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SS Aguan

I, John Adair, Master of the S. S. Aguan do solemnly, sincerely, and truly that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said vessel at Jamaica and Central American Ports from which Port said vessel has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, sex, and calling of each said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with references to the intention of each alien passengeer as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God. (signed) John Adair
Sworn to this December 17, 1888 before me. (signed) ?

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Aguan, whereof John Adair is Master, from Jamaica burthen 1012 69/100 tons.

Columns represent: passenger number, names, age, sex, calling, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, location of compartment or space occupied, number of pieces of baggage, transient, or in transit, or intending protracted sojourn.

 1  Frank Vyver           25 Male   Miner  Kingston Jamaica  Great Britain        Loudon    Cabin  4  Transient    
 2  Emil H.H. Williams    40 Male                            France               New York  Cabin  1  Sojourn    
 3  Mrs. M? Williams      28 Female Lady                     France               New York  Cabin     Sojourn    
 4  Moriss Williams        3 Male   Child                    France               New York  Cabin     Sojourn    
 5  Mrs. Beatrice McNeil  23 Female Lady                     Great Britain        London    Cabin  4  Sojourn    
 6* Mrs. Ada Segi??       28 Female Lady                     Kingston Jamaica     New York  Cabin  4  Sojourn    
 7* Florence Segi??        1 Female Child                    Kingston Jamaica     New York  Cabin     Sojourn    
 8* Mrs. Alice S?ecd      38 Female Nurse                    Kingston Jamaica     New York  Cabin  2  Sojourn    
 9* Patrick Roddy         28 Male   P?dler                   Kingston Jamaica     New York  Deck      Sojourn    
10  Mr. Richard Williams  38 Male   Broker USA               New York Round Trip  New York  Cabin  8    
11  Mrs. Richard Williams 36 Female Lady   USA               New York Round Trip  New York  Cabin       
(Signed)  John Adair       

        
Transcriber's Notes:  

* An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
  the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
  in the transcriber's notes.

? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
  condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
       
  There were no deaths listed.    
? Deputy Collector's name was illegible. 
   
6 and 7 have same last name, but illegible.    
8       part of name is illegible could be S?ecd or S?icd.    
9       occupation could be pudler or pedler.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 528.

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