Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS British King
Partial List
Liverpool, England to Philadelphia, PA.
11 April 1887
DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA - PORT OF PHILADELPHIA
I JOHN KELLY master of SS BRITISH KING do certify that the herein Report or
manifest now delivered by me to the U.S. Immigration Inspector at the Port of Philadelphia
contains(?) to the best of my knowledge and belief, a full and true account of all
passengers, which were on board the said S.S. 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
present and have been during the voyage, Master of the / (*)said vessel and I do likewise
certify that all matters in the said Report or Manifest are to the best of my knowledge and
belief, just and true and have been prepared by the purser of said Steamship from a personal
examination of each passenger. U.S. Immigration Inspector Jno. J.G. Rodgers
John Kelly Master
Philadelphia APL 11 1887
Passenger List of the Steamship British King from Liverpool Arrived April 1887
Columns represent: Name of passengers, age of passenger, sex of passenger, place of
birth, legal settlement and occupation of passengers. This list is incomplete.
1 George Taylor 44 m England England Cabinet maker
2 Elizabeth Taylor 40 f England England Wife
3 Ellena * 21 f England England Spinster
4 Eibella * 19 f England England Spinster
5 Jane 14 f England England Spinster
6 Margaret 11 f England England Child
7 David 7 m England England Child
8 George 4 m England England Child
9 John B. 2 m England England Child
10 John Thompson 16 m England England Labourer
11 William Treddar 20 m England England Labourer
12 Sarah 25 f England England Wife
13 infant inft England England infant
14 Thomas Truss 35 m England England Labourer
15 Harriet 36 f England England Wife
16 Matilda 11 f England England Child
17 Eliza 7 f England England Child
18 Joseph 2 m England England Child
19 William Turner 27 m England England Labourer
20 Alfred Tottey 22 m England England Labourer
21 Bernard Toul * 16 m Ireland Ireland Labourer
22 James E. Taylor 27 m England England Labourer
23 Thomas Thornton 24 m England England Labourer
24 Neal Toleau * 22 m Ireland Ireland Labourer
25 Thore Thorsen 28 m Sweden Sweden Labourer
26 Arndt Thornasen 25 m Sweden Sweden Labourer
27 Eudre Tredt 40 m Sweden Sweden Labourer
28 Ann Tornneson 19 f Sweden Sweden Spinster
29 E(?)die Tobiason 24 m Sweden Sweden Labourer
LIST INCOMPL.
Transcriber's Notes:
* The /s appear on the original. Meaning unknown.
* This is only a partial list of the passengers.
Passenger Notes:
3 Ellen
4 Isabella
21 Prob. Toole
24 unlikely spell. for ?Dooley?
Immigration Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Port of Philadelphia
Department of Public Charities
April 11th 1887
Office of Executive Committee 1224 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Steamship British King
Has the Physician of this Steamship made made due and careful examination of each
of the passengers in order that the following questions may be answered correctly?
1. Is there any sickness aboard? If so: the disease?
Yes, Anna M. Classon, 17 years, Cerebrospinal meningitis
2. What is the physical and mental condition of the passengers? Good (except as above)
3. Number of passengers? 5 saloon 974 stge
4. Any lunatics or feeble minded persons? No
5. Any immigrants sent by English Government? No
6. Has there been any deaths? No
7. Has there been any births? Yes one (1) Apl (/?)87, Elizabeth Keefe mother
8. Are there any stowaways? No
9. Are there any convicts: that you know of? No
10. Are there very old: or feeble persons? No
11. Do you know of any destitute persons? No
12. Are there any cripples? No
13. Are any of the females pregnant, destitute and alone? No
Witness:
Jno.(?) J. T.(?) Rodgers
GT Montgomery Physician
F.J. Goodwin Purser
Notes on My Grandmother Elizabeth Taylor
The first family on the list, George Taylor, his wife Elizabeth
and their children had come from Durham Co, England. "Ellena" is my
grandmother Ellen. She was born Decamber 2, 1867 and died in Parsons, Pa.
(Now part of Wilkes-Barre) on November 30, 1912. She married George Gregory
(see SS Scythia July 1886) on July 7, 1891. They had six children. Her
obituary in the Wilkes-Barre Record contains the following ironic
statement, "The death of Mrs. George Gregory occurred at the home in
Breaker (note: now Matson Ave.) on Saturday evening following an
operation for gall stones last Wednesday morning at City Hospital.
The operation was successful, but owing to the weak condition
of her heart she did not survive the ordeal".
The operation was a success but the patient died.
National Archives and Records Administration Film T840, Reel 8.
Transcribed and Donated by Joseph Gregory
For the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 April 2000
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