The Ancestry of Lloyd Alexander

May next year will mark a decade since the passing of Lloyd Chudley Alexander, the celebrated author of the Chronicles of Prydain - a wonderful fantasy series which I read as a teenager.

Author Lloyd Chudley Alexander

Lloyd Chudley Alexander was born in Philadelphia on January 30, 1924 to stockbroker Alan Audley Alexander and Edna née Chudley. His parents were married in 1916. Alexander and his older sister Florence Elise [15.08.1918-20.01.1988] grew up in the western suburbs of Drexel Hill. The family was greatly affected by the depression. Alexander joined the U.S. army at the start of WWII. He trained and served as a military intelligence officer in Wales, where he later drew much inspiration for his famous book series. He met his wife Janine Marie née Denni [16.09.1920-02.05.2007] while attending the Sourbonne after the war. They were married in Paris on January 8, 1946 and Alexander formally adopted Denni's daughter Madeleine "Mado" Marie [08.11.1934-15.07.1990]. Returning to his native Philadelphia, Alexander started writing while working day jobs. His first books were rejected. It wasn't before 1955 that one of his works was published. "I wrote for adults for ten years. But for some reason, in the realm of fantasy for children, I was able to take up deeper Questions. To me it is liberating." In 1963 Alexander wrote "Time Cat" - his first fantasy for children and first major success. The story was inspired by Alexander's pet cat Solomon. The five books in the Chronicles of Prydain were published between 1964 and 1968, earning Alexander the Newbery honor and medal. The first two installments in the series were adapted into an animated Disney feature in 1985. Alexander recieved the Pennbook Lifetime Achievement Award, Parent's Choice Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award and  World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. By the time of his death he had written some forty books, and had won the National Book Award twice. He passed away two weeks after his wife.

Alexander's maternal grandparents were tailor Harry Elwood Chudley and Mary Elizabeth née Gray. They were second generation immigrants, English and Irish respectfully, and were married at the Church of the Beloved Disciple in Philadelphia.

Alexander was brought up a Christian. He and his wife were members of the Holy Comforter Church in Drexel Hill, but his father was raised in a Jewish household. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Alan Audley Alexander was registered with the Amalgamated Jewish Congregation in the city. He settled in the US in 1905 and was naturalized in Pennsylvania in 1922. 
Lloyd Alexander's paternal grandfather, Solomon Elkin Alexander, was of mixed Ashkenazi and Sephardi Jewish ancestry. He was a merchant and a member of freemasonry in Jamaica. Alexander's grandmother, Frances "Fanny" Eliza Née DeSouza, was fully Sephardi Jewish.

1.Lloyd Chudley Alexander, 30/01/1924 - 17/05/2007

   2.1 Alan Audley Alexander, 05/04/1887 - 20/12/1958, married 1916

      3.1 Solomon Elkin Alexander, 30/07/1854 - , married 30/06/1873

        4.1 Thaddeus Alexander, 26/12/1831 - 08/01/1892, married 20/04/1853

          5.1 Joseph Alexander, married 03/10/1814

            6.1 Reuben Alexander 1759 - 20/03/1818

          5.2 Kate Elkin

            6.3 Solomon Elkin

        4.2 Sarah DaCosta, 11/11/1831 - 

          5.3 Moses DaCosta

      3.2 Frances Eliza DeSouza, 31/08/1853 - 15/05/1919

        4.3 Abraham DeSouza

        4.4 Louisa

   2.2 Edna Chudley, 22/12/1898 - 25/03/1963

      3.3 Harry Elwood Chudley, 07/08/1858 - 10/03/1924, married 07/08/1883

      3.4 Mary Elisabeth Gray, 30/06/1865 - 20/05/1939

        4.7 John Gray

        4.8 Elisabeth McCallum

The Year of Jewish Beauty Queens

Erzsébet Simon was born on February 15, 1909 in Keszthely, Hungary, on the shores of Lake Balaton. Her father was the district chief medical officer, Dr. Sándor Simon [1869-08.07.1944]. He was an esteemed member of the Jewish community, son of Samuel and Rozalia née Hoffmann. Erzsébet’s mother, Janka née Hoffmann, was the daughter of Bela and Rozalia née Heidenfeld. Erzsébet, whose Hebrew name was Elisheva, was nicknamed “Böske.” She was a doelike beauty with blue eyes and blonde hair. At the age of twenty she would gain worldwide fame. 

Miss Europe, 1929

It was in early 1929 that Simon was picked out of over a hundred participants in the annual Miss Hungária competition. Winning the pageant came as a surprise to her, as she later admitted: "I don't know why I won. There are many more beautiful than I in Budapest.” Soon after, the newly crowned beauty queen was sent to Paris to represent her country in the very first annual Miss Europe beauty pageant. The competition was established by Belgian-born French journalist Maurice de Waleffe [15.07.1874-03.03.1946], who also founded the Miss France beauty pageant a decade earlier. The event was held in the great Paris Opera house on February 18, and inspired great public interest. Simon, who had from a young age dreamed of becoming an opera singer and taken extensive singing courses, had hoped participating in the pageant would help her find means to become a pupil at the Conservatoire de Paris.

Simon, 1929

Seventeen delegates from all the corners of Europe took part in the competition, which lasted four hours, at the end of which Erzsébet Simon was crowned the most beautiful woman in Europe. Reportedly, she was the only candidate not wearing any makeup. For the coming month Simon was greatly celebrated in France. She met the president and the crème de la crème of French society – politicians, celebrities and artists. She declined multiple offers from leading theaters and several marriage proposals. Returning home to Budapest on March 13, she was welcomed by a jubilant crowd at the train station. Hundreds of people had gathered to witness her return to the fatherland. A speech was given by the mayor, who congratulated Simon on behalf of the capital for her victory against the delegates of Hungary’s opponents in the Great War. Simon expressed her gratitude over the warm welcome and her joy over having glorified her country and her Hungarian people. "I'm very happy to be home again" she concluded. Someone in the crowd yelled "Miss Palestine" and "filthy Jew" at her, but was ignored. A cheerful ball was later thrown in her honor.

As the local press reported, Simon would only sign autographs once, on March 17. On this day she was publicly attacked by a large group of Hungarian nationalists, who hooted her and called her an "ugly Jewess" and "not Hungarian.” Police intervened and scattered the crowd. Later, nationalist students rioted outside her apartment, shouting slurs against Simon and Jewish people. A cinema that showcased her picture was also vandalized. After these events Simon decided to retire from public life, as advised by her father. She had already laid to rest her dream of singing and withdrew from the Miss Universe pageant, much to amazement of the world, claiming she was afraid of the long journey to America. Playing a part in her decision was perhaps also a letter she received from Bishop Christopher Edward Byrne [21.04.1867-01.04.1950] of Galveston, Texas, where the International Pageant of Pulchritude was to be held. The Roman Catholic clergyman urged Simon to abstain from participation in the competition, which he described as a “vulgar advertising stunt”, for the sake of her modesty and self-respect.

The same letter was received by another contestant, Vienese beauty Elizabeth “Lisl” Goldarbeiter. Goldarbeiter, an only child, was born in Vienna, Austria, on March 23, 1909 to Izsó [03.05.1877-12.03.1945] and Aloisia née Schimek. Having read an advertisement in the newspaper in early 1929, Goldarbeiter’s cousin applied her name to the Miss Austria beauty pageant. Goldarbeiter, who had just graduated high school, was then chosen out of 1,200 entrants and forty three finalists, thus becoming Miss Austria of 1929.

Miss Universe, 1929

Goldarbeiter’s father Izsó (Isidor), the son of Mór (Moriz) and Roza née Buchner, was a fashion trader from Szeged. Her paternal grandfather was burnt alive by rebels during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848. Her father was blonde and blue eyed, and she inherited his light complexion with the darker hair of her brunette mother. She reportedly never used any cosmetics. By her own account she was a practicing Jew.

Goldarbeiter, 1929

The Bishop’s letter did apparently not go entirely unnoticed in Goldarbeiter's case as well- she was accompanied to the annual International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston, Texas, by no other than her 49 year old mother. It was the first year international beauty queens could participate in the pageant. Miss and Mrs. Goldarbeiter's ship, the Rochambeau, set sail from Le Havre and arrived at New York on May 11. Journalists were already awaiting the mother and daughter at the port. A few days later the jury at Galveston reached a unanimous decision, crowning Lisl Goldarbeiter the first ever Miss Universe. “I’m very happy” she told the cameras, “and I hope I succeeded in giving the proud American people a good impression about the Austrian women and Vienna.” Apart from the title, Goldarbeiter also claimed a prize of $2,000. A banquet was held in her honor at the hotel Galvez. Suddenly world famous, she was now bombarded with offers from Hollywood and other studios, to which she shyly replied “Papa must decide.”

Miss and Mrs. Goldarbeiter, 1929

Goldarbeiter toured the Europe extensively following her return. During her visit to Romania she too fell victim to antisemitism. A mass of curious onlookers had gathered at the train station in Bucharest, where the young Miss Universe was expected to meet miss Romania, Magda Dimitrescu. As Goldarbeiter stepped into the crowd she was approached by a gang of Romanian nationalists who hurled rotten eggs at her, shouting antisemitic slurs and "Magda is our weight!" Miss Romania repotedly grabbed the frightend Goldarbeiter and lead her to safety as police intervened. One policeman was seriously wounded by the crowd. The women escaped by vehicle and found shelter in the Bucharest cathedral. Goldarbeiter decided to return to Austria the very same day and cancelled their planned visit to the mountain resort of Sinaia. Dimitrescu was instead invited to visit her in her homeland. The incident made front page news in the US, where the grim reminder of the ever growing antisemetism in Europe was recieved with unfamiliar shock. Like Erzsébet Simon, Goldarbeiter eventually dismissed publicity and sought a quiet family life.

Miss Judea, 1929

Oldakówna, 1929

Latvian newspaper
caricature, 1930

The first Miss Europe and first international Miss Universe contests in 1929 sparked a sensation around the world. Beauty pageants sprung up like mushrooms after the rain all over the globe, and Jewish communities were in no way an exception. Noteworthy was the coronation of Poland's "Miss Judea", which caused a bit of controversy within and without the Jewish community. On  February 3rd the editors of Warsaw's Jewish daily newspaper Nasz Przeglad announced the upcoming beauty pageant to find Poland's most beautiful Jewess. The ideal candidate would embody, so the newspaper declared, the "characteristic features of the Polish Jewish female type". Over the course of six weeks 131 women entered the competition, of whom eleven made it into the finals. Only one blonde bright-eyed contestant was found among the finalists - miss Roma Gliksman. In an interview before the final judging at hotel Polonia started, miss Gliksman expressed her feeling of disadvantage on account of her apparent physical shortcomings. The winner of the pageant was 19 year old miss Zofja Ołdakównę, who applied under the pseudonym Judyta. She was described by the jury as bearing the perfect physical hallmarks of the "Jewish race" and noted for her "Sephardi looks." However, in a poll the newspaper ran among its readers Oldakówna was only ranked in the sixth place, with just 10,205 votes in her favor. The readers, who were instructed to choose the candidate best delineating ethnic Jewish beauty, favored miss Marja Łobzowska.

Łobzowska, 1929

In Latvia, the city of Daugavpils chose its own Miss Judea. The title went to the young Sarah Gamze.

Gamze, 1929

Meanwhile, in Palestine, another Jewish beauty queen assumed her throne. Chana Meyuchas was born in Jerusalem on March 22, 1900, the daughter of Yossef and Margalit née Pines. Her father was head of Jerusalem’s Jewish Council (ועד הקהילה בירושלים). The Meyuchas family was of Sephardi origin, and had lived in Jerusalem since the 16th century. Chana, pale and blonde haired, married Avraham Polani, one of the leading citrus growers in Palestine. In March 1929, Mrs. Meyuchas-Polani won a beauty pageant in Tel Aviv and was crowned "Queen Esther of the land of Israel" for the upcoming Purim celebration. The contest was witnessed by a crowd of four thousand.

Zmira Mani

Miss Jerusalem, 1929

Sarah Chelbi-Lazar

Miss Petah Tikva, 1929

Chana Meyuchas-Polani

Miss Palestine, 1929

Mrs. Polani's coronation was the talk of the town, overshadowed only by the passing of a German Zeppelin in the city skies amidst the holiday fete. Some even suggested sending her to the International Pageant of Pulchritude in Galveston. Over eighty thousand people attended the Purim festival in Tel-Aviv in 1929, and a large crowd gathered to witness Polani being escorted by a colorful entourage to the gaily decorated City Hall. There she was welcomed on the front balcony by mayor Meir Dizengoff [24.02.1861-23.09.1936], who gave a warm speech. “Today you are crowned the queen of Tel-Aviv, and your kingdom reigns from the Jordan river to the borders of Jaffa. This great audience bows before your beauty and welcomes you not only as the queen of Tel-Aviv, but as queen of the entire land of Israel. As is costume in Europe – you are now Miss Palestine!” The crowd chanted cheerfully "Long live the queen!" as Mrs. Polani lead the festival.

Moses and Manischewitz, 1929

Phanye Moses

Queen Esther, 1929

For the following month, Mrs. Polani was expected at a handful official events, where she was addressed as ‘Her Majesty’ and ‘The Queen’. One of her first and most anticipated duties became hosting her American counterpart, the winner of a Purim beauty pageant that was put together in New York by the editors of Yiddish daily "Der Tag" and the Jewish National Workers' Association on April 6th. Miss Phanye Raquel Moses [1907-] of Brooklyn, and her Lady-in-Waiting miss Esther Manischewitz of Cincinnati were received with great honor by Mrs. Polani, and for the coming days toured the land together. 

Berta German

Miss Israelita Mexico, 1929

But Mrs. Polani was hardly the only Jewish beauty queen in the holy land that year. In fact, every major Jewish town in Palestine had picked its own beauty queen for the Purim festivities: Zmira Mani, a Yemenite-Jew, was crowned the queen of Jerusalem, Batya Eisenstein was the queen of Haifa, Sarah Chelbi-Lazar was the queen of Petah Tikva and Dinah Avramov was the queen of Rishon LeZion. Some Hebrew scholars condemned the events, maintaining that they went against Jewish values and exposed the participants to unwanted attention. Avraham Sharon called the phenomenon a part of a piquant popular culture he opposed. The Miss Palestine beauty contest was cancelled the following year, but local pageants on Purim became a tradition.

Finally, on November 7th, one might say unfashionably late, the Jewish Union of Mexico held a beauty pageant of its own. The winner was a young emigrant from Kovno, Lithuania, who moved to Mexico a year prior to be reunited with her parents. Berta German was picked out of twenty-two contestants and crowned "Miss Israelita Mexico".

Miss Europe 1929, Erzsébet Simon, married textile wholesaler Pál Brammer after returning to Budapest. But their marriage quickly fell apart and ended in a divorce. She later married theater director Dániel Jób. Both survived the holocaust, while Simon’s elderly parents perished. She died in Budapest on October 28, 1970 and was buried next to her husband in the Jewish cemetery. 

Miss Universe 1929, Lisl Goldarbeiter, married necktie manufacturer Fritz Spielmann in 1930. He left her following the rise of the third Reich because she was Jewish. Goldarbeiter and her mother survived the holocaust, but her father perished in Mauthausen, as did much of her extended family. In 1949 she married her cousin Marci Tänzers and lead a quiet life in Budapest until her death on December 14, 1997. 

Miss Palestine 1929, Chana Polani, had two children. She died on Febraury 2, 1990 and is buried at the Yarkon cemetery near Tel Aviv. 

The fate of Miss Judea 1929, Zofja Oldakówna, remains unknown. She likely perished in the holocaust alongside most candidates of that beauty pageant.

The Man Who Barked

Fedor Adrianovich Jeftichew was born in 1868 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Like his father before him, he suffered from Hypertrichosis – an abnormal growth of hair on the body. He was brought to the United States in 1884 by famous showman Phineas Taylor Barnum [05.07.1810-07.04.1891]. Barnum hired sixteen year old Fedor as a sideshow performer and had him bark and growl at viewers as part of his act. He created a background story, according to which a hunter had discovered young Fedor and his father Adrian living in a cave in the forests of Kostmara, and renamed him Theodore Petrof. Theodore had, according to this story, gone to school for a short time, but did not posses the required faculties. In reality, Fedor spoke fluent English, Russian and German. He became known as “Jo-Jo the dog faced boy” and traveled extensively through Europe, north America and Australia. Fedor died from Pneumonia in Salonica, Greece, on January 31, 1904. The Russian clergy refused to have his body autopsied.

Fedor in his deathbed

The Day Norway Sank

Today, exactly 110 years ago, the Danish passenger liner SS Norge sank off Rockall in what was the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean before the Titanic.

SS Norge

SS Norge was built in 1881 by Alexander Stephen & Sons in Glasgow. The 3,359 tons steamer had three decks and three masts. She was 327'9 ft long, with a beam of 39'6 ft and 34'0 ft in depth, and had a capacity for 800 passengers. In 1889 she was purchased by the Danish steamship company "Thingvalla" from Antwerp. Originally named SS Pieter de Coninck, she was renamed Norge (Norway) following the purchase. In 1898 Norge was sold to the United Steamship Company (Det Forenede Dampskibs Selskab) in Copenhagen. Norge sailed on a route between Copenhagen and New York, with a single stop at Kristiania in Norway. She had already journeyed to New-York nine times in 1904, but hardly at half her capacity. To increase sales, advertisement campaigns directed mostly at a Jewish audience were launched throughout the Russian empire.

Norge embarked on her final voyage on June 22, 1904 carrying 405 passengers and 68 crew members. The liner sailed from Copenhagen to Kristiania, where an additional 232 passengers boarded it, then to Kristianssand where further 90 passengers came on board. On June 25 it entered the Atlantic ocean. The majority of the passengers were Norwegian and Russian (mostly Jewish, excluding some Finns) immigrants to America. Among the passengers were over two hundred children. Of the 727 persons on board, some 629 were destined to lose their lives. Much like the RMS Titanic that would sink eight years later, Norge suffered from a critically insufficient number of lifeboats. The eight lifeboats it carried were designed for a total of 250 passengers.
On Wednesday morning, June 28, around half past seven, a slight bump was felt throughout the liner, followed by a loud metallic groan. Alarmed passengers rushed to the deck, most of them half-dressed.

Captain Gundel

"I was like most others in bed when the accident happened. One of the quartermasters came and prodded us. I ran upstairs to the deck wearing only my blouse. I thought there had been a collision, but I didn't think at the time that there was any danger of the ship sinking. So I ran downstairs and wore some trousers, and then I heard the captain command the lifeboats into the water. All passengers were now upstairs, and they screamed terribly in many different languages. I did not understand most of what they were saying, but they were almost all naked."

-Sailor Carl Mathiasen's testimony

"...While some of us were having lunch and others hadn't yet left their beds, we felt a bump. It was as if the ship had stood still for a moment, and then we heard a scraping, abrasive sound that clarified what had happened, and struck even the bravest of us with horror... I ran downwards to inform the others and save some of my belongings, but I didn't make it... it was impossible to try running against the stream of people pouring up the stairs. I turned around and got up on the deck before the lifeboats were readied. The ship backed off, and we heard the scraping, abrasive sound when it slipped back into deep water. It was clear that she was doomed, and we could feel her sink and struggle harder with each passing minute..."

-Survivor Niels Petersen's testimony

The sinking of Norge

-Christian Mølsted, based on witness accounts

The hull had been breached when the ship ran aground on a reef. Attempts to pump out the water were futile, and once Norge backed off she quickly started sinking. The weather was harsh and the sea was high. It started raining. Lifebelts were handed out to the soaked passengers on the deck, and the captain ordered women and children to board the lifeboats. Panic ensued. The crew, armed with guns, could not withhold the masses from rushing the lifeboats. Witnesses claimed that men fought their way ahead of the women and children, and mothers were seen throwing their infants overboard to save them. One lifeboat crashed on the passengers while being swung out. Another overcrowded boat capsized while being lowered, casting its screaming passengers into the troubled water. Hundreds of people were struggling to swim in the waves. A hole was smashed in one lifeboat when it was slammed against the side of the ship. Norge sank within a matter of minutes, pulling dozens to a murky grave. The suction effect reportedly swallowed those who hadn't gotten a sufficient distance from the sinking vessel.

Rockall, 1904

Lifeboat 1: Found on July 3 by the German SS Energie. It carried 62 passengers (28 children, 8 women and 26 men) and 9 crewmen.

Lifeboat 2: Smashed and filled with water. Never found.

Lifeboat 3: Found on June 29 by the British SS Salvia. It carried 27 passengers (1 child, 6 women and 20 men) and 1 crewman.

Lifeboat 4: Found on July 5 by schooner Olga Pauline. It carried 11 passengers (1 child and 10 men) and 8 crewmen.

Lifeboat 5: Found on July 4 by Scottish fishing boat Largo Bay. It carried 11 passengers (all men) and 6 crewmen.

Lifeboat 6: Never found.

Lifeboat 7: Capsized and went down with the ship.

Lifeboat 8: Found July 3 by SS Cernova. It carried 35 passengers (7 children, 2 women and 26 men)

"Many used the life belts that were hastily thrown out on the deck, and jumped into the sea. The deck was almost underwater when I managed to get away. There were only a few people left, but the captain stood steady on the bridge and directed the evacuation of the lifeboats. The water around us was a mess of heads and convulsively outreaching arms. Some begged us to save them, others cursed us because we refused to take them in. Our boat was designed for 20 and we were 27 in it. Many people clung to the oars and the boat, but we had to hit them away. Else we would have all have perished..."

-Testimony of Peter Nielsen (lifeboat 3)

During their time at sea the survivors suffered great hunger. Thanks to the pouring rain, the thirst did not plague them the first couple of days, but some had to wait nearly a week for rescue. Several survivors reportedly died from drinking salt water and were buried at sea. Others died in hospitals after being rescued.
Witnesses reported that dozens of floating bodies had crossed their path the day following the disaster and were quickly carried away by the stream.

Captain Gundel

Captain Gundel claimed the ship had stuck an uncharted reef. He had diverted its course from the original route in order to save time, but had also done so on other occasions. Those who knew him vowed he was an honest man and a good captain. Gundel was offered a place on a lifeboat, as was confirmed by several survivors, but refused. He went down with Norge, but managed to survive the suction and reached lifeboat number 1 after about an hour in the water.

1st Officer Gilbe

"Right before the ship sank, 1st Officer Gilbe came to me on the bridge. We bid each other farewell. Gilbe went to the starboard end of the bridge and I to the port. Then the ship went down. It was the last time I saw officer Gilbe"

-Captain Gundel's testimony

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Nationality of the person on board (Pass. & Crew):

Danish --------------72
United States ------5
Germany -----------2
England ------------2

Swedish ------------103

Norwegian---------284

Russian empire ---259*

* Inc. 15 Finns

 

Complete list of all crew members (inc. date and place of birth):

Captain Valdemar Johannes Gundel - 22.02.1864 Skibby, Denmark (Survived)

Dr. Elle

Physician Dr. Hans Christian Jacob Hagemann Elle - 14.02.1874 Randers, Denmark

1st officer Julius Frederik Alexander Gilbe - 02.01.1863 Copenhagen, Denmark

2nd officer Oluf Christian Jørgensen Otte - 03.08.1868 Copenhagen, Denmark (Survived)

3rd officer Niels Thomsen Ankersen - 26.10.1871 Norby, Denmark (Survived)

1st mechanic Peter Jensen Holm - 10.10.1859 Hobro, Denmark

2nd mechanic Julian Michal Ferdinand Heinisch - 25.12.1862 Frederiksberg, Denmark

3rd mechanic Niels R. Clausen - 17.05.1872 Rønne, Denmark

4th mechanic Niels Jensen - 28.08.1871 Uggeløse, Denmark

Asst. mechanic Magnus Johan Bruun/Bruhn - Framinge, Denmark (Survived)

Asst. mechanic Jens Peter Jensen - Skibby, Denmark

Asst. mechanic Hans L. Simonsen - 25.03.1877 Dalby, Denmark

Steward Anders Jensen - Søllerød, Denmark

Victualler Carl Nielsen - Aarhus, Denmark (Survived)

Clerk Jacob Johannes Theisen – 27.10.1882 Sundby, Denmark

Carpenter Thoren Johanson - Sweden

Boatman Christian Bernhard Amundsen - 25.12.1858 Norway

Lamp trimmer John Mouritz Olsson - Sweden (Survived)

Sailor Carl Petersen – Norway (Survived)

Sailor Henrich S. Schønning - Ringkøbing, Denmark

Sailor Niels Nielsen - Ringkøbing, Denmark

Sailor Peter Olsen - Hals, Denmark (Survived)

2nd Officer Otte

Sailor Christian Mogensen - 1876 Thorslev, Denmark (Survived)

Sailor Carl Mathiesen - Endelave, Denmark (Survived)

Sailor Hans Hansen - Kastrup, Denmark

Sailor Hannibal Christensen - 15.03.1859 Aalborg, Denmark (Survived)

Sailor Laurids Nielsen - 17.05.1876 Haderslev, Denmark (Survived)

Sailor Jørgen Peter Poffler - 01.10.1876 Marstal, Denmark

Deckhand Carl J. Erichson - Carlshamn, Sweden (Survived)

Deckhand Peder Christian Pedersen - Aning, Denmark (Survived)

Stoker Ole Rasmusen - Odense, Denmark (Survived)

Stoker Julius Georg Byssing - 07.01.1856 Copenhagen, Denmark

Stoker Martin P. Christensen - Ørum, Denmark

Stoker Christian Poulsen – Helsingør, Denmark

Stoker Per Wicklund/Viglund - Sweden (Survived)

Stoker Anton M. P. Lindfors - Sweden

Stoker Carl Anderson - Sweden

Stoker Martin H. Svensson - Sweden

Stoker Gerhard M Hjorth - Sweden

Stoker Anders Jacobsen Torp – 07.06.1884 Vejersted, Denmark

Stoker Christen P Knudsen - Selsø, Denmark

Stoker Valdemar Emil Heimann - Copenhagen, Denmark (Survived)

Stoker Johannes V. Sørensen - Copenhagen, Denmark

Stoker Niels Pedersen - Viborg, Denmark

Mechanic Jensen

Steward Karl A. Rasmussen - Copenhagen, Denmark

1st Cook Albert C. Krull - Marstal, Denmark

2nd Cook Peter Lassen/Larsen - Aalborg, Denmark (Survived)

1st Baker Carl Laurits G. Olsen - Nyborg, Denmark

2nd Baker Carl Mathiesen - Copenhagen, Denmark

1st Galley boy Bernhard Petersen - Copenhagen, Denmark (Survived)

2nd Galley boy Villiam Jensen - Copenhagen, Denmark

3rd Galley boy Carl Christian Svenningsen - Copenhagen, Denmark

Waiter Victor F. E. Petersen - Copenhagen, Denmark

Waiter Viggo J. Jensen - Copenhagen, Denmark

Waiter Johannes Th. H. Madsen - Copenhagen, Denmark

Waiter Vilhelm Nør - Copenhagen, Denmark

Waiter Jensenius Klindt - Copenhagen, Denmark

Waiter Heinrik H. P. Berg - Tårnby, Denmark

Waiter Andreas B. P. Larsen - Germany

Waiter Valdemar Olsen - Roskilde, Denmark

Waiter Harald Wilne - Vordingborg, Denmark

Waiter Søren Sørensen - Holeby, Denmark

Waiter Herman Honoree - Fredericia, Denmark

Waiter Carl Thermeden - Ferslev, Denmark

Cabin boy Carl Norup - (Survived)

Mess room waiter Ludvig Larsen - Hals, Denmark (Survived)

Physician’s assistant Thorvald Fruberg - Vandborg, Denmark (Survived)

Middle deck cabin boy Valdemar Hein - Copenhagen, Denmark (Survived)

1st Stewerdess Marie Hennings - 17.11.1878 Venø, Denmark

2nd Stewerdess Augusta S. Østmann - Sweden

Steward Johannes Christensen - Hobro Denmark

A list of Norwegian passengers can be found here!