RMS Umbria Passenger List - 3 October 1891
Front Cover of a Saloon Passenger List for the RMS Umbria of the Cunard Line, Departing Saturday, 3 October 1891 from Liverpool to New York, Commanded by Captain Horatio McKay. GGA Image ID # 15a2f986e8. The Space for Recording the Log Extracts From the Voyage Were Unused.
Saloon Passengers
- Dr. Peter H. Abercrombie
- Mr. John J. Adam
- Mr. Ernest Adams
- Miss Allen
- Rev. J. K. Allen
- Mr. H. G. Asten
- Mrs. H. Aub
- Miss Aub
- Mr. H. P. Baldwin, II
- Mr. A. H. Barendt
- Mr. H. Barnard, Jr.
- Mr. William Barr
- Mrs. Barr
- Mr. James T. Barrow
- Mrs. Barrow
- Miss Adele Barrow
- Miss M. G. Barry
- Miss A. Bates
- Miss F. Bates
- Miss Sarah Battye
- Miss Elsie M. Battye
- Mrs. Beecher
- Miss Beecher
- Mr. Henry Beers
- Mrs. Beers
- Mr. H. T. Bellamy
- Mr. A. Bellamy
- Mrs. S. Bendit
- Mr. R. R. Bennett
- Mr. George W. Biddle George Washington Biddle (11 January 1818 - 29 April 1897) Philadelphia lawyer and second of three sons of Colonel Clement Cornwell Biddle and Mary Searle Barclay Biddle
- Mrs. Biddle Maria Coxe McMurtrie Biddle (1818-1901)
- Hon. C. R. Bishop Charles Reed Bishop (1822–1915) was a businessman and philanthropist in Hawaii, who married into the Hawaiian royal family. Born in Glens Falls, New York, he sailed to Hawaii in 1846 at the age of 24, and made his home there. Bishop was one of the first trustees of and a major donor to the Kamehameha Schools in Hawaii. He also founded the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, and founded Hawaii's first successful bank, which is now known as First Hawaiian Bank
- Mrs. Bliss
- Miss Bliss Lillie P. Bliss (born Lizzie Plummer Bliss, April 11, 1864 in Boston; died March 12, 1931 in New York City) was an American art collector and patron. At the beginning of the 20th century, she was one of the leading collectors of modern art in New York. One of the lenders to the landmark Armory Show in 1913, she also contributed to other exhibitions concerned with raising public awareness of modern art. In 1929, she played an essential role in the founding of the Museum of Modern Art. After her death, 150 works of art from her collection served as a foundation to the museum and formed the basis of the in-house collection. These included works by artists such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Seurat, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani
- Mr. C. N. Bliss Cornelius Newton Bliss (January 26, 1833 – October 9, 1911) was an American merchant, politician and art collector, who served as Secretary of the Interior in the administration of President William McKinley and as Treasurer of the Republican National Convention in four successive campaigns
- Mr. C. N. Bliss, Jr. Cornelius Newton Bliss Jr. (April 15, 1875–April 5, 1949) was an American merchant, political organizer, and philanthropist. He was born in April 15, 1875 in New York City to Cornelius Newton Bliss, a prominent Republican Party politician later named Secretary of the Interior under President William McKinley. Bliss Jr. was raised in New York City and attended Harvard University, graduating in 1897 with a bachelors of arts. After college, he entered the family dry goods business, later becoming a full partner. In 1906, he married Zaidee C. Cobb, with whom he had three children: daughter Elizabeth and sons Cornelius Newton III and Anthony Addison
- Rev. Dr. Body
- Mrs. Body
- Miss Constance Body
- Mrs. Bridge
- Miss A. A. Bridge
- Mr. John J. Broderick
- Mrs. Broderick
- Master J. K. Broderick
- Master Arthur Broderick
- Miss Angela Broderick
- Mr. John A. Brown, Jr.
- Mrs. Brown
- Mr. George Brown
- Miss Rosalie C. Brown, Jr., and Maid
- Mr. Adam T. Brown
- Mrs. James H. Bucklin
- Miss Bertha S. Bucklin
- Mr. James Burns
- Miss Burridge
- Miss Jane Burrill
- Miss Caldwell
- Rev. L. Campbell
- Mrs. C. S. Canton
- Miss Canton
- Mr. William Chamberlain
- Master Wm. G. Chamberlain
- Mr. James Cheatle, Jr.
- Miss Chittenden
- Mrs. Clagett
- Miss G. L. Clagett
- Hon. A. S. Claghorn
- Mr. Charles Clark and Manservant
- Mr. A. J. Clock
- Mr. James Coats Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet (1834-1913) The Coats Baronetcy, of Auchendrane in Maybole in the County of Ayr, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 7 December 1905 for James Coats, Director of J. and P. Coats Ltd, sewing cotton manufacturers
- Mrs. Coats and Two Manservants
- Mr. W. C. Codman
- Miss L. H. Conger
- Mr. Alexander Cook
- Mr. J. A. Cooper
- Miss Cooper
- Miss L. Corkhill
- Mr. G. F. Cornell
- Mrs. Cornell
- Miss Annie Cornell
- Miss J. H. Cornwall
- Mr. G. Coudy
- Mr. Clarence Cowton
- Mrs. Cowton
- Mrs. C. H. Craig
- Miss H. N. Craig
- Miss E. W. Craig
- Mr. William Cranston
- Mr. Cranston, Jr.
- Mr. Robt. S. Crawford
- Mrs. Sarah E. Crocker
- Mr. J. H. Crosby
- Mrs. Crosby
- Miss Cumming
- Mr. W. Mansell Daintrey
- Mr. R. H. Davis
- Mr. G. B. Davison
- Mrs. G. B. Davison
- Mr. T. Dimmock
- Mrs. Dimmock
- Miss Earle
- Dr. Jacob Ebersole
- Mrs. Ebersole
- Mr. D. Egan
- Miss Mary M. Elder
- Miss Emery
- Count Erdody
- Mr. H. A. Esling
- Mrs. Esling, Child, and Maid
- Mr. Fergus Ferguson
- Mr. J. Fernie
- Miss A. Fernie
- Mrs. Fernie
- Mr. W. B. Fetterman
- Mr. E. H. Finlay
- Mrs. H. P. Finlay
- Miss M. Finlay
- Miss A. Finlay
- Master S. Finlay
- Master C. Findlay
- Mr. J. M. Forster
- Mrs. Forster
- Miss Forster
- Mr. John Herbert Foster
- Miss A. M. Fowler
- Mr. John W. Fox
- Mrs. Fox
- Mr. Peter L. Foy
- Mrs. P. L. Foy
- Miss Foy
- Mr. W. Freund
- Mrs. Sarah J. Gano
- Mr. D. G. Gardiner
- Mrs. Margaret S. Gardner
- Miss Eliza Gardner
- Mrs. L. Gascoyne
- Mr. W. Gasten
- Mrs. Gaston
- Miss J. Gasten
- Miss M. Gasten
- Mrs. R. Gasten
- Mr. Isaac W. Glasgow
- Mr. E. K. Glezen
- Mr. J. E. Glover
- Mr. L. E. Glover
- Mr. H. C. Graham
- Miss A. M. Graham
- Mr. T. C. Graham
- Mr. H. A. Grant
- Mrs. Grant
- Master Grant
- Miss Grant
- Mr. N. B. Gresley
- Mrs. A. Guthrie
- Miss Guthrie
- Mrs. M. A. Halsey
- Mrs. Haldeman Daly
- Mr. D. Harry Hammer
- Mr. Henry Harrison
- Mr. Judah Hart
- Mrs. Hart and Child
- Miss Hart
- Mr. G. C. Harvey
- Mrs. Harvey
- Mr. John Hawkes
- Mr. F. Hazleton
- Miss M. H. Hazleton
- Mr. F. Henniker
- Mr. S. C. Henning
- Mrs. J. W. Henning
- Miss Henning
- Miss R. Hinshelwood
- Mr. Charles Hirst
- Mr. J. G. Hodgson
- Miss Louise T. Hoey
- Dr. Charles F. Hoffman
- Mrs. Hoffman
- Mr. P. M. Hogan
- Mr. Horne
- Mrs. M. E. Howard
- Rear-Admiral John C. Howell
- Mr. S. S. Ingham, Jr.
- Mr. W. S. Isham
- Mr. Percy F. Jaynes
- Miss Louise Jaynes
- Mr. F. Joy
- Mr. E. C. Jungerich
- Mrs. Jungerich
- Miss Jungerich and Three Children
- Mrs. E. C. Keith
- Miss Keith
- Miss Keith and Maid
- Rev. John W. Kern
- Major John B. Ketchum
- Mr. George Gordon King
- Mrs. King
- Miss Gertrude Kingsley
- Mr. Alfred Kinnear
- Rev. Lucien L Kinsolving
- Mr. C. F. Kirby
- Mr. James B. Kirkaldy
- Mr. Kirkwood
- Miss Fanny Klein
- Mrs. J. Koch
- Master R. J. Koch
- Mr. Landels
- Mr. John Lake
- Mr. Gilbert D. Lamb
- Miss Lane
- Mrs. Lawlor
- Mr. David Lawson
- Mr. F. P. Lefroy
- Mrs. Lefroy
- Mr. C. A. Lewis
- Rev. J. D. Lewlin
- Mr. James Locke
- Mr. George Mackintosh
- Dr. Beverley MacMonagh
- Mrs. MacMonagh
- Mr. Guy Magee
- Mr. J. G. Makin
- Mr. Joseph Marshall
- Mrs. Marshall
- Dr. J. B. Marvin
- Mrs. Marvin
- Master Benson Marvin
- Miss Martha Marvin
- Miss Minnie Marvin and Maid
- Mr. N. L. McCready
- Mrs. McCready and Maid
- Mr. J. E. McDuffee
- Mr. W. MeDnffee
- Mrs. McDuffee
- Mrs. McFadgen, Two Children, and Two Maids
- Mr. John Maier
- Miss H. J. McLaren
- Miss M. McLaren
- Mr. James McLean
- Mr. Robert McMillan
- Miss McMillan
- Mr. S. E. Mezes
- Mr. A. D. Middleton
- Mrs. Middleton
- Miss Louisa Middleton and Maid
- Mrs. Miller
- Mr. J. Milliken
- Mr. S. Mizuno
- Mrs. L. B. Moore
- Mr. Moorman
- Mrs. Moorman
- Mrs. J. J. Morley
- Miss Edith H. Moss
- Miss Mullinger
- Mr. Charles Mulliken
- Mr. Martin Nathan
- Mr. Charles Neave
- Mr. J. S. Neave
- Mrs. Rob. Nicol
- Mr. Edwin Norton
- Mrs. Norton
- Mr. G. W. Norton
- Mrs. Norton
- Miss L. W. Norton
- Miss M. A. Norton
- Mr. W. A. Nosworthy
- Mr. Charles Nutley
- Mr. H. O'Connor
- Mr. O'Connor, Jr.
- Mr. M. J. O'Connor
- Mr. J. Van V. Olcott
- Mrs. Olcott
- Dr. A. P. Ordway
- Mr. Frank L Ordway
- Mr. S. Ovington
- Mr. George H. Page
- Mrs. Page
- Mr. Fred Page
- Mrs. Marshall Page
- Mr. H. de B. Parsons
- Mrs. Parsons
- Mrs. Wm. Barclay Parsons
- Mr. George Pease
- Miss Pease
- Mr. James A. Peror
- Miss Addie Perrin
- Miss Helen Perrin
- Mrs. Kathleen M. Preedy
- Mr. J. J. Pringle
- Mrs. S. A. Quamby
- Mr. Fred H. Rand
- Mr. H. J. Real
- Mr. Charles R. Relph
- Mrs. C. Reynolds and Child
- Mr. F. W. Rhinelander
- Mrs. Rhinelander
- Miss F. Rhinelander
- Miss H. Rhinelander
- Miss I. Rhinelander
- Mr. T. N. Rhinelander
- Mr. P. M. Rhinelander and Two Maids
- Mr. Arthur Rhys
- Mr. Herbert Richardson
- Miss E. J. Rindskoph
- Mr. Edwin Rost
- Mr. A. Lee Robinson
- Mrs. J. A. Robinson
- Miss Robinson and Maid
- Mr. G. Foster Rogerson
- Mr. Francis M. Rosen
- Mr. James A. Scott
- Miss Scott
- Mr. A. Sexton
- Mrs. Sexton
- Miss Sexton
- Mrs. R. A. Shotwell
- Miss Simson
- Mr. James M. Sing
- Mrs. B. Singer
- Mr. C. Barton Smith
- Miss Snow
- Mrs. George Stanton
- Miss H. Stanton
- Miss J. Stanton
- Mr. R. R. Stewart and Manservant
- Mr. J. Sutton
- Mr. J. H. Swinburn
- Mr. R. E. Sykes
- Mrs. Sykes
- Mr. R. B. Symington
- Mrs. Symington and Son
- Mrs. W. T. Taliferno
- Miss M. E. Tayler
- Mr. J. W. Thacker
- Mrs. Thacker
- Miss Thorner
- Mr. J. Ross Todd
- Mrs. M. M. Todd
- Miss Todd
- Mrs. H. E. Toovey and Two Children
- Mr. G. L. Trelease
- Mr. G. Trowbridge
- Mrs. Trowbridge, Two Children, and Governess
- Mr. Thomas Turner
- Mrs. Turner
- Miss Ellen T. Turner
- Mr. Thomas Turner
- Mrs. Turner
- Miss Alice C. Twitchell
- Miss Emma F. Twitchell
- Mrs. F. S. Twitchell
- Mr. E. Van Ness
- Mrs. Van Ness
- Mr. W. G. Harcourt Vernon
- Mrs. Harcourt Vernon, Child, and Nurse
- Mr. R. W. Virgoe
- Miss Mary L. Walker
- Mr. N. M. Wallace
- Miss K. Walmsey
- Mr. M. Ward. Mr. Ward
- Mr. Henry S. Warner
- Mrs. Warner
- Miss Warner
- Miss Marion Warner
- Mr. F. M. Warner
- Mr. H. W. Warner
- Mr. Lancelot Watson
- Rev. A. R. Watson
- Mr. John T. Whitaker
- Mr. W. H. White
- Mr. Wigglesworth
- Rev. J. W. Williams
- Mr. O. H. Williams
- Rev. C. S. Williams
- Mr. A. Ponsonby Wilmer
- Mr. S. W. Winslow
- Mr. N. L. Wittich
- Mr. M. Wittich
- Miss Woods
- Mr. L. C. Woolfolk
- Mrs. Woolfolk
- Miss Woolfolk
Cunard Track Chart With Outward and Homeward Distances, 1891. Notice: With a View of Diminishing the Chances of Collision, Steamers of this Line Take Specified Courses According to the Seasons of the Year. Back Cover of a Saloon Class Passenger List for the RMS Umbria of the Cunard Line Dated 3 October 1891. GGA Image ID # 15a31a4d02
Passenger List Information
RMS Umbria Saloon Passenger List – 3 October 1891
Description
A distinguished artifact from the golden age of transatlantic travel, this Saloon Passenger List from the RMS Umbria, dated 3 October 1891, epitomizes the height of maritime elegance. Departing from Liverpool to New York under the command of Captain Horatio McKay, this voyage reflects the elite society of the late Victorian era.
The passenger list, meticulously preserved, includes notable figures from the worlds of politics, art, philanthropy, and commerce. The cover, adorned with the Cunard logo, is in Good Condition, and the unused space for voyage logs highlights the pristine nature of this artifact. The back cover features a rare Cunard Track Chart, underscoring the meticulous planning and innovation of the Cunard Line in ensuring safety and efficiency at sea.
The RMS Umbria, one of Cunard's premier liners, measured 500 feet in length, displaced 8,127 tons, and boasted 14,500 horsepower, showcasing the finest advancements in maritime engineering of the era.
Notable VIP Travelers
- George Washington Biddle
- Significance: A prominent Philadelphia lawyer and influential figure in the legal profession. Biddle, a scion of the illustrious Biddle family, contributed significantly to legal reform and civic matters, embodying the intellectual elite of the period.
- Charles Reed Bishop
- Significance: A pioneering businessman and philanthropist in Hawaii, Bishop married into the Hawaiian royal family and established Hawaii's first bank, now known as First Hawaiian Bank. He was instrumental in founding the Kamehameha Schools and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, solidifying his legacy in education and culture.
- Lillie P. Bliss
- Significance: An iconic American art collector and one of the founding patrons of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City. Bliss's forward-thinking vision helped establish modern art as a respected movement in the early 20th century. Her presence underscores the cultural connections fostered by transatlantic travel.
- Cornelius Newton Bliss
- Significance: Former Secretary of the Interior under President William McKinley and a pivotal figure in Republican politics. Bliss’s participation in this voyage reflects the political and economic stature often represented aboard Cunard liners.
- Sir James Coats, 1st Baronet
- Significance: Director of J. & P. Coats Ltd., a global leader in sewing cotton manufacturing. The Coats Baronetcy symbolizes industrial leadership during the Victorian era, and Sir James’s presence highlights the prominence of the merchant elite in Cunard's saloon-class service.
- Rear-Admiral John C. Howell
- Significance: A high-ranking naval officer, emphasizing the stature of military leadership aboard Cunard liners. His presence signifies the RMS Umbria’s appeal to individuals of significant rank and influence.
- Count Erdody
- Significance: A member of European nobility, reflecting the transcontinental allure of Cunard's luxurious accommodations for aristocracy and dignitaries.
This passenger list captures a unique moment in maritime history, representing the intersection of art, politics, and industry during the late 19th century. The inclusion of celebrated names such as Lillie P. Bliss, Charles Reed Bishop, and George Washington Biddle elevates this artifact beyond its maritime significance, making it a cultural and historical treasure.
The unused voyage log space, rare for items of this nature, and the original Cunard Track Chart enhance its value as a pristine piece for collectors. The list’s association with prominent passengers of varied backgrounds also offers a comprehensive snapshot of the elite society that defined transatlantic travel in the Victorian era.
Conclusion
The RMS Umbria Saloon Passenger List – 3 October 1891 is a remarkable relic of maritime and cultural history. Its association with luminaries from diverse fields, coupled with its fine preservation and rich historical context, cements its status as a sought-after artifact for collectors of maritime ephemera and Victorian-era memorabilia.
