SS Cameronia Passenger List - 6 September 1913
Front Cover of a Saloon Passenger List for the SS Cameronia of the Anchor Line, Departing Saturday, 6 September 1913 from Glasgow to New York via Moville, Commanded by Captain Walter Baxter. The ship arrived in New York on 14 August 1913. GGA Image ID # 1fc6ec1356
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Walter Baxter
- Surgeon: D. A. McCurdy, F. R. C. S
- Purser: Thos. Tulloch
- Chief Steward: Charles Gordon
- Stewardess: Mrs. Craigie
- Stewardess: Miss Dunn
- Stewardess: Miss McGregor
- Stewardess: Mrs. Bowie
- Stewardess: Miss Britton
Saloon Passengers
- Mrs. Ida Adams
- Miss Murray Adams
- Miss Ellonine Adams
- Mrs. Christina Adamson
- Miss Annie C. Addison
- Miss Kate Alexander
- Miss Blanche Alexander
- Miss Annie Alexander
- Miss Jenny W. Allan
- Mr. James Allan
- Dr. Louis Ancker
- Mrs. Ancker
- Miss Annie Anderson
- Miss Emily Applegate
- Mr. Cameron V. Bailey
- Mrs. Bailey
- Miss Baird
- Miss. Gladys P. Barker
- Mrs. E. R. Barker
- Miss Ellen Barry
- Miss Ada Battersby
- Mr. Andrew Beatty
- Mr. Thomas Beatty
- Miss Bessie Belfield
- Mrs. Pellinger
- Mr. Saul Bercott
- Mr. Walter S. Blake
- Mr. W. B. Bolmer
- Mr. M. T. Bolmer
- Miss Katherine Boyce
- Miss Katherine Brook
- Mr. Thomas P. Brophy
- Mrs. Lawson Brown
- Master Lawson Brown
- Dr. Albert P. Brubaker
- Mrs. Brubaker
- Dr. Caldwell
- Miss Caldwell
- Mr. John A. Carlisle
- Miss Nora M. Caroe
- Miss Juliette E. Castles
- Mr. S. Cathcart
- Miss Cathcart
- Mr. Isaac Chambers
- Mrs. R. H. Clancy
- Miss Rena H. Clarke
- Miss Nan G. Clarke
- Mr. G. Davidson Coleman
- Mr. C. C. Connell
- Mrs. Connell
- Miss Bridget Connolly
- Rev. James Conway, D.D.
- Mrs. Conway
- Miss Josephine Cosby
- Mrs. William F. Crerand
- Miss Mary E. Crook
- Mr. John H. Davey
- Mrs. Davey
- Master Ernest Davey
- Mrs. William Deer
- Miss Margaret Deer
- Miss H. M. Dean
- Miss Sarah F. Demarest
- Mr. James M. Dewey
- Mrs. Dewey New York
- Miss M. H. Dickson
- Miss Eleanor Diggs
- Mr. Joseph Donald
- Mr. Martin J. Doyle
- Mrs. Doyle
- Miss Martha Drake
- Miss Agnes K. Duncan
- Miss Margaret C. Duncan
- Mrs. G. W. Eastman
- Mrs. Mary C. Elder
- Mr. Devereux Emmet
- Mrs. Emmet
- Mr. Devereux Emmet, Jr.
- Miss Sarah Lee Evans
- Mrs. D. Farquhar
- Dr. W. B. Featherstone
- Mrs. Featherstone
- Miss Ethel R. Fifield
- Mr. Richard M. Fleming
- Mr. Richard J. Fleming
- Mr. David Freeman
- Mrs. Mary D. Freeman
- Miss Elizabeth K. Fulton
- Mr. John Gallagher
- Mrs. Gallagher
- Mrs. Irene Gardner
- Miss Lois D. Gaskill
- Mr. Frank Gebbie
- Miss Gebbie
- Mrs. J. G. Geddes
- Master Ross C. Geddes
- Master Alexander L. Geddes
- Miss Margaret C. Geddes
- Rev. William M. Geer
- Miss Gertrude M. Geer
- Miss Cornelia F. Geer
- Mr. Harold Geoghegan
- Right Rev. R. A. Gibson
- Miss Lucy F. Gibson
- Miss Mary Gibson
- Mr. John M. Gilchrist
- Mrs. Gilchrist
- Miss Gilchrist
- Miss Adele Goldsmith
- Mr. David Graham
- Mrs. Graham
- Miss Susan Graham
- Mr. Malcolm Graham
- Mr. Haldane Graham
- Mr. Douglas Graham
- Rev. Donald M. Grant
- Mrs. Alice M. Graman
- Miss Nannie Grant
- Miss Mildred E. Green
- Mr. Gilbert H. Grosvenor
- Mrs. Grosvenor
- Master Melville B. Grosvenor
- Miss Gertrude H. Grosvenor
- Miss Mabel Grosvenor
- Dr. Gordon R. Hall
- Mrs. Margaret C. Hall
- Mr. George A. Hamlin
- Mrs. Hamlin
- Mr. Julian Hamlin
- Mr. James Hannan
- Miss Mabelle Harbeson
- Mrs. A. B. Harper
- Master A. B. Harper
- Miss Mary A. Harper
- Mr. Albert B. Hart
- Mrs. Hart
- Mr. A. B. Hart, Jr.
- Mr. Adrian P. Hart
- Mrs. Hastings H. Hart
- Rev. George H. Harvey
- Mrs. Harvey
- Master George Harvey
- Mr. Nicholas Healy
- Miss Nellie Henderson
- Mr. John Henderson
- Mr. Wm. F. Hendrickson
- Miss K. Hogan
- Miss Dora Howe
- Mr. Fred S. Hughes
- Mrs. Hughes
- Miss Helen Humphrey
- Capt. J. B. Dalzell Hunter
- Miss Hurst
- Mr. A. Ibrahim
- Mr. Robert Innis
- Mr. Albert John Innis
- Sister Mary Isabel
- Miss Lillie James
- Mr. Lewis H. Johnson
- Mrs. Johnson
- Mrs. Louie Jourdain
- Mr. Henry P. Journeay
- Mrs. Journeay
- Mr. William F. Kennedy
- Mrs. Kennedy
- Mrs. J. W. Kinnear
- Miss Jeannette Kinnear
- Miss Esther Kinnear
- Miss Jean M. Kirk
- Miss Hazel M. Kirk
- Miss Harriet M. Klussman
- Miss Kraft
- Mrs. Helen M. Kristensen
- Mr. R. A. Lambert
- Mr. George Lang
- Mrs. Lang
- Miss Barbara Lang
- Mrs. Susan M. Langbein
- Mr. Edward Law
- Mr. J. L. Lawson
- Miss E. L. Ledwich
- Mr. G. E. Lippincott
- Mr. Robert Logan
- Miss Minnie F. Logan
- Miss Beatrice L. Logan
- Miss Maisie Logie
- Mr. Samuel H. Longley
- Miss Mary E. Longley
- Mr. M. Luttges
- Mrs. Luttges
- Mr. Elias A. Lyon
- Mrs. Lyon
- Mr. Andrew McAllister
- Miss Annie E. McAlister
- Mrs. Camille McBan
- Mrs. Claude E. McCabe
- Mr. J. G. McCallum
- Mr. H. McCarney
- Mrs. McCarney
- Dr. John A. McCorkle
- Mr. Whitford L. McDowell
- Miss Madeline C. McDuff
- Mr. William McEwan
- Mr. A. G. McGregor
- Miss McGuire
- Miss Bessie B. McIntyre
- Miss M. McKinney
- Mrs. Alma MacManus
- Rev. F. A. McMillen
- Mrs. McMillen
- Rev. Peter McMillan
- Mrs. McMillan
- Mr. George F. Macharniss
- Miss Edith Magrath
- Miss Margaret Magrath
- Miss Mary E. Mallette
- Mrs. Nellie C. Marsh
- Mr. Wm. N. C. Marsh
- Mr. Frank R. Martin
- Mr. William L. Mason
- Miss Clara M. Matthews
- Miss Henrietta Matthews
- Mr. William J. Michael
- Miss Kathleen Mills
- Miss Isabella M. Moffat
- Dr. Daniel M. Molloy
- Miss F. Molloy
- Mr. John Morrison, Jr.
- Dr. Elizabeth M. Mosher
- Dr. J. B. Murphy
- Mr. John L. Murray
- Mrs. Murray
- Miss Cassie Murray
- Miss Dora L. Newman
- Mr. Thomas J. O'Donohoe
- Mr. Charles W. Ostrom
- Mrs. Ostrom
- Miss Anna M. Ostrom
- Master Warren Ostrom
- Rev. John M. Page
- Miss Joe Paterson
- Mr. Anders Pedersen
- Miss Gladys E. Perry
- Mrs. Charles J. Phillips
- Mr. F. H. Pickard
- Mrs. Pickard
- Master John L. Pickard
- Miss Plant
- Miss Margaret Pond
- Mr. Andrew Purvis
- Mr. Carl Rath
- Mrs. Rath
- Miss Evelyn I. Reed
- Mrs. H. C. Reid
- Miss Edna Reid
- Master Huxley Reid
- Miss Mary E. Reilly
- Mr. Alfred A. Ritchie
- Mrs. Ritchie
- Miss Bartow Robertson
- Mr. Andrew Robertson
- Mrs. Robertson
- Miss Isabel M. Robertson
- Master Alastair M. Robertson
- Miss Catherine M. Robertson
- Mr. James K. Robinson
- Mrs. Robinson
- Miss Annie E. Robinson
- Miss Kathleen Robinson
- Mrs. W. A. Ross
- Miss Olive M. Ross
- Miss Jennie D. Ross
- Mrs. Margaret Rowley
- Mrs. Rowley Russell
- Mr. J. Sarver
- Miss Henrietta Seavey
- Miss Leta M. Scholze
- Mr. Samuel A. Sharp
- Miss Katherine W. Sharp
- Mr. John T. Sheehan
- Mr. A. Shenudah
- Miss Bessie A. Smith
- Mr. Randolph Smith
- Mr. Nicholas M. Smith
- Mrs. Smith
- Mr. Alexander Pyott Spence
- Mrs. Pyott Spence
- Master Harold Spence
- Mrs. Elvira C. Stanley
- Miss Helen M. Stanley
- Mrs. Anastasia Steuart
- Mr. James Stewart
- Mrs. Mary R. McD. Stickney
- Miss Jean B. Stuart
- Miss Florence J. Sutherland
- Miss Berenice Swift
- Mr. Walter H. Taylor
- Mrs. Taylor
- Mr. Ernest J. M. Thomson
- Miss Margaret A. Timmons
- Mrs. George Turnbull
- Miss Agnes Turnbull
- Miss Wafer
- Miss Wafer
- Miss Wafer
- Miss Wafer
- Mr. John Wagner, Jr.
- Miss Nell O. Waldo
- Mr. John E. Walsh
- Mrs. John R. Walsh
- Miss Mary Walsh
- Miss Libbie Walsh
- Miss Aida Watrous
- Mr. Forbes Watson
- Mrs. Watson
- Miss Isabel L. Watson
- Miss R. Anna Webb
- Mrs. D. D. Webster
- Mr. Alexander F. Wemple
- Mrs. West
- Miss Ella L. West
- Miss Mary West
- Miss Daisy Whyte
- Miss Mary J. Wilhoite
- Mr. T. Wilson
- Miss M. Winston
- Mr. John Young
- Mrs. Young
- Miss Sarah R. Young
- Miss Alice Young
- Mrs. Jane Young
Information for Passengers
SALOON
Meals will be served in the Saloon at the following times: Breakfast from 8 to 10: Luncheon at 1 p.m., and Dinner at 6:30. Supper, if required, will be served before 10 o'clock.
The Bar will be closed at 11 p.m. and the Smoke Room at 11:30 p.m.
The Chief Steward has the arrangement of the seats at the table.
Music Room Steward is provided with Telegraph Forms, Stamps, etc.
Telegrams and Letters for dispatch are to be handed to this Official (fully prepaid) one hour before leaving Moville. This Official will also provide Railway Time Tables for the use of Passengers.
Divine Service may be held (once) on Sunday,
Dogs: Passengers are notified that dogs can only be landed in Great Britain if a license has been previously procured from the Board of Agriculture, London. License forms can only be obtained by direct application to the department before the dog is taken on board. Dogs may be taken on specific dates and by special agreement only.
Baggage: All inquiries regarding baggage should be made to the Second Steward.
Trunks, Wraps, etc., will be received, stored, and shipped by the Company for the return voyage. The Second Steward will provide Passengers with Initial Labels for Boxes to facilitate baggage examination on landing.
Steamer Chairs may be hired from the Deck Steward at $1.00 for the voyage—printed receipt to be obtained by Passengers for this hire.
Valuables: The Company is not responsible for the loss of money or valuables. The Purser will be glad to place such in his safe if Passengers so desire. As no charge is made for carriage, the Company cannot accept any responsibility for loss or damage, however arising, but Passengers can protect themselves by Insurance.
Official Receipts: Passengers should obtain a receipt on the Company's form for any additional Passage Money or Freight paid on board.
Londonderry Passengers: Passengers joining Steamers for New York at Londonderry must be at our Office by 3 o'clock Afternoon on the day Steamers leave Glasgow.
Customs: Tobacco, cigars, etc. wines, spirits, and perfumery are liable to duty on being brought into the United Kingdom. The smallest quantities should be declared to the Customs authorities when required. Reprints of copyrighted books and music will be confiscated.
Surgeon.—Each Steamer carries an experienced Surgeon, who is authorized to make customary charges, subject to the approval of the Commander, for treating Saloon Passengers at their request for any illness not originating on board the ship. In the case of sickness contracted on board, no charge will be made, and medicine will be provided for free.
Track Chart and Memorandum of Log (Unused), SS Cameronia Saloon Passenger List, 6 September 1913. GGA Image ID # 1fc6892f8b
Passenger List Information
Item Description
- Original Saloon Passenger List from the SS Cameronia, dated 6 September 1913.
- Includes names of passengers and ship officers, along with travel details.
- Features information for passengers, onboard services, and ship policies.
- Includes a track chart and memorandum of log (unused).
Key Features
- Detailed list of Saloon Class passengers, reflecting a range of social and professional backgrounds.
- Commanded by Captain Walter Baxter, with a distinguished crew, including experienced stewardesses and a surgeon.
- Voyage from Glasgow to New York via Moville, showcasing a key transatlantic immigration route.
- Historical insight into early 20th-century ocean liner travel, including onboard accommodations and passenger services.
Historical and Design Highlights
- The SS Cameronia was a vital transatlantic liner for the Anchor Line, part of the growing migration wave to the United States.
- Luxury accommodations for Saloon Class passengers, catering to business travelers, professionals, and social elites.
- Shipboard policies included onboard medical care, designated smoking and music rooms, and structured meal services.
- Passengers received customs information, highlighting the transition from European to American regulations upon arrival.
Notable Passengers (VIP Travelers)
- Dr. Louis Ancker – Likely a prominent medical professional, traveling with his wife.
- Dr. Albert P. Brubaker – A well-known physician and medical author, contributing to medical literature.
- Rev. James Conway, D.D. – Distinguished religious leader, reflecting the role of clergy in transatlantic travel.
- Right Rev. R. A. Gibson – High-ranking church official, possibly engaged in ecclesiastical affairs.
- Gilbert H. Grosvenor (1875–1966) – Editor of *National Geographic Magazine*, instrumental in expanding its influence.
- Devereux Emmet (1861–1934) – Renowned golf course architect, instrumental in designing many classic American courses.
- Dr. J. B. Murphy – A distinguished surgeon, likely associated with significant medical advancements.
Historical Significance
The SS Cameronia was a key vessel in early 20th-century transatlantic travel, bridging Europe and America during a period of significant migration and economic expansion. This passenger list provides an authentic snapshot of the time, with prominent professionals, clergy, and social figures making the voyage. The list also offers insight into onboard accommodations, reflecting the luxury and structure of ocean liner travel before World War I.
