Boston Passenger Lists 1887-1938
Map of Boston Harbor, 1899. GGA Image ID # 19eb1a7fec
Boston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Boston also serves as the county seat of the state's Suffolk County.
Below are Passenger Lists of ships with an origination or destination of Boston with immigrants landing at the Boston Immigration Station or Customs House for processing.
Boston Harbor and East Boston from State Street, circa 1900. Photo by John P. Soule. GGA Image ID # 1d4a2241c5
======== 1880s ========
1887-08-23 RMS Pavonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 23 August 1887
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain A. McKay
1888-08-30 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 30 August 1888
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain Roberts
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1895-08-22 RMS Cephalonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 22 August 1895
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain Seccombe
1898-01-15 SS Canada Passenger List
Steamship Line: Dominion Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 15 January 1898
Route: Boston to Queenstown (Cobh) and Liverpool
Commander: Captain Jas. McAuley
1899-05-18 SS New England Passenger List
Steamship Line: Dominion Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 18 May 1899
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Not Stated
1899-10-12 SS New England Passenger List
Steamship Line: Dominion Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 12 October 1899
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Not Stated
======== 1900s ========
1900-09-22 SS Lucania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 22 September 1900
Route: New York and Boston to Liverpool via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain Horatio McKay
1900-09-27 SS New England Passenger List
Steamship Line: Dominion Line
Class of Passengers: Second Saloon
Date of Departure: 27 September 1900
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Not Disclosed
1901-08-01 SS New England Passenger List
Steamship Line: Dominion Line
Class of Passengers: Second Saloon
Date of Departure: 1 August 1901
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Not Listed
1901-10-01 RMS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 1 October 1901
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain J. B. Watt
1901-10-05 SS Devonian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Leyland Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 5 October 1901
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain G. W. Muir
1902-08-23 SS Hanoverian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Leyland Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 23 August 1902
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain G. W. Muir
1902-09-16 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 16 September 1902
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain R. C. Warr
1903-05-16 SS Vancouver Passenger List
Steamship Line: Dominion Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 16 May 1903
Route: Naples to Azores and Boston
Commander: Captain MacDonald
1904-06-11 RMS Etruria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 11 June 1904
Route: Liverpool to New York and Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain R. C. Warr
1904-07-14 RMS Cretic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 14 July 1904
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain John James
1904-08-06 SS Bohemian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Leyland Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 6 August 1904
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain Neil McCallum
1904-08-19 RMS Celtic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 19 August 1904
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain J. B. Ranson, R.N.R.
1904-10-25 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 25 October 1904
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain Thomas Potter
Notable Passengers: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and John McCreath Farquhar
1905-05-23 SS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 23 May 1905
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Captain James Clayton Barr
1905-06-20 RMS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 20 June 1905
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Not Stated
1906-03-08 RMS Cymric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 8 March 1906
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain F. E. Beadnell
1906-08-21 SS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 21 August 1906
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Captain J. T. W. Charles
1906-09-07 RMS Cymric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 7 September 1906
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain C. A. Bartlett
1907-08-14 RMS Republic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 14 August 1907
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain J. McAuley
1907-08-31 SS Winifredian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Leyland Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 31 August 1907
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain F. Shepherd
1907-09-17 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 17 September 1907
Route: Liverpool to New York and Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain E. H. Pentecost
1908-07-15 SS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 15 July 1908
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Not Stated
1908-10-04 RMS Romanic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 4 October 1908
Route: Genoa to Boston via Naples, Almeria, and Azores
Commander: Captain R. Lobez
1909-05-18 RMS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 18 May 1909
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain H. M. Benison
1909-07-27 RMS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 27 July 1909
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain E. H. Pentecost
======== 1910s ========
1910-05-24 RMS Ivernia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 24 May 1910
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain Thomas Potter
1910-07-19 SS Saxonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon Class
Date of Departure: 19 July 1910
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Captain Arthur H. Rostron
1910-07-26 RMS Cymric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 26 July 1910
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain F. B. Howarth
1911-07-23 SS Canopic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 23 July 1911
Route: Genoa and Naples to Boston via the Azores
Commander: Captain J. O. Carter
1911-08-08 RMS Franconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 8 August 1911
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain C. A. Smith, RD, RNR
1911-10-13 RMS Parisian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Allan Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 13 October 1911
Route: Glasgow to Boston via Moville
Commander: Captain William P. Haines
1912-04-06 RMS Parisian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Allan Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 6 April 1912
Route: Glasgow to Halifax and Boston via Moville
Commander: Captain William P. Hains
Note: This passenger list from the RMS Parisian was 50 miles from the Titanic on April 14, 1912. The Parisian was near the Titanic when the disaster occurred, but it did not immediately respond to the distress signals.
1912-05-28 SS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 28 May 1912
Route: Boston to Liverpool via Queenstown (Cobh) and Fishguard
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine
1912-06-11 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 11 June 1912
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
1912-08-06 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 6 August 1912
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
1912-09-03 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 3 September 1912
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
1912-10-01 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 1 October 1912
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain W. H. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
1913-06-10 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: All Classes
Date of Departure: 10 June 1913
Route: Liverpool to Portland, ME and Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain W. R. D. Irvine
1913-11-22 RMS Cretic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 22 November 1913
Route: Genoa to Boston via Naples and Azures
Commander: Captain F. B. Howarth
1914-08-22 RMS Franconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 22 August 1914
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: Captain D. S. Miller, R.D., R.N.R.
1914-09-01 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Cabin
Date of Departure: 1 September 1914
Route: Liverpool to Boston
Commander: W. R. D. Irvine, R.D., R.N.R.
======== 1920s ========
1922-06-01 SS Winifredian Passenger List
Steamship Line: Leyland Line
Class of Passengers: Not Stated
Date of Departure: 1 June 1922
Route: Boston to Liverpool
Commander: Captain Alf. W. V. Trant, O.B.E
1923-07-26 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 26 July 1923
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh),
Commander: Captain G. S. Horsburgh, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1923-08-23 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 23 August 1923
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain G. S. Horsburgh, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1923-10-22 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 22 October 1923
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Glasgow
Commander: Captain G. S. Horsburgh, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1924-07-25 SS Cameronia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon and Second Class
Date of Departure: 25 July 1924
Route: New York and Boston to Glasgow via Londonderry
Commander: Captain William J. Walter
1924-10-04 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 4 October 1924
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain F. G. Brown, R.D., R.N.R.
1924-10-25 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Saloon
Date of Departure: 25 October 1924
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain G. S. Horsburgh, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1925-05-30 RMS Celtic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 30 May 1925
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain G. Berry
1925-08-27 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Second Class
Date of Departure: 27 August 1925
Route: Liverpool to Boston via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain W. Prothero
1926-04-24 RMS Celtic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: First Class
Date of Departure: 24 April 1926
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain G. Berry
1926-08-18 SS Westphalia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg Amerika Linie / Hamburg American Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 18 August 1926
Route: Hamburg to New York and Boston via Cobh (Queenstown)
Commander: Captain Niss
1927-07-02 SS Cameronia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 2 July 1927
Route: New York to Londonderry and Glasgow via Boston
Commander: Captain William Gemmeix
Note: This passenger list included mostly students under the direction of the Students Travel Club
1927-08-13 RMS Cedric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 13 August 1927
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain R. G. Smith
1927-09-17 TSS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 17 September 1927
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Moville
Commander: Captain W. B. Rome
1928-03-24 RMS Cedric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 24 March 1928
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain R. G. Smith
1928-05-19 SS Celtic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 19 May 1928
Route: New York and Boston to Liverpool via Cobh
Commander: Captain G. Berry
1928-08-18 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 18 August 1928
Route: Liverpool to Halifax, Boston, and New York via Cobh
Commander: Captain M. Doyle
1929-06-08 RMS Cedric Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 8 June 1929
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain J. Kearney (Lt. Cmdr. R.N.R., Retd.)
1929-07-02 SS Providence Passenger List
Steamship Line: Fabre Line
Class of Passengers: First and Second Class
Date of Departure: 2 July 1929
Route: New York to Marseilles via Boston, Ponta Delgada, Lisbon, Naples, Palermo, Piraeus, Beirut, and Malta
Commander: Captain Laurent Vidal
1929-07-03 SS Cameronia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 3 July 1929
Route: New York and Boston to Glasgow via Londonderry
Commander: Captain William Gemmeix
Note: This passenger list included mostly students under the direction of the Students Travel Club
1929-07-27 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 27 July 1929
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1929-08-10 RMS Laconia Cabin Class Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 10 August 1929
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain M. Doyle.
1929-08-10 RMS Laconia Tourist Third Cabin Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 10 August 1929
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain M. Doyle.
1929-08-17 RMS Albertic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 17 August 1929
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Glasgow
Commander: Captain F. F. Summers, R.D., (Cmdr. RNR, Retd.)
1929-08-30 SS Karlsruhe Passenger List
Steamship Line: North German Lloyd / Norddeutscher Lloyd
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 30 August 1929
Route: Bremen to Boston and New York via Galway
Commander: Captain H. Filzinger
1929-09-14 TSS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 14 September 1929
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Belfast
Commander: Captain Frank M. Henderson
1929-10-17 SS Cleveland Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie | Hamburg America Line (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 17 October 1929
Route: Hamburg to Boston and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Cobh (Queenstown)
Commander: Captain Niss
1929-10-19 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 19 October 1929
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh) and Galway
Commander: Captain R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
======== 1930s ========
1930-04-05 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 5 April 1930
Route: Liverpool to Halifax, Boston, and New York via Belfast
Commander: Captain R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1930-05-24 SS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 24 May 1930
Route:New York and Boston to Glasgow via Belfast
Commander: Captain Robert Smart
1930-05-31 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 31 May 1930
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh) and Galway
Commander: Captain R. B. Irving
1930-06-07 SS Cleveland Passenger List
Steamship Line: Hamburg America Line / Hamburg-Amerika Linie (HAPAG)
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 7 June 1930
Route: New York and Boston to Hamburg via Galway, and Cherbourg
Commander: Captain W. Hennecke
1930-09-20 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 20 September 1930
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain R. B. Irving, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1931-03-31 SS Aurania Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cruise
Date of Departure: 31 March 1931
Route: Boston and New York to Bermuda, Nassau, Havana, New York, and Boston
Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin, R.D., R.N.R.
1931-05-02 SS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 2 May 1931
Route: New York and Boston to Liverpool via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain M. Doyle
1931-07-10 SS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Third Cabin
Date of Departure: 10 July 1931
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Belfast and Moville
Commander: Captain W. B. Rome
1931-07-31 SS Baltic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 31 July 1931
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Queenstown (Cobh)
Commander: Captain E. Davies
1932-06-25 TSS Cameronia Passenger List
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 25 June 1932
Route: New York and Boston to Glasgow via Londonderry
Commander: Captain William Gemmell.
1932-07-30 RMS Georgic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 30 July 1932
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Cobh and Galway
Commander: Captain F. F. Summers, R.D. (Cmdr., R.N.R., Retd.)
1933-08-10 SS Franconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cruise
Date of Departure: 10 August 1933
Route: Boston and New York to Havana, Nassau, and Bermuda
Commander: Captain J. C. Townley, R.D., R.N.R.
1934-10-06 RMS Britannic Passenger List
Steamship Line: White Star Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 6 October 1934
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Cobh And Galway
Commander: Captain P. R. Vaughan, D.S.C., R.D. (Cmdr. R.N.R. Retd.)
1935-03-16 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 16 March 1935
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Cobh
Commander: Captain B. B. Oram, R.D., R.N.R.
1935-07-27 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 27 July 1935
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Galway
Commander: Captain J. McRostie
1935-08-24 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 24 August 1935
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Galway
Commander: Captain J. McRostie
1935-09-14 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 14 September 1935
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Cobh (Queenstown)
Commander: Captain G. R. Dolphin
1935-10-05 RMS Lancastria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin Class
Date of Departure: 5 October 1935
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Galway
Commander: Captain E. Edkin, O.B.E., R.D., A.D.C., R.N.R.
1936-03-24 SS Exeter Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Export Lines
Class of Passengers: One
Date of Departure: 13 April 1936
Route: Beirut for Boston and New York
Commander: Captain S. F. Ransone
1936-06-26 SS American Trader Passenger List
Steamship Line: American Merchant Lines
Class of Passengers: One
Date of Departure: 26 June 1936
Route: London to Boston and New York
Commander: Captain Harold Milde, U.S.N.R
1936-07-24 RMS Samaria Cabin Class Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin
Date of Departure: 24 July 1936
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Greenock
Commander: Captain J. McRostie
1936-08-06 TSS Statendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 6 August 1936
Route: Rotterdam to Boston and New York via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
Commander: Commodore J. J. Bijl
1936-08-21 RMS Samaria Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 21 August 1936
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Greenock
Commander: Captain J. McRostie
1936-09-18 TSS Caledonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist
Date of Departure: 18 September 1936
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Belfast and Londonderry
Commander: Captain Alexander Collie
1937-07-24 TSS Veendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 24 July 1937
Route: Rotterdam to New York and Boston via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
Commander: Captain A. Filippo
1937-08-06 TSS Statendam Passenger List
Steamship Line: Holland-America Line / Netherlands American Steam Navigation Company (NASM)
Class of Passengers: Cabin, Tourist and Third Class
Date of Departure: 6 August 1937
Route: Rotterdam to New York and Boston via Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton
Commander: Commodore J. J. Bijl
1937-09-03 RMS Franconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist
Date of Departure: 3 September 1937
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Greenock
Commander: Captain B. H. Davies
1937-09-11 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 11 September 1937
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Dublin and Galway
Commander: Captain C. H. Bate, R.D., R.N.R.
1937-09-25 RMS Scythia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Third Class
Date of Departure: 25 September 1937
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Dublin and Galway
Commander: Captain E. Edkin, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1938-01-15 RMS Carinthia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 15 January 1938
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Greenock
Commander: Captain P. A. Murchie, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1938-07-22 TSS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist
Date of Departure: 22 July 1938
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Dublin
Commander: Captain Robert W. Smart
1938-08-19 TSS California Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist
Date of Departure: 19 August 1938
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Dublin and Cobh
Commander: Captain Robert W. Smart
1938-08-19 RMS Franconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 19 August 1938
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Belfast and Greenock
Commander: Commanded by Captain P. A. Murchie, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
1938-08-26 SS Caledonia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Anchor Steamship Line
Class of Passengers: Cabin and Tourist
Date of Departure: 26 August 1938
Route: Glasgow to Boston and New York via Belfast and Londonderry
Commander: Captain Alexander Collie
1938-09-10 RMS Laconia Passenger List
Steamship Line: Cunard Line
Class of Passengers: Tourist Class
Date of Departure: 10 September 1938
Route: Liverpool to Boston and New York via Dublin and Galway
Commander: Captain W. C. Battle, D.S.C., R.D., R.N.R.
Cunard Wharf at Boston Harbor. Postcard Published by the Metropolitan News Co., Boston. Postally Used in 1908. GGA Image ID # 1d4a512530
Boston Immigration Service
Long Wharf, Atlantic Avenue (foot of State Street).
Telephone, Main 380.
United States Commissioner of Immigration
Colonel George B. Billings
Assistant Commissioner
Jeremiah J. Hurley
Surgeon in Charge
Dr. M. V. Safford
The principal function of this Bureau is to examine arriving immigrants to see that the provisions of the various laws are carried out forbidding the landing of certain prohibited classes, among which are convicts, lunatics, idiots, persons suffering from loathsome or dangerous and contagious diseases, paupers, persons likely to become public charges, prostitutes, polygamists, contract laborers and others.
Immigrants arrived 1911:
- Steerage 39,007
- Cabin 22,889
- Total. 61,896
Immigrants arrived 1912:
- Steerage 48,194
- Cabin 23,832
- Total 72,026
Quarantine Department
100 Summer Street.
Telephone, Main 6084.
- Chairman: F. X. Mahoney, M.D.
- Commissioner: P. H. Mullowney, M.D.V.
- Location of quarantine: Gallops Island, reached by the quarantine boat, the steamer “Vigilant.”
- Hours of quarantine: sunrise to sunset.
- Port Physician: F. X. Crawford, M.D.
- Assistant Port Physician: Edward M. Looney, M.D.
The Quarantine Department is under the control of the Health Department of the city of Boston. The Board of Health makes regulations governing quarantine which are enforced by the Port Physician. The Port Physician, Assistant Port Physician, and all other employees on Gallops Island and on the boats necessary to carry into effect the rules, orders, and regulations of the Board of Health, are appointed by this department.
Bird's-Eye View of the Boston Waterfront, ca 1906. Boston Docks and Harbor, With Sail and Steam Vessels, Including Side Wheelers. Detroit Publishing Company. Library of Congress # 2005691058. GGA Image ID # 1d4abdcf7b
The instructions and orders of the national government regarding the quarantine are enforced by the Port Physician through this department. The latter has entire charge and supervision of the quarantine station at Gallops Island where he or his assistant is in attendance continually.
On Gallops Island are located a dwelling house, two hospitals, dining hall, two buildings for the reception and care of immigrants, disinfecting plant, electric light plant, store house, etc.
The quarantine steamer “Vigilant,” 73 £ tons burden, about 5 feet in length, 17 feet beams, 8 feet deep, was built in Boston in 1866 at a cost of $18,000; rebuilt in 1912 at a cost of $15,000. The steamer “Relief,” which is an auxiliary quarantine boat was purchased in 1904, $3800.
Boston Chamber of Commerce, Handbook of the Port of Boston, Boston: The Committee on Foreign Trade of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, 1913, pp. 144, 212.
