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SS Victoria
I, Angus Rait, Master of the Steam Ship Victoria do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said SS Victoria at London & Halifax from which port said SS Victoria has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant: and that said
List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. Sworn to this April 7, 1879, A. Rait, Master So Help me God. before me, R???????
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SteamShip Victoria whereof Angus Rait is Master, from London via Halifax burthen 2081 tons.
Columns represent: names, age, sex, occupation,country to which they belong,country in which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied.
1 Mrs. Cooper 40 f None England Cuba cabin 2 Miss Cooper 18 f None England Cuba cabin 3 Mr. H. Boyle 22 m None England US cabin 4 Mr. M. Boyle 20 m None England US cabin 5 Mrs. Chapman 60 f None England US cabin 6 Mrs. Ann Carter 38 f None England US cabin 7 Mr. P. Wills 30 m Merchant South America US cabin 8 Mr. E. Rutter 32 m Chemist England US cabin 9* Mr. Trefor 38 m Shipwaster Nova Scotia Canada* cabin 10 Robt Holliday 44 m Engineer England US steerage 11 W C May 23 m Printer US US steerage 12 Chas McLean 34 m Clerk England US steerage 13 Henry Lucas 21 m Compositor England US steerage 14 James Conder 18 m Pawnbroker England US steerage 15 George Coke 27 m Seaman England US steerage 16 Arsure Morgen 24 m Painter France US steerage 17 Albert Bleur 21 m Blacksmith Germany US steerage 18 Henri Wolfgang 18 m Blacksmith Germany US steerage 19 Charles Hein 20 m Blacksmith Germany US steerage 20 Frank Jacob 31 m Merch Poland US steerage 21 Eve Frank 11 f None Poland US steerage 22* Chon Se??rlstein 23 m None Poland US steerage 23 Josef Behreust 14 m None Poland US steerage 24* Levy Brokopole? 14 m None Poland US steerage 25 Barruthe Gurgeon 34 m Mercht France US steerage 26 Francois Reil 60 m Mercht France US steerage 27 Giovanni Franchi 31 m Organ grinder Italy US steerage 28 Constantine Franchi 35 m Organ grinder Italy US steerage 29 Ernst Bocker 21 m Carpenter Germany US steerage 30 Julius Kirsch 23 m Grocer Germany US steerage 31 Francesca Kirsch 19 f None Germany US steerage 32* Miss Kepp?? 55 f Governess Austria US steerage 33 Ambrose Cox 36 m ?????/ England US steerage 34* ??ardiana Vagliano 25 m Seaman Greece US steerage 35 Charles Bowers 20 m Seaman Nova Scotia US steerage 36 Alo?h West 22 m Seaman Nova Scotia US steerage 37 Henry Snyder 20 m Seaman Nova Scotia US steerage 38 Joseph Howard 21 m Tailor England US steerage (Signed) A. Rait 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. ? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder. Passenger numbers have been added to aid with referencing. 9 To save space the one passenger wishing to become an inhabitant of Canada was shortened from Canada Prov Quebec to just Canada. 22 Se??rlstein could be Selurlstein or Sebirlstein 24 Brokopole? could be Brokopoler or Brokopolek 32 Miss Kepp?? could be Kepper or Keppin 34 ??ardiana Vagliano could be Spardiana
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel #417, List 317
Transcribed by Beth Snyder for the
Immigrant Ships Transcriber's Guild23 April 1999
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