RMS Mauretania Passenger List - 4 August 1953
Front Cover of a First Class Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania of the Cunard Line, Departing 4 August 1953 from Southampton to New York Via Le Havre and Cobh, Commanded by Captain D. W. Sorrell. GGA Image ID # 172c237cfd
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain D. W. Sorrell
- Staff-Captain: S. A. Jones, R.D., R.N.R.
- Chief Engineer: G. W. Bain
- Surgeon: S. George, M.B., Ch.B.
- Chief Steward: A. W. Beebe
- Chief Officer: R. J. Nicholas, R.D., R.N.R.
- Purser: V. M. Phillips
- Staff Purser: R. H. Owen
First Class Passengers
- Miss Freda Ahern
- Mr. Frank J. Akin
- Mr. Alfred Alexander
- Mrs. Alexander
- Mr. Lorenz Alvary
- Sister M. Ambrose
- Mr. Jose Arzac
- Mrs. Arzac
- Miss Nora Baker
- Miss Dorothy Bannow
- Mr. Herman Barnett
- Mrs. Barnett
- Mr. George Bartlett
- Mrs. Bartlett
- Miss Alice Beardwood
- Mrs. Eileen Bell
- Mr. Anacleto Belli
- Mrs. Belli
- Mr. Austin C. Benton
- Mrs. Benton
- Dr. C. Hartley Berry
- Mrs. Berry
- Mr. C. T. Birkel
- Mr. F. W. Blair
- Mrs. Blair
- Mr. E. H. Bonczek
- Dr. Frank E. Boston
- Mr. Thomas A. Bowen
- Mrs. Bowen
- Miss Helen Brinton
- Mr. W. M. Bristol
- Mrs. Bristol
- Mr. M. A. Stotter Brooks
- Mrs. Stotter Brooks
- Miss C. J. Stotter Brooks
- Miss J. A. Stotter Brooks
- Master J. Stotter Brooks
- Miss Beatrice Brown
- Miss Frances E. Brown
- General Beverly F. Browne
- Mrs. Browne
- Mr. Shirley C. Burden
- Mrs. Burden
- Miss Margaret F. Burden
- Master Carter Burden
- Rev. James G. Burke
- Mr. Frank Burrill
- Mrs. Burrill
- Master Michael Burrill
- Mr. George C. Capen
- Mrs. Capen
- Mr. William E. Carey, Jnr.
- Mrs. Carey
- Dr. C. W. Carrick
- Mr. J. Cawley
- Mrs. Cawley
- Dr. Jennie S. Chandler
- Mr. Henry M. Chandler
- Mr. Roland Chesley
- Mrs. William E. Clark
- Miss Nell S. Clarke
- Miss Elizabeth Clymer
- Mrs. D. F. Cohalan
- Miss Kathleen Cohalan
- Miss Francesca J. Cole
- Rev. Thomas F. Conlon
- Mrs. Jane Cordes
- Mrs. Grace H. Crawford
- Miss Barbara Crim
- Mr. Edgar O. Crossman
- Mrs. Crossman
- Mr. Edwin K. Daly
- Mrs. Daly
- Mr. Edwin K. Daly, Jnr.
- Miss May Denton
- Mr. Robert Diefendorf
- Mrs. Diefendorf
- Miss Carolyn Diefendorf
- Miss Virginia Diefendorf
- Miss Gretchen Diefendorf
- Mr. James T. Dooley
- Mrs. Dooley
- Miss M. Cornelia Dooley
- Dr. Ralph E. Duncan
- Mrs. Duncan
- Mr. F. Dunphy
- Mrs. J. R. Eakin
- Miss Lydia Eisenhower
- Rev. John J. Elwood
- Mr. William R. Farmer
- Mrs. Farmer
- Mrs. June Fifield
- Mr. J. Fitzhugh
- The Very Rev. L. D. Flanagan
- The Most Rev. Joseph F. Flannelly
- Miss Marie Flannelly
- Mr. Daniel B. Ford
- Mrs. Ford
- Mr. Daniel B. Ford, Jnr.
- Mrs. Mona Ford
- Miss Regina Frankenfeld
- Mr. Victor H. Fray
- Mrs. Fray
- Miss Catherine A. Fray
- Mr. F. W. French
- Mrs. French
- Mr. P. M. Frost
- Mr. H. R. Gallagher
- Mrs. Paul Gallagher
- Mrs. Bella Gelman
- Mrs. Katherine Gerber
- Miss Maureen Gerber
- Miss Anna M. Gibson
- Mrs. Harold Gliksten
- Mr. Spencer K. Godfrey
- Mrs. Godfrey
- Mrs. Christine Gogreve
- Miss Frances I. Gore
- Mr. Charles J. Graham
- Mrs. Edmond H. Guerin
- Mr. Hoorer Hammersley
- Miss Hillis Hammersley
- Master Donner Hanson
- Mr. W. W. Harris
- Mrs. Ambrose Henry
- Mr. Robert Heuck
- Mrs. Heuck
- Mr. Philip C. Hewett
- Mrs. Hewett
- Mrs. Edward L. Hicks, Jnr.
- Mr. Richard R. Higgins
- Mrs. Higgins
- Master Richard S. Higgins
- Miss Ann S. Higgins
- Miss Nancy Higgins
- Miss Martha T. Higgins
- Miss M. Higgins
- Mrs. Helen Hills
- Mrs. Thomas E. Hogg
- Mr. Howard J. Hook, Jnr.
- Mr. C. V. Hope
- Mrs. Roger B. Hull
- Miss Lyn Humphreys
- Mrs. J. Hurley
- Mr. David S. Ingalls, Jnr.
- Mr. Peter Jensen
- Miss Eleanor W. Johnston
- Mrs. Joseph Kaliney
- Mrs. Geraldine Kashins
- Mr. John K. Kealy
- Mrs. Kealy
- Master Michael Kealy
- Master Patrick Kealy
- Master Kieran Kealy
- Miss Florence Keen
- Miss Elizabeth Keen
- Mrs. Martha A. Kelly
- Mr. Samuel I. Kessler
- Mrs. Kessler
- Miss Mary L. King
- Mr. Arthur J. Kizaur
- Mrs. Kizaur
- Mr. James F. Lawrence
- Mrs. Lawrence
- Master James V. Lawrence
- Miss Kerry Lawrence
- Miss Jane A. Lawrence
- Miss Patricia Lawson
- Mr. Robert R. Leahey
- Mrs. Leahey
- Mr. Fred Leech
- Mrs. Leech
- Countess Marie Leutrum von Ertingen
- Mr. Wilmarth S. Lewis
- Mrs. Lewis
- Mr. Jacob Lichtenstein
- Miss Jenny Liland
- Mrs. Jack Lively
- Miss Joan M. Lively
- Mr. Herbert T. Lorentz
- Mrs. Lorentz
- Miss Nancy K. Luke
- Dr. Raul Maestri
- Miss Ethel G. Magney
- Mrs. M. S. Malcolm
- Mr. Paul Manegom
- Miss Mabel L. Marvin
- Mrs. George Mathews
- Mrs. Elena Z. Matos
- Mrs. Maria Luisa G. Matos
- Mrs. George L. Maxwell
- Mr. George L. Maxwell, Jnr.
- Mr. Robert A. McCallum
- Mrs. McCallum
- Mrs. Dorothy McClure
- Master Dennis McClure
- Mrs. Gladys McCoy
- Mr. N. H. McElroy
- Mrs. McElroy
- Miss N. S. McElroy
- Miss B. E. McElroy
- Master Malcolm McElroy
- Miss Jean McKenzie
- Miss Sadie L. McQuade
- Mr. E. Q. McVitty, Jnr.
- Mrs. M. E. Mellon
- Mr. Philippus Miller
- Mr. Arthur Minich
- Mrs. Minich
- Mrs. Bertie Mitchell
- Mr. Ramon Molina
- Mrs. Molina
- Miss Rose Moran
- Mr. J. P. Morgan, II
- Mrs. Morgan
- Mr. Philip H. Morgan
- Mrs. Morgan
- Mr. Martin Morris
- Miss Mary L. Mulhall
- Dr. Luke A. Mulligan
- Mrs. Mulligan
- Mr. J. A. Mulvey
- Mrs. Mulvey
- Mrs. G. A. Myers
- Mr. T. C. Myers
- Mrs. V. L. Norris
- Master G. V. Norris
- Mrs. Myrtle S. O’Connor
- Miss Molly O’Leary
- Mr. George S. Oliver
- Mrs. Oliver
- Mr. Sidney G. Oiling
- Mrs. Oiling
- Mr. John E. Organ
- Mrs. Organ
- Miss Sally Organ
- Mrs. Mary C. Osgood
- Lieut. William B. Osgood
- Miss Helen M. Papillon
- Mr. Talbot Patrick
- Mrs. Patrick
- Mr. Wayne T. Patrick
- Miss Paula E. Patrick
- Mr. Charles C. Perrin
- Mrs. Perrin
- Mr. J. Petersen
- Mrs. Sara R. Petersen
- Rev. Patrick J. Phelan
- Mr. Patrick Phelan
- Mrs. Nellie Phelan
- Mr. Edward Philleo
- Mrs. Philleo
- Mr. Louis E. Pirnak
- Mrs. Pirnak
- Miss Eleanor Potts
- Mr. James Prendergast
- Mr. A. J. Quig
- Mr. Frederick R. Ralston
- Mrs. Ralston
- Master Frederick R. Ralston
- Mr. George A. Ray, Jnr.
- Mrs. Ray
- Master George A. Ray. Ill
- Mrs. J. H. Redding
- Mrs. George S. Reeder
- Miss Susan J. G. Reynolds-Albertini
- Mr. W. H. Rhodes, C.B.E.
- Mrs. Rhodes
- Mr. P. L. Ricca
- Miss Rozanne G. Ritch
- Mr. W. O. Roeser
- Dr. J. J. Rommer
- Mrs. Rommer
- Miss Adrienne Rommer
- Miss Barbara Rommer
- Mr. S. H. Rost
- Mrs. Rost
- Mr. Henri Salvador
- Mrs. Salvador
- Mrs. Edmund Sandars
- Mr. Serge A. Scherbatskoy
- Mrs. Scherbatskoy
- Master Serge A. Scherbatskoy
- Master Timothy D. Scherbatskoy
- Miss Mary N. Scherbatskoy
- Mr. Albert G. Scherer. Ill
- Mr. W. D. Schramm
- Mrs. Schramm
- Miss Frances Schulman
- Mr. William C. Scott
- The Most Rev. Dr. Scully
- Mr. Raymond J. Scully
- Mrs. Scully
- Miss Flournoy Semmes
- Mr. Genaro Sepulveda
- Mrs. Sepulveda
- Mrs. David Shaw-Kennedy
- Miss Grace Shaw-Kennedy
- Mrs. Shepherd
- Mr. Robert Siegel
- Mrs. Emily C. Simpson
- Miss Elvira Slack
- Mr. Rothwell E. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mrs. J. Merrick Smith
- Mr. J. Morse Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Miss Susan Smith
- Mr. George F. Smith
- Mr. S. J. Smith
- Sir Kenneth Solomon, C.B.E., Q.C.
- Lady Solomon
- Dr. Anna Sprengel
- Mrs. Gertrude C. Spuhler
- Mrs. Erba Strandberg
- Mr. J. H. B. Strauss
- Miss Madelene Switzer
- Miss Helene Switzer
- Mr. M. G. Tate
- Miss Susan P. Thomas
- Mr. F. K. Thun
- Mrs. Thun
- Master F. Thun
- Master P. Thun
- Miss K. Thun
- Dr. Charles W. Tidd
- Mrs. Tidd
- Mr. G. Tillinghast
- Mrs. Tillinghast
- Mr. Neil Towner
- Mrs. Towner
- Mr. Leonid V. Tulpa
- Mrs. Tulpa
- Mr. Livio A. Valli
- Mrs. Valli
- Miss Rose M. Valli
- Mr. John Van den Broek
- Mrs. E. Van Laer
- Mr. Peter Van Tassel
- Mr. Howard A. Van Vleck
- Mrs. Van Vleck
- Master Howard A. Van Vleck
- Master Roy T. Van Vleck
- Miss Anne Van Vleck
- Miss Carolyn Van Vleck
- Mr. R. Vernon
- Mrs. David Wagstaff
- Mr. William M. Walsh
- Mrs. Walsh
- Mrs. Margaret K. Walsh
- Miss Anne Walsh
- Mrs. Hans G. Walz
- Miss Cynthia A. Walz
- Mr. Barnett Warner
- Mrs. Warner
- Mrs. Ives Washburn
- Mrs. George H. Waterman
- Mr. Norman L. Wetzler
- Mrs. Wetzler
- Miss Jane Whitham
- Dr. W. Stewart Whittemore
- Mrs. Whittemore
- Mrs. Hattie Whorton
- Mr. C. H. Wiken
- Mrs. Wiken
- Mrs. H. Howard Williams
- Master Curtin Winsor
- Master Joseph Winsor
- Mrs. R. Arthur Wood
- Mr. Henry Zinner
Painting of the Cunard Line RMS Mauretania - 4 August 1953. GGA Image ID # 172c294c3a
Passenger List Information
RMS Mauretania First-Class Passenger List – 4 August 1953
Item Description
This First-Class Passenger List from 4 August 1953 documents a transatlantic voyage of the RMS Mauretania, departing from Southampton to New York via Le Havre and Cobh. The list reflects an era of elegance, featuring prominent passengers, an illustrious crew, and the rich history of Cunard Line operations.
Key Features
- Date of Voyage: 4 August 1953
- Route and Purpose: Southampton to New York via Le Havre and Cobh, highlighting post-war transatlantic commerce and travel.
- Associated Vessel:
- RMS Mauretania (1938), a Cunard Line flagship known for its Art Deco interiors, technological innovation, and role as a symbol of resilience and luxury in mid-20th-century ocean travel.
- Contents:
- Detailed First-Class passenger roster featuring influential figures in arts, business, and politics.
- Senior officers and crew directory, exemplifying Cunard’s legacy of excellence.
- Typographic artistry and striking cover illustration, hallmarking the era’s design ethos.
Historical and Design Highlights
- Historical Context:
Occurring during the height of post-war recovery, this voyage exemplifies the role of transatlantic liners in fostering international connections. The Mauretania was a vital link between Europe and North America, serving the world’s elite. - Design Features:
The passenger list’s refined layout and high-quality materials reflect mid-century craftsmanship, making it an enduring artifact of maritime luxury.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)
- General Beverly F. Browne: Distinguished military leader whose contributions to post-war reconstruction were pivotal.
- The Most Rev. Joseph F. Flannelly: Renowned Catholic leader whose spiritual guidance resonated across continents.
- Countess Marie Leutrum von Ertingen: A figure of European aristocracy, symbolizing post-war cultural exchanges.
- Mr. Shirley C. Burden: Celebrated American photographer and philanthropist, whose work captured mid-century American life.
- Dr. C. Hartley Berry: Prominent surgeon and innovator in medical techniques, shaping modern healthcare practices.
- Mr. J. P. Morgan II: Banking magnate and a key player in 20th-century American economic history.
- Sir Kenneth Solomon, C.B.E., Q.C.: Esteemed British legal figure whose work significantly influenced international law.
- Miss Elizabeth Keen: Influential socialite and patron of the arts, supporting cultural revitalization in the post-war period.
- Rev. John J. Elwood: Notable theologian and lecturer, fostering interfaith dialogues.
- Mrs. Eileen Bell: Advocate for women's rights and education, prominent in global philanthropic efforts.
Historical Significance
This passenger list is a tangible connection to the golden age of ocean liners, offering insight into the social and cultural fabric of the 1950s. The inclusion of significant figures from various fields enriches its historical value, reflecting global recovery and collaboration during the post-war period.
Appeal
- Genealogists: A valuable resource for tracing family histories and connections to prominent figures.
- Maritime Historians: Provides an in-depth look at Cunard Line operations and the RMS Mauretania's role in shaping modern transatlantic travel.
Conclusion
This First-Class Passenger List from the RMS Mauretania is an extraordinary piece of maritime history, offering a rare glimpse into the era’s elite social networks and design excellence. With its notable passengers, exceptional preservation, and historical significance, this artifact stands as a testament to the golden age of ocean liners.
