California Shipwrecks

Brother Jonathan Exhibit - Passenger List

Passenger List of the Brother Jonathan:
On her final voyage just before sinking off the coast of Del Norte County, California

(Source: California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea, by Don. B. Marshall, Superior Publishing Company, Seattle)

Passengers

B. Matherson (Mathewson?)-body recovered at Chetco, Ore.
Mrs. Luckey, 2 children
Major E. W. Eddy, USA
G. Canel
Moses Beitier
Joseph Orseli
H. Definnie
George W. Annis
J. Strong-body recovered
S. P. Craig
Mary A. Tweedale (Altree)-saved
Patrick Dwyer
John Adams
2 unknown Indians
R. S. Manly
Henry Abrams
Thomas Gullan
C. Bisner
Issac Weil-body recovered
Ed De Rutte
Mrs. Mina Bernhart and child-saved
Mrs. Martha Stott and son-saved
Mrs. Martha E. Wilder-saved
Mr. Leach, orderly to Gen. Wright-body recovered
E. J. Lount (Lonate)-body recovered
D. Parrish-body recovered
Joseph Lord (Wells Fargo messenger)
J. Anchoine-body recovered
William Perkins-body recovered
Robert M. Frazer
John R. Craig
William Bilinsky (Billmisky)
J. S. Bonn
Mrs. Woodlock
Conrad Adams
Fred A. Pound
Gilman Cilndruaid
James Lynch
A. Ingraham, M.D., USA
James P. Richards-body recovered
Victor Smith (he was a recent survivor of the GOLDEN RULE wreck at Roncador Reef, Ec. and was just recovering)
Miss E. P. Snow
James Connell
J. G. Gar and wife
Miss Shiser, nurse-body recovered
M. L. Hefron
George W. Pollock (survivor of WASHOE explosion)-body recovered
Charles C. Northrop
J. C. Hunsaker
Mrs. A. C. Brooks
Miss Hensley
William Logan and wife
Mrs. C. Fountani, daughter and child
D. C. Rowell, wife and 4 children-Mr. and Mrs. bodies recovered
A. A. Stone, wife and infant- Mrs. body recovered
Mrs. J. Stanford
Mrs. James Church
Mrs. Wendell and child
P. Leffer
Gen. G. H. Wright and wife-bodies recovered
Lt. E. D. Waite, USA
Miss Mary Berry-body recovered at Eureka
S. Meyer
David McHendle
A. L. Styles and wife
W. M. Logan and servant
James Nesbit-body recovered, 7 miles at sea
James Trites (Frietes)-body recovered
M. Crawford
T. Dawson
Miss Mary Place
Mrs. Stackpole, infant and child
J. Wheil
Anna Craig
Mrs. Lee and infant-possibly the Chinese woman and child who were saved
A. C. Henry, Gov. of the Washington Territory
L. G. Tuttle
B. H. Sone, wife and infant-Mr. and Mrs. bodies recovered
Capt. Chaddock, USRS
Joe Lane
Mrs. Jno C. Keenan and 7 ladies
S. B. Morgan
S. N. Luckey, wife and child
Miss Forbes
Charles M. Belden
Albert Micklett
George Wedekind
Joseph Berton
Thomas Moyle and wife
B. Mathewson-body recovered at Chetco, Ore.
J. S. Geddes

Ship's Crew

Samuel J. DeWolf, Captain
W. H. Allen, 1st Officer
J. D. Campbell, 2nd Officer
James Patterson, 3rd Officer-survived
John S. Benton, purser
Albert Dyer, freight clerk-body recovered
Elijah Mott, chief engineer
J. Francis, 2nd engineer
G. White, 1st engineer
William Anderson, oiler
G. W. Hill (Hall), 3rd engineer
Patrick Lynn (Linn), fireman-survived
A. Collenburg, fireman
Frederick Malers, fireman
Arthur Harvey, fireman
J. Thompson, fireman
William Lowery, fireman
John Hensley, fireman
John Gorman, coal passer
John Clinton, coal passer
John Hilton, coal passer
James Perkins, seaman
Jacob Yates, seaman-survived
Henry Walker, seaman
A. Gonzels (Gonzalas), seaman
William Penn, seaman
L. Domingo, seaman
J. Silva, seaman
William Foster, seaman
Frederick Douglas, seaman
James Fowler, seaman
D. Deas, pantryman
Thomas Tierney, porter
Henry Miller, baker-survived
Ed Shields (William Shields), waiter-survived
Charles Rice, waiter
Manuel Herrlia, waiter
C. F. Laurend, watchman
Richard Daulton, steward
H. G. Brown, steward
David Farrell, steerage steward-survived
John Miller, pantryman
Charles Law, cook-body recovered
James Law, cook
Henry Lee, cook
C. Stevenson, stewardess
John Hutton, cabin boy
Armand Lee, cabin boy
Edward Franklin, cabin boy
Lewis Johnson, cabin boy
John Foster, cabin boy
Mateo Salinas, cabin boy
Steven Moran, cabin boy-survived
John Welch, cabin boy