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Perry, Oklahoma Conv, 1942
Arrival of Workers in North America
Revised December 27, 2022
| 1903 ARRIVAL OF EARLY WORKERS IN USA | |||||||
| Arrived September 14, 1903, aboard S.S. Columbia, Glasgow to New York, USA | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | Occupation | ||||
| William Irvine | 40 | Scotland | Preacher | ||||
| George Walker | 26 | Ireland | Preacher | ||||
| Irvine Weir | 25 | Ireland | Preacher | ||||
| Arrived November 9, 1903, aboard S.S. Columbia to New York, USA | |||||||
| Jimmie Patrick | |||||||
| Difficult to locate entry on manifest--extremely poor handwriting. | |||||||
| No individual record found. | |||||||
| 1904 ARRIVAL OF EARLY WORKERS IN USA | |||||||
| Arrived May 16, 1904 aboard S.S. Furnesia, Londonderry to New York, USA | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | |||||
| John Carroll | 25 | Ireland | (Jack Carroll) | ||||
| Hugh Matthews | 26 | Ireland | |||||
| Charlie Glen | 27 | Scotland | |||||
| William Clelland | 26 | Scotland | |||||
| Mary Carroll | 24 | Ireland | (May Carroll) | ||||
| Sarah Rogers | 30 | Ireland | |||||
| Arrived December 8, 1904, aboard S.S. Oceanic, Liverpool, England to New York, USA | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | |||||
| Francis Scott (Frank) | 20 | Ireland | |||||
| John Jackson (Jack) | 24 | Ireland | |||||
| James Jardine (Jim) | 20 | Scotland | |||||
| David Lyness (Dave) | 26 | Ireland | |||||
| William Weir (Willie) | 22 | Ireland | |||||
| Bella Cooke | 26 | Ireland | |||||
| Emma Gill* | 33 | Ireland | (*also on this ship) | ||||
| Lizzie Coles* | 26 | England | (*also on this ship) | ||||
| Arrived August 14, 1905, aboard S.S. Numidian, Glasgow, Scotland to New York, USA | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | |||||
| William Jamieson | 24 | Scotland | |||||
| John R. Paterson | 27 | Scotland | |||||
| William McLeod | 27 | Scotland | |||||
| George Beattie | 28 | Ireland | |||||
| Charlie Mathews | 19 | Ireland | |||||
| William Jones | 21 | Scotland | |||||
| John Burns | 17 | Scotland | |||||
| Joseph Gaskin | 19 | Ireland | |||||
| Maggie Gowans | 24 | Scotland | |||||
| Anna Taylor | 24 | Ireland | |||||
| Maggie Stewart | 20 | Ireland | |||||
| Agnes Hutchison | 29 | Scotland | |||||
| Arrived September 16, 1906, aboard SS Caledonia, Londonderry, Ireland to New York, USA | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | |||||
| George Walker | 29 | British/Irish | |||||
| Abraham Mayers | 28 | British/Irish | |||||
| Herbert Reid | 21 | British/Irish | |||||
| Thomas Noble | 27 | British/Irish | |||||
| Robert Humphreys | 26 | British/Irish | |||||
| James Graves | 26 | British/Irish | |||||
| Alexander Dunn | 20 | British/Irish | |||||
| John Byers | 21 | British/Irish | |||||
| Annie Dougal | 28 | British/Irish | |||||
| Anna Davis | 24 | British/Irish | |||||
| Jane Weir | 23 | British/Irish | (Jean Weir) | ||||
| Lottie Reid | 23 | British/Irish | |||||
| Rebecca Dane | 26 | British/Irish | (Died July 5, 1907) | ||||
| Arrived September 4, 1908, aboard S.S. Cedric, Liverpool, England to New York, USA | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | |||||
| Hugh Henry | 24 | Ireland | |||||
| Walter Smith | 21 | England | |||||
| David Sutherland | 27 | Scotland | |||||
| David Lyness | 30 | Ireland | |||||
| Walter Walden | 22 | England | |||||
| Samuel H. Buchanan | 27 | Ireland | |||||
| Jane Kelly | 20 | Ireland | |||||
| Emma Head | 28 | England | |||||
| Isabella Reid | 24 | Ireland | |||||
| 1904 - 1908: ARRIVAL OF EARLY WORKERS IN CANADA: | |||||||
| Arrived August 13, 1904, aboard the S.S. Parisian, Liverpool, England to Montreal; | |||||||
| then to Souris, Manitoba, Canada | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | |||||
| Harry Oliver | 23 | Hampshire | Farmer | ||||
| Tom Craig | 22 | Berwick | Farmer | ||||
| John Doak | 25 | Tyrone | Farmer | ||||
| George Buttimer | 21 | Cork | Farmer | ||||
| Arrived August 10, 1905, aboard the S.S. Virginian, Liverpool, England to Montreal, Canada | |||||||
| Name | Age | Ethnicity | Destination | Occupation | |||
| Ed Armstrong | 24 | Fermanagh | USA | Preacher | |||
| James Boyd** | 25 | Armagh | USA | Preacher | |||
| Ralph Bullick | 22 | Armagh | Sidney, Manitoba | Missionary | |||
| Hugh Doak | 23 | Tyrone | Sidney, Manitoba | Preacher | |||
| William Jackson | 25 | King Co. | Sidney, Manitoba | Preacher | |||
| Robert Johnston | 35 | Scot,Berwicks | (not given) | Preacher | |||
| Thos. Lyness | 32 | Armagh | Sidney, Manitoba | Preacher | |||
| Tom Patterson | 23 | Tyrone | Sidney, Manitoba | Preacher | |||
| Tom Purves | 17 | Berwicks | USA | Preacher | |||
| Noble Stinson | 26 | Fermanagh | Sidney, Manitoba | Preacher | |||
| R.D. Watchorn "Dick" Robt S. Skerritt (mispelled Kinitt) |
25 |
Queens Kings |
Toronto and USA Toronto and USA |
Missionary Religions |
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| Martha Cooper | 30 | Antrim | Sidney, Manitoba Preacher | ||||
| Dora Holland | 29 | Galway | Sidney, Manitoba Preacher | ||||
| Annie Irwin | 21? | Tyrone | Toronto – to USA | Preacher | |||
| Martha McGivern "Mattie" | 30 | Co. Cork | Toronto – to USA | Preacher | |||
| Mabel Reid | 22 | Derry | USA | Missionary | |||
| Annie Skerritt | 24 | Kings? | Toronto and USA | Missionary | |||
* 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.
LINK to Passenger List for S. S. Geelong on ancestry.com
