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Ship Rajah


Cronstadt* to Boston, Massachusetts
11 September 1846

COPY of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Ship Rajah of Boston whereof R. Eldredge is Master, burthen 531 tons and 0/95ths of a ton, bound from the port of Cronstadt for Boston.
Columns represent: Names; Age; Sex; Occupation, Trade or Profession; Country to which they severally belong; Country of which they intend to become inhabitants; Remarks relative to any who may have died or left the vessel during the voyage.
1* G. W. Gyery     26 Male  Gent     U. States  U. States
2* F.    Schomburg 29 Male  Glazier  Sweden     U. States
3  L.    Petengson 27 Male  Glazier  Sweden     U. States


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.

 The date of arrival was not written on the manifest. This ship came into port on 
   11 September 1846.

 Cronstadt may be spelled Kronstadt, which was in the USSR.

 Passenger numbers have been added to aid with referencing.

1  The first passenger's surname could be Gyery or Gzerz; the "y" and "z" are difficult to 
   differentiate.
2  Schomburg, the second passenger, could be Shomburg.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 22.
Transcribed by Lisa Maness for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 February 1999



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