Arrival of Workers in North America

* were not on this list, but are shown on ship manifest and in other documents.
**Boyd not found on passengerlist

Arrived August 19, 1908, aboard the S.S. Carthaginian, Liverpool, England to Halifax, Nova Scotia:

“The S.S. Carthaginian Left Liverpool Aug. 08, 1908, to Glasgow, to St. Johns, arrived Halifax Aug. 19, 1908. Manifest shows: George Johnson, Walter H. Dennison, Thos. McGivern, Wm. Armstrong, Joseph Brown, WM. IRVINE, John Baillie, Blanche H. Chappell, Janet Dougal, Rosetta (Nettie) Miller, Mary K. Wilson. In Aug. 1908, twelve workers came from the old country, docking in the St. John’s Harbour.” (Source: Coming of the Workers to Newfoundland)  

ARRIVAL OF EARLY WORKERS IN AFRICA:

Arrived September 25, 1905, aboard the S.S. Geelong, London, England to Cape Town, South Africa: Eight

Workers disambarked at Cape Town, South Africa who were among a group of 18 workers who departed from London on August 25, 1905.  The four brothers and four sisters were sisters:  Mary Moodie (age 38), Barbara Baxter (age 24), L. Reid (age 26), M. Skerritt (age 22); and brothers Joseph Kerr (age 24), Wilson Reid (age 24), J. Cavanagh (age 27), A. Pierce (age 29).  The other ten Workers continued on to various ports in Australia.

Source: Passenger List for S. S. Geelong on ancestry.com