Immigrant Ships
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Ship Ontario


London to New York
28 June 1843

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK

I W. K. Bradish do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Ship Ontario whereof I am Master, from London. Sworn to the 28 day June 1843_____________W K Bradish Before me, M.L.Davis D C
LIST OR MANIFEST of all the PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Ontario whereof W K Bradish is master, from London burthen tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Years, Age, Months, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The Country which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage.
    
   
  1. Mary        Bown*     41y 2m Lady   Lady               England        Upper Canada      
  2. Mary A      Bown      23y    Lady   Lady               England        Upper Canada     
  3. Susan E     Bown      22y    Lady   Lady               England        Upper Canada
  4. John Y      Bown      21y    Gent   Gent               England        Upper Canada
  5. Harriet R   Bown      17y    Lady   Lady               England        Upper Canada
  6. Emily H     Bown      13y    Lady   Lady               England        Upper Canada
  7. Walter R    Bown      13y    Gent   Gent               England        Upper Canada
  8. Edwin T     Bown      12y    Gent   Gent               England        Upper Canada
  9. Mary        Campton   21y    Lady   Servant            England        Upper Canada
 10. Anne        Child     25y    Lady   Servant            England        Upper Canada
 11. Arthur      Poole     17y    Gent   Servant            England        Upper Canada
 12. Alexander R Shaw      46y    Gent   Engineer           Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 13. Isabella    Shaw      43y    Lady   Lady               Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 14. Ann I       Shaw      21y    Lady   Lady               Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 15. Alexander W Shaw      18y    Gent   Gent               Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 16. Charles W   Shaw      13y    Gent   Gent               Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 17. William A   Shaw       9y    Gent   Gent               Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 18. Emma R      Shaw *        9m                           Pensylvania    Philidelphia
 19. Albert      Watson    23y    Gent   Gent               Boston Mass    New York
 20. Joseph W    Lees      38y    Gent   Coach Spring Maker Newark NJersey Newark 
 21. Margaret    Patterson 16y    Lady   Lady               New York       New York
 22. Ann         Yeldham   39y    Lady   Lady               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 23. Ann         Yeldham   18y    Lady   Lady               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 24. Fanny       Yeldham   15y    Lady   Lady               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 25. John        Yeldham   13y    Gent   Gent               Great Bratain  Upper Canada
 26. Amelia      Yeldham   11y                              Great Britain  Upper Canada
 27. Henry       Yeldham*   4y    Lady   Lady               Great Britain  Upper Canada                
 28. Elizabeth   Yeldham*  2-6*   Gent   Gent           
 29. George      Hale      36y    Gent   Gent               Illinois       Illinois
 30. Eliza       Hale      35y    Lady   Lady               Illinois       Illinois
 31. Margaret    Yeldham    9y    Lady   Lady               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 32. John        Edgeland  41y    Gent   Bookbinder         Great Britain  Upper Canada
 33. Salome      Edgeland  31y    Lady   Gardener*          Great Britain  Upper Canada
 34. Ann         Edgeland   3y    Lady   Gardener*          Great Britain  Upper Canada
 35. James       Roberts   53y    Gent   Gardener*          Great Britain  New York
 36. Ann         Roberts   43y    Lady                      Great Britain  New York
 37. John        Roberts   13y    Gent                      Great Britain  New York
 38. Robert      Baud      12y    Gent                      Great Britain  New York
 39. William     Baud      11y    Gent                      Great Britain  New York
 40. John        Hallott   21y    Gent                      Great Britain  New York
 41. Caroline    Hallott   19y                              Great Britain  New York
 42. Gustavus    Charin    22y    Gent                      Great Britain  New York
 43. Henry       Terc???   29y    Gent   Tailor             Great Britain  Halifax
 44. William     Hitchins  24y    Gent   Salesman           Great Britain  Salesman*
 45. Sarah       Char      40y    Lady   M???               Great Britain      
 46. Joseph      Ball      23y    Gent   G???                Great Britain      
 47. Jeremiah    Healy*    29y    Gent   Tinker              Great Britain  Canada
 48. Cathrine    Healy     29y    Lady                       Great Britain  Canada
 49. Maryann     Healy     10y    Lady                       Great Britain  Canada
 50. William     Healy      4y                               Great Britain  Canada
 51. Jeremiah    Healy         6m                            Great Britain  Canada
 52. William H   Jervis    24y                               Great Britain  N York
 53. Alfred      Rigg      26y                               Great Britain  N York
 54. J           Charles*  21y           Clothworker         Great Britain  N York   
 55. Patrick     Callem    42y           Gardener            Great Britain  N York
 56. John        Joanes    29y                               Great Britain  N York
 57. Hannah      Joanes    33y    Lady                       Great Britain  N York
 58. Samuel      Tooley    36y                               Great britain  N York
 59. John        Croaker   23y           Shoemaker           Great Britain  N York
 60. George      Seargent  24y                               Great Britain  N York
 61. Joseph      Budd      42y           Farmer              Great Britain  N York
 62. Mary        Budd      38y    Lady                       Great Britain  N York
 63. Mary        Budd      15y    Lady                       Great Britain  N York
 64. Ann         Budd      12y    Lady                       Great Britain  N York
 65. Sarah       Budd      10y    Lady                       Great Britain  N York
 66. Job         Budd       8y                               Great britain  N York
 67. William     Budd          6m                            Great Britain  N York
 68. John        Mason     48y           Coal Merchant       Great Britain  Upper Canada
 69. Ann         Mason     30y    Lady                       Great Britain  Upper Canada
 70. John        Mason     13y                               Great britain  Upper Canada
 71. Edward      Mason     11y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada 
 72. William     Mason      9y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 73. Robert      Welton    48y           Engineer            Great Btirain  Upper Canada
 74. Eliza       Welton    48y    Lady   Engineer*           Great Britain  Upper Canada
 75. Eliza       Welton     9y    Lady                       Great Britain  Upper Canada
 76. Henry       Nash      28y           Tinman              Great Gritain  Upper Canada
 77. Harriett    Nash      33y    Lady                       Great Britain  Upper Canada
 78. Richard     Nash       3y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 79. Samuel      Nash          6m        Houseagt*           Great Britain  Upper Canada
 80. John        Couch     44y           Houseagt*           Great Britain  Upper Canada
 81. Robert      Couch     11y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 82. John        Couch     13y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 83. Phillip     Swaths    19y           Carpenter           Great Britain  Upper Canada
 84. Daniel      M???th    58y           Builder             Great Britain  Upper Canada
 85. John        Healy     34y           Tailor              Great Britain  Upper Canada
 86. Elizabeth   Healy     36y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 87. J??         Healy      2y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 88. John        Healy      ?  6m                            Great Britain  Upper Canada
 89. Thomas      Moss      25y           Saddle Tree Maker   Great Britain  Upper Canada                                     
 90. C?w???*     Lacy      32y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 91. Zedekiah    Clewson   30y           L???                Great Britain  Upper Canada
 92. Jacob       Brown     27y           Haymaker            Great Britain  Upper Canada
 93. Ann         Brown     30y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 94. Edward      Brown      4y                               Great Britain  Upper Canada
 95. Edwin       Brown      1y 3m*                           Great Britain  Upper Canada
 96. Caroline    Curtis    17y           Lady                Great Britain  Upper Canada
 97. Albert      Curtis        6m                            Great Britain  Upper Canada
 98. Joseph      Robins    44y           Servant             Great Britain  Upper Canada
  										

                   Cabin Passengers  31             
                 Steerage            66*       (signed)WK Bradish
                                    ____
                         Total       97*
 
 99. Thomas      May      32y           Wheelwright         G Britain      Upper Canada         
100. Mary        May      41y 
101. Margaret    May      10y
102. Cathrine    May      12y

                    Steerage         70
                                    ____
                     Total          101

                                 
                                                     
    
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 letters that could not be read, due to 
  quality of original document.     
* The passenger numbers were added by the transcriber.
* Starting with passenger 18, the author of the list, W.K. Bradish, used 
  the customary "d" signifying "ditto" meaning "the same as above"; however, 
  he was not consistent with the usage, because he also used the character 
  to indicate non entry. Therefore, the transcriber, not wanting to make 
  obviously incorrect entries, will interpret the ditto as same as above 
  when that is deemed correct. Where the ditto is ambiguous, the entry will 
  be blank. 
* Passengers 27 and 28 sex & occupation (and age for 28) as written; however, 
  there appears to have been an error in the columns which the author corrected 
  with passenger 29.
* Passenger 33 occupation scratched out; it did read "gardener" which is 
  probably the occupation of passenger 35 whose occupation is indicated with
  the "d" for ditto. The occupation for passenger 34 is probably erroneous.
* Passenger 44 "Salesman" is repeated in the intended destination column.       
* Passenger 47 destination possibly "Ea" Canada. Destination for passengers 
  48 through 51 were dittos.
* Passenger 54. Entry was crossed through with the notation: "Not on board
  this ship".
* Passenger 74. Occupation as written.
* Passenger 79. Occupation written then deleted. Same as following passenger. 
  Not sure about the word.
* Passenger 90. Possibly Crawford.
* Passenger 95. Not sure of number in the months column.
* Steerage number 66 was crossed out.
* Total number of 97 was crossed out.
* There were no entries in the "died on the voyage" column.
 
Correspondence 07/23/02 passenger #12-18 Shaw 
My family are the Shaws, passengers number 12 to 18.  

Just a bit about Alexander R. Shaw.  He had originally come
to the US with his parents and siblings in 1801 from near
the town of Lurgen in County Down, Ireland.  Later on in his
life after he had married he went to England and lived and
worked there for a number of years having a great deal of
success, before deciding to finally return to the US for the
remainder of his life.  When he returned in 1843 he lived in
Philadelphia near his brother James.  Alexander was the
brother of my direct ancestor William Shaw.
Linda Shaw Barsalou

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 52, List 398.
Transcribed by Sherrill Modlin for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 Aug 1999



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