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Passenger List, R.M.S. Scythia, Cunard Line, 1881

Saloon Passenger List for the 16 July 1881 Westbound Voyage of the Scythia of the Cunard Line from Liverpool, England to New York arriving in New York on 26 July 1881, Commanded by Captain Murphy.

Notable passengers included: Charles W. Boynge, John Stiles Collins, Sir Bache Cunard, William Butler Duncan.

List of Saloon Passengers

1. Mr. Joseph Adams
2. Mr. Frank Arnold
3. Mrs. Arnold
4. Mr. J. M. Attwood
5. Miss Baldwin
6. Miss F. Baldwin
7. Mr. W. R. Barbour
8. Mr. Harry Barton
9. Mr. B. H. Barton
10. Mr. M. Bendheim
11. Mr. A. D. Bendheim
12. Mrs. Bendheim
13. Mr. A. Z. Bendheim
14. Mr. E. P. Bennett
15. Mr. W. P. Bennett
16. Mr. E. W. Blinn
17. Mr. C. W. Bonynge - Charles W. Boynge ( - 18 Aug 1913), son-in-law of Viscount Deerhurst, a great horseman, he was of medium size, his once black hair and whiskers tunring white. Bonynge was one of England's immortal six hundred which made the grand cavalry charge at the battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War. He was a broker in Virginia City from 1864 tto 1870 and joined the San Francisco Stock and Exchange Board in 1870, buying the seat of Andrew Jackson Moulder. He amassed a large fortune and returned to live in London where he died in 1913
18. Mr. Brooks
19. Mr. Jose E. Bustamente
20. Mr. John G. Carlyle - Attorney
21. Mrs. Carlyle
22. Mr. John Cartledge
23. Miss Cartledge
24. Mr. Case
25. Mrs. Case and Child
26. Mr. E. Cheetham
27. Mrs. Cheetham, and Two Children
28. Mr. W. E. Clark
29. Mr. W. Clatworthy
30. Mr. John S. Collins - John Stiles Collins (1837-1928) builder of the Collins Bridge and co founder of Miami Beach, Florida Florida Photographic Collection.
31. Miss Coombs
32. Mr. W. G. Crenshaw, Jr
33. Mr. W. Creighton
34. Sir Bache Cunard - 3rd Baronet (1851–1925); father of Nancy Cunard, Sir Bache Cunard was an heir to the Cunard Line shipping businesses, interested in polo and fox hunting.
35. Mrs. L. Cutler
36. Mr. Albert Diehl
37. Mr. J. Diggleman
38. Miss Doussin
39. Miss Dubreuil,
40. Mr. W. Butler Duncan - William Butler Duncan - (17 Mar 1830 - 20 Jun 1912) of Duncan, Sherman & Co and Former head of the ancient and honorable Saint Andrew's Society, and President and Chairman of the Board of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company from 1874 until his death in 1912. Mr. Duncan had the distinction of being the only American member of London's exclusive club, the Travelers. He became a member of this club in 1868.
41. Mrs. Duncan. and Maid - Jane Percy Sargent (ca 1830 - 11 Dec 1905) One of the best known hostesses in New York society originally from Philadelphia.
42. Miss Duncan - Dame Jessie Percy Butler Wilton (1855–1934), educational administrator
43. Mr. R. Dunlop
44. Mr. F. Durand
45. Mr. W. Ellis
46. Mrs. Ellis
47. Mr. Benjamin Fish
48. Mr. D. L. Foley
49. Mr. J. H. Forbes
50. Mrs. Forbes
51. Mr. F. Forbes
52. Mr. Francis Francis
53. Mr. T. H. French
54. Mr. H. L. Gargan
55. Mr. J. Drayton Grimke
56. Mr. J. Grose
57. Mrs. Grose
58. Mr. George Guestier
59. Mr. John Hamilton
60. Mrs. Hamilton, and Two Children
61. Dr. J. W. Hartley
62. Miss Frances Harvey
63. Miss E. Harvey
64. Mr. Alexander Henderson - (photographer) (1831–1913), Scots-Quebecer merchant and photographer
65. Miss A. Hertz
66. Mr. H. Howell
67. Mr. O. Howes
68. Mrs. A. B. James
69. Mr. C. L. Jarvis
70. Mrs. Jarvis
71. Miss L. Jarvis
72. Miss H. Jarvis
73. Miss C. Jarvis
74. Miss F. Jarvis
75. Mr. Henry Johnston
76. Mr. L. Jotcham, and Friend
77. Mr. Robert Lamb
78. Miss Lane
79. Mr. James Lawrence
80. Mrs. Lawrence
81. Miss E. Lawrence
82. Master James Lawrence
83. Master Richard Lawrence, and Two Servants
84. Mr. Otto Leverkus
85. Mr. Joseph L. Levi
86. Mr. W. Penn Lewis
87. Mr. C. H. L'Hommedieu
88. Mr. Littledale
89. Mrs Littledale, and Maid
90. Mr. J. Littlewood
91. Mr. G. C. W. Lowrey - Commodore G. C. W. Lowrey, President of the Vanderbilt Mining Company, a large stockholder in the Rock Island and other railroads.
92. Mr. Amasia Lyon
93. Mr. Lyton's Man-servant
94. Mr. Thomas H. Macklin
95. Mr. N. Marx
96. Mr. T. McKiernan
97. Mrs. McKiernan
98. Mr. C. A. McMaster
99. Mr. Peter S. Moher
100. Mr. W. T. Moore - Walter T. Moore - Manager of the Lowell Coal Company ( ? - 23 Nov 1904) committed suicide. Subseqently his death and insurance policy was tried in the Massachuetts Supreme Court (Moore vs. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co.)
101. Mr. S. Mortimer
102. Mr. Pedro Munguia
103. Mr. D. J. Murphy
104. Dr. Nachtel, Child, and Maid - Dr. Henry Nachtel - Left for Paris aboard the Scythia on 29 September 1880 - He was a prominent physician who promoted the idea of emergency medicine and quick response for those in medical need. His wife was quite ill at the time and it was reported that they would spend the winter in the south of France.
105. Mr. Thaddeus Norris
106. Mrs. Norris, Child, and Maid
107. Mr. R. C. Perkins
108. Mrs. E. Perkins, Child, and Maid
109. Dr. G. L. Platt - Began his Journey from New York to Liverpool on the Steamship Germanic on 30 April 1881 - This was his return voyage (with his wife).
110. Mrs. Platt
111. Dr. W. B. Platt
112. Mrs. Rathbone
113. Miss A. Rathbone
114. Miss C. Rathbone, and Maid
115. Madame O'Reilly
116. Madame Robinson
117. Mr. Manuel Romano, and Man-servant
118. Mr. G. Schmer
119. Mr. John Scott
120. Mr. Otho Shaw - Owner of Arrowe Park and Arrowe Hall property that was handed down to Captain Otho Shaw whose main interest was travelling the World. As a result, the Hall became virtually a private museum to house items he had collected during his travels. His collection included a fine collection of glass and pottery more than 2000 years old which came from the Tombs of Cyprus and a carved oak bedroom suite made in York in 1684.
121. Mr. Alex. Shields
122. Mr. Theo. E. Smith
123. Mr. C. R. St. George
124. Mr. St. George. Jr.
125. Mr. J. Snitzler
126. Mrs. Snitzler
127. Mr. William Stevens
128. Mr. W. P. Stevens
129. Mr. J. R. Stitt
130. Miss Stitt
131. Mr. James H. Storey
132. Mr. A. J. Stratton
133. Mr. J. R. Sutton
134. Miss Sutton
135. Mr. E. A. Temple
136. Mr. Wm. Thompson
137. Mrs. Ella Thompson
138. Mr. John Thompson
139. Mrs. Thompson
140. Mr. G. W. Vail
141. Mr. H. C. Ward - Henry C. Ward (1845 - 3 May 1912) well-known yachtsman was a Vice Commodore of the New York Yacht Club and Director in the German-American Insurance Company and the German Alliance Insurance Company. He was also a member of the Huguenot Society.
142. Miss E. J. Ward - Believed to be the sister of Henry Ward.
143. Mr. A. Watson
144. Mr. C. Wellington
145. Mr. Isidor Westheimer (? - 8 May 1911)
146. Mr. H. C. Whittle
147. Mrs. Alex. Young

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