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SS Jose Romano
I, A F. de Castro, Master of the above named Mexican SS Jose Romano from the Port of Progreso, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the above List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said SS Jose Romano at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of Progreso or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place and that none have died on the voyage. (signed) Alex. F. de Castro
COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Port of New Orleans April 1st 1891. Subscribed and sworn to before (signed) J D Crawford, Collector.
LIST or MANIFEST of all Passengers taken on board the Mexican SS Jose Romano whereof Alex. Fernandez de Castro is Master, from Progreso, burden 384.49/00 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age (Years/Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Who died on the voyage.
1 Henry Westerman 40 m Mechanic US US 1 trunk and 1 valise
2 Eduard Kunts 43 m Mechanic US US 1 trunk and 1 valise
3* ???lardo Pinto 38 m Seaman Mexico US 17 packages
4 Domingo Abaunza 50 m Merchant Mexico Mexico 2 packages
5* Jose Pock 45 m Merchant Spain Mexico 1 trunk and 1 valise
6* Jose Pock (son) 8 m Merchant Spain Mexico
New Orleans April 1st, 1891
(signed) Alex. F. de Castro
Transcriber's Notes:
* The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
recorder, or other pertinent information.
* The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due
to quality of original document.
* There were no deaths recorded on this voyage, but in that column was
recorded passengers luggage.
* A notation was written at the bottom of manifest in different handwriting.
This note says: Tax paid on one (1) passenger. $.50
* Passenger # 3, Surname could be Binto. Given name looks like Obelardo.
* Passenger # 5 and # 6, Surname could be Bock. There is an accent placed over
the e in Jose.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 75, List 100.
Transcribed by CJ a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 June 2000
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