Immigrant Ships
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Ship Robert Burton

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Robert Burton, whereof ?. Decan is Master, from Liverpool, burthen 400 tons.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants, baggage.

    
   1  William Easby           50  m  gentm.      U. States   U. States   four packages
   2  George Shipman          25  m  mechanic    U. States   U. States   five packages
   3  Mary Shipman            23  f  mechanic    U. States   U. States   five packages
   4  Margaret Maguire        18  f  londres*    England     U. States   two packages
   5* Hannah White?           25  f  londres     England     U. States   two packages
   6  Mary Dillon             22  f  londres     England     U. States   two packages
   7* Bridget Cavanagh        3?  f  londres     England     U. States   three packages
   8* ?indfield Cavanagh      11  m  londres     England     U. States   three packages
   9  James Cavanagh           5  m  londres     England     U. States   three packages
  10  Mariana Cavanagh      11-mo f  londres     England     U. States   three packages
  11  Henry Mackintire        18  m  labourer    England     U. States   one package
  12  Ellen Lyster            21  f  londres     England     U. States   one package
  13  Eliza Doland            24  f  londres     England     U. States   one package    
                                        
(Signed)  ?. Decan*   

    
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.

On this list, ditto marks were used by original writer to indicate occupation and baggage, 
so it is unlikely that all those in one family would have had 3 packages each, nor would 
the children have been laundresses.

Occupation of several passengers was spelled phonetically: laundress.

Passenger numbers added to aid with referencing.
   
 5 Hannah White?: seemed to be r or s on end of name.
 7 Bridget Cavanagh: could not read all of age.
 8 ?indfield Cavanagh: first name possibly Dindfield or Windfield.

* ?. Decan: could not read his initials, but possibly S. W..

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M425, Reel 70.

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