Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Acadian

COPY of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Brig. Acadian of Boston

whereof H. Eldridge, Jr. is Master, Burthen 51 tons and /95ths* of a ton, bound from the Port of Halifax. MV. for Boston. The Brig. Acadian arrived at Boston on 05 September 1846*.

The columns below are as follows: Name; age; sex; Occupation, Trade or Profession; Country to which they severally belong; Country of which they intend to become inhabitants; Remarks relative to any who may have died or left the vessel during the voyage.

 1  TURNBULL,   George  28 Male   Tailor      Nova Scotia  U. States
 2  CULLEN,     James   28 Male   Clerk       Ireland      U. States
 3  SANBORN,    M.      21 Male   Clerk       U. States    U. States   
 4  GLOVER,     M.      21 Male   Doctor      England      U. States
 5  WOOD,       Thomas  23 Male   Clerk       Halifax      U. States
 6* PORTER,     Bridget 28 female             Halifax      U. States
 7* PORTER,     Samuel   5 Male               Halifax      U. States
 8* SUTHULAND,  Daniel  50 Male   Farmer      Scotland     U. States
 9  MACKER,     David   18 Male   Tinman      Halifax      U. States
10  CONWAY,     John    37 Male   Labourer    Ireland      U. States
11  WRIGHT,     Charles 24 Male   Carpenter   England      U. States
12* WULL??,     Michael 29 Male   Tailor      Ireland      U. States
13* MURRAY,     Wm.     28 Male   Gardner     Ireland      U. States
14* MURRAY,     Mary    28 female             Ireland      U. States
15* LANEGAN,    Ann     20 female             Ireland      U. States
16* LANEGAN,    Pat      1 Male               Halifax      U. States
17* NORTHEST,   John    16 Male               Halifax      U. States
18* SULLIVAN,   Ellen   30 female             Halifax      U. States


Transcriber's Notes:

* indicates an error made by the original recorder or is used to call your
  attention to additional information in the transcriber's notes.
? indicates letters that could not be read, due to quality of original document. 

 The Burthen fraction is not clear; there is a "squiggly" line above the fraction line.
 The date in the statement has been added by the transcriber to aid the researcher.
   It was not on the original manifest.
 The passengers were not numbered on the manifest, but added by the formatter to
   aid the researcher.

 6,7   No occupation listed for these passenger.
 8     Suthuland could also be deciphered as Sutherland.
12     The writing for this name is difficult to decipher.  The two l's are followed
       by what appears to be a "u" and an "m" but it is not clear.
13     Gardner appears as on the manifest.
14-18  No occupation listed for these passenger.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 415.

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