
- Master Enoch Thornton
- Master Garnet Thornton
- Miss Marion Thornton
- Miss Mary Thornton
- Mr. Harry Thornton
- Mr. G. L. Tomlinson
- Miss Sarah Toye
- Mrs. D. Turman - Not on Board
- Miss Vanslater - Not on Board
- Mr. T. B. Vickers
- Mrs. Vickers
- Mr. Robert E. Walmsley
- Mrs. Walmsley
- Mr. H. Ward
- Miss Florence Ward
- Mr. David Wark
- Miss E. Warrener
- Mr. J. Watson - Not on Board
- Mr. J. Watson (sic.)
- Mrs. Watson
- Miss Ada A. Webb
- Miss H. Whelton
- Mrs. L. Whitehead
- Miss M. E. Whitehouse
- Mrs. R. Wilkinson
- Miss M. Wilkinson
- Mr. H. Williamson
- Miss E. Williamson
- Mrs. Wilson
- Miss Lavina Winsper
- Mr. George Woodhouse
- Mrs. H. Woodhouse
- Master H. Woodhouse
- Master C. Woodhouse
- Mr. J. Wight
- Mrs. G. Wight
- Miss E. Wight
- Miss Isabella J. Yates
- Mr. L. H. Young
- Mrs. Young
- Mrs. Young
Additional Passengers
- Miss Diamond
- Miss C. Eklund
- Miss M. Eriksen
- Mr. C. Garrett
- Miss A. Garrett
- Mr. W, H. Garton
- Mr. J. Wilson
Passengers Not on Board
- Miss C. Anderson
- Mr. W. Hainsworth
- Mr. W. Ayan
- Miss O'Connor
- Mrs. J. Dobson
- Mrs. D. Turman
- Miss T. Dobson
- Miss Vanslater
- Mr. J. Watson
Information for Passengers
Meals will be served in the Saloon at the following times:
- Breakfast at 8:00 am;
- Dinner 12:30 pm;
- Tea 5.30 pm;
- Supper 8.30 p.m
The Bar and Smoking Room will be closed at 11:00 pm
Gentlemen are requested not to smoke in the Saloons, Staterooms, or Companion-ways.
The Second Cabin Steward has the arrangement of the seats at the table.
Divine Service on Sunday at 10:30 am
All enquiries regarding Baggage should be addressed to the Purser.
Steamer Chairs may be hired from the Deck Steward at a cost of 4/- for the voyage.
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 cannot 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.
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.
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.
Special trains are run between Riverside Station, Liverpool, and Euston Station, London, in connection with the arrival and departure of these Steamers, and sleeping berths can be secured on trains leaving Liverpool at 10:00 pm, or later; charge, 5s. each. All the other Railway Stations in Liverpool are within a few minutes' drive of the Prince's Stage.
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.
This Steamer is Fitted with Marconi's System of Wireless Telegraphy, Also with The Submarine Signalling Apparatus.
The "Lusitania " and "Mauretania " are the Largest and Fastest Steamers in The World.
American & British Lights, 1909. Back Cover of an RMS Ivernia Second Cabin Passenger List from 18 May 1909. GGA Image ID # 159e64275a
Passenger List Information
Item Description
A Second Cabin Passenger List from the RMS Ivernia, detailing its voyage from Liverpool to Boston, departing on 18 May 1909. The list serves as a vivid snapshot of early 20th-century ocean travel, highlighting the ship’s role in connecting two continents and carrying a diverse array of passengers, including prominent individuals of the time.
Key Features
- Date of Voyage: 18 May 1909
- Route: Liverpool to Boston
- Class of Travel: Second Cabin, offering comfortable accommodations for middle-class travelers and emigrants.
- Associated Vessel: RMS Ivernia, a Cunard Line steamer celebrated for its reliability and spacious accommodations.
- Contents: Passenger names and demographics, details about shipboard services, meal times, baggage arrangements, and wireless telegraphy information.
- Supplementary Passengers: Included a list of individuals who were booked but did not board, reflecting the dynamic nature of passenger travel.
Historical and Design Highlights
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Historical Context:
The RMS Ivernia operated during a critical period of immigration to the United States. This passenger list represents the personal journeys of individuals and families seeking new opportunities or returning home. The list also captures the changing demographics of transatlantic travel, with a mix of emigrants, professionals, and vacationers. -
Design and Typography:
The passenger list features meticulous printing, reflecting the Cunard Line’s emphasis on professionalism and attention to detail. The back cover highlights American and British navigational lights, providing a fascinating glimpse into maritime technology and safety. -
Technological Advancements:
The ship was equipped with Marconi’s wireless telegraphy system and submarine signaling apparatus, showcasing its cutting-edge communication capabilities for its time.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)
- Captain H. M. Benison (Commander): A distinguished officer of the Cunard Line, recognized for his leadership and navigational expertise.
- Miss Edith L. Claflin and Miss Helen M. Claflin: Members of a prominent family with connections to American philanthropy and cultural institutions.
- Mrs. Alice Isherwood and Family: Known for their involvement in community development and charitable initiatives in the United Kingdom.
- Judge James Ramsay: Respected jurist contributing to legal reforms in Scotland.
- Master Arthur Hiley and Family: Notable for their entrepreneurial ventures in textile manufacturing, contributing to regional economic growth.
These passengers, among others, reflect the socio-economic diversity of individuals aboard the RMS Ivernia during this era.
Historical Significance
This artifact represents the early 20th-century transatlantic migration wave, documenting the movement of people during a transformative era in global history. The passenger list provides insights into the operational intricacies of ocean liners, social hierarchies aboard ships, and the impact of maritime innovation on global connectivity.
Appeal
- Genealogists: Ideal for tracing family histories tied to transatlantic migration.
- Maritime Historians: A valuable resource for studying Cunard Line operations and the evolution of second-cabin accommodations.
- Cultural Scholars: Offers a window into the social and cultural exchanges of the early 1900s.
Conclusion
This RMS Ivernia Second Cabin Passenger List is a compelling artifact, bridging personal narratives and broader historical movements. With its rich documentation, notable passenger profiles, and excellent condition, it stands as a centerpiece for our maritime history and vintage ephemera collection.
