Pender Troupe Passenger Manifests – The home of Dave and Ruth Simpson

Inspired by Poppy Dixon’s data from Ellis Island, I downloaded a list showing all Lomases and all Penders listed on the site.

I then looked for likely entries and followed them up as well as I could. I have picked up some of the other members of the troupe because their fares were paid by Bob Pender or Robert Lomas, but I may have missed someone.

Note that where details are unclear I use a question mark (?) to indicate that I’m not sure of how I’ve transcribed it.

Arrival Date	Name	Ship	Age	Profession	Next of Kin	Image Line No.	LH Page	RH Page
22/03/1911	Robert Pender	SS Oceanic	39y 3mo	Pantomimist	Mrs Pender (Mother) 40a Barker St., Oldham	20	View	View
	Maggie Pender		33	Pantomimist	-do-	21
	WIlliam Pender		22	Pantomimist	-do-	22
	Hugh Thomas McKay		26?y 10mo	Comedian	Father: Thos McKay	03
	Christopher Lanti?		19	Pantomimist	Father: M Lanti	26
	Henry John Safferi		22	Comedian Actor	Father: Mr Safferi	10	View	View

1920/07/28	Robert Lomas	SS Olympic	48	Artist	Margaret Pender 247 Brixton Rd, London	22	View	View
	Archibald Alec Leach		16	Artist	C Leach 70 Kingsdown Parade, Kingsdown, Bristol	19	View	View
	Albert William Dewbury		36	Artist	Alice Dewbury 19 Dannon Rd, Manor Place, Walworth, London	02	View	View
	Joh Barnes		39	Artist	Margaret Barnes 5 Maryfield, Portobello, Edinburgh	22
	Leslie Brooks		16	Artist	W Brookes 13 Park Street, Oldham	24
	Patrick Frederick Harper		22	Artiste	Theatres	18	View	View
	Henry John Hart		18	Artiste	Henry John Hart 43 Hawks Road, Surbiton, Surrey	19	View	View
	John Charles Natman		24	Artist	53 Elliot Row, St Georges Rd, London	02	View	View
	William Minchie Smith		23?	Artist	Sadie P Smith 20 Leaf St, Mase St, Manchester	22	View	View

1921/02/22	Robert Lomas	SS Aquitania	49	Variety Artiste	Relation: Mrs Ratcliffe 40a Barker St. Oldham	15	View	View
	Margaret Lomas		43	Variety Artiste		16	View	View

1921/04/13	Thomas Lomas (Robert’s brother)	SS Olympic	55?	Music Hall Artiste	Mrs Lomas 40a Barker St. Oldham	12	View	View
	Doris Wilhelmina Lomas		??	Music Hall Artiste	Grandmother: Mrs Radcliffe(?) 40a Barker St. Oldham	11	View	View

1922/05/22	Margaret Lomas	SS Olympic	35	Wife	Mrs Ratcliffe 40a Barker St. Oldham	03	View	View

1923/02/07	Robert Lomas	SS Olympic	51	Music Hall Artist	Mother: Mrs Lomas 40a Barker St. Oldham	24	View	View

1926/06/26	Helena Lomas To meet husband Mr Thomas Lomas – Hippodrome Theatre, NY	SS Celtic	23	Housewife	Father: Mr Edward Jones 115 Hope St. Salford	15	View	View