Brains, Believers, and Brass: The SS Cameronia’s 5 July 1924 Crossing from New York to Glasgow” 🧠✝️🎖️
Front Cover, Saloon and Second Class Passenger List from the SS Cameronia of the Anchor Steamship Line, Departing Saturday, 5 July 1924, from New York and Boston to Glasgow via Londonderry, Commanded by Captain William J. Walter. GGA Image ID # 2170701534
SS Cameronia (Anchor Line) — Voyage Review & Summary (5 July 1924)
Ship & Route. Anchor Line’s TSS Cameronia (the second ship of this name) sailed 5 July 1924 from New York and Boston to Glasgow via Londonderry (Moville), under Captain William J. Walter. This was a classic west-east, summer return service, mixing tourists, students, clergy, professionals, and families. Mid-1920s crossings like this one often doubled as a cultural shuttle: Americans “doing Britain,” Scots and Irish returning from business or visiting kin, and academics looping Europe before fall term. 🗽➡️🏴
Key Dates & Logistics.
Departure: 5 July 1924 (NYC/Boston).
Route: NYC/BOS → Moville (Londonderry) → Glasgow (Yorkhill).
Classes carried: Saloon and Second Class (no steerage by this date).
Onboard tech: Marconi wireless; library; barber; set meal seatings and Sunday divine service—very 1920s transatlantic.
About the Ship (quick specs & career highlights)
Launched: 1919–1920 by William Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir; entered Anchor Line’s Glasgow–New York service in 1921.
Type/size: Oil-fired, twin-screw passenger liner (~16,365 GRT).
Operator: Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.), part of the Cunard–Anchor–Donaldson pooling during the 1920s.
Later history (context): Requisitioned 1940 as a troopship; postwar renamed Empire Clyde before disposal—useful backdrop for students comparing interwar vs. wartime service.
Ship Feature Box—SS Cameronia (1921 service entry)
Launched/Completed: 1919–1920 (William Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir). Entered service 1921.
Operator: Anchor Line (Henderson Bros.).
Typical Route: Glasgow–Moville–New York (with seasonal New York/Boston turnarounds).
Voyage Date: 5 July 1924 (this list).
Notable/Unusual: Large one-class/second-class emphasis in later years; robust Marconi wireless; later dramatic WWII troopship service as Cameronia and, postwar, Empire Clyde, underscoring the dual civilian/military life cycle of liners.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Commander: Captain William J. Walter
- Chief Officer: Alex Kesson
- Chief Engineer: Robt. Greenshields
- Surgeon: Wm. H. Borrie
- Purser: R. Johnston
- Chief Steward: Walter MacKay
Saloon Passengers
- Mrs. Frances Allport
- Mr. John H. Andrews
- Mrs. Andrews
- Mr. John H. Andrews, Jr.
- Mrs. Elizabeth F. Baker
- Mr. Bauer Mrs. Bauer
- Miss Bessie M. Brackett
- Mr. Joseph P. Bradley
- Master Peter Eugene Bradley
- Mrs. Charles F. Burroughs
- Miss Loraine M. Burroughs
- Dr. William C. Calhoun
- Mrs. Calhoun
- Miss Jean Calhoun
- Miss Betty Calhoun
- Mr. John B. Charleton
- Mr. Henry Chittick
- Capt. Clark
- Mrs. Clark and nurse
- Hon. William H. Comley
- Mrs. Comley
- Mr. William Crawford
- Miss Agnes Crookshanks
- Mr. B. V. Degen
- Mrs. Degen
- Mr. Daniel Dever
- Capt. J. P. Duguid
- Mrs. Gallagher
- Mrs. S. J. George
- Mr. P. W. R. Glover
- Mrs. Glover
- Miss Patricia R. Glover
- Miss Lois R. Glover
- Mrs. C. Gregg
- Miss A. Lilian Hadden
- Mrs. Emma W. Hamilton
- Miss Elizabeth Hamilton
- Mrs. George F. Hewitt
- Mr. Alexander Jamieson
- Major Charles McConic
- Mrs. McConic
- Miss Frances McConic
- Mr. John H. McCunn
- Mrs. McCunn
- Mrs. Janet C. McDonald
- Miss Annie McDonald
- Mr. Michael McGlunn
- Mrs. W. D. McGregor
- Miss Margot McGregor
- Master Ramsey McGregor
- Miss Nell McKinn
- Dr. G. C. Parker
- Mrs. Parker
- Mrs. W. J. Patterson
- Mrs. Maud B. Pattin
- Miss Dorothy Reed
- Mr. T. J. Riddell
- Mrs. Dora P. Riddell
- Mrs. Margaret R. Rockhill
- Mr. H. N. Saxton
- Mr. J. A. Smith
- Miss Margaret Steel
- Miss J. F. Stokes
- Miss M. K. Stokes
- Dr. Douglas Symmes
- Mr. James K. Symmers
- Miss Rita Waters
- Miss Elizabeth Waters
- Mr. J. E. Watson
- Mr. Thomas Weir
- Miss Eliza Weir
- Mr. J. E. Yorkston
- Mr. Katsuye Yoshida
Second Class Passengers
- Mr. A. Adam
- Mr. James R. Adam
- Mrs. John R. Age
- Master Jas. R. Age
- Master William Age
- Master John Age
- Mr. I. Aiter
- Mrs. Aiter
- Mr. T. G. Aitken
- Mr. G. Aitkenhead
- Mrs. Aitkenhead
- Miss A. Alston
- Mr. Anderson
- Mrs. Anderson
- Miss B. Anderson
- Mr. John Andrews
- Miss L. Archibald
- Mr. E. Ayling
- Mrs. Ayling
- Mr. J. Baird
- Mrs. Baird
- Miss A. M. Baker
- Mrs. James Ballantyne
- Mr. D. Banane
- Mrs. Becker
- Mr. Richard Bell
- Mrs. Alice Berry
- Miss G. Bichell
- Mr. W. T. Bonnie
- Mr. George Booth
- Mr. M. Bowie
- Mrs. Bowie
- Mr. J. B. Boyle
- Mrs. Boyle
- Master J. B. Boyle
- Miss Dorothy Boyle
- Miss Boyle
- Miss A. Boyle
- Mr. Patrick Boyle
- Mrs. Brady
- Miss R. Brady
- Mr. M. Brass
- Mrs. Brookes
- Mrs. D. Brown and infant
- Mr. J. G. Bruce
- Mr. Robert S. Burns
- Mrs. Mary Cameron
- Mrs. J. Campbell
- Miss Betty Campbell
- Miss Isabelle Campbell
- Mr. James Campbell
- Mrs. Mary Campbell
- Miss K. E. Caparn
- Mr. P. Carr
- Mrs. Carr
- Mrs. S. Carroll
- Mrs. H. Chase
- Mrs. Chestnutt and two children
- Mrs. Clegor
- Miss Evelyn E. Clegor
- Miss Henriette Cole
- Mrs. H. Conn
- Mrs. K. Conway
- Master Conway
- Miss Isabel Conway
- Miss Mary M. Cook
- Mr. H. G. Cornelius
- Mrs. Cornelius
- Mr. H. J. Crommie
- Mrs. Crommie
- Mrs. R. Cross
- Miss H. Currie
- Mr. John Dalzell
- Mrs. Dalzell
- Mrs. A. M. Davidson
- Master Donald Davidson
- Master Andrew Davidson
- Miss Eliz. Davidson
- Miss Gladys Davidson
- Master Robert Davidson
- Master George Davidson
- Mr. Davidson
- Mrs. J. Davidson
- Mrs. B. Davitt
- Miss A. Davitt
- Mrs. T. A. Dawson
- Miss F. A. Dawkins
- Mr. Hugh C. Deams
- Mr. Peter Deff
- Mrs. J. Dempster
- Mr. J. Denholm
- Mrs. G. Denholm
- Master Alex. Denholm
- Mrs. J. Donaldson
- Mrs. J. Duff
- Miss Duff
- Miss M. P. Duguid
- Miss Anne Duncan
- Mr. William Elliott
- Mrs. Elliott
- Mrs. W. Elliott
- Master W. Elliott
- Master A. Elliott
- Miss Margaret Ellis
- Mrs. Esplin and child
- Mr. Thomas Everett
- Miss K. Farmer
- Mr. Farnham
- Dr. Richard Faulkner
- Mrs. Faulkner
- Mrs. Jane F. Fayle
- Miss Jean Fayle
- Mr. G. A. Fayle
- Mr. L. R. Fayle
- Mrs. I. Ferguson
- Miss J. Ferguson
- Miss E. Ferguson
- Mrs. C. A. Ferguson
- Miss J. M. Fisher
- Mr. T. Fitzpatrick
- Mrs. L. Flavell
- Mrs. L. Forsyth
- Mrs. R. Fraser
- Miss C. Fraser
- Mr. W. Fulton
- Miss Gladys Fulton
- Mr. A. Gallagher
- Mrs. Gallagher
- Miss Catherine Gallagher
- Master Anthony Gallagher
- Master James Gallagher
- Mrs. H. M. Gardner
- Miss M. B. George
- Mr. Given
- Mrs. Given
- Mrs. A. Godschalk and infant
- Mr. Thomas Gold
- Mrs. Gold
- Mrs. Bridget Gormley
- Miss M. Goruki
- Miss A. Goruki
- Mr. W. Graham
- Mrs. Graham
- Mrs. Margaret Graham
- Mr. Jos. Gray
- Mr. J. E. Gray
- Mr. Thomas J. Grohan
- Mrs. Grohan
- Mr. Grove
- Mrs. Grove
- Mr. J. Hagen
- Mrs. Hagen and infant
- Miss Hamilton
- Mr. E. T. Hansen
- Mrs. Hansen
- Mr. A. Harbeson
- Miss Mary Harbeson
- Mrs. Margaret Harford
- Miss V. Harford
- Miss Mary Harley
- Mrs. A. Haron
- Miss Harper
- Mr. Harrison
- Mrs. Plarrison
- Mr. T. F. Heaney
- Miss K. Heaney
- Mrs. Henderson
- Mr. Charles Hendry
- Mrs. Hendry
- Miss Mary A. Hennessy
- Mrs. A. Henry
- Miss I. Plepburn
- Miss S. Herbini
- Mrs. W. Herd and infant
- Mr. David Hill
- Mr. Norman C. Hill
- Mr. David C. Hill
- Mr. L. T. Hill
- Mr. S. E. Hodgson
- Mrs. Howart
- Mr. William Innés
- Miss E. Jacques
- Miss Janet Jamieson
- Miss M. M. de Jay
- Miss J. L. Johnson
- Mr. T. Johnstone
- Mrs. Johnstone
- Miss M. J. Johnstone
- Mrs. Anna Jones
- Miss Kay
- Mr. Charles Kelly
- Mrs. Kelly
- Miss Mary Kelly
- Master Charles Kelly
- Master Joseph Kelly
- Miss Frances Kelly
- Mrs. Kelly
- Master Thomas Kelly
- Master William Kelly
- Master James Kelly
- Mr. W. J. Kelly
- Mrs. Winifred Kelly
- Mr. Kenway
- Mrs. Kenway
- Master Robert Kenway
- Mr. Kirby
- Miss C. D. Kyle
- Miss Lafferty
- Miss Eliz. Lang
- Mr. John Loyan
- Miss A. T. Lunny
- Mrs. I. Lynn
- Miss Mary Lynn
- Mr. J. MacDonald
- Mrs. M. Maclnnes
- Master Maclnnes
- Miss A. M. MacIvor
- Miss J. MacKay
- Mrs. C. A. MacKay
- Master George MacKay
- Mrs. C. MacLeman
- Master MacLeman
- Miss MacLeman
- Mr. J. W. MacMillan
- Miss A. McAndrews
- Mr. McAuliff
- Mrs. McAuliff
- Mr. McBride
- Mrs. T. McBrinn
- Mr. Me Call um
- Mrs. McCallum
- Miss Ethel McCarron
- Mr. McConkey
- Mrs. McConkey
- Mr. S. McConley
- Mr. Hy. McConron
- Miss Mary McCrory
- Miss Margaret McDonald
- Mrs. E. McGahan
- Mr. McGill
- Mrs. McGill
- Miss I. McHardy
- Miss M. Mclnnes
- Mr. McKenell
- Miss McKinnaire
- Sister McLaughlin
- Miss Annie McLure
- Miss Ethel McMidler
- Mr. P. McMorrow
- Mrs. McMorrow
- Mrs. R. McNamee
- Mr. W. McNeil
- Mrs. McNeil
- Miss A. McTeague
- Mr. J. Magee
- Mrs. Magee
- Master William Magee
- Master Thomas Magee
- Mrs. Main and child
- Mr. Mair
- Mr. James Maloney
- Mrs. Maloney
- Mr. S. F. Martin
- Mrs. S. Martin
- Mrs. D. Martin
- Miss S. Masterman
- Mr. F. Meehan
- Mr. Alex. Meldrum
- Mrs. Meldrum
- Mrs. E. Merrian
- Mr. J. Middleton
- Mrs. Middleton
- Miss Margaret Middleton
- Miss A. Miles
- Mrs. Eliz. Miller
- Miss Eliz. Miller
- Miss Jean Miller
- Mr. H. Mitchell
- Mrs. Mitchell
- Mrs. J. Mitchell
- Mrs. Agnes Molloy
- Rev. Dr. J. P. Monaghan
- Mrs. H. Monnie
- Miss Mary Monnie
- Master George Monnie
- Mr. Edward Montgomery
- Miss Mary Moore
- Mr. W. H. Moore
- Mrs. Moore
- Miss D. Morris
- Miss M. Morron
- Miss S. Mulhein
- Miss C. Munroe
- Miss E. M un roe
- Mrs. Murray
- Mother Agnes Murtagh
- Mrs. Jas. Myron
- Mrs. E. P. Noble
- Miss Dorothy Noble
- Mr. John J. O’Connor
- Mr. Path O’Connor
- Miss M. O’Dowd
- Mr. John O’Neill
- Mrs. Annie Paterson
- Mrs. M. A. Paterson
- Miss Evelyn Paterson
- Miss Lillian Paterson
- Miss M. K. Paterson
- Mr. Thomas L. Patterson
- Master James Peden, Jr.
- Mrs. M. G. Peden
- Mr. James Pettigrew
- Mrs. Jessie Porter
- Mrs. S. A. Porter
- Miss Carolyn Potts
- Mr. P. Quinn
- Mrs. Quinn
- Mr. William H. Rae
- Mr. John Rankin
- Mrs. Rankin
- Miss W. P. Rasmaisin
- Miss A. C. Reque
- Mrs. J. Ritchie
- Miss A. Ritchie
- Mrs. W. Robb
- Miss I. M. Robbie
- Mrs. J. Robertson
- Miss Robertson
- Miss I. Robertson
- Miss A. Robertson
- Miss Robertson
- Miss L. G. Robinson
- Mrs. E. Rodgers
- Miss Ethel Rodgers
- Mrs. Marguerite Ross
- Mrs. Christian Ross
- Miss K. Ruane
- Mr. J. Runciman
- Mrs. Runciman
- Mr. J. Scott
- Mrs. Scott
- Rev. H. J. Scott
- Mrs. Scott
- Mrs. Jas. Scott
- Master William Scott
- Miss Isabelle Scott
- Miss H. Shannon
- Mr. Robert Shaw
- Mrs. Agnes Smith
- Master Hugh Smith
- Miss Jean Smith
- Miss Eliz. Smith
- Mr. D. W. Smith
- Miss Elizabeth Smyth
- Miss G. Stewart
- Miss P. Stewart
- Miss H. Stewart
- Mrs. Stewart
- Miss Stewart
- Mr. G. Swann
- Mr. W. S. Swanson
- Mr. David Taylor
- Mr. John Temple
- Mrs. Temple
- Mr. Tennisson
- Mrs. J. Thompson
- Miss I. J. Thompson
- Miss Bess Thompson
- Mr. Charles J. Thompson
- Mr. Robert Thompson
- Mrs. Thompson
- Miss A. Thompson
- Mr. J. Thomson
- Mrs. Thomson
- Mr. John Toomey
- Mr. William Toomey
- Miss Gertrude Toomey
- Mr. John Tulloch
- Mr. Walker
- Mrs. I. Walker
- Mr. John Walker
- Miss W. Walker
- Miss Myron Walker
- Master George Walker
- Mrs. William Walker
- Miss Grace Walker
- Mrs. John Wallace
- Mr. Watson
- Mrs. Watson
- Mr. P. G. Waviner
- Miss I. Webster
- Mrs. Welding
- Master W. Weyand
- Mrs. W. J. Whelan
- Miss Mary Whelan
- Mrs. P. Whyte
- Mr. W. C. Whyte
- Mr. Williams
- Mrs. Williams
- Mrs. C. Wilson
- Mr. James Wilson
- Mrs. Wilson
- Miss Ethel Wilson
- Mr. J. Wilson
- Miss Wilson
- Dr. M. E. Winfield
- Mrs. Winfield
- Mrs. Helen Winters
- Miss H. Winters
- Master Joseph Winters
- Mrs. J. Wise
- Master Wise
- Mr. G. G. Wylie
- Mrs. Wylie
- Miss Grace Wylie
- Master George Wylie, Jr.
- Miss Young
- Miss Young
- Mr. Robert Young
Notable Individuals & Why They Matter (with context)
⚠️ Name spellings on historic lists can be imperfect. Where the contemporaneous record clearly points to a known figure, W’ve noted that—and flagged inferences when spelling varies.
Judiciary & Public Service
Hon. William H. Comley (Saloon): A Connecticut legal figure—by the 1930s cited as State’s Attorney in Connecticut records; later became a Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors (mid-century). If this “Hon.” Comley is the same person (the timeline fits), he represents the “rising professional class” using summer crossings to keep European ties.
Medicine & Science
Dr. Douglas Symmes (Saloon, list spelling): Very likely Dr. Douglas Symmers (note the common 1920s misspelling Symmes), a prominent New York pathologist associated with Bellevue Hospital’s Pathology Laboratory and later Columbia-affiliated institutions. He authored widely used pathology texts and helped standardize autopsy and lab practice between the wars—an exemplar of transatlantic medical exchange. (Inference based on concurrent appearance of Mr. James K. Symmers on the same list and the rarity of the surname pair.)
Mr. James K. Symmers (Saloon): Appears alongside “Dr. Douglas Symmes/Symmers,” strengthening the identification; James K. Symmers is documented in New York circles of the period, and is often referenced in biographical notes tied to Dr. Symmers.
Dr. William C. Calhoun (Saloon): Representative of the voyage’s professional tier—American physicians regularly used mid-summer sailings to study or consult in Britain’s teaching hospitals before autumn clinics resumed.
Military & Uniformed Service
Capt. J. P. Duguid (Saloon): Listed as Captain (passenger, not ship’s master). While the list doesn’t state branch, “Captain” in this era typically indicated British Army or merchant service rank. The Cameronia routinely carried ex-service officers and reservists making postwar business circuits; Capt. Duguid fits that profile. (No definitive branch noted on this list—flagged for local archive follow-up.)
Capt. Clark / Major Charles McConic (Saloon): Both appear with military honorifics, illustrating how liners functioned as post-WWI corridors for officers visiting industry and family in Scotland and Ireland. (Branches unlisted—good candidates for directory and newspaper checks.)
Religion & Education
Rev. H. J. Scott and Mother Agnes Murtagh These sailings often doubled as pilgrimages, conference travel, or parish visitation—an instructive snapshot of interwar religious networking.
Business, Diplomacy & Culture
Mr. P. W. R. Glover with Mrs. Glover & children (Saloon): A family group typical of transatlantic business households keeping Anglo-American ties.
Mr. Katsuye Yoshida (Saloon): A reminder of Pacific Rim–Atlantic crossover—students, merchants, and diplomats from Japan often transited via New York to Britain; an arresting example for classes studying global mobility in the 1920s.
Most engaging thread? The cluster of clinicians and clergy alongside legal and military titles. That blend—Dr. Douglas Symmers/Symmes, Hon. William H. Comley, several Reverends, plus Captains and a Major—is a perfect microcosm of how liners like Cameronia braided professional exchange, faith networks, and postwar mobility. 🧠✝️🎖️
Why this list is interesting (quick reads that pop)
Professional constellation: Law (Comley), Medicine (Symmers), Military (Duguid/McConic), and Catholic religious orders all in one Saloon list—ideal for teaching interdisciplinary social history of travel.
Family travel as data: Multiple family parties (e.g., the Calhouns, Glovers, McGregors, Caldwells) give genealogists clean entry points into U.S. and Scottish civil records.
Women on the move: Numerous women traveling independently or as heads of parties—helpful for courses on women’s mobility and tourism in the 1920s.
Information For Passengers
Lights in saloon until 11 p.m.; in public rooms until 11:30 p.m.
The Bar will be closed at 11 p.m.
Table Seating—The Chief Steward arranges the table seating.
Divine Service may be held in the Saloon (weather permitting) every Sunday between 11 and 12.
Additional Passage Money or Freight paid on board—passengers should obtain a receipt on the Company’s form.
Baggage—Enquiries regarding baggage on the ship should be addressed to the Second Steward.
Trunks, Wraps, etc., will be stored and re-shipped by the Company for the return voyage.
All packages should have an initial label affixed to facilitate examination and identification of baggage on landing; these labels are supplied on board upon application.
Baggage Insurance—Passengers are recommended to insure their baggage, as, in the event of loss or damage, the Company cannot accept liability beyond the limit specified on the Steamer Contract Tickets. Rates and particulars on application.
A barber’s Shop is on board for passengers' convenience. The barber will attend to the ladies by appointment.
Children’s Meals—Breakfast, 9 am.; Dinner, noon; Tea, 5 to 6 p.m.
Clothes Pressing—Application should be made to the barber, from whom rates and other particulars can be obtained.
Complaints of incivility, carelessness, or inattention on the part of any of the ship’s staff should be immediately reported to the Commander.
Confectionery and Souvenirs are on sale at reasonable prices by the Deck Steward.
Copyrighted books and music are forbidden and are subject to confiscation by customs authorities.
Deck Chairs and Rugs may be hired for the voyage at the Company’s offices or from the Deck Steward. A printed receipt is to be obtained by passengers for this hire.
Drafts are issued, free of charge, payable in currency at any of the Offices of the Company in the United States and Canada, and similarly, drafts are issued in the United States and Canada payable at any of the Company’s Offices in the United Kingdom in sterling, or at the Company’s Offices in Europe in the currency of the country on which they are drawn.
Dogs—Passengers are notified that dogs cannot be landed in Great Britain unless a license has been 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.
Library—Library Books may be obtained on application to the Deck Steward.
Lifebelts must not be removed from staterooms except in cases of danger or by order.
Meals—Breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m.; Lunch, 1 p.m.; Dinner, 7:30 p.m.
When two sittings are necessary, meals will be served as follows :
Breakfast, 8 to 10 a.m.; Lunch, 1st sitting, 12:30 p.m.; 2nd sitting, 1:30 p.m.
Dinner, 1st sitting, 6:15 p.m.; 2nd sitting, 7:30 p.m.
Passengers may reserve seats at the table for the voyage on application to the Chief Steward. Meals cannot be served in cabins or on deck without the Surgeon’s permission.
Ports—Passengers are requested not to open the ports. The Stewards will do this whenever practicable.
Railway Time Tables may be consulted on application to the Music-Room Steward.
Recovery of U. S. Head Tax—This tax can be recovered by Passengers if same has been paid, provided they inform the U.S. Immigration Inspector on arrival at New York of their intention to leave the United States within sixty days (the time prescribed by U. S. Law), and obtain from him Transit Certificate Form 514.
It is also necessary for Transit Certificate Form 514 to be handed to the transportation company when completed, in time for it to be placed before the Immigration Authorities in Washington within one hundred and twenty days of the Passenger’s arrival in the United States.
Unless this regulation is complied with, the Tax cannot be recovered.
Smoking in saloons and state rooms is strictly prohibited. Children are not allowed in the smoke room. Cigarette smokers are requested to be careful when smoking on deck to see that cigarettes are extinguished before being thrown away.
Storage—The Company will store Deck Chairs and Steamer Trunks belonging to passengers at the owner’s risk until they are required when returning.
Chairs and Trunks should have their owner’s name painted on them, and they will not be re-shipped without instructions sent to Baggage Master, Anchor Line, Yorkhill Quay, Glasgow, or, in the case of Italian Ports, care of Anchor Line, Genoa, or Anchor Line, Naples.
A description of the articles should be given, as well as the name of the steamer from which they were landed and the date. No shawls, rugs, etc., to be attached to Chairs. No charge for storage is made if the owners return by the Company’s vessels. If Chairs or Trunks are forwarded by rail, this is done at the owner’s risk and expense.
The Surgeon is authorized to make customary charges, subject to the approval of the Commander, for treating First Class 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 free.
Tobacco, Spirits, etc.—Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, wines, spirits, and perfumery are liable to duty when brought into the United Kingdom, and even the smallest quantities should be declared to the Customs authorities.
Telegraph Forms and Postage Stamps can be had from the Writing-Room Steward.
Telegrams and Letters for despatch should be handed to the Music-Room Steward (fully prepaid) one hour before leaving Moville.
Through Bookings to Gibraltar, Egypt, and India—The Anchor Line steamers engaged in this service have excellent Saloon accommodation. Full particulars as to Fares, etc., on application.
Valuables—The Company is not responsible for the theft of valuables or money if kept in state rooms. All such articles may be deposited free of charge in the ship’s safe under the care of the Purser.
Passengers are warned that they should not part with money or valuables to anyone representing themselves as members of the ship’s staff.
Wines—Please order Wines one hour before meals so that they may be cooled and ready for use.
Wireless Telegraphy—Wireless Telegraph messages should be handed to the Purser for transmission.
SHIP-TO-SHORE MESSAGES
For the United Kingdom, the wireless rate via Malin Head or other coast stations is 10d. per word without minimum.
For Canada and the United States—The rate via Cape Race, Sable Island, and Cape Sable is calculated at 1s. 0 ½ d. per word (landline rates additional).
The rate via Siasconet, New York or Boston is calculated at 7d. per word.
SHIP-TO-SHIP MESSAGES
The general rate on ship-to-ship messages is 8d. per word, but as Dutch, Belgian, and certain other vessels apply a ship tax with a minimum of ten words, the charges on messages to these vessels will be calculated as follows:
English Ship Tax, 4d. per word without minimum;
Dutch or Belgian, etc., Ship Tax, 4d. per word with a minimum 3s.4d. Thus for a message of ten words or more the charge is 8d. per word.
OCEAN LETTERS
Wireless Ocean Letters are accepted for transmission to a vessel proceeding in the opposite direction. They will be forwarded to their destination by registered post from the vessel's next port of call.
A charge of 5s. 6d., which includes postage, is made for an Ocean Letter of thirty words. One penny will be charged for each additional word in excess of thirty; 100 words is the maximum allowed in one Ocean Letter.
Full information regarding rates, etc., can be obtained at the Wireless or the Purser’s Office.
Relevance of this Voyage (teachers, students, historians, genealogists, others) 🎓📚🧬
Teachers & Students: Use this list to explore interwar mobility, class composition, and the knowledge economy (academics & clinicians commuting across the Atlantic). Dr. Symmers/Symmes’s likely presence links the crossing to laboratory medicine’s global standardization.
Historians of Medicine & Law: Track clinic visits and legal exchanges (Comley’s legal career rising in the 1920s) to show how professional networks were literally sea-borne.
Genealogists: The passenger groupings (lots of exact family parties and initials) are ripe for naturalization files, manifest cards, city directories, and parish registers in New York, Boston, Derry, and Glasgow.
Religious & Cultural Historians: Multiple Catholic sisters and Protestant clergy on a single crossing illustrate inter-denominational circulation and charism missions in the 1920s.
Final Thoughts – Why This Passenger List Matters 💡
This single, mid-summer manifest catches transatlantic society in motion: a judge (or soon-to-be), a renowned pathologist (very likely Douglas Symmers), military officers, Catholic sisters, and American families—all on one ship threading New York to Glasgow. It’s a teachable snapshot of how liners like Cameronia made the Atlantic not a barrier but a corridor for law, medicine, faith, and family in the 1920s. 🚢🌍
Anchor Line New York and Glasgow Services; Fleet List. SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 21708a99fb
Eastbound Sailing Schedule, From New York, Montreal, Boston, Quebec, to Cherbourg, Cobh (Queenstown), Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Londonderry, Plymouth, Southampton, North Cape Cruise, and Mediterranean Cruise, From 25 June 1924 to 9 September 1924. Ships Included the Albania, Andania, Antonia, Aquitania, Assyria, Athenia, Ausonia, Berengaria, California, Cameronia, Carmania, Caronia, Cassandra, Columbia, Franconia, Laconia, Lancastria, Mauretania, Samaria, Saturnia, Saxonia, Scythia, and Tuscania. SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 217092d3b7
Westbound Sailing Schedule, from Glasgow, Hamburg, Liverpool, and Southampton to Boston, Montreal, New York, and Quebec, from 4 July 1924 to 19 September 1924. Ships Included the Albania. Andania, Antonia, Aquitania, Assyria, Athenia, Ausonia, Berengaria, California, Cameronia, Carmania, Caronia, Cassandra, Columbia, Franconia, Laconia, Lancastria, Mauretania, Samaria, Saturnia, Saxonia, Scythia, and Tuscania. SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 217099cd31
Undelivered Letter (Envelope) to Miss W. P. Rasmaisin, a Second Class Passenger on the SS Cameronia, 12 July 1924. SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 2170a4d5c6
Anchor Line Stationery: Envelope, SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 2170b76d33
Anchor Line TSS Cameronia Stationery: Letterhead, SS Cameronia Saloon and Second Class Passenger List, 5 July 1924. GGA Image ID # 2170f2ff1a
Notes on sources & uncertainties 🔎
Ship facts and career (launch, tonnage, 1921 service entry, WWII troopship/Empire Clyde) follow the engineering record for Cameronia (2).
Douglas Symmers identification is high-confidence (variant “Symmes” on lists is common; presence of James K. Symmers the same voyage supports it). Bellevue-linked historical notes confirm his standing as a leading New York pathologist in this era.
Hon. William H. Comley is documented as State’s Attorney in Connecticut case records in the 1930s and later served on the state’s high court; the 1924 traveler aligns by name and period, though the list does not give residence—treat as a well-supported match pending directory checks.
Provenance: From the Estate of W. P. (Pearl) Rasmaisin
Passenger List Images Contributed by Chris Crofts, 2023-2024.
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