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Probably Sir William MCMILLAN (1850 - 1926) adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcmillan-sir-william-1105 www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/members.nsf/0/d1f... According to records.ancestry.com/helen_rosamond_mcmillan_records.ashx... Rosamond (Helen Rosamond McMillan) was born in Randwick, Australia on 11 Oct 1895 to William McMillan and Helen Maria Gibson. From The Register (Adelaide) Friday 4 April 1924 trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/64203133 "Mr. H. H. Ainsworth, known on the stage as Frank Harvey, and at present leading man to Miss Emelie Polini at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, was on Thursday married to Miss Rosamond McMillan, daughter of Sir William McMillan. The bride, is a member of the Emelie Polini company." records.ancestry.com/marian_jocelyn_mcmillan_records.ashx... indicates that Jocelyn (Marian Jocelyn McMillan) was born in Randwick, Australia on 18 Sep 1894 to William McMillan and Helen Maria Gibson. Marian Jocelyn married Herman Petrus Gunnar and had 2 children. She passed away on 1949 in Riverside, Illinois, USA.

The evening world. (New York, N.Y.), 04 Dec. 1916, page 2, col. 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1916-12-04/ed-... reported the arrival of Sir William Mcmillan on the Ryndam, en route from Europe home to Australia.

A short biography of Lady Helen Maria McMillan (1863–1937) is in adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mcmillan-lady-helen-maria-11420. (According to records.ancestry.com/helen_maria_gibson_records.ashx?pid=..., she died in 1939)

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Thanks swanq, we'll add their full names to our catalog record.

On board the Rotterdam

Probably Tilly Koenen (1873-1941), a Dutch mezzo-soprano See www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl/en/collections/357 Photo at www.nederlandsmuziekinstituut.nl/en/archives/list-of-musi... seems like a match, although taken when she was younger.

Location looks familiar -- see

NYT of Oct 29, 1916 (bottom of column 5 in PDF of article) query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9404E1DA113CE733A... Indicates that Tilly Koenen would be singing in a concert season just announced by the Society of the Friends of Music. The San Francisco call., March 20, 1910, Page 31 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85066387/1910-03-20/ed-... is a full page about her, with photos. The Weekly times-record., September 14, 1916, col 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89074274/1916-09-14/ed-... reports that Tilly Koenen, "will not be able to book passage for America until late November."

According to fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Evenin..., she arrived on October 31, 1916 on the Noordam, together with George E. Eager and J. Urlus.

the rings show this is the SS Rotterdam. 5 boats might indicate Rotterdam III, however her service dates were 1897-1906, so it is probably Rotterdam IV 1908-1940 which would mean 2 more boats would be to the right of the ones shown.

On closer inspection, the ring (flotation devices?) indicate the S.S. STATENDAM. Do you think that this is the correct ship? Could the following also be the Statendam? flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2787140790

It's really difficult to say. When I sharpen and enlarge this one it looks more like Statendam, When I do the other one it looks more like Rotterdam. Both ships are very similar is size and layout so it is probably impossible to say for sure, though I think it is most likely Statendam based on having 5 lifeboats in the photo and not 6.

Hello nudecowboy, If you haven't already, be sure to check out the higher resolution TIFF file at the persistent URL above. Much more detail. Thanks!