SS Independence Passenger List - 2 August 1953

Cover of Passenger List from SS Independence, August 2, 1953

Front Cover, Cabin Passenger List for the SS Independence of the American Export Lines, Departing Sunday, 2 August 1953 from Naples to New York via Genoa, Cannes, and Gibraltar. Commanded by Captain Ernest H. Nelson. GGA Image ID # 1e8de21497

 

Senior Officers and Staff

  1. Captain: Ernest H. Nelson, Commander
  2. Chief Engineer: Harvey Shriner
  3. Staff Captain: John P. McKenna
  4. Chief Purser: Gleason T. Marquise
  5. Cabin Class Purser: W. Eugene Givens
  6. Staff Engineer: Louis T. Smallwood
  7. Chief Surgeon: Charles H. Rogers
  8. Assistant Surgeon: Conrad A. Filippis
  9. Chief Steward: Charles Regis
  10. Cabin Chief Steward: William P. Joyce
  11. Maitre d'Hotel: Alfonzo Liguori
  12. Chef de Cuisine: I. Louis Molina
  13. Chief Radio Officer: Emile S. Fazulak
  14. Social Directress: Ann Dickson

 

Embarked at Naples

  1. Miss Ruth E. Ahlenius
  2. Mr. Angelo M. Amodeo
  3. Mrs. Gertrude Amoroso
  4. Mrs. Winifred M. Atherley
  5. Very Rev. Bede Anthony Babo
  6. Mrs. Ruth Beamer
  7. Mrs. Nellie E. C. Beyer
  8. Miss M. Janice Biggers
  9. Mr. John B. Blando
  10. Miss Grace L. Blando
  11. Miss Mary S. Bramer
  12. Miss Elfrieda M. Brede
  13. Mrs. Angela Bruno
  14. Miss Helen I. Bull
  15. Miss Jean E. Bushong
  16. Mrs. Virgina L. Bushong
  17. Mr. John C. Campbell
  18. Mrs. Edna M. Campbell
  19. Miss Barbara A. Campbell
  20. Miss Rosins Caputo
  21. Miss Bertha Carswell
  22. Rev. Anthony Cestaro
  23. MW. Agnes E. Chapman
  24. Mr. Carlo Checchia
  25. Mrs. Dorothy N. Cilley
  26. Rev. William Connor
  27. Miss Geraldine Corrado
  28. Mrs. Clara G. Corrado
  29. Mrs. Amelia D. Corriveau
  30. Mr. James W. Creed
  31. Mr. George B. Curtiss
  32. Mr. Cosmo Damiani
  33. Mrs. Lucia Damiani
  34. Mr. Joseph L. Damiani
  35. Mrs. Elizabeth M. Damiani
  36. Mrs. Anna B. De Mayo
  37. Mr. Antonio De Michele
  38. Miss Kathryn E. Dilcher
  39. Mr. Clarence D. Diller
  40. Mrs. Ruth C. Diller
  41. Mr. Henri H. D. Djenbian
  42. Mrs. Helen P. Dunbar
  43. Mrs. Leonie S. Eccles
  44. Mr. Othon S. Economy
  45. Mr. V. Raymond Edman
  46. Mrs. Edith M. Edman
  47. Mrs. Dorothy P. Edson
  48. Dr. Gaetano C. Ferrante
  49. Mrs. Rossina M. Ferrante
  50. Miss Angela R. Ferrante
  51. Miss Rose A. Ferrante
  52. Mr. Gergie L. Fisher
  53. Mr. Tucker M. Fletcher
  54. Miss Eudora L Ford
  55. Mrs. Mamie E. Gagliano
  56. Miss Blaise M. Gagliano
  57. Mrs. Ida A. Gallotti
  58. Rt. Rev. John F. Gannon
  59. Mr. Luigi Gautiello
  60. Mrs. Frances Gautiello
  61. Mrs. Frances S. Gee
  62. Mr. William C. Georges
  63. Mr. Harold J. Gershenow
  64. Mrs. Marilyn G. Gershenow
  65. Mr. David P. Gershenow
  66. Mstr. Jonathan M. Gershenow
  67. Miss Judith B. Gershenow
  68. Mrs. Lane Gold
  69. Mrs. Esther Gordon
  70. Mr. Emile S. Gravolet
  71. Mr. Albert E. Gunther
  72. Mrs. Albert E. Gunther
  73. Mr. Albert F. X. Gunther
  74. Mr. Dale Oliver Hansen
  75. Mrs. Helen M. Hansen
  76. Rev. Walter J. Joyce
  77. Mr. Sidney G. Karp
  78. Mrs. Leah Kauffman
  79. Mr. Mahlon H. King
  80. Mrs. Scnja E. King
  81. Mr. Maxwell I Klayman
  82. Mrs. Alice B. Klayman
  83. Miss Maxwell I. Klayman
  84. Mr. Robert E. Kroner
  85. Mrs. Naomi Kroner
  86. Mr. Robert R. Logefeil
  87. Mrs. Mary Macciocche
  88. Mrs. Mary L. Macrae
  89. Mrs. Jimmie Mason
  90. Miss Deborah T. Mason
  91. Mrs. Susan Y. Mayo
  92. Miss Martie F. Mayo
  93. Mrs. Eleanor Miller
  94. Mrs. Maria N. Mishan
  95. Miss Marlene N. Mishan
  96. Miss Joanne E. Mishan
  97. Mr. Peter F. Mitchell
  98. Mrs. Gaetana Morano
  99. Miss Eva P. Morano
  100. Lt. William T. Morrison
  101. Mrs. Helma M. Morrison
  102. Mr. George F. Murphy
  103. Mrs. Maria Nardella
  104. Cmdr. Crandall T. Nefzger (USN)
  105. Mrs. C. T. Nefzger
  106. Miss Nancy A. Nefzger
  107. Miss Barbara L. Nefzger
  108. Miss Pamela H. Nefzger
  109. Mstr. Laurence C. Nefzger
  110. Mrs. Nercess O. Narcessian
  111. Mr. Orson Benjamin Newton
  112. Mr. Robert E. Nicholas
  113. Mrs. Robert E. Nicholas
  114. Miss Margaret Jane Nichols
  115. Mrs. Adeline Rita Noviello
  116. Mrs. Lillian T. Oliver
  117. Rev. John James O'Brien
  118. Mrs. Louisa Ordine
  119. Miss Marie Louise Joan Ordine
  120. Mr. Walter Painter
  121. Mrs. Bertha Painter
  122. Mr. Peter Patente
  123. Mrs. Elvira Patente
  124. Mr. Peter John Patente
  125. Mrs. Etta Eileen Pierce
  126. Mstr. Victor Brent Pierce
  127. Mstr. Gary George Pierce
  128. Mstr. Larry Benjamin Pierce
  129. Mstr. Ronald Rod Pierce
  130. Mstr. Julian Steve Pierce
  131. Miss Theresa Pscherer
  132. Miss Lillian Pucci
  133. Mr. John B. Roderer
  134. Mrs. Anna Roderer
  135. Mr. John B. Roderer, Jr.
  136. Mr. Michael Ruggiero
  137. Mrs. Martha Akers Salter
  138. Mrs. Henrietta Saphirstein
  139. Miss Lydia C. Scalera
  140. Miss Helen M. Schaefer
  141. Mr. Israel Schoenwald
  142. Mrs. Frances Schoenwald
  143. Rev. Thomas J. Sheridan
  144. Mr. Leonida Silvestri
  145. Miss Marie Susanne Smith
  146. Mrs. Kathryn Gunn Stehley
  147. Mr. Frank William Summers
  148. Mr. Winifred Wilson Swann
  149. Mrs. Filomena Targia
  150. Mr. Angelo Targia
  151. Miss Lucille Thomas
  152. Mrs. Pubina Tirling
  153. Mr. Antonino Torre
  154. Mrs. Antonnetta Torre
  155. Miss Mary Torre
  156. Mr. Ioannis Tsakoumakas
  157. Mrs. Serafina Varlotta
  158. Mrs. Mary May Weinstein
  159. Miss Betoria Isabel Wiley
  160. Miss Elizabeth Wilson
  161. Mr. William Drayton Wilson
  162. Mr. Alexander John Wishbow
  163. Mrs. Jane Eleanor Wishbow
  164. Miss Joan Wishbow
  165. Miss Patricia Anne Wood
  166. Miss Martha Elizabeth Woodall
  167. Miss Irene H. Ziskin

 

Embarked at Genoa

  1. Mr. Jackson H. Alderman
  2. Mrs. Sheelah N. Alderman
  3. Mr. Gaetano Aliquo
  4. Mrs. Anna Aliquo
  5. Mr. Spartaco Andreozzi
  6. Lt. Col. George W. Aux
  7. Mrs. Maxine H. Aux
  8. Miss Judith A. Aux
  9. Mstr. George W. Aux Jr.
  10. Mstr. James R. Aux
  11. Mr. Louis Azzarone
  12. Mrs. Teresa Azzarone
  13. Miss Anita Balbis
  14. Mr. Emilio Beghini
  15. Mrs. Carolina Maria Bernardara
  16. Miss Norma Bernardara
  17. Mr. S. A. Clem
  18. Mrs. Alice Fran Clem
  19. Miss Gudrun Clem
  20. Mstr. Gunar F. Clem
  21. Miss Nelda Cosimini
  22. Miss Forestine Lucille Davis
  23. Mr. Eugene J. De Grazia
  24. Mrs. Virginia M. De Grazia
  25. Miss Antoinette P. De Grazia
  26. Miss Diane M. De Grazia
  27. Mstr. Jerry D. De Grazia
  28. Mr. James A. Dixon
  29. Mrs. use E. Dixon
  30. Mr. Mario Donnini
  31. Mrs. Anna Fairchild
  32. Mr. Gil Fenwrick
  33. Mrs. Marjorie Foster Fenwrick
  34. Mstr. Michael Lee Fenwrick
  35. Miss Kay Fenwrick
  36. Mstr. Gerald Fenwrick
  37. Mrs. Ida Foster Fiorentino
  38. Mr. Ubaldo Giuliano
  39. Mrs. Agatha Giuliano
  40. Mrs. Nadia Gorki
  41. Mr. Alfred Grassa
  42. Mrs. Dora Grassa
  43. Mstr. Alfred Ernest Grassa
  44. Mr. Lawrence Vivans Greene
  45. Mrs. Margaret L. Greene
  46. Mstr. Lawrence D. Greene
  47. Miss Anne Greene
  48. Capt. Clyde M. Handley (USA)
  49. Mrs. Clyde M. Handley
  50. Miss Sandra Lee Handley
  51. Mstr. Clyde M. Handley
  52. Mr. Lynnwood M. Johnson
  53. Mrs. Lillian A. Johnson
  54. Miss Lillian E. Johnson
  55. Mstr. Lynwood M. Johnson III
  56. Miss Edna Kansora
  57. Capt. Walter B. (USA) Kendrick
  58. Mrs. Florida Kendrick
  59. Mstr. John Phillip Kendrick
  60. Mstr. Jesse Barnett Kendrick
  61. Mr. John C. Kirkland
  62. Mrs. Virginia L. Kirkland
  63. Mstr. Sidney R. Kirkland
  64. Mr. Ben E. Kirkland
  65. Mr. James E. Miller
  66. Mrs. Wilma I. Miller
  67. Mstr. James E. Miller, Jr.
  68. Mstr. Christopher Leo Miller
  69. Miss Patricia Anne Miller
  70. Mrs. Josephine Morow
  71. Col. Lawrence J. Mulhall (USA)
  72. Miss Mary T. Newlin
  73. Miss Lynne Carol Pancotti
  74. Mr. Steven Edward Pancotti
  75. Mrs. Blanche Pancotti
  76. Mr. Mario Pancotti
  77. Mrs. Amelia Judith Petta
  78. Mrs. Jennie Picette
  79. Mrs. Maria N. Roudebush
  80. Mr. Wilson E. Roudebush
  81. Mrs. Blake Russell
  82. Mr. Hugh H. Sargent
  83. Mrs. Vicki Sargent
  84. Lt. Col. James E. Skelly
  85. Mrs. Eleanor Regina Skelly
  86. Miss Regina Ruth Skelly
  87. Miss Doris Roberta Skelly
  88. Mstr. Leo Skelly
  89. Mr. Donald B. Snedigar
  90. Mrs. Gabrielle N. Snedigar
  91. Miss Daryl B. Snedigar
  92. Mr. Henri Stegemeier
  93. Mrs. Mercedes K. Stegemeier
  94. Miss Henriette Stegemeier
  95. Mstr. Henri Stegemeier
  96. Mr. John Tedford
  97. Dr. J. M. Thorington
  98. Mrs. J. M. Thorington
  99. Mr. Frank A. Toth
  100. Mrs. Rosemarie Toth
  101. Mr. Antonio Vagnoni
  102. Mr. Andrew Vaspasiano
  103. Mrs. Adele Dina Vaspasiano
  104. Mr. Gianni Vaspasiano
  105. Mrs. Antonina Serio Vella
  106. Lt. Col. John E. Wales III
  107. Mrs. Frances M. Wales
  108. Miss F. Macon Wales
  109. Miss Rebecca C. Wales
  110. Capt. Walter A. Wert, Jr.
  111. Mrs. Emily Mae Wert
  112. Mstr. Walter Alvin Wert III

 

Embarked at Cannes

  1. Mrs. Philip Auerbach
  2. Mrs. Lina Lee Arthur
  3. Dr. Marshall Brucer
  4. Mrs. Marshall Brucer
  5. Mr. Alberto Colome
  6. Mrs. Mary K. Domke
  7. Mr. Max Dondey
  8. Miss Christina Dondey
  9. Mrs. Laura Gott Dondey
  10. Mrs. Ruth B. Dow
  11. Mrs. Leo Edelstein
  12. Mrs. Zina Epstein
  13. Mrs. Marcus Fink
  14. Mrs. Ingrid Finlayson
  15. Mrs. Norma S. Gilbert
  16. Mrs. James R. Green
  17. Mrs. Margaret G. Greer
  18. Mr. Howard E. Greer
  19. Mrs. Leah M. Grone
  20. Mrs. Bertha B. Hammerman
  21. Miss Mildred S. Hansen
  22. Mrs. Eva M. Harmon
  23. Mr. Anthony Channel Hilfer
  24. Miss Mary R. Hunt
  25. Miss Bertha Ingersoll
  26. Miss Agnes U. Johnson
  27. Miss Nancy Ann Lang
  28. Mrs. Anna Leavitt
  29. Miss Eleanor R. Lee
  30. Mrs. Bessie E. Lewis
  31. Mrs. Maude U. Lewis
  32. Miss Esther A. Oldt
  33. Mr. Geroges Leon Pitour
  34. Mrs. Martha V. Pitour
  35. Mrs. Jennie Ramras
  36. Mrs. Sonia Shapiro
  37. Mrs. Gertrude Silverman
  38. Miss Leila May Siack
  39. Mrs. Carrie L. Smith
  40. Mr. Carlos F. L. Tommasi
  41. Mrs. Isolina V. Tommasi
  42. Miss Ligia V. Tommasi
  43. Miss Fausto L. Tommasi
  44. Mrs. Josepina C. Tommasi
  45. Mrs. Emma V. Tommasi
  46. Mr. Leopoldo L. Tommasi
  47. Mrs. Bessie Weinus
  48. Mr. Max Weisberg
  49. Mr. Joseph A. Wolkenberg

 

Embarked at Gibraltar

  1. Mr. J. E. Arnold
  2. Mrs. V. R. Bottom
  3. Miss Sandra Braddock
  4. Mrs. Mary B. Cullen
  5. Mr. Max Frym
  6. Mrs. Suzanne Frym
  7. Mr. Horace N. Garbizo
  8. Mrs. Margaret M. Gower
  9. Mr. Joseph E. Gunnell
  10. Mr. Charles Jay Hermes
  11. Mr. Harry W. Hoskins
  12. Mr. Thomas John Hickey
  13. Mrs. Laura M. Hoskins
  14. Mrs. Louise M. Lewis
  15. Mr. Roy H. McCain
  16. Miss Nell McCollum
  17. Mr. Joseph M. Militi
  18. Mrs. Alice Moreno
  19. Mrs. Wickliffe W. Shreve
  20. Mr. Harry Eckford Styles
  21. Mrs. Wyoma B. Styles

 

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