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SS Ericsson
Le Havre, France to New York, New York
January 16, 1856
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, A B Lowber, Master of the Steamship Ericsson, do solemnly,
sincerely and truly swear 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 New York, is a fully and perfect list of all the passengers taken
on board of the said Steam Ship Ericsson at Havre from which port said Steam
Ship Ericsson has now arrived; and that on 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 died. So
help me God
Sworn to this Jan 16 1856 Before me ? ? Walden DC
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steam
Ship Ericsson whereof A. B. Lowber is Master, from Havre burthen Nineteen
Hundred & two tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The Country to
which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become
inhabitants, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 F Perez 28 Male Lawyer Cuba Cuba First Cabin
2 Byron Kirby 25 Male Lawyer Ohio First Cabin
3 Daniel Haas 30 Male Merchant France South America First Cabin
4 Benjamin T. Brown 44 Male Merchant Connecticut First Cabin
5 Josephine Methudy 54 Female Merchant Vienna New York First Cabin
6 Joseph Methudy 9 Male Vienna New York First Cabin
7 Gustar Brown 17 Male Apothecary Pennsylvania First Cabin
8 Andre Schmidt 40 Male Servant Huang Poland Ohio First Cabin
9 Jean Hourcade 32 Male Merchant France San Francisco First Cabin
10 Felicite Hourcade 33 Female France San Francisco First Cabin
11 Seraphen Marrangoni 45 Male Artist Italy San Francisco First Cabin
12 Madame Feste 58 Female France New Orleans First Cabin
13 John Go?d 18 Male Brass Finisher New York First Cabin
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
quality of original document.
13: ? could be Good or Goad
There were no births or deaths on this passage, therefore the birth/death
column has been eliminated.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 159.
Transcribed by Rita M. Qualter
a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
February 13, 2000
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