RMS Queen Mary Passenger List - 16 September 1953
Front Cover of a Tourist Class Passenger List from the RMS Queen Mary of the Cunard Line, Departing 16 September 1953 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, Commanded by Captain D. W. Sorrell. GGA Image ID # 167175c90d
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain D. W. Sorrell
- Staff Captain: W. J. Law, 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: T. T. Sheehan, R.D., R.N.R.
- Purser: R. H. Newcombe
- 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. G. Adler
- Master H. Adler
- Miss D. A'Hearn
- Mr. D. Allen
- Mrs. Allen
- Mr. F. Alterio
- Mrs. M. Ashmall
- Mr. P. Aspin
- Mrs. Aspin
- Miss R. Bahi
- Mrs. M. Baker
- Mrs. Banjanin
- M. Banjanin
- M. Banjanin
- Mrs. A. Barber
- Mr. J. Barker
- Mrs. Barker
- Miss E. Beccarelli
- Rev. E. L. Becker
- Mrs. Becker
- Mrs. M. Begg
- Mrs. M. S. Berger
- Mrs. S. Bergman
- Master I. Bergman
- Mr. J. A. Birch
- Mr. G. Blagg
- Mrs. Blagg
- Mr. C. Blaine, Jnr.
- Mr. W. Blakey
- Mrs. Blakey
- Mr. G. R. Bolton
- Mr. J. Bonefas
- Mrs. Bonefas
- Mr. F. Bork
- Mrs. Bork
- Miss M. A. Bork
- Miss F. M. Bork
- Mr. R. Bowles
- Miss A. Bowley
- Mr. J. Boyd
- Mr. G. Bramucci
- Miss R. Branthewaite
- Master J. Brazeitts
- Mr. P. Bromilow
- Mrs. Bromilow
- Mr. W. Brunton
- Mrs. Brunton
- Miss I. M. Burton
- Mrs. J. Butler
- Master M. Butler
- Miss M. Butschek
- Mrs. H. Callaghan
- Mr. H. Callaghan
- Miss B. Callahan
- Miss E. Cameron
- Mr. G. Capitelli
- Mrs. Capitelli
- Mrs. E. Carver
- Mr. J. Cattier
- Mr. G. Chapman
- Mrs. Chapman
- Mr. D. Chisholm
- Mrs. E. Chisholm
- Mrs. A. M. Clark
- Mrs. G. A. Clark
- Professor T. D. Clark M
- r. T. B. Clark
- Mrs. E. T. Clark
- Miss R. E. Clark
- Mr. A. C. Clark
- Miss M. Clark
- Miss E. Clarke
- Miss M. Clay
- Mr. W. G. Cochran
- Mr. J. Cocking
- Mr. J. R. Cole
- Mr. A. Colla
- Mrs. W. H. Collins
- Miss S. Collins
- Mrs. E. M. Conacher
- Dr. A. D. Conger
- Mrs. Conger
- Miss L. L. Conger
- Master A. D. Conger
- Mr. J. Conijn
- Mrs. Conijn
- Miss A. Corrigan
- Mr. P. Courlas
- Mr. D. Crabb
- Miss G. Crankshaw
- Mrs. J. Crankshaw
- Miss M. Cripps
- Mr. J. A. Davies
- Mr. K. H. Dawson
- Mr. P. De Conto
- Mrs. De Conto
- Mr. P. E. De Guise
- Mrs. De Guise
- Master J. De Guise
- Mr. J. Del Grosso
- Mrs. Del Grosso
- Miss C. D'Evelyn
- Mr. N. Devic
- Mrs. Devic
- Mrs. Diebold
- Miss Diebold
- Mr. G. Ding
- Mrs. Ding
- Miss E. Ding
- Mr. L. G. Donaldson
- Miss R. Donnelly
- Mr. W. Duckwall
- Mrs. Duckwall
- Dr. A. Dudden
- Mrs. Dudden
- Miss K. Dudden
- Miss C. Dudden
- Miss S. J. Dunphy
- Mrs. E. Dunham
- Master R. Dunham
- Miss L. Dutoit
- Mr. J. Elliot
- Mrs. Elliot
- Mr. M. Elvey
- Mrs. R. Elvey
- Miss S. Elvey
- Miss R. Elvey
- Miss R. E. Erickson
- Professor G. H. Estabrooks
- Mrs. Estabrooks
- Miss Estabrooks
- Mr. R. W. Evans
- Miss D. E. Faircloth
- Mrs. H. Farron
- Mrs. M. Favat
- Miss K. Feeney
- Miss S. Fellner
- Mr. E. G. Fenz
- Mr. H. Ferry
- Mrs. Ferry
- Mrs. T. Finlayson
- Miss N. E. Finlayson
- Mr. G. Fischer
- Dr. E. Fischer
- Mrs. Fischer
- Miss Fischer
- Mr. C. A. Fisher
- Mrs. I. M. Fisher
- Master J. C. Fisher
- Miss S. V. Fisher
- Mr. G. Fitton
- Mrs. Fitton
- Mrs. J. Flock
- Mr. P. Foody
- Miss J. Forman
- Mr. J. D. Forrest
- Miss M. M. Foy
- Mr. H. Frank
- Mrs. Frank
- Mr. T. C. Frazer
- Mr. B. Futerfas
- Mr. W. G. Fyfe
- Mrs. Fyfe
- Mrs. G. Gallon
- Miss A. Gasool
- Mr. B. Gebhant
- Mrs. Gebhant
- Mr. T. J. Gibb
- Mrs. W. Gibb M
- rs. J. Gibb
- Miss I. Gibson
- Miss R. Gifford
- Mr. N. Ginner
- Miss D. N. Glenday
- Mr. T. S. Green
- Mr. Greene
- Mr. J. Greene
- Mrs. Greene
- Mrs. L. Greger
- Miss J. M. Griffin
- Professor F. Grossman
- Mrs. Grossman
- Mr. H. Gruczek
- Mr. J. G. Gulliver
- Mr. A. Gurwitsch
- Mrs. Gurwitsch
- Mr. R. Hackl
- Mrs. E. Haigh
- Mr. J. Haley
- Mrs. Haley
- Miss E. M. Haley
- Miss M. Hancock
- Miss S. J. R. E. Haskoll
- Mr. P. Haye
- Mr. P. Heim
- Mrs. Heim
- Professor E. Heller
- Mr. R. W. Helm
- Mr. A. S. Henderson
- Miss B. Herring
- Mr. H. Hershey
- Mrs. Hershey
- Mrs. A. E. Hill
- Miss C. K. Hill
- Mrs. V. N. Hill
- Mrs. J. Hinterberger
- Mrs. H. Hirshman
- Miss H. Hobarth
- Mrs. J. S. Hoffman
- Mrs. E. Hogg
- Miss G. Holt
- Mrs. S. Horn
- Miss D. Horn
- Mrs. E. A. Hornidge
- Mr. R. L. Horwood
- Mr. D. W. Howe
- Miss C. Hruschka
- Mrs. E. Huckins
- Mr. G. J. Hughes
- Mrs. Hughes
- Mr. A. Ihsen
- Mrs. Ihsen
- Mr. J. Irvine
- Mrs. Irvine
- Mrs. M. C. Jeffery
- Mr. H. Johnson
- Miss A. Johnson
- Mrs. R. Johnson
- Master D. Johnson
- Miss B. Johnson
- Mrs. M. A. Johnston
- Mrs. F. E. Jones
- Mr. C. L. Jordan
- Mr. W. Kahl
- Miss E. M. Kapek
- Mr. B. Kelleher
- Mrs. Kelleher
- Mr. C. Keller
- Mrs. Keller
- Dr. H. Kennedy
- Miss J. S. Kennedy
- Mr. J. Killian
- Mrs. Killian
- Master E. Killian
- Master F. Killian
- Mrs. H. M. Klein
- Mr. M. Knott
- Mr. S. Kocsis
- Mr. G. Kostelac
- Miss E. M. Krassnig
- Mr. R. Krevzberger
- Miss T. Krieger
- Mr. J. Kriegler
- Mrs. Kriegler
- Mr. J. Kulisz
- Mr. J. Kydd
- Mr. R. Laird
- Mrs. J. Lanides
- Miss D. Lanides
- Miss B. Lazar
- Miss M. R. Lee
- Mr. R. Leinbach
- Mr. C. Lennox
- Mr. C. Lennox
- Mrs. Lennox
- Dr. W. Levi
- Mrs. Levi
- Miss A. J. Levi
- Master M. D. Levi
- Mrs. E. Levy
- Mrs. J. L. Lewis
- Miss R. Lewis
- Mr. R. Lieblich
- Miss M. Lieblich
- Mr. H. R. Livingston
- Mr. E. Lotti
- Miss J. C. Love
- Mrs. G. Lubin
- Mr. J. M. Luce
- Mr. D. E. B. Lutyens
- Miss W. Lyne
- Mr. B. H. E. Maden
- Miss R. Maier
- Mr. W. Manz
- Mrs. Manz
- Miss E. Manz
- Miss E. Manz
- Mr. W. Marsh
- Mrs. Marsh
- Miss M. Marsh
- Mr. N. H. Marshall
- Miss D. Martin
- Mr. A. Maurer
- Mr. B. Maxant
- Mrs. Maxant
- Mr. R. Mayer
- Mrs. Mayer
- Mr. R. Mayreder
- Miss E. P. McAllister
- Miss M. McArthur
- Miss N. McCaslin
- Mr. D. A. McGill
- Mr. J. McKechan
- Mrs. McKechan
- Miss M. McKechan
- Miss S. McLaren
- Mr. C. E. McLean
- Mrs. McLean
- Mr. G. Mens
- Mrs. H. M. Messing
- Mrs. D. Metoxen
- Miss Metoxen
- Mr. L. Mieux
- Mrs. Mieux
- Miss E. M. Miller
- Miss M. Miller
- Miss R. Miller
- Mr. J. Millman
- Mr. R. S. Milne
- Mrs. Milne
- Master R. S. Milne
- Master C. R. C. Milne
- Mrs. L. Misisco
- Mr. A. Mita
- Mrs. Mita
- Mr. W. C. Montgomery
- Mrs. Montgomery
- Professor J. A. Moore
- Mrs. Moore
- Miss S. M. Moore
- Mr. P. I. Morbey
- Mr. C. H. Mundy
- Mrs. M. Munro
- Mrs. S. Murphy
- Miss H. Murphy
- Mrs. E. R. Murray
- Mrs. L. K. Muth
- Mr. L. Nathanson
- Mr. A. J. Nelson
- Dr. F. H. Newth
- Mrs. Newth
- Miss J. M. Norman
- Mr. A. Oades
- Mrs. Oades
- Mr. N. Oches
- Mrs. Oches
- Miss R. Oderfield
- Mr. F. Orth
- Mrs. R. Orth
- Miss J. Orth
- Master B. Orth
- Miss V. Page
- Mr. J. A. Paine
- Mr. A. F. Paint
- Mr. A. Panton. M.B.E., J.P.
- Mrs. Panton
- Mr. R. Parkes
- Dr. S. J. Patrick
- Mrs. Patrick
- Mr. F. E. Pearson
- Mrs. E. Penman
- Mr. A. B. Pennings
- Mr. W. J. Pennington
- Mrs. Pennington
- Mrs. S. Perkins
- Mr. G. F. Peters
- Miss V. Peterson
- Mrs. M. Platt
- Miss I. Potter
- Mr. E. M. H. Powell
- Mrs. A. Praml
- Mr. R. Prevosto
- Mrs. Prevosto
- Miss E. Prevosto
- Miss Y. Prevosto
- Miss E. Price
- Miss N. Pugh
- Mr. S. Pucci
- Mr. R. Raab
- Mr. E. A. Rae
- Mrs. Rae
- Mr. J. H. C. Ranson
- Mr. R. M. H. Read
- Mr. C. A. Reed
- Mrs. Reed
- Mrs. M. Reinfandt
- Master C. Reinfandt
- Master A. Riario
- Mr. J. Richardson
- Miss F. Richardson
- Mr. C. C. Richter
- Mrs. Richter
- Mrs. E. Riekert
- Mrs. L. N. Riford
- Mrs. E. Roggenkamp
- Miss U. Roggenkamp
- Mr. J. Ruch
- Mrs. Ruch
- Master F. J. Ruch
- Mr. K. Runge
- Professor S. I. Rypins
- Mrs. Rypins
- Mr. G. Salmon
- Mr. E. Salzer
- Mrs. G. Samwell
- Dr. W. Scheib
- Mr. N. Scherlich
- Mr. K. Schmid
- Miss H. Schmidt
- Mr. H. Schneid
- Rev. M. Schroeder
- Mrs. Schroeder
- Mr. W. Schulz
- Mrs. Schulz
- Mr. C. Schwabe
- Mrs. E. Schwalb
- Mr. A. D. Scrimgeour
- Mrs. B. M. Seay
- Mr. P. Seeley
- Mr. A. Senior
- Mrs. Senior
- Mrs. R. Shows
- Miss L. Silverberg
- Mrs. L. G. Simnacher
- Mr. W. Sisman
- Mr. M. Skan
- Miss E. Slapp
- Mrs. D. Small
- Master G. Small
- Miss C. Small
- Mr. J. V. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. H. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mrs. D. L. C. Smith
- Master K. G. Smith
- Miss S. M. Smith
- Mr. S. J. A. Smith
- Miss C. Smith-Hutton
- Mr. H. W. Snudden
- Mrs. Snudden
- Major I. Sormon
- Mr. Springer
- Mrs. P. Spyropoulos
- Miss D. Spyropoulos
- Mr. M. C. Starks
- Mr. J. Stead
- Mrs. Stead
- Mr. A. Steinkoler
- Mr. H. Steinkopf
- Miss H. Steinmassel
- Mr. W. N. Stewart
- Mrs. Stewart
- Mr. G. Stewart
- Mrs. Stewart
- Miss J. Stiles
- Mr. L. Stinauer
- Mr. A. Stirling
- Miss P. R. Stoddart
- Mrs. E. Stowe
- Mr. E. Straub
- Mr. J. Summers
- Mrs. Summers
- Mrs. M. H. Swenk
- Mr. A. Szemtow
- Miss G. Szilagyi
- Miss F. de Talhouet
- Mr. G. A. Talland
- Mr. A. A. Taylor
- Mr. R. Tennyson
- Miss R. Thackston
- Mr. G. Thevring
- Miss H. Tilden
- Mrs. P. Tortini
- Miss E. Trenkwitz
- Miss G. W. Turnbull
- Miss S. Turner
- Miss J. Turner
- Mr. H. Uittenbogaard
- Mr. G. Valenti
- Mrs. Valenti
- Miss J. Vandewyker
- Mr. H. Van Swaay
- Mr. E. R. Vass
- Miss L. Voelker
- Mr. W. A. Voiers
- Mrs. Voiers
- Mrs. E. Wagoner
- Mr. P. G. Wagner
- Miss F. Wagner
- Mr. J. Wainaina
- Mr. W. Waldron
- Mrs. Waldron
- Miss J. Waldron
- Master R. Waldron
- Mr. J. Walton
- Dr. R. R. Walzer
- Mrs. Walzer
- Miss G. Wannan
- Mr. B. W. Warner
- Miss N. M. Waterman
- Mr. W. A. Weatherall
- Mr. K. Weinzinger
- Mr. E. Weisberg
- Miss R. Wesley
- Miss K. Williams
- Miss L. Winiewicz
- Mrs. M. Wood
- Mr. J. F. Wright
- Mrs. Wright
- Mrs. W. Yates
- Miss D. Young
Passenger List Information
RMS Queen Mary Tourist Class Passenger List – 16 September 1953
Item Description
This elegant Tourist Class passenger list from the RMS Queen Mary documents the voyage departing 16 September 1953 from Southampton to New York via Cherbourg. This artifact captures the golden age of transatlantic travel, reflecting the luxurious and historical significance of Cunard Line’s flagship.
Key Features
- Date of Voyage: 16 September 1953
- Route and Purpose: Southampton to New York via Cherbourg, serving Tourist Class passengers during a mid-century transatlantic crossing.
- Associated Vessel:
- RMS Queen Mary, a world-famous Cunard Line liner known for its speed, luxury, and cultural importance.
- Commanded by Captain D. W. Sorrell.
- Contents:
- A detailed roster of Tourist Class passengers.
- Senior officers and staff directory.
- Insightful design elements reflecting the sophistication of mid-century travel.
Historical and Design Highlights
- Historical Context:
The RMS Queen Mary was a symbol of innovation and prestige, crucial in re-establishing transatlantic travel post-World War II. By 1953, the ship continued its legacy as a cultural bridge between Europe and America. - Design Features:
- Elegant typography and layout showcasing mid-century design aesthetics.
- The passenger list offers a glimpse into the refined standards of the era’s ocean travel.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)
- Professor G. H. Estabrooks: Renowned psychologist, recognized for pioneering contributions in hypnosis and human behavior studies.
- Dr. A. Dudden: Esteemed scholar and cultural historian known for advancing 20th-century historical narratives.
- Professor E. Heller: Noted academic specializing in post-war European studies and policy development.
- Mrs. M. S. Berger: Influential socialite and philanthropist, actively supporting post-war recovery programs.
- Dr. W. Levi: Celebrated biologist and lecturer with significant contributions to mid-century scientific discourse.
Historical Significance
This passenger list serves as a historical document capturing the essence of mid-20th-century transatlantic travel aboard one of the most iconic ocean liners. It reflects the social, cultural, and technological shifts of the post-war era and preserves the legacies of notable individuals who played key roles in global narratives.
Appeal
- Genealogists: A valuable tool for tracing family histories linked to transatlantic migrations and travels.
- Maritime Historians: A resource for studying the operational and cultural significance of the RMS Queen Mary.
Conclusion
This Tourist Class passenger list from the RMS Queen Mary’s 16 September 1953 voyage offers an exceptional glimpse into the golden age of ocean liner travel.
