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SS City of Washington
I, L. F. Timmerman, Master of the Steamship City of Washington 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 steamer at Havana, Cuba from which Port said Steamship 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. So help me God. (signature of L.F. Timmerman) Sworn to this April 3d 1879, before me (*)?????
(*) Indecipherable initials and signature
List or Manifest Of all the passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Washington, whereof L.F. Timmerman is Master, from Havana, Cuba burthen 2618.27 tons.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country to which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
Lewis H. Sayre 25 Male Physician United States United States Cabin
Alice T. Sayre 24 Female None United States United States Cabin
Rosa C. Bernard 31 Female Servant United States United States Cabin
William H. Johns 36 Male Merchant United States United States Cabin
Katie S. Jonhs 30 Female None United States United States Cabin
Katie S. Jonhs 10 Female None United States United States Cabin
Louisa Bingenheimer 31 Female Boarding House United States United States 2d Cabin
Jacob Bingenheimer 10 Male None United States United States 2d Cabin
Helen F. Aylwin 27 Female Governess United States United States Cabin
Ester van Sohen (1) 30 Female Governess United States United States 2d Cabin
Arthur L. Merriam 29 Male Merchant United States United States Cabin
Henry A. Rogers 35 Male Merchant United States United States Cabin
Thomas Seaman 58 Male Merchant United States United States 2d Cabin
William Callan 34 Male Clergyman United States United States Cabin
Thomas M. Brigiere 33 Male Merchant United States United States Cabin
Harry Alexandre 28 Male Merchant United States United States Cabin
Augustus Brown 35 Male Merchant United States United States Cabin
John E. Allen 31 Male Physician United States United States Cabin
William H. Saunders 48 Male Dealer in Horses United States United States Cabin
J. Dilgado (2) 27 Male Clerk United States United States Cabin
C. W. Durant Jr 36 Male Sugar Refiner United States United States Cabin
Louis V. Bruck (3) 19 Male Clerk United States United States Cabin
Yldefonso Rossis 32 Male Cigar Maker United States United States 2d Cabin
William Menzies (4) 4? Male Merchant Great Britain Great Britan Cabin
Charles E. Sachs 21 Male Clerk Prussia Germany Cabin
Joseph Muller (5) 41 Male Merchant Prussia Germany Cabin
George Ehnsi 46 Male Merchant Prussia Germany Cabin
Rassion Menendez 36 Male Merchant Spain residing in United States 2d Cabin
Maria Menendez 30 Female None Spain residing in United States 2d Cabin
Maria Montane (6) 29 Female None Spain Spain Cabin
Abraham Labas 32 Male Boatman Spain Cuba 2d Cabin
Ramon Laymon 31 Male Merchant Spain Cuba Cabin
Jose Matamoros 36 Male Merchant China China 2d Cabin
Uan Chan Tong (7) 39 Male Shop Keeper China residing in United States 2d Cabin
Pablo Alie 37 Male Laborer China China 2d Cabin
Urbano Vila 52 Male Cook China China 2d Cabin
transcriber notes:
(1) The "v" in van Sohen is in lower case, will be inserted in Surname list in upper case.
(2) While there traditional spelling would be Delgado, the "e" is not open as is consistent in document.
However, it also does not indicate a dot as all "i"s do.
(3) Umlate over the "u" in Bruck
(4) Unable to be positive on second number on age due to flaw in copy partially obscuring number.
What can be seen appears to be a "5".
(5) Umlate over the "u" in Muller
(6) Unusual spelling for the Spanish Surname "Montane", typically spelled with an "s" on the end, "Montanes".
(7) Surname List will list both "Uan" and "Tong", as Chinese family name is normally listed first but were
typically give the "last" name by immigration officials as the "family" name.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.
Transcribed by Robert Toy for The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild 19 January 1999
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