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SS Elysia
I, Alex McRitchie, Master of the Steam-Ship Elysia do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare that the 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 SS Elysia at London from which port said SS Elysia has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupatoin 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. Alex McRitchie
Sworn to this April 25, 1878, B (unreadable), before me.
List or Manifest Of All Passengers taken on baord the Steamship Elysia whereof (unreadable) is Master, from London, burthen (blank) tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age in Years and/or 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.
1 J. Herzog 51 M Lab USA USA Steerage
2 P. August 40 M Soldier USA USA Steerage
3 G. Schneider 24 M Butcher USA USA Steerage
4* L. T?nney 24 M Mason USA USA Steerage
5* ?. Ray 35 M Mason USA USA Steerage
6 C. Grant 30 M Seaman USA USA Steerage
7 J. Haagan 27 M Labr Switz USA Steerage
8 A. Pine 29 M Mcht France USA Steerage
9 P. Arien 26 M Lab France USA Steerage
10 C. Cohn 50 M Lab France USA Steerage
11 P. Cohn 9 M Lab France USA Steerage
12 C. Cohn 5 M Lab France USA Steerage
13* C. ??ts 33 M Lab France USA Steerage
14 G. Dession 36 M Mcht France USA Steerage
15 D. Dession 27 M None France USA Steerage
16 E. Dession 7 M None France USA Steerage
17 C. Dession 5 M None France USA Steerage
18 G. Dession 1 M None France USA Steerage
19 P.E. Petersen 21 M Seaman Denmark USA Steerage
20* C. Leonisio 45 M Lab Italy USA Steerage
21 G. Benvenetti 24 M Lab Italy USA Steerage
22 P. Donati 26 M Lab Italy USA Steerage
23 G. Gendotti 32 M Lab Italy USA Steerage
24* M. Garaglio 39 M Lab Italy USA Steerage
25 J. Frye 45 M Gard. England USA Steerage
26 G. Warwick 22 M Carp. England USA Steerage
27 D. O'Connor 24 M Lab Ireland USA Steerage
28 F. O'Connor 22 F None Ireland USA Steerage
29 W. O'Connor 1 F None Ireland USA Steerage
30* P. Schiffenacher 25 M Baker Germany USA Steerage
31* J. ?armayn 20 M Lab Germany USA Steerage
32 F. Spiegel 22 M Clerk Germany USA Steerage
33 L. Purs 38 M Lab Germany USA Steerage
34 A. E. K?ll??man 60 M German Germany USA Steerage
35* A. Eichenbach 22 M Lab Germany USA Steerage
36 L. Ledogar 20 M Lab Germany USA Steerage
37* J. Hutteroff 29 M Baker Germany USA Steerage
38 C. Schaffenburg 22 M G'dsmith Germany USA Steerage
39 Kate Campbell 21 F None USA USA Intermediate
40 G. Cornwall 35 M Clerk England USA Intermediate
41* G. Aldridg 34 M Waiter England USA Intermediate
42* ? West 30 M Clerk England USA Intermediate
43 Mrs. West 25 F None England USA Intermediate
44 A. West 4 M None England USA Intermediate
45 M. West 2 M None England USA Intermediate
46 N. West 10 M None England USA Intermediate
47 J. Buckenham 31 M Mcht England USA Intermediate
48 Mrs. Buckenham 33 F None England USA Intermediate
49 J. Buckenham 9 F None England USA Intermediate
50* E. Delange 50 M Teacher France USA Intermediate
51 M. Luigi 50 M Tob. Mfter Italy USA Intermediate
52 F. Lamini 35 F None Italy USA Intermediate
53 L. Lamini 8 M None Italy USA Intermediate
54 M. Buschmann 55 M Cattle Der USA USA Labour
55* ?. L. Ranleth 30 M None USA USA Labour
56 G. A. Bronson 22 M None USA USA Labour
57 J. P. Davenport 22 M None USA USA Labour
58 H. Talbott 35 M None USA USA Labour
59 A. Aldin 52 M None USA USA Labour
60 E. Beattie 48 F None USA USA Labour
61* ?. Beattie 23 F None USA USA Labour
62 Capt. W. Smith 50 M British Army England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
63 Mrs. Smith 40 F None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
64 Miss E. Smith 17 F None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
65 Jn Smith 16 M None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
66 Wm Smith 10 M None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
67 Albert Smith 8 M None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
68 Fredk Smith 6 M None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
69 Lucda Smith 4 F None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
70 Eva Smith 2 F None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
71 Chas Smith 11 M None England Cananda Prvo Quebec Labour
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.
* This list was not numbered; numbers were added for transcription.
* The column "Died on the voyage" was blank and is not included in this
transcription.
* Ditto marks (") appeared throughout this passenger list, which generally
refers to the item listed in the column above this notation. A formatter
has typed out the words represented by the ditto marks for clarity.
Passenger Notes:
# 4 - The surname could be Tunney, Tonney, Fonney, or Funney.
# 5 - First initial could be "D".
#13 - Surname could be Rats
#20 - Surname could be Lionisio
#24 - Surname could be Caraglio
#30 - Surname could be Schaffenacher.
#31 - The first letter of the surname could be "P".
#35 - Surname could also be Eichenland
#37 - Surname could also be Hultwolf
#41 - The surname appears with a hyphen after the last letter.
#42 - The first initial is very faint, but could be J.
#50 - The surname could be Debange.
#55 - The first initial could be C.
#61 - The first initial is partially blanked out, but could be W.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 47.
Transcribed by Suey Nordberg a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 May 2001
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