TSS Columbia Cabin Passenger List – 23 August 1923 – Glasgow to New York (Anchor Line)
Front Cover of a Cabin Passenger List for the TSS Columbia of the Anchor Line, Departing Thursday, 23 August 1923 from Glasgow to New York via Moville, Commanded by Captain G. B. Kelly. The Front Cover Features a Vibrant Illustration of an Old Sailing Ship Against a Blue Background. the Anchor Line Passenger List and Its Logo Are Framed at the Top Section of the Front Cover. | GGA Image ID # 17309cef95
🚢 Ship & Voyage Overview
On Thursday, 23 August 1923, the TSS Columbia of the Anchor Line departed Glasgow bound for New York via Moville, carrying a diverse roster of Cabin Class passengers. The voyage was commanded by Captain G. B. Kelly, supported by a senior staff that included Chief Officer Frank Henderson, Chief Engineer Alex Denholm, Surgeon D. Murphy, Purser A. MacGillivray, and Chief Steward Morrison.
📜 Key Ship Facts
- Launched: 1902 for Anchor Line (built by D. & W. Henderson & Co., Glasgow)
- Gross Tonnage: ~8,000 GRT
- Operator: Anchor Line, Glasgow
- Typical Route: Glasgow → Moville → New York
- Special Features: Known for comfortable lounges, spacious dining saloons, smoking rooms, and a reputation for catering to business travelers, emigrants returning home for visits, and leisure travelers alike.
🛳 Key Technical & Historical Notes on TSS Columbia
Served both peacetime and wartime roles, including troop transport duties during WWI.
Part of Anchor Line’s early 20th-century expansion into luxurious but economically viable ships for both emigrants and middle-class leisure travelers.
Known for reliability and service, with a solid safety record under experienced captains such as Kelly.
Senior Officers and Staff
- Captain G. B. Kelly
- Chief Officer Frank Henderson
- Chief Engineer Alex Denholm
- Surgeon D. Murphy
- Purser A. MacCillivray
- Chief Steward ? Morrison
List of Cabin Passengers
- Miss Georgie Adams
- Miss Agnes C. Adamson
- Mr. William J. Allan
- Mr. Joseph Allan
- Mrs. Allan
- Mrs. H. L. Allan
- Miss Harriet E. B. Alexander
- Mr. Thomas Anderson
- Mrs. Elizabeth Banne
- Miss Jane Balfour
- Mrs. Bartlett
- Miss Mary Barth
- Mr. Sam Beanland
- Mrs. Isa Beanland
- Miss Katherine Benneti
- Miss Emma Bevens
- Mrs. Mary Biggs
- Mr. J. Black
- Mrs. M. Boone
- Master George Boone
- Mr. James M. Boyd
- Mr. William Boyd
- Miss Marguerit Boysen
- Mrs. Jessie Brander
- Master Alexander Brander
- Mr. David Brown
- Mrs. Brown
- Mr. George F. H. Brown
- Mrs. Brown
- Mr. Matthew Brown
- Mrs. Cath. Brown
- Mr. William Bruce
- Mr. Henry Bruckner
- Mrs. Margaret Buchanan
- T. Buchanan
- Mrs. Margaret J. Buchanan
- Miss Georgina Buchanan
- Miss S. Butterfield
- Miss Elizabeth Byrne
- Master Patrick Byrne
- Miss Ellen Byrne
- Mr. John Calder
- Miss J. Cameron
- Miss Annie E. Cameron
- Mr. Archibald Campbell
- Mrs. Frances Campbell
- Miss Iva Campbell
- Mr. Frederick Campbell
- Mr. James Campbell
- Mr. Christopher T. Can:ken
- Miss M. Carr
- Mrs. Mary J. Cassidy
- Mrs. Marion Cauley
- Miss Jane Christie
- Mrs. C. Clancy
- Mrs. E. J. Clark
- Miss E. J. Clark
- Mr. Peter B. Clark
- Mr. James Clark
- Mrs. Margaret Clark
- Miss Ellen Clarkin
- Miss Christina Clarkson
- Mrs. J. Connolly
- Mrs. Susan Connolly And Infant
- Mrs. Mario
- Mrs. Letitia
- Miss Elizabeth
- Mr. James Craig
- Mr. Matthew Craig
- Mr. John J. Craig
- Miss Janetta Cranstoun
- Mr. W. L. Crawford
- Mrs. Crawford
- Mr. James Crawford
- Mr. John C. Crighton
- Miss Frances Crombie
- Miss Alice Curtis
- Miss Ethel Daly
- Mr. William Davidson
- Mrs. Margaret Davidson And 2 Children
- Mr. William Dick
- Mr. John Dickson
- Mr. Alexander Docherty
- Mr. Thomas Docherty
- Mrs. Docherty
- Master Thomas Docherty
- Master Michael Docherty
- Master Daniel Docherty
- Master James Docherty
- Mr. Thomas Doherty
- Mrs. Winnie B. Doherty
- Miss Mary B. Doherty
- Miss Mary Donoghue
- Miss Agnes Duff
- Mr. Edward Duggan
- Mrs. Duggan
- Master A. Duncan
- Master Alexander Duncan
- Master William Duncan
- Mr. Robert Dundas
- Mrs. Dundas
- Miss A. Dunclas
- Mr. John Dunlop
- Mrs. Jeanie Dunn
- Mrs. Margaret Dunn
- Mr. J. D. Dunsmore
- Mr. Robert Dunsmore
- Mr. F. E. Emmons
- Mrs. Emmons
- Mr. Archibald B. Erskine
- Mrs. Erskine
- Mr. Joseph A. Esplin
- Dr. Beatrice C. Fairchild
- Mr. Robert Ferguson
- Miss Katherine Ferguson
- Mr. William Fergusson
- Mrs. Fergusson
- Master James Fergusson
- Master Douglas Fergusson
- Master William Fergusson
- Master Edward Fergusson
- Master John Fergusson
- Mr. John Ferguson
- Mrs. Ferguson
- Master James Ferguson
- Master Donald Ferguson
- Mr. James Ferguson
- Miss Mary Firth
- Mr. John Van Fleet
- Mrs. Minnie Van Fleet
- Mrs. Minnie Fletcher
- Master Alexander Fletcher
- Miss Eiltfn Fletcher
- Mrs. Anna L. Fowler
- Miss Mary Fowler
- Miss Lily Fowler
- Master George Fowler
- Miss Agnes Foy
- Miss Elizabeth S, Frame
- Miss A. B. Frank
- Mrs. Georgina Fraser
- Mrs. D. Frew
- Miss Elizabeth Frew
- Miss Helen Fulton
- Miss Eliza Fulton
- Miss Katie Fulton
- Mr. James Fulton
- Mr. James Gailey
- Mrs. Minnie Gallup
- Mrs. Elizabeth Geddes
- Master James Geddes
- Mrs. Sarah Georgeson
- Miss Helen Georgeson
- Mr. Jack M. Gerrard
- Miss Mary Gibson
- Mr. George Gibson
- Mr. John B. Gilchrist
- Mrs. Elizabeth J. Gillen
- Mr. Henry J. Gillen
- Mr. Thomas Gilmore
- Mrs. Sarah Gilmour
- Mr. Alexander Gilmour
- Mr. Max Glass
- Miss Margaret Goudi
- Mrs. Jessie C. Grant
- Master Duncan Grant
- Mrs. Margaret Grant
- Miss Helen R. Grant
- Hr. James Harvey Grant
- Mr. John Grant
- Mr. A .
- Miss ..
- Mrs. Jessie Grimes
- Miss Anna A. Groden
- Mr. John Grubb
- Mrs. Gunn
- Miss Catherine Gunn
- Miss Janet Gunn
- Mrs. May Haig
- Miss Catherine Haig
- Master David Haig
- Miss May Haig
- Rev. Thomas P. Haig
- Mr. Frank Hancock
- Miss Dora Haniford
- Miss Edna Harris
- Miss Eleanor Hayes
- Miss A. Hazard
- Miss Jeanie Henaghan
- Mrs. Helen C. Henderson
- Miss Alexandrina Henderson
- Miss Elizabeth Hickey
- Mr. H. Hoffman
- Mrs. Mary L. Holman
- Miss Winifred Holman
- Miss Isa Horn
- Mrs. Emily Howard
- Mrs. Janet G. Howie
- Mrs. Eleanor Howie
- Master Robert C. Howie
- miss Eleanor S. Howie
- Mrs. L. T. Hurd
- Mr. J. A. Jackson
- Mr. Samuel Johnstone
- Mrs. Johnstone
- mrs. A. Johnstone
- Johnstone
- Miss Jessie Johnstone
- Mr. George F. Johnston
- Mr. James Johnston
- Miss Edith Jones
- Mr. Charles Jones
- Mrs. Helen M. Jolly
- Miss Annette Joseph
- Dr. E. H. Kammerer
- Mr. Louis Kammerer
- Mrs. Kammerer
- Mr. James Keenan
- Mr. Joseph Keenan
- Mr. William Kelly
- Mr. Daniel Kelly
- Mr. Kerr
- Mr. John Kerr
- Mr. Robert Kilday
- Mrs. E. Killien
- Mr. William Kiery
- Mr. John Kirkpatrick
- Miss Edith M. Kirkpatrick
- Mrs. Kynoch
- Master John D. Kynoch
- Mr. Dugald Lang
- Miss Mary Laird
- Miss Michael Larkin
- Mrs. Mary Lerrisey
- Miss Elizabeth Lindsay
- Mr. James Lindsay
- Mr. Samuel Lindsay
- Lindsay
- Miss Janet Lindsay
- Mr. Kenneth Lister
- Mrs. Lister
- Master Joseph Lister
- Mrs. Mary Lockhart
- Mr. James M. Logie
- Mr. Andrew G. Lowry
- Mr. Frank C. Lyall
- Mrs. Margaret McArthur
- Miss Johan C. F. McBean
- Mr. George McCamley
- Mrs. McCamley
- Miss Mary McCamley
- Mrs. Frances McCarney
- Miss Mary McCarthy
- Mrs. Sarah J. McClure
- Mr. Duncan A. McCombie
- Miss Catherine McConaghy
- Mr. John McCormack
- Mr. Peter McCulloch
- Mrs. Bella McCullough
- Miss Mary McDermott
- Miss Ruby McDermott
- Mrs. Mary McDonald
- Miss Mary McDonald
- Miss Helen McDonald
- Master Edward McDonald
- Mrs. Elizabeth MacDonald
- Mr. John P. McEleney
- Miss Veronica McFadyen
- Miss Marjorie McFarlane
- Mr. Charles McGarvey
- Miss Rose McGerty
- Miss Alice McGharen
- Miss Mary McGhee
- Miss Ina McGhee
- Mrs. G. B. MacGillivray
- Miss Agnes McGuire
- Miss Madeline G. McHale
- Miss Rebecca McInally
- Mr. Edward McInally
- Miss Alice McInally
- Miss Isabella McKay
- Mrs. Catherine A. McKelvey
- Mr. Edwin McKenzie
- Mrs. Elizabeth McKenzie
- Master Roderick McKenzie
- Master Hugh McKenzie
- Mr. John McKenzie
- Mr. Alexander McKenzie
- Miss Mary D. Mackenzie
- Mr. William McKinley
- Mrs. McKinley
- Master Kenneth McKinley
- Miss Helen McKinley
- Miss Anna McKinley
- Master William McKinley
- Mr. Peter M. Miaren
- Miss Annie McLaughlan
- Mr. Donald MacLean
- Mr. Donald Mleish
- Mr. James McManus
- Miss Esther MacMaster
- Miss Catherine McMullen
- Miss Catherine McNeeley
- Mr. Anthony McNulty
- Miss Mira McPhee
- Miss Jeanie McPhee
- Mrs. Annie McQueen
- Mr. Thomas McReynolds
- Mrs. McReynolds
- Miss E. McTavish
- Mr. Archibald McTavish
- Aff-s. Mary McVean
- Miss Catherine McVean
- Mrs. Catheerine Maddock
- Mrs. Alice Maginnis
- Master Gerald Maginhis
- Mrs. M. Morrison
- Mr. William Munro
- Mrs. Munro
- Mr. W. J. Murray
- Mr. Patrick Murphy
- Mrs. Murphy
- Mrs. Catherine Mussenden
- Mr. William Neil
- Mrs. Neil
- Mr. Michael Nelson
- Miss Annie Newman
- Mr. John Nicol
- Mr. William Nicol
- Mrs. Martha Nicol
- Miss Martha Nicol
- Mrs. Jessie Norval
- Mr. Bernard O'Neill
- Master William O'Neill
- Miss D. Parker
- Miss Agnes R. Paton
- Mr. William Patterson
- Mr. J. H, Patterson
- Mrs. Patterson
- Miss Elizabeth Patterson
- Miss Katherine Patterson
- Master William Patterson
- Mr. Alexander A. Peddie
- Miss Helen Peden
- Miss G. Pfannennilley
- [ Name Obfuscated ]
- [ Name Obfuscated ]
- [ Name Obfuscated ]
- [ Name Obfuscated ]
- Miss Agnes Raffan
- Mrs. Agnes Revells
- Mr. Robert Manderson
- Mr. George L. Manson
- Miss Mary Marshall
- Mrs. J. Masson
- Mr. P. Masterton
- Mrs. Masterton
- Miss Jane Mathieson
- Mr. David Mayer
- Miss Ann May
- Miss Mary May
- Mrs. Sarah Mayberry
- Mr. William Melville
- Miss Mary Galt Menzies
- Mr. George M. Meredith
- Mrs. Mary Middleton
- Miss Mary P. Millar
- Mrs. Rachel Millar
- Miss Rose Millar
- Master Walter Millar
- Master Edward Millar
- Master William Millar
- Miss Jane S. Millen
- Mr. John Miller
- Mrs. Miller
- Mrs. Mildred Miller
- Miss Margaret Miller
- Miss Ruby Miller
- Mr. George Milton
- Miss Lillian G. Milton
- Mrs. Isabel Minck
- Mrs. J. M. Mitchell
- Master Thomas Mitchell
- Master Donald Mitchell
- Mr. F. Meoney
- Miss Jane Moore
- Mr. John H. Moore
- Mrs. Jeanie Robertson
- Miss Ella Robertson
- Mr. David E. Robertson
- Mr. Robert Robertson
- Mrs. Robertson
- Master Robert Robertson
- Mr. John Robertson
- Mrs. Robertson
- Master John Robertson
- Miss Agnes Robertson
- Miss Margaret Rob:on
- Miss C. Rome
- Mrs. Flora Ross
- Master Alexander Ross
- Miss B. Ross
- Mr. Archibald C. Roy
- Mr. Archibald J. Russel
- Mr. Thomas Russell
- Mr. William Sanderson
- Mr. Alexander Scott
- Mrs. Mary Scott
- Miss Jessie Scott
- Miss J. M. Scott
- Miss Janet Scott
- Mrs. Isabella Seely
- Mrs. Elizabeth Shanks
- Mrs. Nellie Sharp
- Mrs. Sarah Shaw
- Master James Shaw
- Miss Bess G. She.
- Mr. John M .
- Mrs. .
- Mr. P. O. Skinner
- Mrs. Skinner
- Miss M. Skinner
- Mr. J. C. Skinner
- Miss A. P. Skinner
- Mr. Stephen Smith
- Miss Mary Smith
- Master Malcolm Smith
- Miss Marion Smith
- Master Alexander Smith
- Mr. Robert Smith
- Rev. Thomas Smith
- Mr. Michael Smith
- Miss Margaret F. Sneddon
- Mr. William Sneddon
- Mrs. Jemima Sneddon
- Miss Joan Sneddon
- Mrs. R. Sneddon
- Mrs. Annie Spears
- Mr. William Steeble
- Miss May Stenhouse
- Mr. James A. Stewart
- Mr. George B. Sturrock
- Miss Freda Suchart
- Mr. George Sword
- Mrs. Annie Taylor
- Mrs. Mary J. Tedford
- Mr. R. Teigland
- Mrs. Elizabeth Tennant
- Miss Tennant
- Miss Nellie Thompson
- Miss Elizabeth Thomson
- Miss Cathie Thomson
- Mrs. Tibbits
- Jess Tibbits
- Mrs. Emma Travis
- Mr. William Vance
- Miss Anna B. Vining
- Mr. Harold Voohees
- Mrs. Voorkis
- Miss Grace Warner
- Miss Margaret Watson
- Mr. Peter Webster
- Miss Isabella S. Webster
- Mr. Walter Weir
- Miss Susan Whiston
- Miss Jean Whiston
- Miss Anna White
- Miss Elizabeth Wigglesworth
- Mr. James Wilcox
- Mrs. Sarah Willey
- Miss Florence E. Wiley
- M C. C. Williams
- Mrs. Williams
- Dr. N. L. Wilson
- Mrs. Wilson
- Miss Catherine A. Wilson
- Mr. William Winter
- Mr. Edwin Wishart
- Robert H. Wishart
- Miss Mary Wishart
- Mrs. R. H. Wishart
- Mr. Thomas Wood
- Prof. J. E. Woodman
- Miss Annie Wright
- Mr. Andrew Young
- Mrs. Young
- Miss Muriel Young
👥 Notable Passengers & Historical Context
While the manifest contains hundreds of names, a few stand out for their historical, professional, or social significance:
🎓 Academic & Cultural Figures
Prof. J. E. Woodman – Likely a professor associated with a Canadian or U.S. university, his travel on the Columbia reflects the academic exchange and transatlantic scholarly collaboration that characterized the interwar years.
✝ Religious Leaders
Rev. Thomas P. Haig – His presence as clergy aboard may indicate church-related travel, possibly connected with missionary work or visiting congregations abroad.
Rev. Thomas Smith – A second clergyman aboard, reinforcing the role of religious leaders in maintaining transatlantic pastoral ties in the early 20th century.
🩺 Medical Professionals
Dr. Beatrice C. Fairchild – A notable inclusion as a woman physician in the early 1920s, a time when women in medicine were still breaking through societal barriers.
Dr. N. L. Wilson – Another medical figure, possibly traveling for professional engagements or returning from international conferences.
🌍 Diverse Social Cross-Section
The passenger list includes multi-generational family groups such as the Boone, Fergusson, McKinley, and Robertson families, along with a wide range of occupations and social backgrounds. This underscores the Columbia’s role not only as a carrier of elites but also as a bridge for families and communities between Scotland, Ireland, and the United States.
📌 Most Engaging Aspects of the List
A blend of distinguished professionals and family travelers, illustrating the Columbia’s appeal across social strata.
Presence of women in significant roles—including a female physician—highlighting evolving gender dynamics of the era.
Strong representation of Scottish surnames and heritage, reflecting the ship’s Glasgow base and cultural connections.
Multiple clergymen and academics, offering insight into the intellectual and spiritual networks maintained across the Atlantic.
📚 Relevance for Researchers & Educators
For Teachers & Students
This passenger list provides a rich case study of post-WWI migration, trade, and cultural exchange. It can be used in lessons on:
- Interwar travel and migration patterns
- The social makeup of transatlantic voyages
- Roles of women in professional fields in the 1920s
For Genealogists: The manifest offers a valuable primary source for tracing family histories, especially those with Scottish, Irish, or Northern English roots.
For Historians: This voyage illustrates the broader context of 1920s transatlantic travel—bridging Old World communities with New World opportunities.
💡 Final Thoughts – Why This Passenger List Matters
The 23 August 1923 Cabin Passenger List of the TSS Columbia is more than a record of names—it’s a snapshot of a world in motion. It captures the mingling of professors, clergy, doctors, merchants, and families, all bound together in the transatlantic experience. For anyone exploring social history, migration studies, or family genealogy, this document provides both granular data and evocative human stories.
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