Immigrant Ships
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Ship Carroll of Carrolton

I, Thomas J. Bird do solemnly, sincerely, and truly Swear that the Report or Manifest subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the District of Philadelphia, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the passengers which were on board the Ship Carroll of Carrolton at the time of her sailing from the Port of Liverpool or which have been taken on board at any time since; that I am at present and have been during the voyage master of the said vessel. And I do likewise Swear that all matters whatsoever in the said Report or Manifest, are to the best of my knowledge and belief, just and true. SO HELP ME GOD. Sworn before me this 1st day of March 1834 (not signed) Collector.

Report or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Ship Carroll of Carrolton whereof Thomas J. B???* is master, from Liverpool burthen ?95 9/95 tons and owned by Thos E. ?????* & Co of Philadelphia and bound for Philadelphia.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit.

View Scan of Passenger Manifest

  1* John Stapby         10     M
  2  James Galbraith     40     M   Carpenter      Ireland
  3  Janes Galbraith     37     F                  Ireland
  4  Robert Galbraith    15     M                  Ireland
  5  James Galbraith     13     M
  6  Mary Galbraith      12     F
  7  William Galbraith    9     M
  8  Ann Galbraith        8     F                             U States
  9  Jane Galbraith       4     F
 10* Magt Galbraith       3     F
 11  Sarah Galbraith     6 mos. F
 12  Chas. Newgan        24     M   Farmer
 13  Wm. Brown           36     M   Stocking maker  England
 14  John Pilkington     24     M
 15  Owen Cavenaugh      24     M   Labourer        Ireland
 16  Elizabeth Cavenaugh 20     F
 17  Mary Cavenaugh       2     F
 18  Mathew Cavenaugh    3 mos. M
 19  John Cavenaugh      40     M
 20  Robert Orr          22     M
 21  Patrick McElroy     27     M   weaver
 22  Luke Mooney         35     M   Labourer
 23* Thos. McCann        40     M   Weaver           England
 24* John Hurst          33     M    ?????*
 25* Ann Hurst           20     F
 26  John Taylor         11     M

Transcriber's Notes:
* The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
* The use of a ? indicates a word or letter that could not be read, due to quality
  of original document.
* The first number of the tonage is not clear, but could be a six (6).
* The name of the captain is poorly written, but could be Bird.
* The ship could belongs to "Thos E Mathers Co" or "Thos E Walker & Co", but not written clearly
  enough to decipher.
* In the column for "occupation", there were ditto marks after each passenger who
  had no occupation listed.
* In the column for "to what country belonging" there was no other designation except
  for the four indicated.
* Column "Country of which is their intention to become inhabitants" had "U States"
  written once.
* In family groups, only the first person, usually a male, had the last name written out.
  The rest were indicated by "dt".
* Passenger # 1 The surname is difficult to read; please view the scan of the manifest.
* Passenger # 10 The "t" is a superscript above the Mag.
* Passenger # 23 The name could be Thos W Cann or Thos McCann
* Passenger # 24 The occupation is a 9-11 letter word. The last half could be "pastor".
* Passenger # 24 The surname may be Hurst or possibly Hunt.
* Passenger # 25 The surname may be Hurst or possibly Hunt.

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