RMS City of Chester
List of Saloon Passengers
Mrs. Blande Mr. R. F. Mason Miss Edith Blande Mr. G. W. Mumford Mrs. F. E. Blake Mrs. S. H. Newhouse 2 Children and Nurse 2 Children Mr. Booth Infant and Nurse Mrs. Booth Mr. James Nicholson Mr. J. Bentley Mrs. Noroff Mrs. Bentley Mr. J. G. Nutting Mr. R. D. Batchelor Mrs. Mary Orohoe Mr. John Batchelor Mr. John Paton Mr. Campbell Mr. J. B. Platt Mr. William Clapham Dr. John Quin Mr. William Druyff Mr. B. F. Rees Mr. G. Falck Mrs. G. D. Roberts Madame Pyne Galton Miss Lulu Roberts Mr. B. Gerrish Jun. and Manservant Mr. E. B. Haldan Mr. John Souther Mr. B. Haldan Mr. Elizur Smith Mrs. Haldan Mrs. Smith Miss Haldan Mr. Charles W. Stead Mr W. F. Jackson Mr. James S. Stead Miss H. Lieber Mr. E. W. Truscott Mr. Frank B. Littlejohn Mrs. A. A. Tafft Mrs. Littlejohn and Maid Mr. Manuel Lopez Mr. Henry Vaughan Mr. Ignacio Leon Mr. Abel Vaughan Mrs. Mann Mr. Joseph Webb Miss Mann Mrs. Webb Mr. Walter A. MacGregor Miss Caroline Webb Mrs. MacGregor Dr. Wilting Mr. Martin Mrs. Wilting Contributor's Family - Nicholson & Clapman James Frederick Nicholson, a fairly well-to-do 'Provisioner' from North Shields, Northumberland County, descended from a long line of stockmen, butchers and provisioners, had married Mary Ann Clapham, which resulted in 3 boys and 5 girls. The economy of Britain was changing and he was interested in finding a way for his boys to have 'land' of their own. So he, and his brother-in-law William Clapham set out to see what was available to them in "America". Hence the trip to visit xxx for about 3 weeks and then back to Britain, purchasing something if it felt the right thing for him to do. We have some letters he wrote back to his wife, and while he did see some places that he quite liked he felt the asking prices too high at that time to be profitable to his liking. [All but two of the children did end-up in Canada, one in Ontario in the lumber business in around 1887 then into farming in Manitoba farming 1889, another in Manitoba farming in 1893 both on excellent land purchased by their father in 1887 (another trip we suppose); one daughter married and remained in England, the other three either married and came to Canada or visited the "farms" in Manitoba and met their future husbands. James Frederick Nicholson is my wife's great grandfather, as her grandfather, "chemist" (pharmacist) married the youngest daughter, then emigrated to Victoria, British Columbia. They actually had bookings on the Titanic but my wife's father arrived to soon (prematurely) on April 8th, 1912 so they were able to transfer their passage to the next Cunard ship leaving! Quite fortunate for them! Marshall Price
Souvenir passenger booklet of voyage (original is the property of Mary Christine Reid,
passenger James Nicholson's grand-daughter)
Contributed by Marshall Price,
homepage http://members.shaw.ca/pricem
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13 June 2003
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