SS Athenia Passenger List - 2 September 1938

Cabin and Tourist Passenger List for the SS Athenia of the Donaldson Atlantic Line, Departing 2 September 1938 from Glasgow to Quebec and Montreal via Belfast and Liverpool. Commanded by Captain James Cook.

The SS Athenia was the first British ship sunk by Germany in World War II. The Athenia was torpedoed and sunk without warning on the night of September 3, 1939 by the German submarine U-30 less than twelve hours after the declaration of war between Germany and Great Britain. She carried 1,417 passengers and crew bound for Montreal. 93 passengers and 19 crew members died.This passenger list is from a voyage one year prior to the sinking.

Senior Officers and Staff

1. Captain: James Cook
2. Chief Officer: B. M. Copland
3. Chief Engineer: John Carnegie
4. Surgeon: J. G. McCutcheon
5. Purser: A H. Wotherspoon
6. Chief Steward: R. Rankin

Cabin Passengers

1. Mr. John Baxter
2. Mrs. Baxter
3. Mrs. J. F. Beveridge
4. Mr. J. C. Beveridge
5. Mr. C. A. Bickmore
6. Miss Elizabeth M. Boyd
7. Mr. Claude P. Boyle
8. Mrs. Boyle
9. Mrs. W. E. Cooper
10. Miss Isobel Cooper
11. Mrs. M. A. Cornish
12. Mrs. Jane Couper
13. Mrs. Robina Craig
14. Mr. Henry Crawford
15. Miss Margt. Hallaran (Did Not Embark)
16. Miss Jean P. Hamilton
17. Mrs. A. J. Harvey
18. Mstr. Peter Harvey
19. Miss M. H. Holmes
20. Mrs. Lillie Hutchison
21. Miss Frances Hutchison
22. Professor J. R. Jack
23. Mrs. Jack
24. Mr. Joseph J. Johnston
25. Mr. S. A. Maddocks
26. Mr. R. L. Martin (Did Not Embark)
27. Mr. Thomas Rafferty
28. Miss Jessica C. Riddel
29. Mrs. J. H. Riddel
30. Miss Sheila Riddel
31. Mrs. Ina S. Robertson
32. Mrs. Margaret M. Ross
33. Mrs. P. W. Sherman
34. Miss Dorothy Sherman
35. Mrs. Norman Slater
36. Miss Margt. Slater
37. Miss Mary W. Smart
38. Mr. James O. Smith
39. Miss Mary E. Smith
40. Rev. C. J. S. Stuart
41. Mrs. Stuart
42. Miss E. Stuart
43. Miss A. Stuart
44. Miss Margaret Taylor
45. Mr. W. H. Thompson
46. Dr. Anna M. Wellnitz
47. Mrs. Effie C. Whyte
48. Master Charles Whyte
49. Mr. Edgar M. Wilson
50. Mrs. Wilson
51. Mr. A. H. Down
52. Miss Irene Dunn
53. Mrs. Thomas McCrae
54. Miss Jenny S. McInnes
55. Miss Isabella McInnes
56. Miss Jeanette N. Early
57. Mr. Henry Pratt
58. Mrs. Pratt
59. Miss Elizabeth G. Ferguson
60. Miss Lilla F. Pratt
61. Miss Gladys Gibsone
62. Miss Louisa Quarmby

Tourist Passengers

1. Mr. K. M. Ainley
2. Mrs. Ainley
3. Miss M. Arkieson
4. Prof. C. C. Bayley
5. Mrs. Bayley
6. Dr. E. R. M. Brecken
7. Mrs. Brecken
8. Miss Grace Brecken
9. Miss E. Brown
10. Miss Ida H. Bull
11. Mr. W. Callow
12. Mrs. Callow
13. Mrs. L. Cantor
14. Miss M. Cantor
15. Mr. V. Dc Carle
16. Mrs. De Carle
17. Miss S. Charnock
18. Mrs. E. R. Clark
19. Mr. Francis Clark
20. Mrs. M. Connell
21. Miss Grace Cowan
22. Miss Clementina Cruickshank
23. Mrs. Christina Cuddy
24. Mrs. Charlotte G. Currie
25. Mrs. G. Davison
26. Mr. Thomas Davison
27. Mrs. Davison
28. Mrs. R. Dodd
29. Miss M. Dodd
30. Mrs. Elizabeth T. Doig
31. Miss Elizabeth Downie
32. Mr. E. C. Eatly
33. Miss F. Elmslie
34. Mrs. S. Emerson
35. Mrs. Christina Ferris
36. Miss Annie Fraser
37. Mr. Lee Gabby
38. Miss Englena C. Gall
39. Mrs. E. Geils
40. Miss B. Geils
41. Miss M. Geils
42. Master A. Geils
43. Mr. T. P. Goddard
44. Mrs. Goddard
45. Mr. Robert P. Gordon
46. Mrs. Gordon
47. Mr. H. Gray Mrs. Gray
48. Mrs. Elizabeth Gray
49. Mr. Harry Gretton
50. Mrs. Gretton
51. Mr. P. Gunn
52. Mr. William Harcus
53. Miss Bessie L. Harvey
54. Mrs. J. Hastic
55. Mrs. Hilliard
56. Miss Olivia M. Hilliard
57. Miss Harriet Hilliard
58. Mr. John E. Hillier
59. Miss Helen R. Hillier
60. Miss E. Hodge
61. Mrs. Elizabeth G. Holder
62. Miss J. Holley
63. Mr. P. E. Hyde
64. Mrs. Hyde
65. Mrs. Jeannie Inglis
66. Miss Eliz. Inglis
67. Mrs. C. R. Jackson
68. Miss A. Jackson
69. Miss J. Jackson
70. Miss J. Jackson
71. Mr. C. R. Jackson
72. Miss Jane Johnson
73. Mrs. Lilie Jolly
74. Miss Mary Lorimer
75. Mr. Joseph Low
76. Mr. T. F. Lownik
77. Mrs. Lownik
78. Mrs. Ada F. Manuell
79. Mrs. J. E. Marks
80. Mrs. A. C. Meadows
81. Miss S. M. Meadows
82. Miss S. R. Meadows
83. Mrs. Peter Miller
84. Mr. Ross Miller
85. Mstr. Kenneth Miller
86. Mr. S. C. Miller
87. Mrs. Miller
88. Rev. Alex. Milmine
89. Mrs. Milmine
90. Miss Mary Mitchell
91. Mrs. M. Moss (Did Not Embark)
92. Mstr. G. Moss (Did Not Embark)
93. Miss Jane Mulligan
94. Mr. H. Murdoch
95. Mrs. Murdoch
96. Mr. Rchd. J. Murphy
97. Mr. C. E. Oliver
98. Mr. Archibald Owens
99. Mrs. Owens
100. Mrs. M. Parker
101. Mrs. L. H. Parkinson
102. Mrs. C. Paterson
103. Mrs. E. M. Payne
104. Mrs. W. H. Phipps
105. Rev. L. J. Poirier
106. Mrs. Christina Rae
107. Miss Betty Rae
108. Mrs. M. E. Reed
109. Miss E. G. Reed
110. Miss F. I. Roberts
111. Mr. F. H. Roberts
112. Mr. T. A. Roberts
113. Mr. Lloyd Robinson
114. Miss M. Rushton
115. Mr. D. F. Scanlon
116. Rev. Thomas Scott
117. Mrs. Scott
118. Miss Anna T. Scott
119. Mr. Fredk. Sedgewick
120. Mrs. Sedgewick
121. Mr. Ernest Shirlaw
122. Miss Ethel Smart
123. Miss Rachel Stevenson
124. Miss N. Stork
125. Mr. R. St. George
126. Mrs. Evelyn Tompkins
127. Mr. C. F. Truman
128. Mrs. Nellie M. Unwin
129. Mrs. E. L. Wain
130. Mrs. Ethel Walker
131. Mr. B. Wilkinson
132. Mrs. Wilkinson
133. Master J. Wilkinson
134. Miss A. Wilkinson
135. Mr. J. R. Wood
136. Mrs. Wood
137. Mr. Archd. McCallum
138. Mr. W. McBroom
139. Mrs. McBroom
140. Mrs. Jean McCulloch
141. Miss L. McCulloch
142. Mrs. Janet A. McDermid
143. Prof. Norman Macdonald
144. Mrs. Macdonald
145. Miss Ellen L. MacDonald
146. Mr. Andrew McDougall
147. Mrs. McDougall
148. Miss Margaret McDougall
149. Miss Catherine McFie
150. Mrs. Mary McGlashan
151. Mrs. Isabella McIver
152. Master Roderick McIver
153. Mrs. Christina Mackenzie
154. Mr. Duncan MacKenzie
155. Mrs. MacKenzie
156. Rev. Dr. W. W. McPherson
157. Mrs. McPherson

Cabin Passengers Additional:

1. Mrs. Jessie Anderson
2. Mr. Sedley Cudmore
3. Mrs. Cudmore

Did Not Embark :

1. Miss Margt. Hallaran
2. Mr. R. L. Martin

Tourist Passengers Additional :

1. Mrs. D. F. Scanlon
2. Miss Annie F. Setchill

Errata :

• Miss J. Holley should read Miss J. Halley
• Mr. H. Murdoch should read Mr. H. Murdock
• Mrs. Murdoch should read Mrs. Murdock
• Mrs. M. E. Reed should read Mrs. M. E. Reid
• Miss E. G. Reed should read Miss E. G. Reid
• Miss F. I. Roberts should read Mrs. F. I. Roberts

Did Not Embark :

1. Mrs. M. Moss
2. Mstr. G. Moss