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SS California

Anchor Line of Transatlantic Steam Packet Ships

I, David Ovenstone, Master of the Steam-Ship California do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare 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 S.S. California at Glasgow for which port said vessel 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 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 Janry 21 1878 David Ovenstone

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Steamship California whereof David Ovenstone is Master, from Glasgow burthen 2096 tons.

Columns represent: name, age (years or months), sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage (there is a column just before the part of the vessel occupied for those who died on the voyage, but there were none who died, that column is ommitted here)

 1* Thomas Buchanan         M Gent.         Scotland  United States of America  Cabin
 2* James Christie          M Gent.         Scotland  United States of America  Cabin
 3* Humphrey Smith          M Gent.         Scotland  United States of America  Cabin
 4* Wm. Rogers              M Gent.         United States of Amer
                                                      United States of America  Cabin
 5  D?nalo McLean      33   M Shoemaker     Scotland  United States of America  2nd Cabin    
 6* Elizith McLean      5m  F Nil           Scotland  United States of America  2nd Cabin
 7  Geo Walker         22   M Iron Forger   Scotland  United States of America  2nd Cabin
 8  Sme Henderson      30   M Butcher       Scotland  United States of America  Steerage
 9  W M Chute          37   M Seaman        Scotland  United States of America  Steerage
10  Mrs. James Burns   56   F Nil           Scotland  United States of America  Steerage
11  James Eivert       26   M Miner         Scotland  United States of America  Steerage
12  Angus McKay        54   M Blsmith       Scotland  United States of America  Steerage
13  William Logan      26   M Commission ?? Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
14  Dennis Boyle       38   M Labr.         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
15  Thos Brown         21   M Labr.         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
16  E J Brown          18   F Wife          Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
17* Mchl Brown              M Nil           Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
18  Wm McReedil        33   M Labr.         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
19  Hugh Swan?y        22   M Miner         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
20  Connel McHugh      28   M Miner         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
21  Geo Huffin         52   M Labr.         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
22  Thos. McNally      28   M BarKeeper     Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
23  John Toner         60   M Labr.         Ireland   United States of America  Steerage
24  August C?n?adt     26   M Labr.         Germany   United States of America  2nd Cabin
25  Albertine C?n?adt  20   F Wife          Germany   United States of America  2nd Cabin
26  Pauline C?n?adt     1   F Nil           Germany   United States of America  2nd Cabin
27  Wolf Lachmann      18   M ??? Clerk     Germany   United States of America  Steerage
28  Nathan Rosenfeldt  21   M Clerk         Germany   United States of America  Steerage
29  Heinrich Adler     29   M Watchmaker    Germany   United States of America  Steerage
30  Carl Koondorfer    27   M Carptr        Germany   United States of America  Steerage
32  Michael Ha?tun     25   M Labr.         Germany   United States of America  Steerage
33* Emil T. Brink           M Sailor        Sweden    United States of America  Steerage 
 
 
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.

* For country of destination, USA is overwritten by United States of America    
  on the first entry and all others have tick marks in this column    

  Passenger numbers have been added for ease in referencing.

 1-4 no age given
 4 Entry for Wm. Rogers' country of origin has USA overwritten by United States of Amer.    
 6 Age recorded as 5/12; changed to 5 months per ISTG rules
17, 33 No age given.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 411, List 58.

Transcribed by Stephen Lignowski a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
27 October 1998