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SS Asia
I, E. E. Low, Master of the Steam Ship Asia, 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 Steam Ship at Liverpool from which port said Steam Ship 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.
Sworn to this 3 September 1857, V Glott. Before me ??offman.
List or Manifest Of all the Passengers taken on board the Steam Ship Asia whereof E. Low is Master, from Liverpool, burthen - tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age (Years/Months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No passengers died on the voyage. Passengers #1 through #67 were in 1st Cabin Class. Passengers #68 through #106 were in 2nd Cabin Class.
1* Mr. M. ? Cornell 35 M Merch^t US US
2 Mr^s. E. Cornell 31 F None US US
3 Master I. Cornell 8 M None US US
4 Master W. Cornell 6 M None US US
5 Signora S. L. Ramas 22 F None Italy Italy
6* Signora A. Lamo?eux 21 F None France France
7 Mr^s. I. Johnson 29 F None England England
8 Miss E. Johnson 7 F None England England
9 Miss C. Grosschoff 19 F None US US
10 Miss E. Haxall 20 F None US US
11 Mr. G. B. Bell 31 M Merch^t England England
12 Mr^s. L. Bell 29 F None England England
13 Mr^s. M. Cheets 40 F None US US
14 Mr^s. L. Allard 43 F None US US
15 Mr. I. V. Colt 29 M Merch^t US US
16 Mr^s. E. Colt 25 F None US US
17 Miss I. Davenport 17 F None US US
18 Miss F. Davenport 13 F None US US
19 Signor A. Baralte 33 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
20 Signor M. Massenix 31 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
21 Signor D. Ronzani 38 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
22 Signor Max Mautgex 34 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
23* Signor Lamo?eux 31 M Opera Troope France France
24 Mr. A. B. Davies 27 M Merch^t England England
25 Mr. Davenport 38 M Merch^t US US
26 Mr. J. A. Newhall 21 M Merch^t US US
27 Mr. B. W. Jones 26 M Merch^t England England
28 Mr. John Moulson Jr. 21 M Merch^t US US
29 Mr. John Rotherham Jr. 24 M Merch^t England England
30 Mr. Charles Matthews 50 M Theatrical England England
31* Mr. I. ? Brown 33 M Merch^t England England
32* Mr. F. W. Fel?aur 26 M Merch^t France US
33 Mr. J. Leiller 39 M Merch^t Germany Germany
34 Mr^s. M Leiller 33 F None Germany Germany
35 Miss M. Hrich 20 F None England England
36 Master Lehman 10 M None England England
37 Mr. D. Donahoe 32 M Merch^t England England
38 Mr. Cha^s. Zinn 30 M Merch^t France France
39 Mr. C. S. Crowley 27 M Merch^t England England
40* Mr. B. W. Haxall ?7 M Merch^t US US
41 Mr. D. W. Haxall 32 M Merch^t US US
42 Mr. Masterton 29 M Merch^t US US
43 Mr. Nathan Asicl 35 M Merch^t US US
44 Mr. I. B. T. Sommers 22 M Merch^t England England
45 Mr. G. Stevenson 28 M Merch^t England England
46 Mr. I. Navarro 30 M Merch^t Spain Spain
47 Mr. W. H. Moss 32 M Merch^t England England
48* Mr. Borgi? 31 M Merch^t US US
49* Mr^s. Borgi? 28 F None US US
50 Mr. Bristow 29 M Merch^t England England
51 Mr. John Edwards 26 M Merch^t US US
52 Dr. Alex Cochran 30 M Surgeon US US
53 Mr. Stewart 28 M Merch^t US US
54 Mr. D. H. Holmes 29 M Merch^t US US
55 Mr. John A. Nicholls 31 M Merch^t England England
56 Mr. D. McTavish 33 M Merch^t US US
57 Mr^s. R. McTavish 29 F None US US
58 Master D. McTavish 1 M None US US
59* Mr. ????tter 28 M Merch^t Switzerland Switzerland
60 Mr. Robert Rodgers 36 M Merch^t US US
61 Mr. Carstairs 34 M Merch^t England England
62 Mr. I Yarnell 28 M Merch^t US US
63 Mr. Rich^d Nugent 29 M Merch^t US US
64 Mr. C. Arnold 28 M Merch^t US US
65 Mr. I. Charlesworth 29 M Merch^t England England
66 Mr. D. Lewis 31 M Merch^t US US
67 Mr. John Marshall 26 M Merch^t England England
68 Mr. Gasper Pratesi 40 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
69 Mr^s. V. Pratesi 38 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
70 Master I. Pratesi 6 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
71 Miss L. Pratesi 19 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
72 Miss J Pratesi 17 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
73 Mr. Cesari Cacchetti 34 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
74 Miss C. Cacchetti 14 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
75 Miss A. Cacchetti 10 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
76 Signora L. Mavey 22 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
77 Signora I. Lingia 20 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
78 Madm^lle. E. Dalton 20 F Opera Troope England England
79 Madm^lle. R. Santolini 22 F Opera Troope France France
80 Miss E. Shew 21 F Opera Troope England England
81 Miss M. Shew 19 F Opera Troope England England
82 Signor Marini Jr. 23 M Opera Troope Italy Italy
83 Mr. Rodolph Moore 26 M Servant England England
84 Mr. Tho^s. Turner 27 M Servant England England
85 Mr. Cha^s. OLeary 33 M Merch^t England England
86 Mr. J. Henderson 34 M Merch^t US US
87 Mr^s. M. Henderson 30 F None US US
88* Mr. ? Harris 28 M Merch^t England England
89 Mr. I. Molhansen 26 M Merch^t US US
90 Miss R. Hazard 19 F None England England
91 Miss M. Martin 17 F None England England
92 Mr. Tho^s. Colgan 28 M Merch^t US US
93 Mr. James Davis 27 M Merch^t England England
94* Mr. Cha^s. D?veny 35 M Merch^t US US
95 Mr. James Watson 31 M Merch^t US US
96 Mr. Julius Housamann 29 M Merch^t Germany Germany
97 Mr^s. Wm. Cacchetti 36 F Opera Troope Italy Italy
98 Mr. L. Arnold 36 M Merch^t England England
99 Mr^s. I Arnold 32 F None England England
100 Mr. E. Arnold 28 M Merch^t England England
101 Miss Maria Zai 23 F None Germany US
102 Mr. D. A. Constable 29 M Merch^t US US
103 Mr. Pomper Argenter 24 M Merch^t France France
104 Mr. Spencer Smith 27 M Merch^t England England
105 Mr. Carl Bauman 31 M Merch^t Germany Germany
106 Mr. I. Mawbry 30 M Merch^t US US
Transcriber's Notes:
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to
quality of original document.
The use of a ^ indicates that the following letter is in superscript.
Person sworn before: ?? appear to just be up and down strokes
Passenger #1: ? appears to be an 'a'
Passengers #6 and 23: ? is either an 'n' or 'r'
Passenger #31: ? could be either 'g' or 't'
Passenger #32: ? is either a 'g' or 'q'
Passenger #40: ? is either a 3 or 5
Passengers #48-49: ? may be an 'a' or 's'
Passenger #59: First ? may be an initial 's' or the first letter of the
surname; 2nd and 3rd ? unreadable and the last ? may be an 'n'
Passenger #88: ? may be an 'm' or a 'w'
Passenger #94: ? may be an 'a' or 'e'
Occupation for those shown as 'none' was indicated by a line in that column.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 178, List/Vol. 1027
Transcribed by Diane Andreasen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
15 October 2000
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