Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
Brig Venus
Dublin, Ireland to Boston, Massachusetts
31 July 1847
DISTRICT OF BOSTON - PORT OF BOSTON
There was no captain's sworn statement with this list.
COPY of Report and List of the Passengers taken on board the Brig Venus of New Haven whereof Francis Soule is Master, burthen 195 tons and (not filled in)/95ths of a ton, bound from the Port of Dublin for Boston.
Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation,
country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit. All of the passengers were recorded as being from Ireland and intending to become residents of the U. States, so those columns will be eliminated here.
1 John Metcalf 27 male agent Ireland U. States
2 James Cheese 45 male captain
3 John Riely 44 male trader
4 Jane Riely 44 female wife
5 Pat Riely 12 male labourer
6 Edwd Riely 10 male labourer
7 Charles Riely 17 male labourer
8 Wm Dorrington 30 male labourer
9 Mary Dorrington 29 female wife
10* M? Dorrington 6 female
11 Wm Dorrington 1 male
12 Rose Sullivan 25 female spinster
13 Thomas Stanly 42 male labourer
14 George Beckas 27 male tailor
15 Ann Hogan 16 female spinster
16 Mary Hogan 19 female spinster
17 Robert Mullaney 30 male surgeon
18 Maria Mullaney 40 female wife
19 Pat Mullaney 21 male physician
20 Mary Quinne 20 female spinster
21 James Cheese 13 male
22 James C. Maguire 28 male teacher
23* Alica Maguire 23 female wife
24 Henry E. Maguire 2 male
25 John Owen 30 male servant
26 James Owen 26 male labourer
27 Mary Owen 30 female spinster
28 John Killeen 35 male labourer
29 Mary Killeen 35 female wife
30 Honor Killeen 16 female spinster
31 Ann Killeen 21 female spinster
32 Betty Flattery 21 female spinster
33 Bridget Donnelly 30 female
34 Mary Ann Donnelly 9 female
35 Elizabeth Donnelly 5 female
36 William Cloughy 17 male labourer
37 Pat Healy 27 male labourer
38 Michael Troy 27 male tailor
39 Anthony Molynees 27 male
40 Margaret Molynees 22 female wife
41 Infant Molynees 1mo female
42 John Lawless 28 male labourer
43 Mary Molloy 40 female wife
44 Margaret Molloy 12 female
45 John Finn 25 male labourer
46 Maria Finn 25 female wife
47 Pat Maloney 30 male labourer
48 Edward Langan 24 male labourer
49 Bartle Langan 22 male labourer
50 Ann Cassidy 20 female spinster
51 Michael Scully 30 male labourer
52 Mary Ann Scully 22 female wife
53 John Lightholder 50 male labourer
54 Teressa Lightholder 18 female spinster
55 Mary Lightholder 16 female spinster
56* David Du??e 30 male labourer
57 Mary Du??e 35 female wife
58 Christopher Coyne 21 male labourer
59 Cornelius Gafrey 30 male labourer
60 John Kenny 24 male labourer
61 Michael Smith 32 male labourer
62 Ann Smith 20 female wife
63 Ann Smith 25 female spinster
64 William Smith 24 male labourer
65 James Fagan 20 male labourer
66 John Quinn 20 male labourer
67 Pat Fox 24 male labourer
68 Margaret Quinn 13 female
69 Daniel Breheny 22 male labourer
70 Thos Breheny 20 male labourer
71 Bridget Breheny 14 female spinster
72 John Devlin 21 male labourer
73 Mary Bryne 22 female spinster
74 Margaret Byrne 26 female spinster
75 William Hill 32 male labourer
76 Pat Keough 32 male labourer
77 Mary Keough 27 female wife
78 Michael Donegan 24 male labourer
79 Betsy Mangan 24 female spinster
80 Mary Mangan 20 female spinster
Transcriber's Notes:
#10 first name possibly Mary, but is overwritten, difficult to read.
#23 first name spelled as found.
#56-57 surname looks like Durme, but could be Dunne.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 23.
Contributed and Transcribed by Mary Koelzer a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 May 2000
If you find an ancestor on a ship on ISTG and would like to link to your email address or home page, please submit a short paragraph about the passenger, where settled, children, etc., with the name of the ship and date of arrival, and send to the transcriber at the bottom of the manifest or to the ISTG Production Coordinator.
We strive to make your search productive. If you don't find the passenger list you are looking
for on our site, please consider a subscription to Ancestry.com. There, you can locate your
ancestors ship, passenger list, view and save a copy of the original list. You can also access
census data and death records to help you in your search. Census records, and in particular
the 1930 census, is one of the most easily used tools for beginners and seasoned genealogists alike.
Ancestry.com is the only place where all census years are easily searchable.
Free Trial - Ancestry.com US Deluxe Membership
Website search technology courtesy of FreeFind.com
The new ISTG logo was created by Patty McCormack, 2007.
The old Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild logo, which is still used in part on
this site, was designed and contributed by Pat Walker and Sheila Tate.
The logo and other genealogical graphics are available on tee shirts, mousepads and tote bags from: AncesTees.
ISTG does not profit in any way from the sale of these items.
Copyrights, Trade Marks, & Registered Trade Marks within this web site are protected under international copyright law. All rights reserved by the respective holders of any ™ © ® included within this site. 1998-2008
ISTG Home Page
ISTG™ NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in whole or part in any format for presentation, distribution or profit by anyone without the express written consent of the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild. Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild is independently owned.
Created & Maintained by the ISTG™ Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild