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Brig Tornado
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -- PORT OF NEW YORK
I, O. McCarty, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed with my name and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New York, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers taken on board the Brig Tornado whereof I am Master from Bermuda.
Sworn before me this 1 Sept 1854 So help me God. (signed) Munniford by Collector (signed) O M CARTY*
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Brig Tornado whereof O. McCARTY* is master, from Bermuda burthen 185 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age (years and month), sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend becone inhabitants, died on voyage*.
1 Mm Hanley 48 F Lady Lurks* Islands USA
2 Daniel Hunt 30 M Merchant Bermuda USA
3 Mm Hunt 23 F Lady Bermuda USA
4 A J Hunt 8mo. M Child Bermuda USA
5 Alfred Northern 38 M Merchant Bermuda USA
6 Heneor??? McCall 36 M Merchant Bermuda USA
7 A E D Mims* 34 M Merchant Bermuda USA
8 Chas H Gilbert 30 M Merchant Bermuda USA
9 Saml S Inghore* 36 M Merchant Bermuda USA
10 Martha McGall 40 F no entry USA USA
11 Hr Jos McGall* 11 M Merchant USA USA
12 Wm Jos McGall* 9 M Merchant USA USA
13 Mary M McGall* 8 F Merchant USA USA
14 Elizabeth McGall* 6 F Merchant USA USA
15 Quintino McGall* 4 M Merchant USA USA
16 Johanna ?emp* 18 F Seamstress Ireland USA
17 Sein Deuismite* 2 3mo. M Child USA USA
18 John Naynier 43 M Shipwright England USA
19 Charlotte Fraysuer* 19 F Dressmaker England USA
20 Louis Clark 28 M Engineer England USA
21 Margaret McCartney 26 F Seamstress USA USA
22 Thomas W McCartney 10 M Child USA USA
23 Elizabeth McCartney 2 F Child USA USA
24 Thos. W. McCartney 9mo. M Child USA USA
Transcriber's Notes:
* no one was reported as Died on Voyage
* Captain's name is written in as O M Carty, and O McCarty
USA is written out in full as United States Of America in all entries
# 1 difficult to read could be Turks Islands (but does not look like a t)
# 7 could be Mems
# 9 could be Inghone
# 11-15 shows as ditto marks, listing occupation as merchant ?
# 16 could be Hemp or Kemp
# 17 very difficult to read last four letters
# 19 or Fraysier
Correspondence: 6/8/99 Passengers #21,22,23,24, the McCartney's are
ancestors of correspondent Charles Polnaszek
FHC Film # 0175501 Record #1176
Transcribed by Meg Sibbernsen for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 10 February 1999
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