Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS Circassia
Glasgow to New York ,
14 January 1879
ANCHOR LINE OF TRANSATLANTIC STEAM PACKET SHIPS
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, R. D. Munro, Master of the Steam Ship Circassia do solemnly, sincerely, and
truly declare that the following List or Manifest subscribed by me, and now
delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collections District of
New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the
said S.S. Circassia at Glasgow from which port said SS Circassia has now
arrived; and that on the 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 have died.
So help me God. (signed)
R. D. Munro. Sworn to this January 14, 1879 before me (signed) Raym????fiel.
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steam Ship S.S. Circassia, whereof R. D. Munro is master, from Glasgow burthen 4271 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation. No one died on the voyage so that column was omitted.
1 Mr T. W. Stone 26 M None United States United States Cabin 2 Mr. T. F. Andrews 28 M None United States United States Cabin 3 Mr. Jon Thomas 36 M None Scotland United States Cabin 4 Wm. Maynard 70 M Laborer United States United States 2nd Cabin 5 Edw'd Berryman 35 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 6 Marf't Berryman 30 F Wife Scotland United States Steerage 7 Ellen Berryman 08 F Child Scotland United States Steerage 8 John Berryman 06 M Child Scotland United States Steerage 9 Mary Good 50 F Matron Scotland United States Steerage 10 Wm. Good 15 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 11 Thos. Good 03 M Child Scotland United States Steerage 12 Alex Good 21 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 13 Eliz'th Good 21 F Ho???t* Scotland United States Steerage 14 John Good 14 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 15 ?. E. Hutchinson 42 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 16 Miriam Hutchinson 15 F ?????* Scotland United States Steerage 17 Maggie Hutchinson 11 F Child Scotland United States Steerage 18 Eliz'th Hutchinson 06 F Child Scotland United States Steerage 19 Mary Hutchinson 01 F Child Scotland United States Steerage 20 Peter McLean 18 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 21 Donald McIntyre 50 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 22 Geo. Arnott 38 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 23 Jas. Evans 51 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 24 Pat'k Fagin 19 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 25 Daniel McDonald 26 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 26 John Bewie* 37 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 27 Herman Frow 29 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 28 John Thomson 28 M Laborer Scotland United States Steerage 29 Hy* Goodfellow 44 M Laborer United States United States Steerage 30 Fred'k Bonn???? 19 M Laborer Germany United States Steerage Transcriber's Notes: * Passenger #13 occupation might be HoServ't * Passenger #15 first initial might be a W. or Wm. * Passenger #16 looks like it starts with a Y, but not Youth. * Passenger #26 could be Bowie, Bowes or Bewes * Passenger #30 could be Hay
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 416.
Transcribed by Peg Buckman for the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 June 1999
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