RMS Mauretania Passenger List - 28 September 1948
Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, Departing 28 September 1948 from Southampton to New York Via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, RD, RNR. GGA Image ID # 172aa0ac5d. The Blue Cover Has a Gray Center Strip and a “Bookbinding” Center Section.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, R.D., R.N.R.
- Staff-Captain: J. Chapman, R.D., R.N.R.
- Chief Engineer: T. Steel
- Surgeon: G. A. Goolden, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.
- Chief Steward: W. Wilson
- Chief Officer: J. D. Armstrong, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.
- Purser: E. D. Rendell
- Staff Purser: F. Pritchard
First Class Passengers
- Mr. Irvin I. Aaron
- Miss Leonor Albarran
- Mr. L. H. Andersen
- Mr. Demetris Andres
- Miss Kathleen Andrews
- Mr. May Ariovitch
- Mrs. Ariovitch
- Mr. T. L. Avison
- Mrs. Tryphosa B. Batcheller
- Mr. Roland H. Bee
- Mrs. Michele Beecher
- Mr. Leif Beifrage
- Mr. C. C. Bell, Jnr.
- Miss Marie Benedict
- Mr. Bernard
- Mrs. Bernard
- Mrs. Amelia Bicket
- Mr. A. L. Bickley
- Mrs. Bickley
- Mr. S. Bieber
- Mrs. Bieber and Maid
- Mr. Geoffrey D. Bill
- Mr. R. S. E. Bishop
- Dr. Eliot Blackwelder
- Mrs. Blackwelder
- Mrs. Bertha Blum
- Mrs. Morto Bodfish
- Mr. Philip A. Booth
- Mr. Giacomo Bosso
- Mrs. Bosso
- Mrs. Stephan H. Brennan
- Mr. T. Briggs. M.C.
- Mr. William C. Broekhuysen
- Mr. John Brooke-Hunt
- Mrs. Ford Brown
- Mrs. M. E. Brown
- Mr. John Browning
- Mrs. M. Buckley
- Mrs. Rosemary Bull
- Mr. W. J. Bush
- Mrs. Bush
- Captain J. Caiger
- Mrs. Jane A. Campbell
- Miss J. A. Campbell
- Mr. J. B. Carey
- Mrs. Carey
- Mr. J. M. Carras
- Mr. Catsell
- Mr. G. T. Charles
- Mr. F. H. Chitty
- Mr. Colin
- Mr. Joseph N. Coluccio
- Mrs. Coluccio
- Mr. Combler
- Mrs. Combler
- Mrs. M. Cornetta
- Mrs. L. Cornetta
- Mr. Philip Costigan
- Mr. J. Cound
- Mr. Hugh Cunningham
- Mrs. Cunningham
- Miss P. Daniel
- Mr. George T. Davies
- Mrs. Davies
- Captain H. Leighton Davies
- Mr. John H. L. Davies
- Mrs. Wirt Davis
- Mr. De Brinas
- Mr. Guy Delattre
- Mr. George Denton
- Mr. F. Dickinson
- Mrs. Dickinson
- Mr. Rene Donnars
- Mrs. Donnars
- Mr. Frederick Draeger
- Mrs. Draeger
- Mrs. Arthor O. Duhamel
- Mr. Leroy Eaby
- Mr. S. Eden
- Mr. Sydney Epps
- Mr. D. Evans
- Dr. Robert Evans
- Mrs. Evans
- Mr. James Ewing
- Dr. A. J. Ewins
- Mrs. Ewins
- Mr. William Eyre
- Mrs. Eyre
- Dr. Gioacchino Failla
- Mrs. O. Valdes Fauli
- Mrs. Eline Faure
- Mr. John H. Fea
- Mr. William C. Ferguson
- Mr. R. Ferguson
- Mr. Fischer
- Mr. Edward J. Flynn
- Mrs. Flynn
- Mrs. A. C. Ford
- Mrs. Frances Forest
- Mr. Robert W. Forsyth
- Mr. Frank H. Foy
- Mrs. Foy
- Mrs. K. Franco
- Mr. Lionel Fraser
- Mrs. Fraser
- Mr. Philip Frere and manservant
- Mrs. Frere
- Mr. M. E. Fuller
- Mr. H. D. Gaff
- Mr. Joseph F. Shirley Gazard
- Mrs. C. B. Georgopulo
- Mr. H. B. Gerry
- Mr. F. R. Gibson
- Mrs. Gibson
- Mr. George H. J. Gillingham
- Mr. David Glasberry
- Mrs. Glasberry
- Mr. J. Goby
- Mrs. Helen G. Good
- Miss Good
- Mr. T. H. Graham
- Mrs. R. Green
- Mr. G. S. Guest
- Mrs. Laura T. Guidotti
- Mr. G. H. C. Gundry
- Mrs. Leona P. Gunther
- Mr. Morris Gutmann
- Mr. Lander Haige
- Mrs. Haige
- Miss L. Haige
- Miss Diane Haige
- Mr. Henry B. Hall
- Mrs. Hall
- Captain J. C. Hammock
- Mr. R. G. Harper
- Mr. S. Hassan
- Mrs. Hassan
- Master John Hassan
- Miss Lisette Hassan
- Miss Barbara Ann Hazelton
- Mr. William E. Heater
- Mr. Andrew J. Helmick
- Rev. R. J. Henle
- Mr. Charles Hensel
- Mrs. Hensel
- Mr. James Hepburn
- Mrs. A. Herrmann
- Mr. Charles H. Herty
- Mr. M. Herz
- Mrs. Herz
- Mr. William P. Hill
- Miss Virginia Hilton
- Mrs. Hindley
- Mr. Frederick Hirsch
- Mrs. Hirsch
- Mr. T. Hodges
- Mr. Robert B. Holgate
- Mr. A. F. Holler
- Mrs. Holler
- Miss D. Holler
- Mrs. Stephen Holmes
- Mr. Percy A. Holt
- Mr. Alec S. Horsley
- Mrs. Horsley
- Mr. B. W. Huebsch
- Mr. Percy Hunt
- Mrs. Hunt
- Major A. Huskisson
- Mrs. Edith L. Huston
- Mr. Ernest B. Hutchinson
- Mrs. Hutchinson
- Miss Jane Hutchinson
- Mr. Harold Jackson
- Mrs. Jackson
- Mr. R. Jarman
- Mrs. Jarman
- Mr. Alfred G. Johnson
- Mrs. Johnson
- Miss Edith Jones
- Mr. Percy E. Joyce
- Mrs. Joyce
- Mr. Katz
- Mrs. Nathan Katz
- Master M. Katz
- Miss T. Katz
- Mr. Walter Guest Kellogg
- Mrs. Kellogg
- Mr. Keuzer
- Mr. S. Kilgore
- Mrs. Kilgore
- Mrs. Kissel
- Master S. Kissel
- Mr. Paul Klotz
- Mrs. Klotz and Maid
- Mr. Frederick Koch
- Mrs. Koch
- Mr. W. Kohler
- Mr. S. Korner
- Mrs. Korner
- Mr. Lafe
- Mr. Nathan Lans
- Mrs. Lans
- Mrs. Hilda de Latorre
- Mr. D. H. Laughton
- Mr. J. J. Lawler
- Mr. E. Lawley
- Mrs. Lawley
- Mr. T. H. Lawley
- Mrs. Lawley
- Mr. Benjamin S. Leboy
- Mr. Ronald H. Leboy
- Mr. Marcel Leder
- Mr. Howard Leif
- Mr. Emil Leon
- Mr. A. Levy
- Mrs. Levy
- Dr. Phillip Lewin
- Mrs. Lewin
- Mr. Solomon Lifchitz
- Dr. Arthur H. Limouze
- Miss Marion Litchfield
- Dame Adelaide Livingstone
- Dr. Guillermo G. Lopez
- Mr. C. W. Lovegrove
- Cmdr. Ettore Luzzatto
- Mrs. Luzzatto
- Miss Sheelagh MacDermot
- Miss B. E. Macdonald
- Mrs. Elizabeth MacGregor
- Dr. Willard Machle
- Dr. A. Madas
- Mrs. Madas
- Mrs. W. Mairnbaum
- Mr. Morris Maklan
- Mrs. H. G. Malcolm
- Mr. John Malinowski
- Mr. G. Manasse
- Mrs. Manasse
- Mr. Charles Mann
- Mrs. Mann
- Colonel Charles L. Marburg
- Mrs. Marburg
- Mrs. Grace Markey
- Colonel James Marshall
- Mr. Warren P. Mason
- Mrs. Mason
- Mrs. Lucie Matuzewitz
- Mr. E. W. May
- Mr. McCormick
- Mr. H. J. M. McFall
- Mrs. Eva McGhee
- Mr. Walter McGhee
- Mr. G. V. McLachlan
- Mrs. McLachlan
- Mr. Victor McQuade
- Mrs. McQuade
- Mrs. Maria L. Menocal
- Mrs. M. Milivojevic
- Mr. J. R. Millbourn
- Mrs. Millbourn
- Mr. Carroll E. Miller
- Mr. G. F. Miller
- Mrs. Miller
- The Hon. Sebastian Moll
- Miss Ruth Morgan
- Mr. A. Morris
- Mrs. Morris
- Mr. Harry Morris
- Mrs. Rose Moses
- Mr. Fred Muro
- Mrs. Muro
- Mr. E. C. Myerle
- Mrs. Myerle
- Mr. J. I. Nasmith
- Mrs. Nasmith
- Mr. Albert Newton
- Mrs. Newton
- Mrs. B. Nieburg
- Mrs. Isabel H. Nordlinger
- Mr. Duncan Norman
- Mrs. Norman
- Mr. Frederick Norman
- Miss Elizabeth Oakley
- Miss Sylvia Obolensky
- Mr. E. F. Ohler
- Master Joseph Omlin
- Miss M. Omlin
- Mr. Kamill Omlin
- Mrs. Omlin
- Mr. Orensztejn
- Mr. John A. Ortiz
- Mrs. Louise L. O’Sullivan
- Mr. Edwin Thomas Ould
- Mrs. A. d’Oultrehont
- Mrs. G. d’Oultrehont
- Miss G. Bertini del Pace
- Mr. W. Panton
- Mrs. M. E. Partridge
- Mr. Robert Pauly
- Mrs. Pauly
- Miss D. Pauly
- Mr. José Pauly
- Mrs. Pauly
- Miss F. Pauly
- Mr. H. Pendleton
- Mrs. Pendleton
- Mr. John C. Penton
- Mrs. Penton
- Mr. John F. Perry
- Mrs. Perry
- Mr. Pery
- Mr. Hugo Pitman
- Mrs. Pitman
- Mrs. Marie A. Porsche
- Mr. E. Prill
- Mr. Jorge Alonso Pujol
- Mrs. Pujol
- Dr. Guillermo Alonso Pujol
- Mrs. Pujol
- Mr. E. V. Pullum
- Mr. Walter Ridder
- Mrs. Ridder
- Mr. J. Lee Risinger
- Mr. Peter Robotti
- Mrs. Robotti
- Mr. W. A. Rose
- Mr. Phillip Rosenberg
- Mrs. Rosenberg
- Mr. Julius Rosenfeld
- Mr. W. D. Rutherford
- Mr. Antonio Sabatlao
- Mr. Bernard Sattler
- Mrs. Sattler
- Dr. S. W. Saunders
- Mr. Raymond Savage
- Dr. Artur Schnabel
- Mrs. Schnabel
- Dr. Bruno F. Schweig
- Mr. Simon Segal
- Mrs. Segal
- Mr. J. Shane
- Mr. R. J. Shannon
- Miss H. Sharp
- Mr. E. S. Shaw
- Miss Sheedy
- Mrs. Joan M. Shoulberg
- Sir Oliver Simmonds
- Lady Simmonds
- Miss Janette Simmonds
- Mrs. E. J. Skinner
- Miss M. Skinner
- Lieut. C. G. Smith, R.C.N.
- Mrs. C. G. Smith
- Miss Maria W. Smith
- Mr. L. N. Smith
- Mr. H. Smith
- Miss M. Wilkins Smith
- Mrs. F. de Sosa
- Rev. William J. Stackhouse
- Mr. F. L. Stagg
- Mrs. Stagg
- Mr. Allance Stansfield
- Mrs. Stansfield
- Mr. John Stansfield
- Mrs. Stansfield
- Miss M. Stansfield
- Mr. Jan Staubo
- Miss E. C. Stephens
- Mr. John Stewart
- Mrs. Stewart
- Mr. Harry P. Strasberg
- Mrs. Strasberg
- Mr. V. Strongwater
- Mrs. Strongwater
- Mrs. Maud B. Sullivan
- Mr. W. A. K. Swinscow
- Mrs. Swinscow
- Miss Zofia Szarska
- Mr. Adam Taylor
- Mrs. Taylor
- Lieut.-Colonel George Taylor, D.S.O.
- Mr. John R. Taylor
- Dr. S. Teneff
- Mr. Stefano Teneff
- Prof. Edwin R. Theis
- Mrs. C. B. Thomassen
- Mr. C. Thornton
- Mr. Timberlake
- Dr. F. H. Todd
- Mrs. Todd
- Miss Jean Todd
- Miss Alison Todd
- Mr. Edward W. Tozer
- Miss K. T. Tuite
- Miss Dorothy Tuttle
- Mrs. Jean F. Van Den Berghe
- Master George A. Van Den Berghe
- Miss Elizabeth A. Van Den Berghe
- Miss Virginia E. Van Den Berghe and Nurse
- Mr. L. E. Van Moppes
- Mrs. Van Moppes
- Mrs. Nancy Venable
- Mr. C. J. Villalvazo
- Mrs. Villalvazo
- Mrs. C. Waddell
- Master Waddell
- Mr. L. C. Walker
- Miss Emma M. Watson
- Miss P. Weinrich
- Miss Carolyn Wellborn
- Mrs. H. Wells
- Mr. J. M. Whittaker
- Mrs. Cuas Wiedeman
- Miss C. Wiedeman
- Mr. Joseph Wild
- Mrs. Wild
- Mr. Williams
- Mr. William Wilson
- Mr. John Winslow
- Mrs. Winslow
- Mr. L. A. Winter
- Mrs. L. Wolf
- Mr. H. N. Wood
- Mrs. Wood
- Mr. Eugene Wulsin
- Mr. W. K. Young
- Mr. P. Zanetello
- Dr. Gertrude Zenzes
- Mrs. Marie Zinn
Painting of the Cunard Line RMS Mauretania - 28 September 1948. GGA Image ID # 172ad64dec
Passenger List Information
RMS Mauretania Passenger List, First Class, 28 September 1948
Description
An exquisite and rare First-Class Passenger List from the illustrious RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, dated 28 September 1948. This highly collectible artifact represents a bygone era of opulence in transatlantic travel. Departing from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, the vessel was under the command of Captain R. B. G. Woollatt, RD, RNR.
The blue cover, adorned with a striking gray center strip and an evocative “bookbinding” center section, captures the era's refined aesthetic. The passenger list includes the names of notable figures and prominent families, complemented by the detailed enumeration of senior officers and staff, underscoring the ship's meticulous attention to luxury and service.
Historical Importance
This passenger list documents a voyage aboard one of the most iconic vessels of the post-war Cunard fleet. Notable passengers and the prestige of First-Class travel during this era enhance its historical and collectible value.
VIP Travelers and Significance
- Dame Adelaide Livingstone
- Why Significant: A renowned British social reformer and advocate, Dame Livingstone's presence underscores the appeal of the Mauretania to luminaries in politics and social causes.
- Dr. Artur Schnabel
- Why Significant: A celebrated pianist and composer, Schnabel was one of the 20th century’s leading classical musicians. His travels hint at cultural engagements or performances in New York.
- Dr. Gioacchino Failla
- Why Significant: A trailblazer in the field of radiology and medical physics, Dr. Failla’s inclusion highlights the ship’s appeal to distinguished figures in science and academia.
- Lieut.-Colonel George Taylor, DSO
- Why Significant: A decorated military officer, Taylor’s presence reflects the appeal of transatlantic liners to high-ranking military personnel in post-war reconstruction efforts.
- Sir Oliver Simmonds and Lady Simmonds
- Why Significant: As an influential engineer and politician, Sir Simmonds exemplifies the high-profile personalities who preferred Cunard’s First-Class accommodations.
- Colonel Charles L. Marburg
- Why Significant: A prominent figure in American philanthropy and diplomacy, Marburg’s travels symbolize the ship’s role in connecting the elite across continents.
- Miss Sylvia Obolensky
- Why Significant: A scion of European nobility, her presence emphasizes the Mauretania’s status as a nexus for aristocratic travel.
Contextual Notes
The post-war era saw the RMS Mauretania resume her transatlantic duties, bridging Europe and the United States for cultural icons, industrial magnates, and global influencers. Items such as this passenger list provide an evocative snapshot of the societal fabric aboard these voyages and are prized among maritime and cultural historians alike.
Additional Features
- A detailed record of senior officers and crew, including Chief Engineer T. Steel and Chief Officer J. D. Armstrong, DSC, RD, RNR, illustrating the operational excellence of Cunard.
- An evocative representation of mid-20th-century maritime design and documentation, ideal for collectors and institutions.
