RMS Lucania Passenger List - 17 June 1899

Elegant Front Cover of a Saloon Class Passenger Lists for the RMS Lucania of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday, 17 June 1899 from Liverpool to New York, Commanded by Captain Horatio McKay. Memorandum of Log on Cover (Unused). GGA Image ID # 1598cf51d2

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Captain: Horatio McKay (Lt. R.N.R.)
2. Surgeon: James Pointon
3. Purser: William Field
4. Chief Steward: Henry Clark

Saloon Passengers

1. Mr. Richard H. Abbott
2. Mrs. Abbott
3. Mr. J. G. Anderson
4. Mr. G. C. Andreae
5. Mr. W. S. Armitage
6. Mr. G. E. Armstrong
7. Mrs. Armstrong
8. Mr. W. E. Bagshawe
9. Mr. Balmford
10. Mr. Frank Barrowcliff
11. Mr. R. D. Beals
12. Mr. Neptune Blood (Note 1)
13. Mr. Walter Briggs (Note 2)
14. Mr. A. L. Brown
15. Mr. H. A. Butters
16. Mr. Fred B. Carpenter
17. Mr. F. M. Cartan
18. Mr. H. Cartan
19. Mr. George V. Cartwright
20. Mr. James Cartwright
21. Mr. Louis S. Cates (Note 3)
22. Mr. John Clark
23. Mr. J. W. Condit (Note 4)
24. Mrs. Condit
25. Mr. H. A. Dailey
26. Mr. H. J. Davis
27. Mr. J. A. Dillon
28. Miss E. Dillon
29. Mr. Oswald Dobell (1864 - 1912)
30. Mrs. Katherine Dubois (1843-1924)
31. Mr. E. Duche
32. Mrs. Doche
33. Mr. B. Edgerton
34. Hon. George Edwards (Note 5)
35. Mr. C. F. Emerson
36. Mr. Leopold E. Eno (Note 6)
37. Miss Beatrice E. Eno
38. Mr. H. Evans
39. Mr. J. Fahys
40. Mrs. Fahys
41. Mr. G. Flood
42. Miss A. M. Florence
43. Mr. H. W. Forster, M.P. Member of the House of Commons
44. Mr. Charles G. Foster
45. Miss Cara R. Foster - Golfer
46. Mr. A. V. Fraser
47. Mr. Hamlin Garlant
48. Mrs. T. H. Gelston
49. Mrs. Gilbert
50. Miss Gilbert
51. Hon. H. D. Gordon
52. Mr. Gould
53. Mr. A. Hartman
54. Mr. William Horlick, Jr.
55. Mr. E. H. Hotchkiss - Eli Hubbell Hotchkiss
56. Mrs. W. R. Hotchkiss - Wife of W. R. Hotchkiss of Deluxe Corp
57. Mr. E. H. Howard
58. Miss Alice Nugent Humble
59. Mr. J. E. A. Hussey
60. Mr. F. Hutchings
61. Mrs. Hutchings
62. Mr. Clarence M. Hyde
63. Mrs. Hyde and Maid
64. Miss Clara F. Hyde
65. Miss Elizabeth Hyde

66. Mr. N. King
67. Mr. S. Kutnow
68. Mr. William Laimbeer and Manservant (Note 7)
69. Mr. Leuenberger
70. Miss Levy
71. Miss S. Levy
72. Mr. de Lery Macdonald
73. Dr. A. C. Maclean
74. Mr. A. E. Marchalleck
75. Mr. W. E. Marrian
76. Mr. Jenner G. Marshall - Engineer
77. Dr. C. F. McGahan (Note 8)
78. Mr. A. W. Merrill (Note 9)
79. Mr. Charles W. Minor
80. Miss M. E. Mitchell and Maid
81. Mr. E. La Montagne, Jr. (Note 10)
82. Mr. Robert W. Moore
83. Mr. George D. Morgan
84. Mr. F. B. Morgan
85. Mrs. Morgan
86. Mr. A. R. Morrell
87. Mr. James Morrish
88. Mr. T. B. Morse
89. Mr. Hugh Maser
90. Mr. H. S. Naul
91. Mr. Charles Neumann
92. Mrs. John W. Van Oost
93. Mr. Hubert G. Palmer
94. Mr. Charles H. Petsch
95. Mr. R. Popkiss
96. Miss Catherine A. Power
97. Mr. Thomas Pratt
98. Mrs. W. A. Prime and Maid
99. Master Prime
100. Mr. George Quackenbush
101. Mrs. J. P. Rafferty
102. Mr. E. P. Rammell
103. Miss M. Raymond
104. Mr. Renner
105. Mr. M. Resher
106. Mr. Charles E. Rieman
107. Mrs. Rieman
108. Miss K. A. Rust
109. Mr. John F. Saunders
110. Mr. W. M. Scheftal
111. Mr. Max Scheuer (Note 11)
112. Mr. Robert Scott
113. Mr. C. C. Shoyer
114. Mr. George C. Smith
115. Mr. William G. Staniland
116. Mrs. Staniland
117. Master Alfred Staniland
118. Mr. R. H. Stearns, Jour
119. Mr. Simon Sterne (Note 12)
120. Mrs. Sterne [Mathilde Elsberg Sterne] (Note 13)
121. Mrs. Isaiah Stetson
122. Miss Lilly Stetson
123. Miss Louise Stetson
124. Mr. A. H. P. Stoneham
125. Mr. D. Strachan
126. Mr. James W. Sullivan (Note 14)

127. Col. R. M. Thompson and Valet - Former president of the Canadian Copper Company
128. Mrs. Thompson
129. Miss Ruth Thompson (Note 15)
130. Miss C. E. Thompson
131. Mr. H. L. Thompson
132. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Two Menservants (Note 16)
133. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Maid
134. Miss Vanderbilt and Maid
135. Mr. R. C. Veit (Note 17)
136. Mrs, Veit
137. Mrs. W. H. Virgoe
138. Mr. James R. Walker
139. Mr. Charles A. Walker
140. Mr. Bert Walker
141. Mr. Ray Walker
142. Mr. A. Warne-Browne (Note 18)
143. Mr. J. P. Watson
144. Mr. Edgar Watts
145. Mr. R. L. Weighton (Note 19)
146. Mr. J. D. Weir
147. Mrs. Weir
148. Mr. F. N. White
149. Mr. A. S. White
150. Master White
151. Mr. G. F. Willett (Note 20)
152. Mrs. Willett
153. Mr. J. R. Barton Willing (Note 21)
154. Mr. Harold Wilson
155. Miss Ella Wilson
156. Mr. Abe Wineburgh
157. Dr. Peter B. Wyckoff
158. Mrs. Wyckoff and Maid
159. Miss Wyckoff
160. Miss M. Alice Wyld - Author
161. Mr. E. B. Wyman
162. Mrs. Wyman

Notes About Passengers

1. Mr. Neptune Blood, Brother of Lady Colin Campbell had figured prominently in the Perot abduction case. he assisted Mrs. Perot to abduct her daughter from the residence of the child's grandfather in 1900.
2. Walter Owen Briggs, Sr. (February 27, 1877 – January 17, 1952) was an American entrepreneur and professional sports owner. He was owner of the Detroit Tigers in Major League Baseball from 1935 to 1952
3. Mr. Louis S. Cates (1881 - 1959) CEO of Phelps-Dodge
4. Mr. J. W. Condit - Died of Typhoid fever in September 1906 - Was a Director of the Colonial Assurance Company and the Empire City Fire Insurance Company
5. Hon. George Edwards Member of the Australian House of Representatives 1901-1906, 1910 - He died in 1911
6. Mr. Leopold E. Eno - Committed suicide in March of 1905 - he was employed as clerk in the office of Paul F. GERHART & Co., agents for the Lamport and Holt line
7. William Laimbeer, a member of the New York Stock Exchange and a graduate of Harvard, and Clara Button Bloodgood, the actress, were married 29 May 1902
8. Dr. C. F. McGahan - Director of Aiken Cottage Sanitarium
9. Mr. A. W. Merrill was a Principal of Commercial Banking firm Sleeper & Merrill
10. Edward La Montagne, Jr., a well-known member of the Stock Exchange, and formerly head of the firm of La Montagne, Clarke Co
11. Mr. Max Scheuer was the founder of the Century Doll Company
12. Mr. Simon Sterne - (23 July 1839 - 22 September 1901) Prominent Attorney - After 1870, Mr. Sterne made frequent trips to Europe to study the relation of railroads and corporations to the Governments
13. Mrs. Sterne [Mathilde Elsberg Sterne - sister of Doctor Louis Elsberg, the celebrated laryngologist]
14. Mr. James W. Sullivan - Typographer and Author
15. Miss Ruth Thompson - (September 15, 1887 - April 5, 1970) Attorney, Republican Representative for Michigan
16. Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Two Menservants (Either Cornelius Vanderbilt II (November 27, 1843 – September 12, 1899) was a member of the prominent United States Vanderbilt family. or Cornelius Vanderbilt III (September 5, 1873 – March 1, 1942) was a distinguished American military officer, inventor, engineer, and yachtsman, and a member of the prominent American Vanderbilt family
17. Richard Charles Veit, (? - 1919) Secretary of the Standard Oil Company of New York
18. Mr. A. Warne-Browne - Artist Naval paintings and Landscapes
19. Mr. R. L. Weighton - Marine Engineer
20. Mr. G. F. Willett - President of Willett & Company
21. John Rhea Barton Willing, (1865 - 1913) brother of Mrs. John Astor, accomplished fencer, boxer, and oarsman, died of diphtheria

Record Passages and Fastest Ocean Steaming.

For the convenience of Passengers from London and the South a Special Train will leave "Euston," London, for Riverside Station, Liverpool, at 12 Noon every Saturday.

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

• Breakfast from 8:30 to to;
• Luncheon at 1:00 pm;
• Dinner (a la Carte) at 7
• Supper, if required, must be ordered before 10 o'clock

The Bar will be closed at 11:00 pm and the Smoking Room at 11:30 pm

The Second Steward has the arrangement of the seats at table.

Divine Service on Sunday at 10:30 am

All enquiries regarding Baggage should be made to the Purser.

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

Valuables and money should be deposited with the Purser who will give a receipt for same on the Company's form.

Information as to the methods of Custom's Inspection at New York, dutiable articles and rate of duty thereon, can be obtained from the Purser.

Passengers are notified that dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain unless a license has been issued by the Board of Agriculture, London. Forms for license can only be obtained by direct application.

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 Landing Stage.

Cunard Transatlantic Track Chart, 1899. Back Cover of RMS Lucania Passenger List from 17 June 1899. GGA Image ID # 1599c29bc0. Click to View a Larger Image.

Passenger List Information

The RMS Lucania Passenger List from 17 June 1899 is an extraordinary piece of maritime history. This saloon-class passenger list is a well-preserved artifact from one of the Cunard Line's most iconic ocean liners, capturing the essence of luxurious transatlantic travel at the turn of the century.

Item Description

The saloon-class passenger list from the RMS Lucania features an elegant front cover with an unused memorandum of log section. This voyage, departing from Liverpool to New York on 17 June 1899, was commanded by Captain Horatio McKay (Lt. R.N.R.) and includes detailed records of passengers, senior officers, and the luxurious amenities offered onboard.

Key Features

• Ship: RMS Lucania, Cunard Line
• Route: Liverpool to New York
• Departure Date: 17 June 1899
• Passenger Class: Saloon
• Commander: Captain Horatio McKay (Lt. R.N.R.)

Historical and Design Highlights

• Elegant front cover design with memorandum of log section.
• Detailed listings of prominent passengers and officers.
• Back cover features a Cunard Transatlantic Track Chart from 1899.
• Reflects the sophistication and innovation of Cunard Line's golden era.

Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)

• Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt (1843–1899 or 1873–1942) – Member of the prominent Vanderbilt family, with a significant impact on American industry and society.
• Miss Ruth Thompson (1887–1970) – Attorney and Michigan’s first female representative to Congress.
• Col. R. M. Thompson – Former president of the Canadian Copper Company.
• Mr. Neptune Blood – Connected to the high-profile Perot abduction case.
• Mr. Louis S. Cates (1881–1959) – Renowned CEO of Phelps Dodge Corporation.
• Dr. C. F. McGahan – Director of the Aiken Cottage Sanitarium.

Historical Significance

The RMS Lucania was a symbol of maritime excellence, celebrated for its speed, luxury, and innovation. As one of the fastest ocean liners of its time, it represented the height of transatlantic travel in the late 19th century. This passenger list reflects the opulence and prestige associated with the Cunard Line, showcasing notable figures and detailed records that are invaluable for historians, genealogists, and collectors alike.