A matron is simply a married woman. (When applied to someone in charge of the domestic arrangements of an institution, the person would not in fact need to be married for this term to apply.) In a message dated 14/01/2009 19:25:28 GMT Standard Time, AMilb36287@aol.com writes: The UK Incoming Passenger Lists on Ancestry show the "Umbria" arriving in Liverpool from New York in 1901. The "profession, occupation or calling" of the English woman I'm interested is given as "matron"; she's 30 and traveled in the second cabin. Best wishes, Margaret McGregor.