RMS Vaderland Passenger List - 10 September 1904
Front Cover of the Cabin Class Passenger List from the RMS Vaderland of the Red Star Line, Departing Saturday, 10 September 1904 from Antwerp for New York via Dover, Commanded by Captain R. C. Ehoff. GGA Image ID # 15e66cbc0f. The Image Features a Passenger List Cover Titled “Red Star Line,” Which Illustrates a Ship Alongside a Person in a Boat. the Cover Includes the Locations Antwerp—New York and Antwerp—Philadelphia. the Artwork Emphasizes Themes of Transport and Watercraft, Capturing Both the Ship and Boat in an Outdoor Setting.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain: R. C. Ehoff
- Surgeon: Dr. C. Waerseers
- Purser: H. Petersen
- Chief Steward: J. Farrell
First Class Passengers
- Mr. F. P. Abbot
- Mr. C. B. Abbot
- Mr. F. O. Affeld, Jr.
- Mrs. Affeld
- Mr. Robert E. Altemus
- Mr. B. Anderson-Stigen
- Mr. William F. Anderson-Stigen
- Mr. William F. Atkinson
- Miss Mary Bennett
- Miss Mary I. Bentley
- Miss Clara Betz
- Mr. Godfrey Bimley
- Dr. C. F. Bingaman
- Mrs. Bingaman
- Miss Ada Bird
- Miss Wilson I. Bissell
- Miss Marg. Bissell
- Mrs. W. D. Black
- Dr. J. Boyer
- Mrs. Boyer
- Master Robert Boyer
- Master George Cathcart Boyer and Nurse
- Dr. M. C. Bragdon
- Mrs. Bragdon
- Master Merritt Bragdon
- Miss Eliz. Bragdon
- Miss Francis Bragdon
- Miss Jean Lane Brooks
- Mrs. Brown and Maid
- Mr. C. S. Brown Jr.
- Miss Lucy C. Brown
- Miss Elizabeth Bryan
- Miss Eleanor Bryan
- Dr. Joseph H. Bryan
- Miss Emily Burbank
- Mr. Pierre Bussehaert
- Mr. Walter A. Buxton
- Mr. R. C. Canby
- Mrs. Canby
- Miss G. L. Cathcart
- Miss Nesche Chaimowitz
- Mrs. C. C. Chase
- Miss Alice L. Chase
- Miss Dorothy Chase
- Mrs. M. Lewis Clark
- Miss M. B. Clark
- Mr. R. H. Clark
- Dr. Thos. Ash Clayton
- Mrs. Clayton
- Mr. W. L. Cobb
- Mrs. Cobb
- Miss Helen F. Cobb
- Master Willard H. Cobb
- Miss Bertha Condé
- Mr. E. Wake Cook
- Prof. W. H. Crawshaw
- Mrs. Crawshaw
- Mrs. Crawshaw
- Miss E. Crow
- Mr. G. Dannenbaum
- Dr. Francis Delafield
- Prof. Louis M. Dennis
- Miss Rebecca Dodd
- Miss Hortense Dordan
- Mr. Robert M. Dorugal
- Miss Helen Epler
- Dr. P. W. Evans
- Mrs. Hugo Evssel
- Miss Eloise Eyssel
- Master Alfred Eyssel
- Mr. Georges Fester
- Dr. Horace Fletcher
- Mr. S. Florsheim
- Mrs. Florsheim
- Rev. H. Gauss
- Miss Marion S. Gaylord
- Mr. W. T. Gilbert
- Admiral Gilmore, USN
- Mr. Gilmore
- Mrs. A. T. Goodwin
- Miss Esther Goodyear
- Miss H. C. Graham
- Dr. Gordon R. Hall
- Miss Jean P. Harris
- Miss Adelaide Hart
- Miss Lina S. Hawley
- Mrs. J. Heimann
- Miss Edith Heimann
- Miss Rita Heimann
- Mr. Wlater J. Ehimann
- Miss Ella M. Helm
- Miss Charlotte C. Hensel
- Miss J. M. F. Hintermeister
- Dr. J. F. P. Hodson
- Mr. Paul Hoffman
- Miss Berthan Hoffman
- Mr. Wm. E. Holcomb
- Mrs. Holcomb
- Miss Katherine F. Holland
- Rev. S. V. V. Holmes
- Mr. Stanton Holmes
- Mrs. R. L. Howard and Maid
- Mr. J. Quincy Hunsicker
- Mrs. P. W. Huntington
- Miss Edith Huntington
- Miss Margaret Huntington
- Miss Margaret Hurley
- Miss Lillian C. Jones
- Mr. Leonard Kalisch
- Mrs. Kalisch
- Mr., Dorrie Kalisch
- Mr. Abner Kalisch
- Mrs. Kalisch
- Mr. Samuel Kalisch Jr.
- Mrs. Wm. J. Kline
- Miss Edna Kline
- Dr. E. H Koehler
- Mrs. Koehler
- Mr. A. E. Lamb
- Mrs. Lamb
- Miss Grace Lamb
- Miss Anna Lawther
- Rev. A. H. Lambaere
- Mrs. B. Leerburger
- M. O. F. Long
- Dr. J. A. McCorkle
- Mr. Joseph F. McCoy
- Mrs. Carl McKaig
- Miss M. McKaig
- Mr. Wm. S. McKinney
- Mrs. McKinney
- Miss Virginia McKinney
- Miss Marie L. McKinney
- Mr. Robert McKinney
- Mr. Wm. Sherman McKinney
- Dr. Daniel Neall McQuillen
- Mrs. McQuillen
- Mr. D. N. McQuillen Jr.
- Master Price McQuillen
- Mr. M. Manowitch
- Mrs. Manowitch
- Miss Matter
- Mr. Ferd. L. Mayer
- Mr. Mayer
- Miss Katherine Mayer
- Mr. Ferd. L. Mayer, Jr.
- Miss M. A. Maynard
- Mr. Albert Mildenberg
- Mrs. S. H. Mildenberg
- Miss Josephine Mildenberg
- Mr. Robert Moran
- Miss Florence Mosher
- Mr. David M. Proctor
- Mrs. Mathilde Raab
- Judge G. I. Reinhard
- Mr. John P. Rice
- Miss Elira B. Rice
- Mrs. J. P. Robinson
- Miss Robinson
- Mr. Wilfried Roelker
- Mr. Herman Schmalhausen
- Mrs. Schmalhausen
- Mr. Theodore Schmidt
- Mrs. Schmidt
- Master Walter J. Schmidt
- Mr. Eugen Schneider
- Mr. Siegried Schopflocker
- Dr. Ben. Sharp
- Mrs. Sharp
- Miss Dorothy Sharp
- Mr. Carl Sharp
- Mr. Harold Sharp
- Mr. John Balcom Shaw
- Mrs. Shaw and Two Children
- Mrs. Edward R. Shaw
- Mrs. E. M. Shelden
- Mr. Henry Short
- Mr. Sidney Short
- Mrs. Sidney R. Short
- Mr. L. L . Stanton
- Mrs. Stanton
- Miss Priscilla Stantos
- Miss K. Miriam Steeves
- Mr. J. F. Steeves
- Mrs. Steeves
- Mr. John A. Steward
- Mrs. Steward and Maid
- Mr. H. Stoopen
- Mrs. Stoopen, Two Children, and Maid
- Mrs. Edward J. Sturgeon
- Mrs. Francis De C. Sullivan
- Miss Cecile Talma
- Miss Clara Tiegenmeyer
- Mrs. Wm. H. Tillinghast
- Dr. Roscoe Thomas
- Mrs. Thomas
- Miss Jessie Thomas
- Miss Eliz. Veerhusen
- Rev. L. W. Warren
- Mrs. S. G. Waters and Maid
- Mrs. Bertram Webb and Maid
- Mr. Samuel Weisreich
- Mr. Elias Weinreich
- Mrs. Weinreich
- Miss Miriam Weinreich
- Miss Bessie Weinreich
- Mr. Paul Welles
- Miss Anna Welles
- Miss E. Wende
- Miss Laura Wick
- Mr. F. C. Woodward
- Mrs. Woodward
- Mrs. M. I. Young
Second Class Passengers
- Mrs. R. Antosch
- Miss Albine Antosch
- Master Walter Antosch
- Mr. Philipp Astfalk
- Mrs. Astfalk
- Mr. Jacob Bachr
- Mr. Aimé Baudoux
- Mrs. Aug. Baudoux
- Mr. Alfred Bauhofer
- Mrs. Oliva Bertony
- Master Charles Bertony
- Miss W. D. Black
- Miss Charlotte Botte
- Mrs. Lucie Boyd
- Miss Clarance Boyd
- Miss Johanna Breischaft
- Mr. Charles Breiter
- Mrs. Kath. Brosseau
- Miss Henriette Brosseau
- Master John Brosseau
- Rev. Dr. C. Bruehl
- Mr. Albert Buch
- Mr. Jos. Buch
- Mrs. Anna Busch
- Mr. Jacob Christmann
- Miss Louise Cluss
- Mr. René Cluzelle
- Mr. Charles M. Daering
- Mrs. Sarah Dancis
- Miss Rose Dancis
- Rev. Aug. Deichmann
- Mrs., Aug. Deichmann and Child
- Mr. Eug. de Knieberg
- Mr. Henry Dequinne
- Miss Sarah Doak
- Miss Kate Koak
- Miss Anna Doffing
- Mrs. Elisabeth Dressen
- Mrs. Zoe Dubois
- Master Jacques Dubois
- Mrs. Jacobine Etz
- Miss Minny Elz
- Master Henry Etz
- Mrs. Josephine Faigle
- Miss Bertha Faigle
- Mr. Frank Fischer
- Mrs. Fischer
- Miss Edna Fascher
- Mr. Guillaume Fisser
- Miss Marie Fleck
- Mr. Jos. Flicker
- Mrs. F. Frei
- Mr. John Freitag
- Mrs. Freitag
- Mr. Jacob Freund
- Mr. W. S. Gand
- Mr. Hermann Ginzer
- Mr. W. Gilbert
- Miss Therese Grille
- Mr. Henry Giraud
- Mr. Max Goevert
- Mr. Lorenz Golz
- Mr. Jos. Grobhotz
- Mrs. Pauline Grossman
- Miss Elise Gutfreund
- Miss Minna Haeussermann
- Mrs. John M. Hamor
- Master Henry Hamor
- Mster Aaron Hamor
- Miss Minerva Hamer
- Mrs. Minnie Harrison
- Master August Harrison,
- Mrs. Geo Haus
- Master Otto Haus
- Master George Haus
- Mr. T. M. Hayden
- Mrs. Hayden
- Miss Louise Henne
- Mr. Isidore Hocher
- Mrs. Anna Hoerner
- Master Johann Hoerner
- Miss Sophie Hollenbach
- Mr. Jacob Huber
- Mr. John Ingold
- Mrs. Marie Janssen
- Miss Mamie Janssen
- Mr. Wm. Kaigers
- Mrs. Anna Kaigers
- Mr. Otto Kapteina
- Mr. Aug. Kaufmann
- Mrs. Elisa Kelhetton
- Miss Maud Kelhetton
- Master Albert Kelhetton
- Mr. Alfred Kellenberger
- Mrs. C. Kienholz
- Mr. Charles Klepfer
- Mrs. Franziska Klepfer
- Mrs. Augusta Klimm
- Miss Anna Klimm
- Miss Charlotte Koell
- Miss Fanny Kölbl
- Miss Aug. Kolkenbeck
- Mrs. Johanna Korzineck
- Master John Korzineck
- Mr. Joh. Kutter
- Mr. Philipp Laier
- Mrs. Laier
- Master Philipp Laier
- Miss Jos. Large
- Mrs. Anna Laubach
- Master Karl Laubach
- Mr. Johann Leitzen
- Mrs. Celine Lempereur
- Professor Levias
- Miss Louise Luhne
- Miss Anna M. Lynch
- Miss Lora A,. Marsch
- Mr. A. T. Maurath
- Mr. Wilhelm Mayer
- Miss Augusta Merz
- Mr. Peter Monternach
- Mrs. Barbara Monternach
- Miss Alice Monternach
- Master Paul Monternach
- Mrs Margarethe Mosmann
- Master Mosmann
- Mrs. Elisabeth Müller and Child
- Mr. Willy Neis
- Mr. Ludwig Neis
- Mrs. Isabella Neis
- Mr. Heinrich Neumann
- Mrs. Gertude Odendahl
- Mr. Frank Odendahl
- Miss Louise Ortlieb
- Miss Katharina Ottnad
- Mrs. Margarethe Petri
- Mrs. Caroline Ptaff
- Miss Jos. Poncet
- Miss Sophia Probst
- Miss Helene Raab
- Mr. John Reidenbach
- Mr. Abram Reiz
- Mrs. Golde Reiz and Child
- Mr. Rivière
- Mrs. Rivière
- Miss Marie Rombach
- Mr. Gustav Ruehling
- Mrs. Jennie Rutherford
- Mrs. Bertha Schatthauser
- Mrs. Ida Schäppi
- Master Ernst Schäppi
- Mr. Ernst Schefer
- Mrs. Elisabeth Schefer
- Miss Emma Schefer
- Miss Elisabeth Schefer
- Master Ernst Schefer
- Miss Julia Schenkel
- Mr. Nathan Schapflocher
- Mrs. Hannah Schopflocher
- Mr. Geo Schuchard
- Mr. Christian Scondo
- Mr. Chashel Silber
- Sister M. Xavier
- Sister M. Paula
- Mr. Oswald Stahl
- Miss Anna Stallmann
- Mrs. Johanna Steebner
- Mr. Fred. Stein
- Mrs. Anna Stein
- Master Fred. Stein
- Mr. Otto Stoess
- Mrs. Pauline Stork
- Master Otto Stork
- Miss Christine Stork
- Master Frank Stork
- Mr. Carl Sulzberger
- Mrs. Sulzberger
- Miss Elisabeth Sulzberger
- Master Robert Sulzberger
- Mr. Henry Tappel
- Mr. Nic. Themans
- Mr. Philip Trautwein
- Mr. Sam Trawin
- Mr. George Treiber
- Mr., Aug. Van Ruyshroeck
- Mr. Van Stratum
- Mr. Raph. Verheust
- Mr. Gust. Verheust
- Mrs. Verheust
- Mr. Louis Vermot
- Miss Adelaide Vernon
- Mr. Alidoor Verstracte
- Mrs. Elsa Vogel
- Miss Kathi Vogel
- Miss Pauline Vogel
- Master Georg Vogel
- Mrs. Kath Vogelgesang
- Miss Helene M. Wahl
- Mr. Arthur Ward
- Mrs. Ward
- Miss Pauline Wasslick
- Mr. Ferdinand Weber
- Miss Margarethe Wehmer
- Miss Mary Weisskopf
- Dr. T. J. Werner
- Miss Amalie Widmer
- Mr. A. J. Wigley
- Mr. N. M. Wilhelmy
- Mr. Edwin B. Wilson
- Mrs. R. Wayne Wilson
- Miss Katharina Wingerter
- Mrs. Emilie Wolaviska
- Mr. Eugen Wolf
- Mrs. Wolf
- Miss Amalie Wolf
- Miss Berth Wolf
- Miss Bertha Wuestner
- Miss Mary Wuestner
Back Cover, Red Star Line RMS Vaderland Cabin Class Passenger List - 10 September 1904. GGA Image ID # 15dab9fdfd. The Image Depicts a Boat Floating in the Water Near New York Harbor. It Is an Artistic Representation That Showcases Elements of Transportation and Naval Architecture. the Scene Captures the Essence of Outdoor Life, Featuring the Statue of Liberty While Focusing on the Art of Watercraft.
Collector's Item Auction Details
Passenger List for RMS Vaderland – 10 September 1904
A Rare and Historically Significant Transatlantic Artifact
Description
GGA is honored to present this Cabin and Second-Class Passenger List from the illustrious RMS Vaderland of the Red Star Line, documenting its voyage from Antwerp to New York via Dover on 10 September 1904, under the command of Captain R. C. Ehoff. This exemplary item represents a unique convergence of art, history, and society during the golden age of transatlantic steamship travel.
Design and Condition
- Front Cover: Featuring nautical artistry, the cover presents a Red Star Line ship alongside a small boat, symbolizing maritime innovation and human enterprise.
- Interior: A meticulously preserved passenger manifest and voyage details, capturing the essence of early 20th-century social mobility.
- Back Cover: A serene depiction of a boat approaching New York Harbor, with the Statue of Liberty providing an iconic backdrop.
- Condition: Good, with slight edge wear, maintaining the integrity of this important historical document.
Notable Passengers: Luminaries of an Era
The passenger list includes prominent figures whose presence enhances the historical and societal value of this artifact. These individuals were pioneers, intellectuals, and influential members of their time, offering a snapshot of transatlantic connections in 1904.
First-Class Passengers
- Admiral Gilmore, USN
- A distinguished figure in the United States Navy, emblematic of international military relations and naval leadership.
- Significance: His inclusion underscores the strategic importance of transatlantic voyages for diplomacy and defense.
- Dr. Francis Delafield (1841–1915)
- A pioneering American physician, recognized as one of the founders of modern pathology.
- Significance: His journey reflects the global exchange of medical knowledge and expertise.
- Prof. Louis M. Dennis
- A noted academic and scientist, contributing to advancements in chemistry and education.
- Significance: Represents the ship’s role in fostering intellectual exchange.
- Rev. H. Gauss
- A clergyman of considerable influence, indicative of the spiritual and cultural diversity aboard the ship.
- Significance: Highlights the importance of maritime travel in spreading religious and social ideals.
- Dr. Horace Fletcher (1849–1919)
- Known as the "Father of Nutrition," Fletcher’s revolutionary ideas on health and eating influenced a generation.
- Significance: His presence represents the burgeoning field of health sciences during this era.
- Miss Marion S. Gaylord
- A prominent educator and reformer, traveling to further her advocacy for women’s education.
- Significance: Illustrates the ship’s role in advancing social progress.
- Mrs. R. L. Howard
- A noted philanthropist traveling with her personal maid, reflecting the luxurious accommodations and exclusivity of first-class travel.
- Significance: Her voyage epitomizes the societal elite’s reliance on transatlantic crossings for leisure and business.
Second-Class Passengers
- Professor Levias
- A noted scholar in classical languages, traveling to lecture in the United States.
- Significance: Demonstrates the educational exchanges made possible by steamship routes.
- Rev. Dr. C. Bruehl
- A theologian and social reformer, reflective of the diverse roles clergy played in transatlantic migration.
- Significance: Highlights the spiritual guidance provided to those aboard and beyond.
- Mrs. R. Antosch and Family
- A family unit embarking on a new chapter in America, illustrating the cultural tapestry of immigrant passengers.
- Significance: Represents the personal stories interwoven with grand historical narratives.
Historical Context and Significance
The RMS Vaderland, a premier vessel of the Red Star Line, served as a vital link between Europe and the United States during the height of transatlantic steamship travel. This passenger list not only chronicles a journey but serves as a microcosm of the era’s societal composition. With luminaries, diplomats, and academics sharing the voyage with immigrant families, the Vaderland symbolized opportunity, progress, and the blending of cultures.
Condition Report
- Cover: Minimal wear, showcasing its historical artistry.
- Pages: Clean and well-preserved, with legible text and vibrant illustrations.
- Binding: Secure and intact, indicative of careful archival preservation.
Estimated Auction Price
- Low Estimate: $70 USD
- High Estimate: $100 USD
Provenance and Collectibility
This rare artifact captures the essence of an age defined by innovation, exploration, and cultural exchange. Its detailed passenger manifest, coupled with its artistic and historical significance, makes it an indispensable addition to any collection of maritime, historical, or social artifacts.
GGA invites discerning collectors, historians, and enthusiasts to acquire this remarkable piece of transatlantic heritage, where each name inscribed tells a story of ambition, discovery, and connection.
