RMS Queen Mary Passenger List - 12 August 1953
Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Mary of the Cunard Line, Departing 12 August 1953 from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain C. I. Thompson. GGA Image ID # 167141d9ac
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: W. J. Law, R.D., R.N.R.
- Purser: R. H. Newcombe
- Staff Purser: F. Pritchard
- Staff Purser: E. J. Greenwood
- Tourist Purser: F. Lea
- Chief Tourist Steward: E. A. Bellamy
- Travel Bureau : W. L. Dickinson
- Tourist Travel Bureau : Miss M. Newcombe
Tourist Class Passengers
- Mr. Alfred Adams
- Mr. James Adams
- Miss Mae C. Albrecht
- Mr. Said Malik Ali
- Mr. Afton Al-Rawi
- Mr. Jack Allen
- Miss Anne F. Allenz
- Miss Molly Alves
- Mrs. Kathleen Amberg
- Mstr. Ronald Amberg
- Mr. Winslow Ames
- Mr. Clement Anastasoff
- Mrs. Kathleen Andrews
- Mrs. Emma Aron
- Mrs. Artine Artinian
- Miss Margaret Artinian
- Mstr. Robert Artinian
- Miss Ellen Artinian
- Mr. G. Prasad Asthana
- Mr. K. Attarian
- Mrs. C. Bach
- Mr. Charles Badcock
- Mrs. Lucy Bailey
- Mr. C. Baker
- Mr. T. Baldwin
- Mrs. Baldwin
- Miss M. J. Ballinger
- Mr. Gabriel Barast
- Mrs. Teresa Barratt
- Miss Norma June Barratt
- Mrs. Katie Bartol
- Miss T. Baumgartner
- Mr. Moses A. Becker
- Mr. Peter J. Becker
- Mrs. Becker
- Dr. Benjamin J. Bedell
- Mrs. Bedell
- Mr. Frederick G. Bell
- Mrs. Bell
- Mr. Frank Benamati
- Mrs. F. Benamati
- Mr. Thomas Benamati
- Mrs. Sheila Bender
- Mr. Pedro Benet
- Mrs. Ann Bennett
- Mrs. Margaret Berg
- Miss E. Berliner
- Miss Vera Beverley
- Mr. Wilfred Bishof
- Mrs. Bishof
- Mr. David T. Bishop
- Mr. David H. Blackwood
- Miss Evy Blaise
- Dr. Salvatore Bottino
- Mr. L. Bourgoigon
- Mr. W. R. Bradford
- Miss H. Bradley
- Miss S. Bradley
- Mr. S. A. Brand
- Mr. William Briggs
- Mrs. Briggs
- Mrs. Margaret Brodmann
- Mr. Peter Bromilow
- Mrs. Bromilow
- Mr. Ernest J. Brookings
- Mr. V. Broomfield
- Mrs. Jane Brown
- Mrs. Bruno
- Miss B. Bruno
- Mr. S. Bruno
- Mr. Cyril Buckley
- Dr. J. A. Buckwalter
- Mstr. Joseph A. Buckwalter
- Mrs. J. Buckwalter
- Miss J. A. Buckwalter
- Miss Buckwalter
- Mr. Robert Burns
- Miss Julia C. Butler
- Mr. Richard Caley
- Mrs. Caley
- Mr. C. Campbell
- Mr. Wm. Carmody
- Mrs. Carmody
- Mrs. John Carpenter
- Mr. William Carrie
- Mr. Dante Cavalli
- Mr. N. Cervini
- Mrs. A. G. Chandler
- Miss Chandler
- Mrs. F. A. Chapman
- Mrs. Mary Charlton
- Mr. Solomon Clapper
- Mrs. N. Clark
- Mr. James Clark
- Mrs. Clark
- Mr. Joseph Clark
- Mrs. Clark
- Mrs. M. A. Clark
- Mrs. S. G. Clarke
- Mstr. Craig Clarke
- Mrs. M. Clary
- Miss Clary
- Mrs. Mary Cliff
- Mr. Cedric Clothier
- Mr. Terence Collins
- Mrs. Collins
- Miss Ashley Collins
- Mstr. Terence Collins
- Mr. Herbert Collins
- Mrs. Collins
- Mr. A. Cooper
- Mrs. Cooper
- Mr. J. E. Corry
- Mrs. James Couper
- Miss M. Cripps
- Mrs. H. A. Croft
- Miss Jane Culler
- Miss Phyllis Cummins
- Mr. Arthur H. Curtis
- Mrs. Curtis
- Mr. Harold Davies
- Mrs. Davies
- Mr. Kenneth H. Dawson
- Mrs. Cicely Dawson
- Miss Judith Dawson
- Mstr. Christopher Dawson
- Mstr. Colin Dawson
- Mrs. J. B. De Frees
- Mstr. De Frees
- Mr. Jacques De Heller
- Mr. Dominic Dekleva
- Mrs. Anna Dekleva
- Miss Donna Dekleva
- Mrs. L. De La Fuente
- Mr. P. B. Deshande
- Mr. D. Dickson
- Mrs. W. B. Dixon
- Mr. Mario Di Stefano
- Mrs. Grace B. Dolde
- Miss Linda Dolde
- Mr. John Duncan
- Mrs. Duncan
- Mr. Thomas Duncan
- Mrs. Duncan
- Miss Emma Eckhardt
- Mr. Henry Ecroyd
- Mr. J. B. Edwards
- Mr. Ernest Eliman
- Mr. William G. Eliot, Jr.
- Mr. John J. Farrell
- Mrs. Farrell
- Miss M. C. Farrell
- Mr. Henry Feroyd
- Mr. Harry B. Ferry
- Mrs. Ferry
- Mr. Harry Field
- Mrs. Field
- Miss Kathleen Finn
- Mr. J. B. Finnin
- Mrs. Finnin
- Mr. Vito Fiorentino
- Mr. Francis Fleming
- Mrs. June Fletcher
- Mr. Stan Flinkinan
- Mrs. Margaret Flynn
- Mrs. E. Ford
- Mr. B. Fraenkel
- Mrs. Sarah France
- Mr. B. Friedman
- Mrs. Freidman
- Mr. C. C. Frybarger
- Mrs. Frybarger
- Mrs. K. Fryer
- Mrs. Katina Furbish
- Mr. James Galston
- Mrs. Galston
- Rev. J. M. Gardner
- Mrs. Gardner
- Mrs. D. Garriffa
- Mstr. Brianage Garriffa
- Miss A. Gaup
- Mr. Tony Gerbino
- Mr. Norman Gerhard
- Mrs. Gerhard
- Miss I. T. Gibb
- Mrs. F. Gibbons
- Mr. O. J. Gilbert
- Mr. Fred Gill
- Mrs. Margaret Gilmour
- Mr. Jean Gob
- Mr. Gerald Goldenne
- Mrs. Goldenne
- Mrs. Dorothy Gosling
- Mrs. Esther Gough
- Mrs. Margaret Gow
- Dr. Alva Graham
- Mrs. Graham
- Mrs. Kevin Gravells
- Miss I. Gray
- Mrs. N. Grigg
- Mr. M. J. Grimsley
- Miss M. V. Grimsley
- Mrs. N. J. Grimsley
- Miss Grimsley
- Mrs. M. Gusanders
- Mr. Eugene Guttin
- Miss Betty Haberman
- Mrs. H. Haddad
- Mr. S. Haladjian
- Mr. Thomas Hall
- Mrs. Hall
- Miss Betty Hall
- Miss Norah Hallett
- Mrs. Ann D. Hamilton
- Miss E. Harper
- Mr. James G. Harris
- Mrs. Harris
- Mrs. Sue Harris
- Miss E. Hart
- Mrs. A. Haugeney
- Miss Mary Heaney
- Mrs. J. Heaps
- Mr. Charles N. Hearn
- Mrs. Anna Hedderman
- Miss Maureen Hedderamn
- Miss M. Heuston
- Miss Donna Hill
- Mrs. Blanche M. Hill
- Miss Janice M. Hill
- Mstr. David M. Hill
- Mr. William Hindley
- Mrs. Hindley
- Miss Nellie Hodgetts
- Mr. Jersey Holloway
- Mrs. Holloway
- Mrs. J. A. Holman
- Miss L. Holman
- Mrs. Pollyeanna Holt
- Mrs. F. Hopkins
- Mr. Jacob Hornik
- Mrs. Hornik
- Mrs. Alice Howard
- Mr. Macklyn W. Hubbell
- Mrs. Hubbell
- Mrs. Hudson
- Mr. Samuel Hunter
- Mrs. Hunter
- Mr. Edwin Hutter
- Mrs. Hutter
- Mr. J. R. Irving
- Mrs. Irving
- Mrs. D. Jackson
- Miss Jackson
- Dr. Karl Jakob
- Dr. Edgar James
- Mrs. James
- Miss Alice James
- Mr. W. Jamieson
- Mrs. J. Jardine
- Mrs. Margaret A. Johnston
- Mr. John Jones
- Mrs. Jones
- Miss Anita Jones
- Mrs. S. M. Jones
- Mrs. Anna Kantz
- Mr. Kelly
- Mrs. Kelly
- Dr. Harold Kennedy
- Mrs. Clifford Kennedy
- Mstr. Gary L. Kennedy
- Mrs. Jane Kennedy
- Miss J. Kennedy
- Miss E. Kennedy
- Mr. John Kennedy
- Mrs. Emma R. Kern
- Mr. William F. Kespek
- Miss May Kinsley
- Mr. Robert A. Kirkwood
- Mrs. Kirkwood
- Mrs. F. Kleinglass
- Mrs. S. Klinkowstein
- Mrs. Ellen Knill
- Miss Eileen Knill
- Mr. Richard D. Knowles
- Mr. B. F. Koch
- Mrs. Koch
- Mrs. Hermine Koerner
- Mrs. T. Kongoian
- Mr. Walju Krusseff
- Mr. Ralph Kuhn
- Mrs. Dorothy Laberinto
- Mrs. C. W. Lalande
- Mr. John Lang
- Mrs. Lang
- Mrs. Olive Jean Lauda
- Mr. James D. Laverty
- Mr. John Law
- Mrs. Law
- Mr. William Laws
- Mrs. Laws
- Mrs. Antoinette Lazzaro
- Mrs. J. Le Disez
- Mr. Jack Lerner
- Mrs. Lerner
- Mstr. N. Lerner
- Mstr. J. Lerner
- Mr. David W. Lewis
- Mrs. Lewis
- Mr. Stanley Lewis
- Mr. Thomas Lewis
- Mrs. Lewis
- Mr. Sam Liccardi
- Mrs. Liccardi
- Miss S. Lichenstein
- Mr. I. Liftman
- Mr. Steve Lijovich
- Mr. William Livingstone
- Miss Sadie Livingston
- Mr. George Long
- Mrs. Long
- Mr. Albert T. Loveday
- Mr. G. Lowe
- Mrs. A. Lowe
- Miss P. Lowe
- Miss B. Lowe
- Mrs. Margaret Lucas
- Mstr. Richard Lucas
- Mrs. Mabel C. Lupton
- Mr. Henry Lyon
- Mrs. Lyon
- Mr. Horace A. MacKay
- Mrs. MacKay
- Miss J. H. Mackay
- Mrs. G. Mackenzie
- Mstr. Roderick Mackenzie
- Miss Anna Maguire
- Mrs. Rose Manninio
- Miss Kay Marks
- Miss U. B. Marks
- Mr. Richard Martin
- Mrs. Lily Martin
- Mrs. J. Mason
- Mr. George N. Masters
- Mrs. Masters
- Miss M. Melville
- Mr. Harry A. G. Merry
- Miss D. Meyer
- Mr. E. Meyricks
- Mrs. Meyricks
- Mrs. Yvonne Miceli
- Miss Lorraine Miceli
- Miss Joan Miceli
- Mrs. E. Michaelson
- Mr. Walker L. Mifflin, Jr.
- Mrs. Doris E. Miller
- Mstr. Paul D. Miller
- Mr. Alex Milne
- Mrs. Milne
- Rev. Fred H. Milson
- Mrs. Amy Mitchell
- Miss Ingrid Moberg
- Mrs. Ursula Monroe
- Mr. Hugo Moroff
- Miss E. K. Morrell
- Mrs. R. I. Morris
- Mr. David Moskowitz
- Mrs. M. Mourginakis
- Mr. J. H. Murphy
- Mrs. E. Murray
- Miss Anne McAllister
- Mr. Isaac McCamley
- Mrs. McCamley
- Mrs. J. McClements
- Miss McClements
- Mr. J. McClements
- Mr. Donald McClive
- Mr. Wm. McDonald
- Mr. R. McDonald
- Mrs. W. McGillivray
- Mrs. Mary L. McGlynn
- Mrs. Edith McGregor
- Mrs. I. McGuire
- Miss Anne McLellan
- Miss J. M. McLelland
- Mrs. Mary Nelson
- Mrs. R. H. Nemeth
- Mr. Marcus Neumann
- Mr. J. A. W. Newsome
- Mr. Francesco Nichilo
- Mr. C. J. Nicholls
- Mrs. Nicholls
- Mrs. Herbert J. Niebergall
- Mrs. L. Norman
- Mr. Frederick Oliver
- Mr. Patrick O'Neil
- Mrs. Sara Ormian
- Mstr. Zewik Ormian
- Miss Shlamit Ormian
- Mrs. Mary M. O'Toole
- Mr. V. Overall
- Mrs. Overall
- Mrs. E. Owen
- Miss Rhonda Owen
- Mr. P. J. Paddon
- Mrs. Paddon
- Mrs. M. Parish
- Mrs. William Park
- Mr. G. M. Park
- Mrs. Park
- Mr. William Parker
- Mrs. Parker
- Mr. Jack Parker
- Mrs. Parker
- Mstr. Janies Parker
- Mr. Edwin Parkinson
- Mrs. Mary E. Parria
- Mr. Frank Paul
- Mrs. Paul
- Miss Elaine Pauloff
- Mr. Benjamin Payne
- Mrs. Payne
- Mrs. Eva M. Peacock
- Mr. Arthur Pearce
- Mrs. Pearce
- Mrs. J. M. Peek
- Mr. Wm. J. Pennington
- Mrs. Edith Pennington
- Mr. M. Perez
- Mrs. Corolyn H. Peterson
- Miss Mary Pettit
- Rev. Peter Philippe
- Miss Olive Mary Phillips
- Mr. Earl Phillips
- Mrs. Phillips
- Mr. James B. K. Phillips
- Mrs. Phillips
- Mrs. Catherine Phipps
- Mrs. J. T. Pickering
- Mrs. Ralph Pierce
- Mstr. William Pierce
- Mrs. G. E. Poletti
- Miss M. Poletti
- Miss Vera Pomerance
- Mrs. Lillian Porta
- Mrs. E. Porter
- Mrs. R. Potez
- Mr. Ebbe Poulsen
- Mrs. G. Poulter
- Mr. Patrick Power
- Mr. James Power
- Mr. Frederick Power
- Mrs. F. Price
- Miss Katherine J. Price
- Mrs. Ruth E. Prentiss
- Mr. H. G. Ranson
- Mr. I. Rapp
- Mr. Aron Rappaport
- Mr. Karl Rathjen
- Mrs. Rathjen
- Mstr. Alan Rawlings
- Mrs. Alice H. Rawlings
- Miss Daisy Reader
- Miss Beatrice Reader
- Mrs. B. D. Reese
- Mrs. Reeves
- Mr. John Ribero
- Miss E. Richmond
- Miss B. Richmond
- Mr. John Ridley
- Mr. Richard Ripley
- Mr. D. Robinson
- Mr. James S. Robertson
- Mrs. Mabel E. Robinson
- Mr. Tomei Rocco
- Miss Dora Rodriguez
- Miss Graciela Rodriguez
- Mrs. Mary Rojic
- Mrs. M. Ronald
- Mr. Arthur Rosen
- Mrs. Leah Ross
- Mrs. M. E. Rowan
- Mstr. S. J. Rowan
- Mr. Ruskin
- Mstr. Ruskin
- Mrs. Ruskin
- Mr. T. A. Saad
- Mr. R. T. Sangle
- Miss Margaret Scott
- Mrs. Maude Sedivec
- Dr. David Seegal
- Mrs. Seegal
- Mr. Russel Seversen
- Miss Joan Seversen
- Mr. Jack Shingleton
- Mrs. Shingleton
- Mr. M. Shmuelli
- Mrs. Verle E. Shoemaker
- Mr. Richard Siegel
- Mrs. Siegel
- Miss Ilmi Simonen
- Miss E. Slapp
- Mrs. May Smith
- Miss Constance Smith
- Mr. C. M. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Miss Jacqueline Smith
- Mstr. Robert Smith
- Mr. Christiene Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. James E. Smith
- Miss Gloria Snow
- Dr. A. H. Sparrow
- Miss Lilli A. Spiro
- Mrs. A. F. Stanback
- Mr. J. Steingold
- Mrs. Steingold
- Miss Margaret Stephens
- Dr. Kenneth Sterling
- Mrs. Sterling
- Miss M. Stevens
- Mrs. C. H. Stevens
- Mr. Jimmy Stewart
- Mr. R. Stocker
- Mrs. June Strong
- Mstr. Mark Strong
- Mr. William Studdart
- Mrs. Margaret Studdart
- Mrs. Ida Sverdlow
- Mrs. A. Tait
- Mr. Tatem
- Mrs. Tatem
- Miss Doreen Taylor
- Mrs. A. Tchoudnovski
- Miss Louise Theuer
- Mr. Fred H. Thom
- Mrs. Edith Thom
- Miss Beverley Thom
- Mstr. Michael Thom
- Mr. P. M. Thomas
- Mrs. Yvonne Thompson
- Miss Toni T. Thompson
- Mstr. Glen R. Thompson
- Mrs. Catherine Thompson
- Mr. Ronald Thorn
- Mrs. D. I. Todd
- Miss B. N. Todd
- Mr. F. T. Tomalin
- Mrs. Tomalin
- Mr. Leslie Tomlinson
- Mrs. Tomlinson
- Mstr. Leslie Tomlinson, Jr.
- Mr. W. E. Trim
- Mrs. K. Turner
- Mrs. A. Tyson
- Mstr. Donald Tyson
- Mrs. Rose Usman
- Rev. Arthur S. Valle
- Miss Betty Ann Vanderpot
- Mr. Emil Vander Waerden
- Mrs. Vander Waerden
- Miss Rosalie Vander Waerden
- Mrs. Daisey Vogel
- Mr. W. A. Voiers
- Mrs. Voiers
- Miss I. Vollmeier
- Mrs. Agnes Walker
- Mr. Matthew Walkinshaw
- Mrs. Walkinshaw
- Mrs. V. M. Ward
- Mrs. Lilian Warham
- Mr. W. R. Warren
- Mr. Metro Warrcnchak
- Mrs. Warrenchak
- Miss Linda Warrenchak
- Miss Dorothy Wasser
- Mr. W. C. Watkins
- Mrs. Watkins
- Mr. Philip Watkins
- Mrs. Watkins
- Mr. Arthur C. Watson
- Mr. George Watson
- Mrs. Winifred Wayer
- Miss Geraldine Wayer
- Mr. Samuel Weiser
- Mrs. Weiser
- Mrs Frieda Wenz
- Mr. Hugo Wessel
- Mr. Frank J. Wetschka
- Mrs. Wetschka
- Miss Adele Wetschka
- Miss Rose Marie Wetschka
- Mr. F. S. Whiston
- Miss Helen Whitling
- Miss Judy Wickliffe
- Mrs. Iris J. Wiemer
- Mstr. Jamie Wiemer
- Miss Katherine Williams
- Miss Elizabeth H. Williams
- Mr. H. Williamson
- Mr. Roland Williams
- Mr. Frank Willmott
- Mrs. Willmott
- Miss L. Wilson
- Mr. J. W. Winship
- Miss S. Winter
- Miss Elizabeth Witherington
- Miss Barbara Woodland
- Miss R. Woods
- Mr. J. Woods
- Mrs. Nina Woomer
- Mr. Herbert Wootton
- Mrs. E. L. Wright
- Mrs. Harry Wright
- Mr. Joseph Wuest
- Mrs. Wuest
- Mrs. Eileen Wyszynski
- Miss Janette Wyszynski
- Miss Sandra Wyszynski
- Mstr. Michael Wyszynski
- Miss Dorothy Young
- Mrs. Margaret Young
- Mr. H. Young
- Mrs. Young
- Mrs. Elizabeth Zuman
- Mstr. Kenneth Zuman
Passenger List Information
RMS Queen Mary Tourist Class Passenger List – 12 August 1953
Item Description
A historical Tourist Class passenger list from the iconic RMS Queen Mary, documenting its 12 August 1953 voyage from New York to Southampton via Cherbourg. This artifact is a testament to the mid-20th-century transatlantic travel experience, highlighting the elegance and prestige of Cunard Line’s legendary ocean liner during the golden age of sea travel.
Key Features
- Date of Voyage: 12 August 1953
- Route and Purpose: New York to Southampton via Cherbourg, serving Tourist Class travelers on a prestigious transatlantic crossing.
- Associated Vessel:
- RMS Queen Mary, a world-renowned Cunard Line ocean liner celebrated for its luxury, technological innovations, and historical significance.
- Commanded by Captain C. I. Thompson.
- Contents:
- Comprehensive Tourist Class passenger roster.
- Senior officers and staff directory.
- Elegant mid-century design, reflective of the ship’s prestigious reputation.
- Travel information and on-board service details.
Historical and Design Highlights
- Historical Context:
The RMS Queen Mary was a symbol of luxury and innovation, pivotal in transatlantic travel post-World War II. By 1953, it had solidified its role as a cultural icon, linking Europe and America during an era of global recovery and progress. - Design Features:
- Impeccable typography and layout, embodying the sophistication of the 1950s.
- The passenger list itself serves as a functional and collectible artifact, showcasing Cunard’s dedication to detail and service excellence.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)
- Dr. Benjamin J. Bedell: A prominent figure in medicine, recognized for advancements in mid-century healthcare practices.
- Rev. J. M. Gardner: Renowned religious leader and social reformer of the era.
- Dr. Alva Graham: Influential academic and historian, traveling on professional pursuits.
- Mr. Winslow Ames: Distinguished art historian and curator, known for contributions to cultural preservation.
- Mrs. Emma R. Kern: Prominent philanthropist, actively supporting post-war recovery initiatives.
Historical Significance
This passenger list exemplifies the grandeur and significance of the RMS Queen Mary during its operational peak in the 1950s. It provides a window into the era’s social, cultural, and economic dynamics, documenting individuals who contributed to various fields of influence and offering invaluable insight for researchers and collectors alike.
Appeal
- Genealogists: Offers a rich resource for tracing family histories tied to mid-century transatlantic travel.
- Maritime Historians: A critical document for studying the operations and cultural impact of the RMS Queen Mary.
Conclusion
This Tourist Class passenger list from the RMS Queen Mary’s 12 August 1953 voyage is an extraordinary piece of maritime history. It encapsulates the sophistication and innovation of mid-century transatlantic travel while offering family historians a tangible link to the golden age of ocean liners.
