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. At first I thought she was a head nurse or something similar, but then I noticed that on the same page of the manifest, out of about 40 passengers there are 9 matrons (others are husband, wife, child, student, salesman, spinster, merchant, clerk, manufacturer, etc.). The same goes for other pages for this ship; there's no indication of it being a hospital ship. Could "matron" have another meaning? Thank you! Alejandro Milberg Boston, Mass. **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

Are there groups of children, or a large group of children travelling without parents? If so I would think these "matrons" might be the people in charge of these children. Otherwise I don't have a clue. Ruth At 2:24 PM -0500 1/14/09, AMilb36287@aol.com wrote: >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. > >At first I thought she was a head nurse or something similar, but then I >noticed that on the same page of the manifest, out of about 40 passengers >there >are 9 matrons (others are husband, wife, child, student, salesman, spinster, >merchant, clerk, manufacturer, etc.). The same goes for other pages for this >ship; there's no indication of it being a hospital ship. Could "matron" have >another meaning? > >Thank you! > >Alejandro Milberg >Boston, Mass. -- Ruth Barton mrgjb@sover.net Dummerston, VT