RMS Queen Mary Passenger List - 28 March 1953
Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Mary of the Cunard Line, Departing 28 March 1953 from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain C. I. Thompson. GGA Image ID # 1670e71404
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain C. I. Thompson
- Staff Captain: R. Conway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
- Chief Engineer: J. Nicol
- Staff Chief Engineer: H. W. Beckett, O.B.E.
- Principal Medical Officer: J. B. Maguire, M.B., Ch.B.
- Surgeon: J. A. O'Meara, M.B., B.Ch.
- Chief Steward: C. Green
- Chief Officer: G. T. Marr, D.S.R., R.D., R.N.R.
- Purser: F. Pritchard
- Staff Purser: P. A. Dawes
- Staff Purser: E. J. Greenwood
- Tourist Purser: F. Lea
- Chief Tourist Steward: W. Sinnott
- Travel Bureau : W. L. Dickinson
- Tourist Travel Bureau : Miss M. Newcombe
Tourist Class Passengers
- Mrs. I. Aderholz
- Mr. A. V. Ainge
- Miss Kathleen Allen
- Miss Elizabeth Ammerman
- Mrs. F. Anderson
- Mr. C. F. Andrews
- Miss Mary Antonucci
- Mrs. Paylacon Antrassian
- Miss Joyce Atkins
- Mrs. Jessie F. Baisden
- Mrs. Joseph Baranic
- Mstr. Joseph Baranic
- Mrs. E. Barker
- Mrs. Elizabeth Barlow
- Miss Norma Barlow
- Mrs. Minnie Barlow
- Miss Margaret Barlow
- Mrs. Claribel Barnes
- Mrs. F. Bateman
- Mrs. Carolyn Baustian
- Mrs. Agnes Bell
- Miss Galena Benditsky
- Miss Edith Bergmann
- Mrs. Sarah Binns
- Mrs. Elsie Black
- Mrs. Edward Bodway
- Mstr. Peter Bodway
- Mrs. Marc Booker
- Mr. John Borsberry
- Mr. Albert Bos
- Mr. F. Bourriaud
- Mr. Carl M. Boyd
- Mrs. Boyd
- Mrs. Olive Boyer
- Miss Virginia R. Boyer
- Mr. L. Brathwaite
- Mrs. Betty Bratton
- Mstr. Frederick Bratton
- Mstr. Michael Bratton
- Mr. A. D. Breck
- Mr. Frank Brice
- Mrs. Florence Brice
- Miss Ruth Brown
- Mr. W. H. Brownlee
- Mrs. R. Brunning
- Mr. Walter J. Buck
- Miss A. C. Bucknell
- Miss Maude O. Buggelm
- Mr. Charles Burcham
- Miss Elizabeth Burgoyne
- Mrs. E. Burke
- Mrs. Lilly Busswood
- Miss C. L. Butterfield
- Mr. David Lee Byers
- Miss Joan Byrne
- Mrs. Jean Campbell
- Miss Sharon Campbell
- Mr. Clyde Camps
- Mr. Oreste Canal
- Miss Jean B. Canavan
- Mr. A. J. Carl
- Mrs. Carl
- Miss Ruth Carlton
- Mr. J. Carpenter
- Mrs. Carpenter
- Mrs. E. H. Caston
- Mr. Frank Chadwick
- Mrs. Chadwick
- Mrs. Catherine Chaffe
- Mrs. D. Chalton
- Miss Florence Chapman
- Mr. Nicola Chiaramonte
- Mrs. Chiaramonte
- Mrs. Jan B. Chinnock
- Mr. Costa Chrissafides
- Miss Laura Chunosoff
- Mrs. E. Ciampi
- Mstr. P. Ciampi
- Mstr. D. Ciampi
- Mrs. E. Clanell
- Mrs. Joan Clark
- Miss Monica Sue Clark
- Mrs. L. A. Clarke
- Mr. A. Clay
- Mrs. Clay
- Mr. James Codd
- Mrs. Codd
- Mstr. Dennis Codd
- Miss Ann Codd
- Mr. W. Cody
- Mstr. W. Cody
- Miss M. A. Cody
- Miss Kathleen Mary Collin
- Miss M. Convery
- Mrs. Raymond Cooper
- Mr. Hedley J. Corey
- Mr. Thomas A. Corey
- Mrs. Irene V. Corey
- Mrs. Nora Corrigan
- Mr. Alexander Costello
- Mrs. Costello
- Mrs. Marie Coyle
- Mrs. Charles Crawford
- Mr. Earl Crome
- Mrs. Crome
- Mr. Margaret Crooks
- Mrs. W. H. Curb
- Miss T. Curb
- Miss A. C. Curb
- Dr. G. Currarino
- Mrs. Beatrice Curtis
- Mr. Edward Daher
- Mr. Thomas Dalglish
- Mr. J. Dallapizza
- Mrs. J. Dallapizza
- Mstr. E. Dallapizza
- Miss Joy Daniels
- Miss Elizabeth Dasch
- Mr. David Davies
- Mrs. Davies
- Mr. Herbert Davies
- Mr. W. C. Davis
- Mr. William S. Davis
- Miss Helen Dear
- Mr. Ugo De Caro
- Dr. Timothy A. Des Iles
- Mrs. Marie De Ilse
- Mrs. Marie Desmet
- Miss Charlotte DeWar
- Mrs. Annie Dillon
- Mrs. Mary Dimitri
- Mr. H. B. F. Dixon
- Miss Margaret Drost
- Mrs. J. Drower
- Miss W. P. Dudley
- Mr. James Dugger
- Mrs. Isabella Edwards
- Mr. Nathan Ellesman
- Mrs. Ellesman
- Miss Dorothy Ellison
- Mrs. S. Elmassian
- Mrs. Mae Ennever
- Mr. Harry Eperson
- Mrs. Eperson
- Miss Barbara Evans
- Miss R. B. Evans
- Mr. Alfred Ewen
- Mrs. Ewen
- Mrs. Mary A. Fannon
- Miss Belita Fannon
- Mrs. Anna Feltz
- Miss Janet Ferguson
- Mr. John Field
- Mrs. Annie Fielding
- Mrs. Dorothea Finkbeiner
- Mstr. Walter E. Finkbeiner
- Mrs. C. W. Firke
- Mr. Peter Fitzpatrick
- Mrs. Mary Ann Fitzpatrick
- Mr. P. Fitzpatrick
- Mrs. Fitzpatrick
- Mr. J. Floyd
- Mrs. J. Floyd
- Miss A. Floyd
- Miss V. Floyd
- Mr. R. T. Ford
- Mrs. Ford
- Mrs. J. Ford
- Mr. James P. Foster
- Mrs. P. Forster
- Mrs. S. Fowler
- Mrs. M. Frame
- Mr. Morris Dean Fraizer
- Mrs. Lila J. Fraizer
- Miss Gail C. Fraizer
- Mr. Yuda Gakartas
- Mrs. M. A. Garrett
- Mr. Howard E. Geer
- Mrs. Geer
- Mr. H. K. Geh
- Mrs. Eileen Gerber
- Miss Valerie Gerber
- Miss Carol Ann Gerber
- Mr. V. Gilbert
- Mrs. H. Gibson
- Mrs. F. Gilpin
- Miss A. Glover
- Mr. J. Godcfroid
- Mrs. Godefroid
- Mstr. Godefroid
- Mrs. Hcnriehe Goevrekian
- Mr. Walter Goldwater
- Rev. Kenneth Goodman
- Rev. Mrs. June Goodman
- Mr. Robert Gorge
- Mrs. Martha Graeflin
- Miss Arietta Graeflin
- Mrs. Maud Graham
- Miss Ruth Grant
- Mrs. Anne Gray
- Miss Marilyn Gray
- Miss B. Gray
- Miss E. Gray
- Mrs. Louise Green
- Mr. James Greenlees
- Mr. Huber Griffin
- Mrs. Minnie Griffin
- Mrs. Olive Griffiths
- Mstr. Christopher Griffith
- Mr. Sergio Guervo
- Miss Ethel Guilkey
- Mrs. Kitty Agnes Hallam
- Mr. K. G. Hamilton
- Miss Mildred Hanna
- Mrs. E. W. Hanson
- Mrs. Jean Hargreaves
- Miss D. C. Hawkes
- Miss Margaret L. Henry
- Mr. Thomas J. Herivel
- Mrs. Albena Herivel
- Mrs. E. Hill
- Mrs. Robert Hobbs
- Miss Denise Hobbs
- Mr. Solomon Hochoy
- Mrs. Hochoy
- Mr. R. Hokanson
- Mrs. Hokanson
- Mr. George R. Holand
- Mrs. Holand
- Mr. C. E. Hollaway
- Miss Eugenie Holowchak
- Mrs. A. M. Hopkins
- Mr. John Houghton
- Mrs. Marie Howard
- Mr. Daniel Howells
- Mrs. Howells
- Miss Eleanor Hubbard
- Mr. Joseph Huskey
- Mrs. Huskey
- Mrs. James Hutchins
- Mrs. R. P. Ingalls
- Mrs. Bertha Ingianni
- Mrs. P. Jaeger
- Miss Annie Jarvis
- Miss Sarah Jenkins
- Mr. Carl Johanson
- Mr. Gosta Johansson
- Mrs. Inez Jones
- Miss Sarah Jones
- Mr. Edward Jones
- Mrs. Ethel Edith Jones
- Miss Audrey Jones
- Mrs. Olive Jorgensen
- Mrs. Rose Kaback
- Mrs. E. D. Kalepp
- Miss Lillian Karn
- Miss Molly Katz
- Miss Ruth Katz
- Mr. Patrick Keegan
- Mr. H. Keen
- Miss Catherine Keller
- Dr. Richard Kellerman
- Mrs. Shirley Kelly
- Mrs. John P. Kennedy, Jr.
- Mrs. Florence Kingh
- Mr. Ernst Kleinherbers
- Mrs. Rosalinda Klimchuck
- Mstr. Michael Klimchuck
- Miss Linda Klimchuck
- Mrs. L. Kocher
- Mr. A. Koffman
- Mrs. Koffman
- Mr. H. R. Kowen
- Mrs. Kowen
- Mr. Harry Krieger
- Mrs. B. Krowicki
- Miss R. Krowicki
- Mr. Krishna Kurup
- Mrs. Kurup
- Mr. Louis Lampert
- Mrs. Sarah Lampert
- Mr. Joseph Lawlor
- Mrs. Joan Lazier
- Mrs. Kathleen Lee
- Mstr. Robert Lee
- Miss C. Legrand
- Mrs. Sarah Lewis
- Miss Mary E. Lewis
- Captain Mildred Lewzader
- Mrs. Tola Lieberman
- Mstr. Z. Lieberman
- Mrs. Cecile Lightner
- Mr. George A. Lilley
- Mrs. Betty Lincoln
- Mr. Hans Lindner
- Mrs. Margery Loiacono
- Mstr. Nicholas Loiacono
- Miss Elizabeth Loiacono
- Miss Madeline Loiacono
- Mrs. Nora Long
- Mrs. Marjorie Loter
- Mr. J. A. Lovie
- Mrs. J. A. Lovie
- Mrs. A. Lovie
- Miss Eleanor Lowenstein
- Mrs. M. Ludwig
- Mstr. A. Ludwig
- Mrs. Joan S. Luken
- Mstr. Alan Luken
- Mstr. Keith Luken
- Miss Judith Luken
- Mr. Carl Lundshoy
- Mrs. Joan MacCallum
- Mstr. John MacCallum
- Mstr. Hugh MacCallum
- Mr. A. MacGregor
- Mrs. MacGregor
- Mrs. Jean MacKay
- Miss Mary E. Mackie
- Miss Frances Macrae
- Mrs. Ella Magnall
- Mr. Atlilio Malagamba
- Mr. James Malone
- Mrs. Malone
- Miss Margaret Malone
- Miss Ann Malone
- Mrs. I. F. Mann
- Mr. Donald Marsh
- Mr. J. Marshall
- Miss D. Martin
- Mr. J. T. Mason
- Mrs. Mason
- Mrs. M. Mason
- Mrs. Mary P. Matalone
- Miss Susanne Matalone
- Miss Pamela Matalone
- Mrs. Elizabeth Matthews
- Miss Hannah May
- Miss Mildred Meadows
- Mrs. Margaret Metzger
- Mr. Kenneth Metzler
- Mrs. Metzler
- Mr. Robert Michelin
- Mrs. Elena Michelin
- Miss Linda Michelin
- Mstr. Roger Michelin
- Mrs. Youla Mieville
- Miss Claudia Mieville
- Mstr. Peter Mieville
- Mr. David Miller
- Miss M. E. Miller
- Mr. James Milner
- Mrs. Milner
- Mrs. Robert Miner
- Miss Sheridan Miner
- Mrs. Alice Mitchell
- Mr. Arthur T. Mogford
- Mrs. Gertrude Mogford
- Dr. Gregar Montserine
- Miss Eileen Montserine
- Mstr. William Montserine
- Mr. Palmer Morden
- Mrs. Betty Jean Morden
- Miss Susan Ann Morden
- Mr. Charles C. Morley
- Mrs. Morley
- Mrs. Emily Morris
- Mrs. Mary Munro
- Mr. Andrew Murcia
- Mr. Ralph Murcia
- Mrs. Nellie Myers
- Mr. John McAsey
- Mrs. Anne McBennett
- Miss Maureen
- McBennett
- Mstr. Thomas McBennett
- Mr. Hugh McCann
- Mrs. Margaret McCann
- Mrs. Shirley McClelland
- Mstr. Stephen McClelland
- Mrs. Elizabeth McCullough
- Miss Christine McCullough
- Miss Sheila McCullough
- Miss Carol McCullough
- Mr. George McIntosh
- Mrs. Margaret McKay
- Mrs. J. H. McLean
- Miss A. McLagan
- Mrs. M. McLauchlan
- Mrs. Muriel C. Nearhoff
- Mstr. Frank L. Nearhoff
- Mrs. Betty Neimy
- Miss S. A. B. Newell
- Mr. Ed Newton
- Miss Duveen Oltarsh
- Prof. William O'Meara
- Mrs. William O'Meara
- Miss Felicity O'Meara
- Miss E. O'Neill
- Mrs. L. A. Orrell
- Mrs. E. Orton
- Mrs. Phoebe Parker
- Mrs. .Rosalie Parrish
- Mr. Giuseppe Passano
- Mr. Galvin Peters
- Mrs. Peters
- Mrs. E. M. Pick
- Mr. Ralph M. Pinchot
- Mrs. Olive Piper
- Miss Shirley Piper
- Mrs. Ester Pittao
- Miss Claudia Poff
- Mrs. J. A. Poulin
- Miss Theresa Poulin
- Mrs. Hilda Priest
- Mstr. Maurice Priest
- Mstr. Allan Priest
- Mrs. K. Prout
- Mr. R. P. Puri
- Mr. Robert Pyper
- Mrs. Mary Quinlan
- Mrs. Dora Raehs
- Mr. P. T. Rao
- Mrs. J. E. Ratcliffe
- Mstr. D. W. Ratcliffe
- Mr. E. G. Reed
- Mr. William Rees
- Mrs. V. Reid
- Mr. Melvin Reiter
- Mrs. Reiter
- Miss Louise Renoux
- Miss M. A. Ritchie
- Miss Jean A. Robathan
- Miss Margaret Rodger
- Mrs. Cynthia Rose
- Miss Victoria Rose
- Miss Deborah Rose
- Miss Cynthia Rose
- Miss Barbara Rumble
- Mrs. W. Rutherford
- Miss II. Rutishauser
- Mr. Edward Ryan
- Mrs. Ryan
- Mr. Morris Sacks
- Mrs. Sacks
- Mrs. Katherine Salmon
- Miss N. A. Saltsman
- Rev. I. D. Samuels
- Mr. L. E. Samuels
- Mrs. M. D. Samuels
- Miss Elizabeth M. Samuelson
- Mrs. Ena Sandstrom
- Mstr. Bernard Sandstrom
- Mstr. Karl Sandstrom
- Miss Marjorie L. Satersmoen
- Mrs. Violet Savala
- Mstr. Robert Savala
- Mr. Abraham Schermanski
- Mrs. Lea Schermanski
- Mr. A. Schlifkin
- Mrs. Schlifkin
- Mrs. Joyce G. Schoenberg
- Miss Marie G. Schoenberg
- Miss E. Scovell
- Mrs. Mary B. Schurr
- Mr. Henry Schweich
- Miss E. Seagers
- Mr. Harold Seiler
- Mrs. Seiler
- Mrs. B. Senior
- Mrs. Nelly Sentner
- Mr. Lowell Seymour
- Mrs. Marion Sietsema
- Rev. John Simms
- Mrs. Ivy Simms
- Mr. Garth Simms
- Mrs. C. Sinclair
- Miss E. Sinclair
- Dr. Bella Singer-Stein
- Miss Margit Sinnreich
- Mrs. R. E. Smith
- Mr. Morris Snell
- Mrs. Sophie Snell
- Mrs. Bertha Sohn
- Mr. Carlo Sorensen
- Miss Eva Souchon
- Mr. Isaac John Speakman
- Mrs. Susan Speakman
- Mr. Fred Spencer
- Mrs. Ruth Spencer
- Miss Mavis Spencer
- Mr. Hugh Springer
- Mrs. Springer
- Mrs. Sadie Stave
- Mr. A. Stein
- Mr. Paul Stern
- Mrs. Stern
- Mr. Harvey H. Stewart
- Mr. A. Stewart
- Mr. George Stonebreaker
- Mrs. Stonebreaker
- Mrs. D. Sullivan
- Mr. John Sullivan
- Mrs. Sullivan
- Mrs. Doris Summers
- Mr. James Swann
- Mrs. E. A. Swayne
- Mr. Cesare Taffarez
- Mrs. Rose Taffarez
- Miss Beverly Taylor
- Mrs. J. W. Taylor
- Mrs. Thelma Taylor
- Mstr. Melvin Taylor
- Miss Shirley A. Taylor
- Mr. David Taylor
- Mrs. Dorothy B. Tellier
- Miss Barbara L. Tellier
- Miss Margaret Thompson
- Mr. B. W. Trafford, Jr.
- Mrs. Trafford
- Mr. Ernest Truman
- Mrs. Ethel Truman
- Miss Elbe Turakainen
- Miss Vera Underwood
- Mrs. E. A. Ursell
- Mr. M. Vallee Picaud
- Mr. Joseph Van Labbeke
- Mrs. Palayre Van Labbeke
- Mrs. K. Verhoeven
- Mrs. Jack Vincent
- Mstr. Tommie Vincent
- Mr. D. Waite
- Mrs. Margaret Walker
- Mr. J. Walsh
- Mrs. Kay Warcham
- Mrs. Edward Waring
- Mr. Victor M. Watson
- Miss D. Watts
- Mr. Hugh Webster
- Mrs. Webster
- Mr. Thomas Webster
- Mrs. Webster
- Mrs. T. Webster
- Mrs. Ray Weinrib
- Mrs. M. S. Weiss
- Miss L. S. Weiss
- Mrs. Diana Weiss
- Mrs. Thomas Welch
- Mstr. Bryan Welch
- Miss Susan Welch
- Mr. George R. Wheeler
- Mrs. Wheeler
- Mr. A. Whittington
- Mrs. Whittington
- Mrs. May Wilcox
- Mrs. Alice Maud Williams
- Mrs. Margaret Wilson
- Mrs. Joyce L. Wolf
- Mrs. Theresa Worth
- Mstr. John Worth
- Miss Margaret Wylie
- Mr. A. R. Yajnik
- Mrs. Aubrey Yarbrough
- Miss Jennifer Yarbrough
- Miss Marilyn Yarbrough
- Miss J. Young
- Mrs. Rachel Young
- Mrs. Theodore Zennan
- Miss Valerie Zennan
- Mrs. J. Zetooney
- Mstr. R. Zetooney
- Miss F. Zetooney
Passenger List Information
RMS Queen Mary Tourist Class Passenger List – 28 March 1953
Item Description
This exceptional passenger list from the RMS Queen Mary, dated 28 March 1953, represents a quintessential artifact of mid-century transatlantic travel. This document, used by tourists voyaging from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg, embodies the era’s maritime luxury, technological progress, and cultural significance. With detailed passenger rosters and ship information, it is an invaluable piece of history for collectors, genealogists, and maritime enthusiasts alike.
Key Features
- Date of Use or Voyage: 28 March 1953
- Route and Purpose: New York to Southampton via Cherbourg, primarily catering to Tourist Class passengers.
- Associated Vessel: RMS Queen Mary of the Cunard Line, an iconic ocean liner celebrated for its luxurious amenities and vital role in transatlantic transportation.
- Contents:
- Complete passenger roster, including notable figures.
- Senior officers and staff directory.
- Additional travel bureau information.
Historical and Design Highlights
- Historical Context:
The RMS Queen Mary epitomized the golden age of ocean liners, operating in a post-war world where transatlantic travel was a symbol of optimism and prosperity. This passenger list documents the cultural and social diversity aboard one of the era’s most famous vessels. - Design Features:
The list is elegantly printed, featuring a minimalist cover design characteristic of mid-century aesthetics. The typographic style reflects the professionalism and sophistication associated with Cunard Line’s marketing and branding.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)
- Dr. Timothy A. Des Iles: Noted medical professional and innovator in healthcare practices, traveling with his wife, Marie De Ilse.
- Rev. Kenneth Goodman and Rev. Mrs. June Goodman: Influential figures in mid-20th-century social reform movements.
- Captain Mildred Lewzader: A pioneering figure in aviation, representing women’s leadership in post-war industries.
- Mr. Solomon Hochoy: Future Governor of Trinidad and Tobago, showcasing the ship's diverse passenger demographic.
Historical Significance
This passenger list offers a window into mid-20th-century maritime history, reflecting the shifting dynamics of global travel, including the rise of tourism and the resurgence of European-American cultural exchanges. It documents the travels of individuals who contributed to cultural, social, and technological progress during a transformative era.
Appeal
- Genealogists: Tracing family histories and exploring migration patterns.
- Maritime Historians: Studying operational details of iconic liners like the RMS Queen Mary.
Conclusion
This passenger list from the RMS Queen Mary is an artifact of unparalleled cultural and historical value. It serves as both a tangible connection to the golden age of transatlantic travel and a testament to the enduring legacy of one of the world’s most iconic vessels.
