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Steamer Alps

I,D. Williams, Master of the STM Alps, 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 Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said STM at Colon from which port said STM has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age and sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage and the names and ages of those who died.

Sworn to this 26 July 1879, D. Williams, So help me God, Before me R??????????

List of Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board this I.S.Alps whereof D. Williams is Master from Colon burthen 1020 tons

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

 1  Chas R Hedden         25 Male    Contractor     U.S. of America   U. S. of America   Cabin    
 2  Geo Prendergast       25 Male    Engr           U.S. of America   U. S. of America   Cabin    
 3  M Leonard             39 Male    Carpenter      Great Britain     U. S. of America    
 4  John Edler            21 Male    Boiler Master  U.S. of America   U. S. of America    
 5  H. Raring             35 Male    Boiler Master  U.S. of America   U. S. of America    
 6* S C Very              22 Male                   U.S. of America   U .S. of America    
 7* H McWilliams          25 Male                   Ontario           Canada    
 8  Kenneth Balwarte      30 Male    Merchant       Peru              Peru    
 9  Chas  Gilbert         37 Male    Doctor         Germany           Germany    
10* Augusta Gilbert       29 Female                 Germany           Germany    
11* ? H P Gastz           30 Male    Servant        Germany           Germany    
12* ??usic Augustine      39 Female                 France            Peru    
13* R??de St???? Gonzaga  25 Female                 Peru              Peru    
14* John George           31 Male    Engineer       England           ???????    
15* T Underall            30 Male    Contra???      England           U .S. of America    
16  J Thom                30 Male    Engineer       U.S. of  America  U. S. of America    
17  F W Ames.             33 Male    Clerk          U.S. of  America  U. S. of America    
    
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.
? The ? indicates the word or letter could not be read, due to quality of    
  original document    

The name of the ship was not clear, but looks like STM which probably    
stands for Steamship or Steamer    
First line of description, sincerely and truly then a blank and    
continues that the following list etc.    
In the sworn statement, cannot read name other than the R at the    
beginning    
There were no births or deaths on this passage, therefore the    
birth/death column has been eliminated

Passengers 3 through 17 did not have a location where they stayed on the    
vessel during the voyage    

  6, 7, 10, 12 and 13, Occupation not noted    
 11, could be a W or an N  at the beginning of the name    
 12, unable to read the first letter of the name    
 13, could be Rice de Stephanie Gonzaga    
 14, country to which he was to become an inhabitant was crossed off    
 15, last few letters run together, probably is Contractor    

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

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