Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Athos

I, Horatio Law * Master of the SS Athos do solemnly, sincerely and truly (left blank) 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the pasengers taken on board the said vessel at Limon C. R from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said pasengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So help me God. Signed H Law. Sworn to this 17 Oct. 1889 before me Thos. J Drum. *

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Athos whereof Horatio Law is Master, from Limon burthen 1262 tons.

Columns represent: the following: Name, Age, Sex, Calling, The country to which they are citizens, Intended destination or location, Date and cause of death, Location of compartment or space occupied, Number of pieces of baggage, Transient, or intranset, or intending protracted sojourn.

 1  A J Ferguson            39y3m  M   Railroad Engineer  USA         New York            Stateroom  2  P/s*
 2  Fa??nce Ross            34y6m  M   Commercial         Costa Rica  New York            Stateroom  2  P/S
 3  ?Bradway                31y4m  M   Commercial         USA         New York            Stateroom  2  P/S
 4  Alex Destricks          26y9m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
 5  Geo Yurgours            32y4m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
 6  ?????? Lattegswich      23y7m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
 7  ????kes Sarkes          35y6m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
 8  ????uk Cebodvitch       31y8m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
 9  Albert Hweuchcheck      30y7m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S 
10  Jno. Harwangicks        31y2m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
11  Vencoz Robyeck          24y5m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
12  A ?nerdikowsky          23y6m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
13  Victor Kaneg            19y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       0  P/S
14  M Meyer                 35y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
15  Gus??an Kaneg           26y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
16  Albert Pilpe            22y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
17  Chas Leppert            38y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
18  Frank Fuchs             24y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
19  Chas Purlhardt          26y7m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
20  Albert Kriege           20y4m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
21  Jno Benedict            22y3m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
22  Henrey Kahn             27y6m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
23  Herenace Stichternachk  26y8m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
24  Carl Miller             22y1m  M   ***                Germany     New York            ****       1  P/S
25  Jns Hwencheck  *        23y4m  M   ***                Poland      New York            ****       1  P/S
26  Cal??lari Antonio       30y2m  M   ***                Italy       Genoa               ****       1  Intransit
27  Christian Zeller  *     40     M                      Germany                died**
28  Felipe Echenerria       26y8m  M   Student            Columbia    New York            Stateroom  1  P/S
29  A Murn                  33y9m  M   Commercial         USA         New York            Stateroom  1  P/S


Transcriber's Notes:
*  Law could also be Low
*  Below Thos. J Drum's name he wrote Dep. Coll.
* *P/S meaning Protracted sojourn
* ***In this column the Captian has written side ways "23 Railroad
  Laborers returning from Costa Rica."
* **** In this column side ways the Captan has written for all 23
  passengers as follows:   "Steerage accommodations ?? often "tween Decks
  just abaft the engines."
* 7 & 8 There is a blot of ink over these two first names and can not see
  them.
* 25 The second letter is level not below the line could be 'w'
* On the age of this party it may be 37y6m or even 57y6m but don't think
  it is that old as compared to the others in the list they all seem to be
  in there twenties and early thirties.
* In the age of the passenger the Captain wrote about 40.  In the died
  column he wrote
* O??g October from heart disease and Malaria  1 Valise clothing thrown
  over board being of no use.

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