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SS Devonia

I, Robert Douglas Munro Master of the Steam-Ship Devonia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly Swear 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. Devonia at Glasgow, from which port said S. S. Devonia has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designate 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 So help me God, before me Sworn to this January 2, 1878 before me R. T. Wyman

LIST OR MANIFEST OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Devonia, R. D. Munro whereof Robert Douglas Munro is Master, from Glasgow, burthen 2771 tons.

Columns represent: Last name, first name, age, sex, occupation, country departing, country arriving, quarters.

 1  MCLEAN, Thomas        31 m  Iron Roller Scotland USA  2nd cabin    
 2  CAMERON, John         59 m  Farmer      Scotland USA  2nd cabin    
 3  MINGH (?), Joseph     27 m  Grocer      Scotland USA  2nd cabin    
 4  MONTGOMERIE, Robert   54 m  none        Scotland USA  Steerage    
 5  JACKSON, W. Marshall  30 m  Engineer    Scotland USA  Steerage    
 6  MCCLEAN, Andrew       32 m  Engineer    Scotland USA  Steerage    
 7  LEUTNER, Johann       26 m  Labourer    Germany  USA  Steerage    
                                            (Prussia)    
 8  NEWBAIN, Abraham      25 m  Merchant    Austria  USA  Steerage    
 9  CHLODHOWSKI, Valerin  32 m  Miner       Poland   USA  Steerage    
10  BRADY, Chal           40 m  Labourer    Ireland  USA  Steerage    
11  GIBBONS, John         50 m  Labourer    Ireland  USA  Steerage    
12  DOHERTY, Margaret     18 f  none        Ireland  USA  Steerage    
13  MUNDRIE, Captain      50 m  none        USA      USA  Saloon    
14  ROBERTS, W. R.        37 m  none        USA      USA  Saloon    
15  VROOM, D. G.          40 m  Merchant    USA      USA  Saloon    
16  JOHNSTON, Mrs.        38 f  none        England  USA  Saloon    
17  JOHNSTON, Mr. F.      12 m  child       England  USA  Saloon    
18  JOHNSTON, Robin H.     8 m  child       England  USA  Saloon    
19  JOHNSTON, John         5 m  child       England  USA  Saloon    
20  JOHNSTON, Margaret     3 m  child       England  USA  Saloon    
21  TAYLOR, W             34 m  Merchant    Ireland  USA  Saloon            

Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 4.

Transcribed by Linda Barton for The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 October 1998

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