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SS Ailsa

I, J. W. Sansom, Master of the Ailsa 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 full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board of the said Ailsa at Colon from which port said Ailsa 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. Signed J. W. Sansom.

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Ailsa, whereof J. W. Sansom is Master from Colon, burthen 1258 tons.

Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

 1*  M. Montoya        36 years   male     U.S.Columbia    U.S. Columbia    1st Class
 2*  C. Montoya        12 years   male     U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia    Saloon
 3*  R. S. Stubinger   38 years   male     Germany         Germany
 4*  Luis Klein        44 years   male     Germany         Germany          2
 5   J. A. Douglas     52 years   male     U.States        U.States
 6*  R. A. Galvio      25 years   male     U.S. Columbia   U. S. Columbia    
 7*  J. H. Folingsby   55 years   male     U.States        U. States        2
 8*  Pedro Foala       35 years   male     U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia
 9*  A. Gomez          27 years   male     U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia
10   A. Torres         18 years   male     U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia
11   A. Velez          27 years   male     U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia
12*  R. Gomez           8 years   female   U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia
13*  Reli Gomez         2 years   female   U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia
14*  A????? Gomez       6 years   female   U.S. Columbia   U.S. Columbia   10
15   Aguila Fleming    38 years   female   Equador         Germany
16*  G. Fleming        11 years   male     Equador         Germany          2
 

Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
   condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

*  Colon, formally Aspinwall is in Panama.  A excerpt of a diary from 1867
   notes - "we stepped upon the pier at Aspinwall, as the Americans call it, 
   though its original name was Colon, until the formation of the Panama 
   Railroad Company, when the town was re-christened after Joseph Aspinwall, 
   one of the leaders of that enterprise. We walked up the pier, passed a 
   gate guarded by a soldier on either side, and came out in the city of 
   Aspinwall, U. C., as it was printed on the hotel cards. After consultation 
   of maps, etc., we came to the conclusion that "U. C." stood for "United Colombia." 

   Colón (formerly called Aspinwall), Panama, seaport, on Limon Bay, at 
   n. terminus of Panama Canal and railroad; tourist center; founded during 
   building of railroad 1850; named Aspinwall for railroad builder 1852-90; 
   pop. 68,700 

*  The last column Part of Ship Occupied has 1st Class handwritten on the first
   line (36 year old male), and Saloon handwritten on the second line (12 year
   old male). It is doubtful the child would be in another part of the ship.
   After that, there is a squiggly line going down the entire column.  All
   numbers appear on the left side of the squiggly line. These figures total
   16 passengers.

*  Passengers were numbered by the transcriber and were not on the original
   file.

*  The only Occupation listed was for M. Montoya, Merchant. therefore the
   Occupation Column has been eliminated.

*  There were no births or deaths on this passage therefore, the birth/death
   column has been eliminated.


Passenger Notes:

# 1 - M. Montoya  1st Class Handwritten See additional notes above
# 2 - C. Montoya  Saloon Handwritten    See additional notes above
# 3 - R. S. Stubinger  Could be Hubinger
# 7 - J. H. Folingsby, Age 55 looks as though the second 5 is written over a 3
# 8 - Pedro Foala  Could be Troala.  Age 35 looks as though it is written
      over 22
#12 - R. Gomez  Age looks as though the 8 is written over a 5 or 6
#13 - Reli Gomez  Could be Peli Gomez  Ink is smeared, and not readable
#14 - A????? Gomez  A????? Ink is smeared, and not readable.  All above the
      line.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 454, List 948.

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