SS NARONIC
THE LOST WHITE STAR LINER
PRESERVING THE MEMORIES OF THOSE LOST AT SEA
Navigational Officers
CAPTAIN - William Roberts
D.O.B: 26 May 1846, Egremont, England
Residence: Egremont, England
Age: 46
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FIRST OFFICER - George Wright
D.O.B: 27 December 1835, Kingston upon Hull, England
Residence: Liverpool, England
Age: 57
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SECOND OFFICER - Herbet George Burbridge
D.O.B: 1 June 1857, Blythswood Hill, Scotland
Residence: Seaforth, England
Age: 35
Note: Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Reserve
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THIRD OFFICER - Charles Gardiner Ireson
D.O.B: 22 February 1864, Liverpool, England
Residence: Liverpool, England
Age: 28
VICTUALLING CREW
CHIEF STEWARD - Issac Taylor
D.O.B: 1853, Preston, England
Residency: Bootle, England
Age: 40
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STEWARD - Alexander Currie
D.O.B: 1875, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 18
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STEWARD - Arthur Martin
D.O.B: 1863, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 30
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STEWARD - James Morris
D.O.B: 1872, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 21
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COOK - William Dunn
D.O.B: 1854, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 39
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COOK - Richard Rogers
D.O.B: 1863, County Armagh, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 30
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STOREKEEPER - John Leary
D.O.B: 1850, County Wexford, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 43
Livestock Tenders
CATTLEMAN - Henry Benz
D.O.B: 1866, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 27
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CATTLEMAN - John Burke
D.O.B: 1870, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 23
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CATTLEMAN - James Kane
D.O.B: 1850, County Leitrim, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 43
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CATTLEMAN - Henry Lockin
D.O.B: 1862, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 31
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CATTLEMAN - Patrick McInity
D.O.B: 1855, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 38
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CATTLEMAN - James McKee
D.O.B: 1873, County Down, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 20
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CATTLEMAN - Thomas O'Connor
D.O.B: 1860, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 33
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CATTLEMAN - James O'Hara
D.O.B: 1868, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 25
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CATTLEMAN - William Schaffer
D.O.B: 1858, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 35
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CATTLEMAN - Joseph Shannon
D.O.B: 1872, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 21
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CATTLEMAN - William Tobin
D.O.B:1870, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 23
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CATTLEMAN - Patrick Smith
D.O.B: 1870, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 23
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CATTLEMAN - Joseph Stafford
D.O.B: 1871
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 22
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CATTLEMAN - John L. Watson
D.O.B: 1857, New York, U.S.A
Residency: [Location?]
Age: 36
CHIEF ENGINEER - John Duncan Sr.
D.O.B: 12 September 1853, Lockerbie, Scotland
Residence: Liverpool, England
​Age: 39
Note: 1. Served as an Engineer, Engine Dept. Equivalent to Sub-Lieutenant, in the Royal Naval Reserve.
2. Cenotaph Memorial at Anfield Cemetery, Liverpool, England
3. Peter R. Duncan, Son of John Duncan Sr., would lose his life during the sinking of RMS Lusitania while serving as 4th Engineer. His body was never recovered.
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​​SECOND ENGINEER - Robert Thomlinson Lucock
D.O.B: October 1861, Aspatria, England
Residence: Liverpool, England
​Age: 31
Note: Cenotaph Memorial at St. Kentigern Churhcyard in Aspatria, England
THIRD ENGINEER - Charles Francis Pugh
D.O.B: February 1868, Montgomery, Wales
Residence: Liverpool, England
​Age: 25
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FOURTH ENGINEER - John Blakeway Jolley
D.O.B: August 1868, Rock Ferry, England
Residence: Liverpool, England
​Age: 24
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REFRIGERATION ENGINEER - Franklin W. Morgan
D.O.B: 1870, Chester, England
Residence: Liverpool, England
​Age: 23
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GREASER​ - Thomas Ball
D.O.B: 1849, County Down, Ireland
Residence: Liverpool, England
​Age: 44
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GREASER - Laurence Cecil Butler
D.O.B: 14 September 1845, County Dublin, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 47
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GREASER - Gilbert Hannah
D.O.B: 17 October 1859, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 33
Note: Fireman, Royal Naval Reserve
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GREASER - Michael Kenny
D.O.B: 1854, County Cork, Ireland
Residency: Bootle, England
​Age: 39
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GREASER - Daniel Lynch
D.O.B: 1870, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 23
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GREASER - John McDonough
D.O.B: 1862, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 31
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GREASER - John Murphy
D.O.B: 1850, County Carlow, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 43
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GREASER - John Whelan
D.O.B: 1861, Kingstown, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 32
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FIREMAN - James Billington
D.O.B: 1868, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 25
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FIREMAN - Patrick Burke
D.O.B: 1840, County Limerick, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 53
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FIREMAN - Daniel Cadogan
D.O.B: 1858, County Cork, Ireland
Residency: Bootle, England
​Age: 35
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FIREMAN - John Carr
D.O.B: 1868, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 25
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FIREMAN - Thomas Cummings
D.O.B: 1869, Liverpool, England
Residency: Bootle, England
Age:​ 24
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FIREMAN - Edward Daly
D.O.B: 1868, County Armagh, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 25
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FIREMAN - Patrick Finlay
D.O.B: 1868, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 25
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FIREMAN - Alfred Jones
D.O.B: 1863, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 30
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FIREMAN - David Keefe
D.O.B: 1862, County Cork, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age:31
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FIREMAN - James Manley
D.O.B: 1867, Glasgow, Scotland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 26
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FIREMAN - Thomas Murphy
D.O.B: 1850, County Kildare, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
​Age: 43
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FIREMAN​ - William Whelan
D.O.B: 1860, Kingstown, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age:33
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TRIMMER - John Cain
D.O.B: 1869, Liverpool England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 24
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TRIMMER - Isaac Evans
D.O.B: 1868, County Kildare, Ireland
Residency: Bootle, England
Age:25
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TRIMMER - John Madden
D.O.B: 1871, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 22
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TRIMMER - Robert Major
D.O.B: 1872, Liverpool, England
Residency: Bootle, England
Age: 21
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TRIMMER - Frank Routledge
D.O.B: 1872, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 21
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TRIMMER - Hugh Tumilty
D.O.B: 1871, Newry, Ireland
Residency: Bootle, England
Age: 21
Deck Crew
CARPENTER - Joseph Pipes Owen
D.O.B: 8 March 1857, Bangor, Wales
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 35
Note: Only known photograph of a member of Naronic's crew is of J.P. Owens and his wife circa 1890
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BOATSWAIN - Thomas Davies
D.O.B: 1855, Cardigan, Wales
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 38
Note: Royal Naval Reserve
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BOATSWAIN'S MATE - Isaac Morris
D.O.B: 1856, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 37
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Michael Barnes
D.O.B: 1852, County Wexford, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 41
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - John Campbell
D.O.B: 1852, County Wexford, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 41
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Thomas Evans
D.O.B: 1868, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 25
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Samuel Grundy
D.O.B: 23 February 1872, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 20
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Peter Oswald Haythornthwaite
D.O.B: 24 March 1867, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 20
Note: Royal Naval Reserve
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - John Hughes
D.O.B: 1872, Amlwch, Wales
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 21
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Thomas Lackey
D.O.B: 1872, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 21
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - John McMahon
D.O.B: 1862, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 31
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Peter Monoghan
D.O.B: 1859, Drogheda, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 34
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Thomas Ramage Jr.
D.O.B: 23 January 1853, Liverpool, England
Residency: Bootle, England
Age: 40
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Patrick Reid Jr.
D.O.B: 16 September 1852, County Wexford, Ireland
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 40
Note: Royal Naval Reserve
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Thomas Rogers
D.O.B: 1866, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 27
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Christopher Tesch
D.O.B: 1852, Denmark
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 41
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - George Williams
D.O.B: 1860, Liverpool, England
Residency: Liverpool, England
Age: 33
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ABLE-BODIED SEAMEN - Richard Williams
D.O.B: 1854, Amlwch, Wales
Residency: Bootle, England
Age: 39​
PASSENGERS
John James Hollenshead
D.O.B: [Unknown], England
Residency: Cheshire, England
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James Jackson
D.O.B: [Unknown], England
Residency: Cheshire, England​​
Note: Passenger records list Hollenshead and Jackson's occupations as "groom," with this further elaborated on in the 6 March 1893 issue of Boston Post, which stated, "J.E. Spence, J. Jackson, and another man [...] have charge of several crates of fowl [...] several dogs, and a stallion and colt"
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James Edward Kendall Spence
D.O.B: 8 July 1848, Edinburgh, Scotland
Residency: Broughty Ferry, Scotland
Age: 44
Note: Spence was an amateur ornithologist, bird breeder, and a Sergeant Major in the 1st Forfarshire Royal Regiment of Artillery Volunteers. He was transporting several crates of his award-winning pigeons and chickens aboard Naronic and intended to participate in the International Pigeon and Poultry Show in New York City and a similar show in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Note: Those listed as passengers reflect their categorization within the UK Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, 1891-1922
Engineering Crew
CREW MANIFEST
For February 11 - 21, 1893
Crew Manifest and related information compiled by Robert H. Mayer III
A significant portion of the information on Naronic's crew was obtained from the "UK Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages, and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, 1891-1922."
Information is subject to change