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SS Atlantic
Most passenger and crew names of the SS Atlantic, that sank off the coast of Nova Scotia on April 1, 1873, were taken from the New York Times, dated April 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th. The edition of April 2nd, 1873 did not have any passenger lists. There is an account though of people going to the office of the White Star line to find out the fate of friends or relatives. A few names are mentioned; these were added to the passenger list below. Names and their spelling vary in most editions of the newspaper, therefore a duplication of names might have occurred while transcribing the passengers. The scans were also not very clear at times. Some of the foreign names are also spelled phonetically.
This letter to the Editor of the New York Times appeared in the edition dated April 5th, 1873, followed by a list of lost passengers.
To the Editor of the New York Times:
The cable has brought me today a full list of steerage passengers per Atlantic, not yet accounted for, of which I send you a copy. This list will prove to be in excess of the actual loss, from the difficulty in separating, in the cable message, initials and christian names in the case of families, but all anxiety can be dismissed by those who have surmised that friends might be on board if their names be not found on the list, or in that of the saved, already published in your journal, as doubtless they did not embark on our ill-fated steamer. I am, dear sir, yours obediently, J.H. Sparks Saturday April 5, 1873
Coloumns represent: Passenger number, name, country or city of origin, sources, additonal information in the line underneath the name.
Key to abbreviation of sources:
NYT02041873 stands for New York Times, published April 2nd, 1873
NYT03041873 stands for New York Times, published April 3rd, 1873
NYT04041873 stands for New York Times, published April 4th, 1873
NYT05041873 stands for New York Times, published April 5th, 1873
NYT07041873 stands for New York Times, published April 7th, 1873
Book stands for the website that has all the names from the book "Carry Clancy, Heroine of the Atlantic".
Book Web Site stands for the online transcript of the whole book.
SALOON PASSENGERS LOST
366* Agnes Barker Chicago NYT04041873
367 Miss Brodie Chicago NYT04041873
368 Mrs. Davidson London NYT04041873 Book Web Site
369 Miss Davidson London NYT04041873
370 Mrs. Cyrus M. Fisher Vermont NYT04041873 Book Web Site
371 Cyrus M. Fisher NYT04041873 NYT05041873
councellor of law Vermont
372* Henry F. Hewitt NYT04041873 NYT05041873
W.J. Be?t & Co., 448 Brome Street, New York
373* H.A. Mr. Kruger NYT04041873
54 Exchange Place, New York
374* Mrs. W.H. Merritt New York NYT02041873 NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Web Site
375* Mr. W.H. Merritt New York NYT02041873 NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Web Site
376* Miss Mary R. Merritt New York NYT02041873 NYT04041873 Book Web Site
377* John W. Price Lawyer NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Web Site
1?1 Broadway, New York
378 Miss Annie Scrymser New York NYT02041873 NYT04041873
379* Mrs. J.W. Sheat Nevada NYT04041873
380* Mr. J.W. Sheat Nevada NYT04041873
381* Rose Sheat (infant) Nevada NYT04041873
382* Master H. Sheat Nevada NYT04041873
383* Albert Summer San Francisco NYT04041873 NYT05041873
384* H.M. Wellington Boston NYT04041873
385 Miss Fisher NYT04041873
386* Mr. Brindley England NYT03041873 NYT04041873
STEERAGE PASSENGERS LOST
387 A. Allsopp NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
388 J.H. Allers NYT05041873
389 John Adams NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
390* Heinerth Albrecht NYT04041873 NYT05041873
391 Olivia Amundsen Christiansend Book
392 Muster Anderson NYT05041873
393 Ida Anderson NYT05041873
394 Brita Anderson NYT05041873
395* Johass Anderson NYT05041873
396 Gustav Anderson NYT05041873
397 Olaf Anderson NYT05041873
398 Tomine Anderson Roseland, Christiansend NYT05041873 Book
399 Johs. Anderson NYT05041873
400* Johon Anderson NYT05041873
401 Carle Anderson Carl NYT05041873
402 J. Anderson NYT05041873
403 George Anderson NYT04041873
404* K.T. Arbidson NYT05041873
405* Jar. Arx NYT05041873
406 Patrick Buglan NYT04041873
407* Budoe NYT05041873
408 Mather Budham NYT05041873
409* Rosa Bateman NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
410 Margaret Bird NYT05041873
411* Edwin Ball NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
412 Anthony Budham NYT04041873 NYT05041873
413* S.M. Bengston NYT05041873
414* Andrers Bengsson NYT04041873 NYT05041873
415* Stephen Bensson NYT04041873
416 Margaregha Broers NYT05041873
417* August Bootcher NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
418 William Blake NYT04041873 Book
419 Martha Beedhan NYT04041873 Book
420* Susan Bengtsson NYT04041873
421 Alice Bell NYT04041873 Book
422 Martin Bjornson NYT05041873
423 Jhann Bosschor NYT05041873
424* Efrahim Bengsson NYT05041873
425 Sven Bengsson TWICE NYT05041873 Book
426 Sven Bengsson TWICE NYT05041873
427 Bostram Brostram NYT05041873
428* O.E. Bangaton NYT05041873
429* Antonie Broguet Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
430* Justine Broguet Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
431* Saul Broguet Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
432* Antoineeta Broguet Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
433* Judith Broguet Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
434 David Boswell NYT04041873 NYT05041873
435* Bridget Mary Brown NYT02041873 NYT04041873 NYT05041873
436* Thomas Bryne NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
437 Phillip Brady NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
438 Chris. Barry NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
439 Isabella Barry NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
440 James Burn NYT05041873 Book
441* Robert Borham NYT05041873
442 Cathmer Baggett NYT05041873
443 Pat Brien NYT05041873
444 N. Burke NYT05041873
445 Hans Bryan NYT05041873
446 Mary Bryan NYT05041873
447* Elisa Barry NYT05041873
448 Thomas Blake NYT04041873 Book
449 George Blake NYT04041873 Book
450 R. Barham NYT04041873 Book
451 Margaret Breas NYT04041873
452 C. Bjornson NYT04041873
453 J. Baro NYT04041873
454 Lewis Cook NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
455 Ann Cook Annie NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
456 Caroline Cook NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
457 Frederick W. Cook NYT04041873 NYT05041873
458 John E. Cook NYT04041873 NYT05041873
459* Edward Cook NYT05041873
460* Edith Cook NYT04041873 NYT05041873
461* George H. Cook infant NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
462* Richard E. Cater NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
463* Steven Cornwall NYT04041873 NYT05041873
464 Sarah Crafford NYT05041873 Book
465 Robert Corden NYT05041873
466 Kate Conroy NYT05041873
467 John Conroy NYT05041873
468 Patrick Conroy NYT05041873
469* Ann Calvert NYT04041873 NYT05041873
470 David Calvert NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
471 Alice Cardin NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
472 Margaret Cardin NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
473 John Chapman NYT05041873 Book
474* Catherine Cassidy NYT03041873 NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
475* Elisabeth Crawford NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
476 Olaf Carlson NYT05041873
477 O. Carlinson NYT04041873
478* Math???a Carlson NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
479* Dr. Emil Christianson NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
480 Michal Cydowa NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
481* Chr. Carlson NYT05041873
482* Williams Cigg NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
483 Bridget Cullen NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
484 Wm. Camborough NYT05041873
485 Robert Cowlett NYT05041873
486 George Coates NYT05041873
487 John Cooney NYT05041873
488* Margaret Coghian NYT05041873
489* George Coghian NYT05041873
490 James Crawley NYT05041873
491 John Croke NYT05041873 Book Web Site
492 Ellen Croke NYT05041873
493 Thomas Croke NYT05041873
494 Margaret Croke NYT05041873
495 Mary Clarke NYT05041873
496 Ann Cleary NYT05041873
497 Mary Coaken NYT05041873
498 Dennis Coaken NYT05041873
499 Katty Coaken NYT05041873
500 Jane Coaken NYT05041873
501 Kate Coaken NYT05041873
502 Margaret Coaken NYT05041873
503 John Coaken NYT05041873
504 Neil O. Craft NYT04041873 Book
505 Sarah A. Crawford (infant) NYT04041873 Book
506 M. S. Carlsen NYT04041873
507* Thomas Corridan NYT05041873
508* Margaret Corridan NYT05041873 Book
509 Mary Coffey NYT05041873
510* Ann Cater Carter NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
511 Mary Doyle NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
512 John Donhoe NYT05041873
513 Ann Danlen NYT04041873 NYT05041873
514* Joseph Dethloff NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
515 Annie Dutelrowski NYT05041873
516* Marris Downs and 2 adults NYT04041873 NYT05041873
517* Thomas Downs NYT05041873
518 Patrick Derrick NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
519* George Depaloi NYT05041873 Book
520* Guiseppe Depaloi NYT05041873 Book
521* George Douglas NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
522* George De Pasti NYT04041873
523* Guiseppe De Pasti NYT04041873
524* Jane Dunnevody NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
525 Dennis Donanhan NYT05041873
526 Mary Donanhan NYT05041873
527 James Donanhan NYT05041873
528 Thomas Druggan NYT05041873
529 James Druggan NYT05041873
530 James Daly NYT05041873 Book
531 Margaret Donovan NYT05041873
532 Michael Durpe NYT05041873
533* Pat Doyle NYT05041873
534 Alice Dumphy NYT05041873
535* Pat Doyle NYT05041873
536 A. Danley NYT04041873
537 Henry Day NYT04041873 Book
538 W. H. Durr NYT04041873 Book
539* Josh. Dunnwoody NYT04041873 Book
540 James Donovan NYT04041873 Book
541 Dennis Donovan NYT04041873 Book
542 William Darnbow Book
543 Annie Dambrowski NYT04041873 Book
544 Mary Donovan NYT04041873 Book
545 Henry Edwards NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
546* Elizabeth Erwin NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
547* infant Erwin (male) NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
548* Nils Erianson NYT05041873
549 Andreas Engler Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
550 David Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
551 Dorothea Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
552* Andreas Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
553* Elsbeth Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873
554* Johann Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT05041873
555* Marguerite Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
556 John George Christian Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
557 Magdelene Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
558* Christiana Engler (infant) Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
559 Olaf Erkelsson Book
560* Christian Engler Leveler, Switzerland NYT04041873 Book Book Web Site
561 Rosie Eredenberg NYT04041873 Book
562 Verona Erzenberger NYT04041873
563 Owen Fister Foster NYT04041873 NYT05041873
564* Alfred Fielder NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
565 Thomas Farley NYT05041873 Book
566 George Feres NYT05041873
567 Ellen Filgore NYT05041873
568 Elisabeth Finaly NYT05041873
569 Mary Fitzpatrick NYT04041873 NYT05041873 Book
570 John Filan NYT05041873
571 John Falin NYT05041873
572 Catherine Frund NYT05041873
573 Joseph Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
574 Therese Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
575* Marcane Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
576 Louis Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
577 Marie Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
578 Joe Frund NYT05041873
579 Pierre Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
580 Marie Anne Frund NYT05041873
581 Anne Frund NYT05041873
582 Marie Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
583* Henry Frund NYT05041873 Book Book Web Site
584 Jules Frund Movelier, Switzerland NYT05041873
585 F. Eugenie Frund NYT05041873
Transcriber's Notes:
* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
in the transcriber's notes.
Passengers were numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
? A question mark indicates a letter or number that could not be read.
Passengers were numbered for ease of referencing.
366: the New York Times reported that Miss Barker is the niece of Mr. Maxwell (passenger # 833),
also sister-in-law to Samuel W. Bass, Esq. She travelled to Europe (Dresden, Germany)
with her ailing nephew, Samuel W. Bass Jr. They were accompanied by passenger # 377,
John W. Price, a lawyer. The party travelling together was booked on another ship to
go back home, but her nephew got worse. He passed away in London just before the
Atlantic sailed, Miss Barker boarded the SS Atlantic.
One of the newspaper editions reported that Miss Barker was from Chicago,
this was later corrected to New York City.
372: this passenger's last name was also reported as Henry T. Jewitt. He is reported as
being 45 years old. He left his wife, a son and a daughter behind to travel to Europe on
business, then unfortunately was lost in the disaster.
373: the last name is spelled with u Umlaut to read Krüger.
377: Mr. Price accompanied Miss Barker (passenger # 366) and her nephew to Dresden, Germany.
374 - 376: the newspaper reported that Mr. W.P. Scrym, brother-in-law of Mr. W. H. Merritt, arrived to
make arrangements for the bodies of his relatives. It would appear, that Mr. Scrym is the
brother of Mrs. Merritt.
379 - 382: the last name of these passengers has also been reported as Sheaf.
383: the name is also printed as Albert J. Sumner. One edition of the New York times reported that
this passenger is from Great Barrington, Mass, moved to San Francisco, lived in
Dresden, Germany. He is also the grandson of the Hon. Ironease Sumner,
former governor of Mass.
384: the first name of this passenger was also reported as W.B. and Henry L.
386: the New York Times dated April 3rd, 1873 reported this passenger as saved, then edition
the next days reported him as lost.
390: the name was also reported as Henry Allerecht.
395: the first name was also reported as Johannes.
400: the first name was also reported as Johan.
404: one source printed the name as K. P.Arvidson.
405: one edition of the New York Times printed the name as Jas. Van Arx, the other one as Arx only.
This could be the same person.
407: no first name is given for this passenger.
409: this could possibly be the wife of James Bateman who survived, # 25.
411: one source printed the last name as Barl.
413: the name was also given as G.M. Bengston.
414: one source printed the first name as Anders.
415: the last name was also given as Bengsson.
417: the last name was also given as Bottcher.
420: the name Suen Bengtssen was also given in one source.
424: one source gave the name as Efranim Bengston.
428: Bengston, O.A., Bangstom, O.E.
429 - 433: one source printed the last name as being Burjard, which could be the phonetic spelling
of Broguet.
433: one source gave the first name as Judetts.
435: the last name was also give as Broan, possibly the phonetic spelling of Brown. This passenger
was on her way to visit her cousin, Mary Koogh.
436: the last name was also printed as Byrne.
441: the last name was also printed as Barham.
447: the first name was also printed as Eliza.
459: the first name was also printed as Eliza.
460: the first name was also printed as E. M.
461: the first name was also printed as George Henry.
462: the last name was also printed as Carter
463: the first name was also printed as Stephen
469: the first name was also printed as Calvert A.
474: the first name was also printed as Kate. Her cousin, John Curtin, was waiting for her.
475: the first name was also printed as Eliza
478: her name was also printed as Matilde Carlson.
479: according to book web site this passenger was saved. His last name was also printed as Emile.
481: the first name was also printed as Christopher
482: Clgg, William Clegg
488 & 489: the last name of these passengers was also printed as Coghlan.
507 & 508: the last name of these passengers was also printed as Corrigan.
510: the first name was also printed as Annie.
514: the last name of this passenger was also printed as Dethalff.
516 & 517: in newspaper article they are Thomas & Mary Downey of Kildare, Ireland
519 & 520: One newspaper edition spelled the last name De Paloi, which is probably the correct version.
522: the last name of this passenger was also printed as Douglass.
522 & 523: these 2 passengers have the same first names as passengers # 519 & 520, the last name
is spelled a little different though. It might be a coincidence that they have
the same first names, they might be the same passengers.
524: the name of this passenger was also printed as Jane W. Dunwoody.
533 & 535: there are 2 passengers called Pat Doyle, this is not a mistake of the transcribers.
539: the name of this passenger was also printed as Josh Dunwoody.
546 & 547: the New York Times dated April 4th, 1873 spelled the last name of these 2 passengers Irwin.
No name of the infant is mentioned, just Elizabeth Irwin (Erwin) and infant.
In the book the word infant is in the coloumn with the males, the transcriber
has therefore assumed that this is a male child.
548: the name of this passenger was also printed as Nils Erlandsen.
549: one reporter spelled the name Andrias Engler. The first name is probably spelled
phonetically and should be Andreas.
552: it would appear that the reporter spelled the first name phonetically as Andrews in one
edition of the newspaper, the correct spelling is probably Andreas.
553: the first name was also given as Eliz.and Eliza.
554: the first name was also given as Johannes.
555: the first name was also given as Margaret.
558: the first name was also given as Christina.
560: the last name was also given as Eskelsson.
564: the last name was also given as Fielden.
575: the first name was also given as Mariana.
583: the first name was also given as Henry Joseph.
Correspondence added 2-20-06, passenger 479, CHRISTIANSON/CHRISTIANSEN
Although some sources said Dr. Emil Christiansen did not survive the wreck, he did indeed
survive with only a broken arm. This was confirmed by a descendent, Mr. Robert Huettmann.
The spelling of the name in the sources used for this transcription was wrong; Emil is spelled
without an e at the end and Christiansen is spelled with an e, not an o.
Carl Emil Johannes Christiansen was born about 1845 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He always
went by the name Emil. He received his medical degree from Heidelberg University. Dr. Christiansen
lived for a while in Chicago and there married Augusta Maria Putscher on 26 December 1876. For most
of his life he practiced medicine in Grand Island, Nebraska, but when he died in 1914 he was buried
in Forest Park, Illinois. It is not know when and where he entered the United States. For more
information please contact Robert Huettmann
Another voyage of the SS Atlantic can be found in Volume 2 at: SS Atlantic 1871. More information about the voyages of this ship can be seen at SS Atlantic voyages. Scandinavian passengers can be found at 100 Years of Immigrant Ships from Norway. Names from the newspaper editions were compared to names from the book "Carrie Clancy: the Heroine of the Atlantic", published 1873. This book can be seen at Carrie Clancy, the Heroine of the Atlantic. Additional names were taken from the text of the book, which can be found at: Website for true stories. Records from Sessional Papers of the Government of Canada, 37 Victoria 1873 (4), pp. lvi-lvii. (Note: the 1873 date on these papers is an error and should have read 1874) can be found at TheShipsList at Wreck Atlantic 1873. Marj Kohli also has information: Loss of the Steamship Atlantic, White Star Line, March 30, 1873 (Extracts from Loss of the Steam Ship "Atlantic" published 1873 from Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions (CIHM) #26654.) at Atlantic 1873 which contains lists of passengers and crew and more. The names of friends or relatives of passengers who arrived in Castle Garden were taken from the New York Times dates April 7th, 1873.
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