Bridgetown, Barbados Passenger Lists 1914
View Overlooking Bridgetown Harbor in Barbados circa 1893. GGA Image ID # 170fabed10
Passenger Lists available from the GG Archives from the Port of Bridgetown, Barbados. Organized by Date of Departure, Steamship Line, Steamship or Ocean Liner, Class of Passengers, Route, and the Ship's Captain.
Barbados is one of the most salubrious places in the world ; the great extremes of from hot to cold , such as is experienced in many winter resorts, as in Florida, Italy and the south of France, being here unknown, its climate is especially adapted to make it an agreeable and advantageous winter residence for those afflicted with lung and throat trouble , who have to spend that season of the year out of England or the United States.
1914-07-09 SS Vandyck Passenger List
- Steamship Line: Lamport & Holt Line
- Class of Passengers: First Class
- Date of Departure: 9 July 1914
- Route: Buenos Aires to New York via Montevideo, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Bahia (Salvador), Trinidad (Port of Spain), and Barbados (Bridgetown)
- Commander: Captain A. Codogan.
The seasons in Barbados are but two, the wet and the dry, or the hot and the cool. The wet season lasts from the beginning of June to about the end of October, the dry extending over the remaining months. While the wet season lasts there are fre quent and heavy showers, with occasional thunder storms. During the dry season , and especially throughout the latter half of November, through December, January, February, March and April, the northeast trade wind blows steadily and the climate is delightful.
"The Bridge" in Bridgetown, Barbados circa 1893. GGA Image ID # 170fb8432f
⚠️ About Accuracy in Historical Records Research Tip
Context. The GG Archives presents passenger lists as faithfully as possible to the original documents. While OCR is generally accurate, portions of these collections—especially image captions and some transcriptions—are typed by hand and may include typographical or spelling variations. The original manifests themselves also contained clerical inconsistencies (names recorded phonetically, mid-voyage corrections, etc.).
What this means for your research:
- Search variant spellings of names (e.g., “Schmidt/Schmitt/Smith,” “Giuseppe/Joseph”).
- Cross-reference with immigration cards, passport applications, naturalization files, city directories, and newspapers.
- Treat manifests as primary sources with historical quirks—use them alongside corroborating records.
- For place names, consider historical borders and language variants (e.g., Danzig/Gdańsk, Trieste/Trst).
How to cite. When quoting a name from a manifest, consider adding [sic] for obvious misspellings and include a note such as “spelling as printed in original passenger list.”
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