Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Star of Empire


Star of Empire-left Liverpool July 12, 1854 and arrived Boston, US August 14, 1854. all passengers were from Ireland and most were listed as Unskilled-

The ship's Master is Brown

Bridget Corbet           18yrs old              
Pat Glynn                22    
B. Connelly              11                                     
James Smith              18    
Mathew Gleeson           46                  
Susan McCaffery          35    
Mary Gleeson             43                             
Mary Corcoran            20    
Pat McAvery              11                             
B. George                32          (male)    
Catherine McAvery         7                     
Caroline George          18    
Ann McAvery               1                             
Edward Kelly             18          (clerk)    
Christian Ganahan        20                     
William Fitzgerald       14    
George McGee             24                             
Thomas Fitzgerald        16    
Catherine Patterson      27                     
William Clymes           14    
Bridget Halls            17                             
John Clymes               8    
Catherine Halls          19                             
Bridget Kane             18    
Johanna Burnes           40                     
Julia Clarke             11    
B. Burnes (male)         16                     
Mary O'Dowell            45    
John Burnes              14                             
Jane O'Dowell            11    
Henry Burnes             11                             
Thomas O'Dowell           9    
Terence Burnes            9                             
Edward O'Dowell           6    
William Burnes                                  
Margaret O'Dowell         2    
Catherine O'Connor       15                     
Dennis Whalen            32           (shoemaker)    
Edward Whalen            40                             
Margaret McSherry        22    
Dennis Dunleavy          43                     
Ellen O'Connor           16    
Mary Dunleavy            18                             
Margaret Garvey          15    
Mary Gaffney             16                             
Bridget Sheehan          14    
Pat Hanlon               35                                     
Johanna O'Connell        21    
Dennis Callahan          20                     
Dennis Sullivan          19    
Mary Reilly              20                                     
Brigid Sexton            18 
William Gaddes           21   
Mary Rennigan             5   
William Kilpatrick       15
Daniel Kilpatrick        14
James Mullowney          20
Bridget Flynn            16
Lance Flynn              11
Mary McManus *           43 
James McManus            17
Thomas Gallagher         23
Mary Hooker              14
Catherine Rooney         14
Margaret Rooney          14
Ellen Rooney              9
James Rooney              6
Redmond Rooney            5
Richard Walsh            45
Johanna Walsh            40
J. Walsh                 18
Richard Walsh            14
Ellen Walsh              11
Patrick Walsh             9
J. Donovan               14

Transcriber's Notes:

McManus - Name somewhat indistinguishable

Boston Public Library - Hand written record.
Transcribed by Mary Deary for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
4 April 1999



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