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Barque Junior
Glasgow, Scotland to New York, New York
15 November 1851
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, George Turner 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 Barque "Junior" whereof I am Master, from Glasgow. So help me God. (signed) Geo Turner. Sworn to this 15th Nov^r 1851 Before me (signed) (unreadable)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Br: Barque "Junior" whereof Turner is Master, from Glasgow. Burthen 579 Tons.
I hereby certify that the Provisions actually laden on board this Ship, according to the requirements of the Passengers' Act, are sufficient for 170 Passengers, computed according to the Act. (Signed) Geo. Turner, Master.
Date, Glasgow 22nd Sept 1851
Nominal list of Passengers
See Note on last Page.
Columns represent: *Ports of Embarkation, Name of Passengers, Adult age/sex Children under 14 Years age/sex, Infants, Profession Occupation or Calling of Passenger, Port at which Passengers have contracted to be landed.
1 Ann Quin 44 F Irish New York
2 John Gilmour 22 M Scotch
3 Mrs. Jane Gilmour 22 F Scotch
4 Lillias Gilmour 9m Scotch
5 Thomas Law 26 M Tinsmith Scotch
6 Robert Lawson 35 M Skinner Scotch
7 John McLaren 22 M Weaver Scotch
8 David McLaren 21 M Weaver Scotch
9 William Torrance 40 M Engineer Scotch
10 Alex^r Gray 27 M Tailor Scotch
11 Mrs. Isabella Gray 26 F Scotch
12 Daniel Gray 60 M Mechanic Scotch
13 Mrs. Isabella Gray 50 F Scotch
14 Jane Gray 20 F Scotch
15 William Crow 24 M Gardiner Scotch
16 Mrs. Jane Crow 22 F Scotch
17 George Crow 4 M Scotch
18 Jane Crow 2 F Scotch
19 Mathew Crow 6m Scotch
20 Thomas Tait 36 M Blacksmith Scotch
21 Mrs. Elizabeth Tait 36 F Scotch
22 Joseph Tait 10 M Scotch
23 Elizabeth Tait 8 F Scotch
24 Agnes Tait 5 F Scotch
25 Marion Tait 3 F Scotch
26 Janet Tait 9m Scotch
27 John Brown 20 M Scotch
28 John Ross 37 M Blacksmith Scotch
29 John Glen 21 M Scotch
30 Robert Craig 25 M Scotch
31 James Dickson 50 M Miner Scotch
32 David Dickson 15 M Miner Scotch
33 Helen Dickson 13 F Scotch
34 Andrew Dickson 9 M Scotch
35 Daniel Dickson 7 M Scotch
36 Elizabeth Aitchison 18 F Irish
37 Adam Reid 27 M Weaver Scotch
38 Mrs. Agnes Reid 26 F Scotch
39 Hugh Reid 5 M Scotch
40 Margaret Reid 3 F Scotch
Adults Children Infants
M/F/Total M/F/Total
Carried forward... 17/9/26 5/6/11 3
Brought forward... 17/9/26 5/6/11 3
41 Agnes Reid 11m Scotch New York
42 Rob^t Gilmour 24 M Miner Scotch
43 Mrs. Agnes Gilmour 20 F Scotch
44 Robert Gilmour 2 M Scotch
45 Agnes Gilmour 1m Scotch
46 Mrs. Jane Cunningham 26 F Scotch
47 Catherine Cunningham 2 F Scotch
48* Agnes Cunningham 2m Scotch
49 Tho^s Watt 33 M Engineer Scotch
50 John McKinzic 31 M Cotton Spinner Scotch
51 Mrs. Janet McKinzic 25 F Scotch
52 Mary McKinzic 7m Scotch
53 Marg^t Thomson 7 F Scotch
54 Hugh Borman 60 M Mason Scotch
55 James Paton 40 M Labourer Scotch
56 James Ramsey 26 M Labourer Scotch
57 Alex^r McPherson 16 M Tailor Scotch
58 Francis Mulligan 20 M Labourer Irish
59 James Doyle 19 M Irish
60 George Spence 34 M Irish
61 John Scott 32 M Irish
62 Mary Gallagher 32 F Irish
63 Ellen Gallagher 24 F Irish
64 Marg^t Gallagher 11 F Irish
65 Bernard Gallagher 9 M Irish
66 Catherine Gallagher 7 F Irish
67 Thomas Gallagher 5 M Irish
68 Mary Cassiday 17 F Irish
69 David Daniel 50 M Irish
70 Jane Daniel 50 F Irish
71 James Daniel 18 M Irish
72 Fanny Daniel 4 F Irish
73 Martha Barr 20 F Irish
74 Ann McFarland 23 F Irish
75 James Humphrey 30 M Irish
76 Mary Humphrey 20 F Irish
77 Eliza McLaughlin 30 F Irish
78 Mary McLaughlin 2 F Irish
79 John McCormick 40 M Irish
80 Marg^t McCormick 40 F Irish
81 Nancy McCormick 11 F Irish
82 Ellen McCormick 8 F Irish
83 Mary McCormick 6 F Irish
84 Catherine McCormick 4 F Irish
85 Michael McCormick 2 M Irish
86 Mary Ann McCanna 14 F Irish
87 Jane Hugan 13 F Irish
88 Marg^t McCrory 14 F Irish
89 Jane McConologue 22 F Irish
90 W^m Irvine 50 M Irish
91 Isabella Irvine 40 F Irish
92 Darkey Irvine 13 F Irish
93 Jane Irvine 11 F Irish
94 Eakin Irvine 8 M Irish
95 William Irvine 5 M Irish
96 Richard Irvine 9m Irish
97 Edward Gorman 35 M Irish
98 Marg^t Gorman 30 F Irish
99 Bridget Gorman 13 F Irish
100 Mary Gorman 8 F Irish
101 Patrick Gorman 2 M Irish
102 Joseph Gorman 1 M Irish
103 John Robertson 20 M Irish
104 Patrick McQuillan 45 M Irish
105 Biddy McQuillan 44 F Irish
106 Patrick McQuillan 20 M Irish
107 William McQuillan 18 M Irish
108 Mary McQuillan 17 F Irish
109 Charles McQuillan 15 M Irish
110 James McQuillan 13 M Irish
111 Rose McQuillan 11 F Irish
112 Thomas McQuillan 8 M Irish
113 James Gafferty 22 M Irish
114 John Gafferty 10m Irish
Adults Children Infants
M/F/Total M/F/Total
Carried forward... 40/28/68 15/22/37 9
Brought forward... 40/28/68 15/22/37 9
115 Mrs. Janet Wood 50 F Scotch New York
116 Mrs. Catherine Weir 27 F Scotch
117 Helen Weir 3 F Scotch
118 Sarah Weir 1 F Scotch
119 Marg^t Watson 27 F Scotch
120 Marion Brown 16 F Scotch
121 Mrs. Helen Murray 33 F Scotch
122 John Murray 3 M Scotch
123 Helen Murray 11m Scotch
124 Bridget Millon 30 F Irish
125 Bridget Millon 4 F Irish
126* John Millon ?m Irish
127* Peggy McG?????gen 40 F Irish Greenock
128* John McG?????gen 4 M Irish
129 George McCorkle 26 M Irish New York
130 Elisa Miller 18 F Irish
131* Ellen Miller 1m Irish
132 Eilen McGarvey 16 F Irish
133 John McGarvey 14 M Irish
134 John Driffy 13 M Irish
135 Thomas Shaw 18 M Irish
136 Jane McSourly 21 F Irish
137* Margt Collin 23 F Irish Greenock
138 James Mullan 20 M Irish New York
139 James Mullin 23 M Irish
140 Jane Mullin 20 F Irish
141 Jane Graham 22 F Irish
142 Mary O'Neil 23 F Irish
143 Bridget Harlin 26 F Irish
144* John Harlin ?m Irish
145 Hannah McLaughlin 20 F Irish
146 Thomas Kennedy 30 M Irish
147 John Dickson 36 M Miner Scotch
148 Duncan McPhail 25 M Clerk Scotch
149 Mrs. Catherine McPhail 23 F Scotch
150 Alex McKinzic 18 M Scotch
151 Alert McKinzic 16 M Draper Scotch
152 Mrs. Barbara Murray 33 F Irish
153 Ellen Quin 30 F Irish
154 Mary Ann Trivars 20 F Irish
155 James Brown 24 M Irish
156 Martin Crotty 24 M Irish
Adults Children Infants
M/F/Total M/F/Total
52/48/100 18/25/43 13
* 2 1
Total No. of Souls equal 52/46/98 17/25/42 13
to Statute Adults....
* 8-1/2 + 12-1/2 = 21
Here insert a List of Cabin passengers with their Names and Ages.
157 C. F. McKay 23
158 Thomas A. Hogan 36
159 Mrs. Bagot 20
160 Mary Jane Turner 16
161 William R. Turner 1
Summary
Number of Souls Equal to
English Scotch Irish Total Statute
Adults
Adults 44 54 98 98
Children between 1 & 14 17 25 42 21
Infants 8 5 13 --
Total 69 84 153 119
We hereby certify that the above is a correct List of all the Passengers who
embarked at the Port of Glasgow.
Signed Geo. Turner, Master.
Countersigned (unreadable) Officer of Customs.
Note - Totals and a Certificate in the above Form must, according to the
requirements of the Act, be added after the last Name on the List of the
Passengers embarked at any and every Port.
Transcriber's Notes:
Port of Embarkation for all passengers is listed as Greenock, so that column
was omitted.
Three passengers that did not continue on the journey were subtracted from the
calculations listed before the cabin passengers.
Also, in the calculations before the list of cabin passengers, it appears that
the children, under 14, were calculated at only 1/2 a soul.
The symbol ^ denotes that the letters immediately following were superscript.
Infant's ages are given in months. On the manifest they were transcribed as
fractions, ie: 10/12 for 10 months.
Passenger #48 - Agnes Cunningham is listed as dead.
Passenger #126 - No month was written
Passengers #127 and #128 - These passenger names were crossed off. Though
difficult to read, the surname appears to read McGeddingen.
It appears that these passengers did not sail with the ship
and stayed in Greenock.
Passenger #131 - Ellen Miller is listed as dead.
Passenger #137 - This passenger's name was crossed. It appears that this
passenger did not sail with the ship and stayed in Greenock.
Passenger #144 - No month was written
Correspondence 09/28/02 passenger #104-112 McQuillan
The McQuillan family, passengers( #104-112) aboard the Barque Junior that sailed
into New York on 15/NOV/51 settled in Norwalk, CT. The family prospered for three
generations. Thomas, the youngest joined the Irish Brigade during the Civil War
(88th Reg.). He was wounded in the battle @ Fair Oaks, VA at the start of the
Richmond Campaign. This family formerly lived in Maghera, County Derry (now County
Londonderry) in Ireland. Biddy's(Bridget) maiden name was Convery. There are still
McQuillan & Convery families living in town to this day. Paul McQuillan
Correspondence 01/17/2005 passengers #20-27 Tait
The following account of the voyage of the Junior is taken from the reminiscences of
Aunt Lizzie (Tait) Gallaher as told to her niece, Stella Fox Beam in 1930 when Aunt Lizzie
was about 86. Lizzie was “Elizabeth Tait,” the 8-year old passenger #23
on the passenger list —Alaric Faulkner]
Here is the substance of her account:
So Thomas Tait decided to come to America. John Brown, his adopted son, had run away
with $100 Thomas was saving to come to America, but he came back and was forgiven and
was brought to this country along with the rest of the family.
His sister Jannet Turnbull came down from Sanquhar to help him get ready. She varnished
the chairs, etc. to sell at the "roup" as they called a household auction. She also
helped bake up food for on board ship. For food for the trip. They had cheese, tea,
honey, dried meats, oatcakes, and all kinds of baking that would keep. The fine china,
blankets, etc. were all packed in fir chests. The relatives all came to bid them goodbye.
The children all went to the burn (creek) to wash their faces and make them healthy.
When all was ready for the ocean voyage the family went to Jannet and Sandy Turnbull's
for a short overnight stay before leaving bonnie Scotland. After bidding them goodbye
they started by train to Glasgow where they were to take the vessel "The
Martha's Vineyard" to New York.
After seeing the vessel with its low decks and dirty appearance, Thomas decided to look
about for another passage. He met an Englishman by the name of George Turner who
happened to be the captain of the boat "Junior" that was headed for America.
That boat could not leave for two weeks because of necessary repairs, but Thomas
decided to wait for it. The captain told them that he and his family could go on
board and stay till the time of sailing and join the captain's wife and two children
who were with him on the boat. So on board they went.
The family consisted of eight members at that time, father Thomas, mother Betty who
was pregnant, John Brown, Joe (nine), Elizabeth (eight), Agnes, Marian and Janet. It
was in November 1850 [actually 1851] that they landed in America. A new
sailing vessel, in starting from dock alongside of the "Junior" crashed into the
"Junior" and damaged it so that they had to wait for repairs again. Thomas was
sorry he had not engaged passage on that boat, but as it happened it never reached
America on that trip for the storms were too much for it and it came back to port
later a wreck.
The Junior was then making its first trip to America. It had previously been in
the China tea trade. All of the family were seasick except Joe.
As the passengers were coming aboard there was an Irishman and his buxom daughter
with the baby in her arms--a wizened baby with its unmarried mother. He told her
to take care of the child, and that it might be a blessing to her yett. Bidding her
goodbye he left. She went down to the steerage leaving the baby there in her berth
and came up and sat on deck. Later on she kept leaving it there crying until the
captain ordered her down to care for it. Still she neglected it and starved it.
Its cries could be heard above the waves in the night. The sailors named it
"the water rat." It died before reaching America, the sharks following the ship
for days before its death. The child was buried at sea.
There was a stowaway. The head sailor had her put in a hogshead--his sweetheart.
When went out to sea she made her appearance. A tall, nice looking American, he
an Englishman. The first boat sighted after that was hailed and the two were sent
back for punishment. He was an important part of the crew, but passengers were
called upon when help was needed.
The Captain's daughter was thirteen. She became engaged to a young man coming
to New York to seek his fortune, named Elgin.
Another death occurred on board--a child 9 months old. When it was buried at sea
the mother was frantic. She wanted the captain to wait for land. She was on the
way to America to meet her husband, a man named Mackenzie.
A whale was sighted on the Sabbath morning during services. All were frightened
but the captain gave orders for all to sit perfectly still and soon the whale departed.
They also caught a sea horse--half fish with the head of a horse.
After seven weeks of sailing, on sunshine and storm, the birds first told of land for
birds landed on the ships--tired out--to rest. The captain was afraid so many would
come as to sink the ship, but no such catastrophe happened.
Thomas ate no supplies from the ships stock. He threw his ration overboard so no
one else would get them stale going back. His family ate of their own supplies and
used their own bedding and dishes. Their damask curtains were all hung for privacy.
Thomas did all the cooking for the family on board. He made taffy, etc. to please
the children. The captain also gave him permission to put a swing on deck for the
children.
All did not go smoothly--the second mate and the cook had a fight. The second mate
had his thumb bitten off by the black cook--half way across. Punnishment was meted
out to them.
There were several storms but the worst was one about halfway across that lasted nine
days. The foremast creaked--the goats and chickens were drowned. The people kept to
their beds. The men waiting on the women and children. Only a few dim lights were
kept in the halls for fear of fire. Thomas put a hook at the back of his [pregnant]
wife Betty’s bed so she would not roll out--a strain to stay in.
Three days before landing a little new arrival came to the Tait family--a boy.
The captain wanted him named for him--George. A man on board wanted his name also
given him--Findlay--and he promissed to send him to college when the time came. So
the baby was named George Findlay. The captain also wanted "Junior" the name of
the ship, to be given. Then Junior was added and the baby later christened George
Findlay Junior Tait.
Landing was celebrated by a big feast on board. The supplies had held out well but
the water was stale and undrinkable and had to be replenished by rainwater caught
from the sails. Each one went ashore and purchased what they were most hungry for.
The captain's daughter chose a keg of pickled pigs' feet. Thomas bought fruit and
a roasted ham.
A dance followed. Agnes and Elizabeth [the narrator] were the only two children
who knew how to dance. All the children in Scotland went to dancing school; if you
were not dancing by the age of twelve you were very backward. The Highland Fling,
incidentally was considered vulgar.
Thomas’s brother James Tait lived in New York and met the boat with a carriage and
the family all went to his home in New York City. Betty, very tired after her
labor was literally carried out of the boat.
Comments on Lizzie’s account by Alaric Faulkner:
Elizabeth Tait Gallaher’s account of the details of this ship is extraordinarily
accurate, judging from the passenger list of the Barque Junior! The Junior arrived
from Glasgow to New York Harbor on November 15, 1851 (not 1850). The passenger list
was signed by the ship’s master, who was indeed named George Turner. Passengers
included Thomas Tait (36) blacksmith, Mrs. Elizabeth Tait (36), Joseph Tait (10),
Elizabeth Tait (8), Agnes Tait (5), Marion Tait (Female, 3), Janet Tait (9 mos) and
listed with them John Brown (20). No mention is made of the birth of George Findley
Junior Tait. The master’s daughter was Mary Jane Turner, and was aged 16, not 13.
Her intended was possibly fellow cabin passenger Thomas A. Hogan (36); there was no
passenger “Elgin.” The babies who died on board were Ellen Miller (1 m) the starved
“water rat” and daughter of Elisa Miller (18, Irish), and Agnes Cunningham (2 m),
daughter of Mrs. Jane Cunningham (26, Scotch, not McKenzie as Lizzie remembered) .
The name of Margaret Collin (23, Irish) is crossed off, and she may have been
stowaway who was put off the ship along with the first mate. Others, whose names
were crossed off the list may never have sailed: Peggy McGeddingen [?] (40) and
her 4 m old son John. There was no passenger by the name of Findlay, so he may
have been someone they met in New York.
Alaric Faulkner
Historical Archaeologist
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Maine
National Archives and Records Administration, M237, Reel 107, Number 1675.
Transcribed by Debbie McCarrell
a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
11 August 2000
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