Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Portland
St. Johns, Newfoundland to Boston, MA.
12 January 1849
There are no statements from the Captain on these ships landing in Boston, MA in 1849. They are known as the Alien Passenger Lists. The list of passengers only include immigrants. No Americans are listed although they may have been on board. According to staff at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives, these microfilms are the only remaining records of some of these ships.
This list is copied verbatim from the microfilm of the original lists at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives, Columbia Point, Boston, MA.
Columns represent: Date, Name of Passengers, Age, Occupation, Where Born, Last Residence, Vessel's Name, Where From.
1* Jan. 12 Mary Kohner 28 Servant Scotland St.Johns St. Johns 2* Jan. 12 Marg't Cotter 25 Servant Scotland St.Johns St. Johns 3* Jan. 12 Roger Kohner 5 Labor Scotland St.Johns St. Johns 4* Jan. 12 Ellen Cotter 31 Labor Scotland St.Johns St. Johns 5* Jan. 12 Sara Cotter ? Labor Scotland St.Johns St. Johns 6 Jan. 12 Charles Norton 24 Labor Scotland St.Johns St. Johns 7* Jan. 12 Grace Cotter 16* 8* Jan. 12 Edw'd Cotter 13* 9* Jan. 12 Richard Kenny 21* 10* Jan. 12 Rob't Grean 42 ?????? Scotland St. Johns St. Johns 11 Jan. 12 Thos. ?????? 19 ?????? 12* Jan. 12 Wm. Stor???? 27 ?????? Jan. 12 11 Paid Head Money, 4 Americams. Transcriber's Notes: The copy was extremely difficult to read. On the original document, the name of the vessel is included with every passenger. There may be changes later. As stated above, only immigrants are listed. Passenger numbers added by the transcriber to aid with referencing. 1, 3 Kohner could be Kebrant 2, 4-5, 7-8 Cotter could be Colter 9 Kenny could be Massy 10 Grean could be Grear 12 Stor???? Could be Horeabe or Horeale The above was copied exactly as the original; where there were ditto marks, the original word was used.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives,
Alien Passenger Lists to Port of Boston,
Microfilm Vol. #2, Jan. 2, 1849 to Feb. 22, 1850.
Transcribed by Peg Buckman for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
28 April 1999
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