The Family of Alexander Campbell & Edith May MacIver: Ship's Records

Sometime in 1919 Alex and Edith MacIver, their three children, and Edith's mother Susan Buckner, travelled to Bermuda. This may have been related to Alex's work as a merchant or it may have been an extended holiday.

They returned to Toronto via New York City. Alex made the voyage home in January 1920 and the rest of the family followed in March of that year.

PURSER'S MANIFEST, 24 JANUARY 1920:
Name:	Age:	Sex:	Status:	Calling:	County of Birth:	Race:	Destination:
Alex C. MacIver	37	M	Married	Merchant	Scotland	Scotch	Toronto, Canada

NOTES:
1:	Travelling on the SS Fort Hamilton from Hamilton, Bermuda to Toronto, Ontario, via New York.
2:	Entered as a Canadian Citizen, last in Canada in 1919, and for a period of 34 years. This would mean that Alex came to Canada from Scotland in about 1885, when he would have been about 4 years old.
3:	Alex's religion was listed as Presbyterian.
4:	The above information, taken from a scanned image at www.ancestry.co.uk, is from the Purser's manifest, a different form to the one shown below. The Purser's Manifest doesn't provide as much information.

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALIEN PASSENGERS FOR THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICER AT PORT OF ARRIVAL, 29 MARCH 1920:
NAME:	AGE:	SEX:	STATUS:	CALLING:	Nationality:	RACE:	BIRTHPLACE:
Edith M. MacIver	25	F	Married	None	Gt. Britain	English	Toronto, Canada
Susan Buckner	44	F	Married	None	Gt. Britain	English	Toronto, Canada
Kenneth MacIver	4	M	Single	None	Gt. Britain	English	Toronto, Canada
Warren MacIver	2	F	Single	None	Gt. Britain	English	Toronto, Canada
Dorothy MacIver	1	F	Single	None	Gt. Britain	English	Toronto, Canada

NOTES:
1:	The family were "First Cabin" passengers, travelling on the SS Fort Hamilton from Hamilton, Bermuda to Toronto, Ontario, via New York.
2:	Canadian's born before 1930 were considered to be of British Nationality.
3:	The family were listed as "In Transit".
4:	Edith and Susan were able to speak, read and write English. The children were listed as "underage".
5:	Edith and Susan paid their own passage. The children's passage was paid for by their mother.
6:	They were last in the USA in 1919, in New York - almost certainly in transit to Bermuda.
7:	Their home address was listed as 5 Millbrook Crescent, Toronto, Ontario - which was their final destination.
8:	The above information, taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk, is from the U.S. Immigration Officer's manifest.

There was also a Purser's Manifest for Edith, Susan and the children but the only addition information contained in it is that they were all Canadian Citizens, had last been in Canada in 1919, where they had spent their lives, and they were all Presbyterian.

In 1920, Thomas Cook & Sons were advertising trips to Bermuda:

"Bermuda - fifteen hundred miles at sea on the well known S.S. "Fort Hamilton" - a most enjoyable summer trip amid scenes and environment that seem like another world. Tours arranged for eight, nine, and nineteen days. Inclusive fare from $87 upward."

The SS Fort Hamilton sailed from New York City every 10 days for the 2 day voyage to Bermuda.

At this time, this is the last record I have of this family.