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SS Stillwater
Puerto Cortez, Honduras via Livingston,
Guatemala and Belize City, British Honduras
7 April 1891
PORT OF NEW ORLEANS - DISTRICT OF NEW ORLEANS
I, J.H. McFarlane, Master of the above named STEAMSHIP STILLWATER, From the Port of Belize, Br. Honduras, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the within List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said Steamship at the time of or since her last departure from the said Port of Belize 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) J. H. McFarlane, Master. Subscribed and sworn to before (Signed) J. D. Crawford, Deputy Collector. Collector's Office, Port of New Orleans, April 7th, 1891.
LIST OR MANIFEST of all the Passengers taken on board the STEAMSHIP STILLWATER whereof J. H. McFarlane is master, from Belize, Br. Honduras; burden, 510 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country of which they intend to become inhabitants, part of the vessel occupied, and baggage. (Note: Baggage is listed below in transcriber's notes)
1 Frank E. Taggart 30 Male Miner US US
2 David W. Stebbs 27 Male Miner US US
3 Angela Stebbs 19 Female None US US
4 Fernando Stebbs 0y-10m Male None US US
5 Henri Jallu 30 Male Clerk France France
6 Lean Jallu 27 Male Clerk France France
7 Leopold Leou 24 Male Merchant France France
8 Thomas McCarter 24 Male Engineer England England
9 Agustus W. Hood 49 Male Governing Official Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
10 John ?. Robertson 36 Male Merchant Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
11 Isabella Robertson 29 Female None Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
12 Mary Robertson 8 Female None Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
13 Margaret Robertson 6y-5m Female None Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
14 Isabella Robertson 5 Female None Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
15 ?????? Robertson 1y-5m Female None Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
16 Elizabeth Garbutt 25 Female Nurse Br. Honduras Br. Honduras
(Signed) J. H. McFarlane
I hereby certify that the foregoing list was this day presented
to me by the master of the Am. SS Stillwater from
Belize, Br. Honduras, as a correct list of the passengers
on board said vessel. (Signed) James ?. Grey, Boarding Officer
(Seal with inscription)
Cashier's Office, PAID, April 7 1891, Custom House, New Orleans, LA
Transcriber's Notes:
* A "?" mark indicates that the transcriber could not decipher certain
letters because of either unreadable handwritting by the list maker
or poor condition of the copy of the passenger list.
* Eliminated column part of the vessel occupied, and baggage as each
was stated cabin
* Each "?" indicates a single letter that could not be deciphered.
* Passenger 10, Middle initial probably a "T".
* Passenger 15, Given name unreadable. Total number of letters is
uncertain. Last 3 letters are possibly "las", but even this is uncertain.
List of Passengers' baggage:
Note: In the original passinger list, baggage was entered in the last
column. It is listed below for formating reasons.
* Passenger 1: 1 Valise Wearing Apparel & Ore.
* Passengers 2-4: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, Tools of Trade & Sample Ore,
1 Box Books, 1 Mattras.
Note: Last item possibly a mattress.
* Passenger 5: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, 1 Valise Toilet Articles.
* Passenger 6: 1 Valise Wearing Apparel, 1 Pkg., 2 Cots.
* Passenger 7: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, 2 Valise Wearing Apparel,
1 Pkg. Hammock.
* Passenger 8: 1 Box Wearing Apparel, 1 Portmanteau Wearing Apparel.
* Passenger 9: 1 Trunk Wearing Apparel, 1 Valise Wearing Apparel &
?????, 1 Pkg. Wearing Apparel, 1 Pkg. Cun?? & Skins.
* Passengers 10-16: 7 Trunks Wearing Apparel, 1 Portmanteau Wearing Apparel,
2 Bags Wearing Apparel, 2 Pkgs. Wearing Apparel.
National Archives and Records Administration: Film M259, Reel 75, List Number 105
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 June 2000
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