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SS Etau
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I, A Ferguson Master of the SS Etau 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 Steamship at Kingston Portau Prince from which port said Steamship 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. So help me God. Sworn to this 7 *Mar 1879, A Ferguson before me R?zso??ari?al?
List or Manifest Of All The Passengers taken on board the Steamship Etau whereof Ferguson is Master, from Kingston Ja burthen 866 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country of Origin, Country intend to Inhabit, Accommodation
1 G A McNally 31 Male Merchant USAmerica USA Cabin 2 E Zero 35 Male Merchant USAmerica USA Cabin 3 D Noyea 32 Male Merchant USAmerica USA Cabin 4 W Lex 35 Male Photographer Cuba Venzuela Cabin 5 Geo Thompson 23 Male Clerk England England Cabin 6 H Cunningham 25 Male Clerk England USA Cabin Transcriber's Notes: *The Month was hard to determine because of the writing, but it looks like a Mar. The use of ? in the Collector's name indicates the letters are not legible and cannot be read. None of the passengers were numbered. There were no births or deaths during the voyage, therefore, the birth/death column was eliminated. Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416, List 202.
Transcribed by Lois Pahlow for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 18 March 1999
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