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SS Assyria
SS Assyria, 17 February 1879 From Gibraltar to New York. D Campbell, Master
ANCHOR LINE OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAM PACKET SHIPS.
District of New York - Port of New York
I, D. Campbell, Master of the Steam Ship Assyria do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear
that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the
Collector of Customs District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers
taken on board of the said SS Assyria at Gibraltar, for which port said stmr
has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the 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 be 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 February 17, 1879 before me B/R??????? David ? Campbell(signature)
List or Manifest Of All The Passengers Taken on board the Steamship Assyria where of ??? Campbell is Master, from Gibraltar.
The columns represent name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.
1 W. E. Baillie 30 Male None Scotland America Cabin
2 Tresea Lauria 30 Female None Italy America Steerage
3 Maria Lauria 3 Female None Italy America Steerage
4 Antonio Lauria 1 Male None Italy America Steerage
5 Francesco Santanjelo 35 Male Shoemaker Italy America Steerage
6 Santo Santanjelo 30 Female None Italy America Steerage
7 Michele Santanjelo 26 Male Shoemaker Italy America Steerage
8 Setteria Santanjelo 8 Male None Italy America Steerage
9 Niemyiata Santanjelo 7 Female None Italy America Steerage
10 Guiseppe Santanjelo 1 Male None Italy America Steerage
11 Vencinzo Buffara 28 Male Laborer Italy America Steerage
12 Emilia Arbia 27 Female None Italy America Steerage
13 Marta Seria 27 Female None Italy America Steerage
14 Andrea Noville 35 Male Laborer Italy America Steerage
Note: Passenger 9 could also be Nurnyiata
National Archives and Records Administration, Film # M237, Reel #416.
Transcribed by Margaret Busteed
for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 December 1998
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