Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS California

From London to New York, January 1, 1879

ANCHOR LINE OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAM PACKET SHIPS
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK

I, James Donaldson, Master of the Steamship California do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List of Manifest ascribed 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 behalf of the said Steamship California at London from which port said Steamship California has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age,the sex and the occupation of each 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 for the number of said passsengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. sincerely the January 1, 1879.

Columns represent, name, age in years and months, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and part of vessel occupied during voyage.. burthen 2096 tones

    
   
 1   J. Hitchock           49  M farmer         England          Stge    
 2   Mrs Hitchock          45  F wife           England          Stge    
 3   Mary Hitchock         16  F ?              England          Stge    
 4   Martha Hitchock       14  F ?              England          Stge    
 5   Lilli? Hitchock       12  F ?              England          Stge    
 6   Wm. Hitchock          10  M ?              England          Stge      
 7   Gertruso Hitchock      7  F ?              England          Stge    
 8   Henry Hitchock         5  M ?              England          Stge    
 9   Fanny Hitchock         3  F ?              England          Stge    
10   Thomas Hitchock       inf M ?              England          Stge    
11   Edwin Carpenter       24  M coach builder  England          Stge    
12   E.W. Taylor           33  M ?              England          Stge    
13   J. L, Ferres          28  M seaman         England          Stge    
14   James Williams        32  M lab            England          Stge    
15   A. Richardson         44  M lab            Ireland          Stge    
16   Mrs Richardson        44  F wife           Ireland          Stge    
17   Ms. Docker             5  F  ?             Ireland          Stge    
18   W.H. Gordon           35  M lab            United States    Stge    
19   Clint Caparena        39  M lab            Italy            Stge    
20   Guiseppe Caparena     10  M ?              Italy            Stge    
21   Luige Capero          25  M lab            Italy            Stge    
22   Jean Knopy            46  M lab            Germany          Stge    
23   Wicker Levin Williams 38  M lab            Germany          Stge    
24   Benjamine Franz       25  M lab            Germany          Stge    
25   Rudolph Essig         30  M lab            United States    Stge    
26   J. Berkenstock        28  M lab            Germany          Stge    
27   Miss Carpenter        22  F lady           England          Cab     
28   J.W.F. Wells          57  M Gent           England          Cab    
29   Mrs L. Wells          52  F Lady           England          Cab    
30   Ms E. Wells           21  F  ?             England          Cab    
31   Master J.L. Wells     12  M  ?             England          Cab    
32   J.W. Goshooinoff      44  M  ?             England          Cab    
33   Mrs Steffanoff        39  F  Lady          England          Cab    
34   Master P. Steffanoff  12  M  ?             England          Cab    
35   G?????? Steffanoff    10  M  ?             England          Cab    
36   Mrs Rappitt           34  F  Lady          England          Cab    
37   A. Graham             49  M  Gent          England          Cab    
38   Mrs Graham            29  F  Lady          England          Cab    
39   J.W. Burger           34  M  Gent          Germany          Cab     
40   Mrs Burger            29  F  Lady          Germany          Cab    
41   Mrs Dangerfield       29  F  Lady          England          Cab    
42   T. Anderson           41  M  Gent          Scotland         Cab    
43   J. Glantz             29  M  ?             Unites States    Cab    
44   Mrs. Glantz           25  F  Lady          United States    Cab    
45   Rev H. B. Waterman    51  M  Clergyman     United States    Cab    
46   Mrs. Waterman         27  F  wife          United States    Cab    
47   Infant                 ?  F  ?             United States    Cab    
48   Mrs A. Macpherson     22  F  Lady          England          Cab    
49   Frank Macpherson      18  M  ?             England          Cab    
50   C. Borden             37  M  Gent          England          Cab    
51   D. Scannell           29  M  Gent          England          Cab    
52   Cyris C. Brown        45  M  Gent          England          Cab    
53   W. Schettle           64  M  Gent          England          Cab    
54   E. Holloway           59  M  Gent          England          Cab    
55   S. Hutchings          59  M  Gent          England          Cab    
56   B. Soshian            38  M  Gent          England          Cab    
57   Mrs Soshian           31  F  Lady          England          Cab    
58   Child                  ?  F  ?             England          Cab     
59   E. Hoggings           24  M  Gent          England          Cab    
60   W.H. Elliot           42  M  ?             England          Cab    
61   J. Hoggings           39  M  Gent          England          Cab    
62   Geo Hazeltine         28  M  Gent          United States    Cab    
63   T. Taylor             32  M  Gent          England          Cab    
64   J.H. Taylor           41  M  Gent          England          Cab    
65   F. ? Coulon           52  M  Gent          United States    Cab    
66   Mrs Coulon            49  F  Lady          United States    Cab    
67   Ms. L. Coulon         23  F  Lady          United States    Cab    
68   Ms E. Coulon          21  F  Lady          United States    Cab    
69   Mrs Butcher           34  F  Lady          ?                Cab                 
70   Ms Constanco Butcher  14  F  Lady          United States    Cab    
71   Ms. Eleanor Butcher   12  F  Lady          United States    Cab     
    
* no death reported    
* Stg is steerage passage    
* Cab is cabin passage    
* ? indicates the letters could not be read    
* all passengers intended for United States    
* lab is a laborer  
* Passenger numbers added for aid with referencing.  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.

Transcribed by Mildred Heard for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 28 December 1998

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