Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS City of New York

I, Francis S. Laud, Master of the SS "City of New York" 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 the said SS "City of New York" at Liverpool from which port the said SS "City of New York" 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.

Sworn to this 8 January 1877 Francis S. Laud So Help me God.
Before me (signature unreadable)

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SS "City of New York" whereof Francis S. Laud is Master from Liverpool burthen 2379 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants. (Transcriber's Note: Column for "Died on the Voyage" has been omitted since no one died.)

    
 1  John McPherson      36   M   Butcher    US         US   Steerage
 2  Wm. Harrison        73   M   None       US         US   Steerage
 3* Wm. Clifford        23   M   Stew       US         US   Steerage
 4  Michael Callaman    24   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
 5  Patrick Lynch       32   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
 6* Edward Chambers     35   M   Mine       US         US   Steerage
 7  Thomas Lynch        34   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
 8  Richard Carlisle    40   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
 9  John  Oxford        36   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
10* Francis Oneil       18   M   None       Ireland    US   Steerage
11* Mary Larkin         20   M   Spinster   Ireland    US   Steerage
12  James Aitkin        35   M   Smith      US         US   Steerage
13  Wm. Aitkin          33   M   Smith      Scotland   US   Steerage
14  Anders Segerstrom   38   M   Laborer    Sweden     US   Steerage
15  Emil Backet         16   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
16* John Walters        28   M   ??clor     US         US   Steerage
17  John Scanlon        42   M   Laborer    US         US   Steerage
18  Elizabeth Ayres     40   F   Wife       England    US   Steerage
19  Margarita Ayres      7   F   Child      England    US   Steerage 
20* John FitzGerald     36   M   Laborer    Ireland    US   Steerage
21* Hanora FitzGerald   26   F   Wife       Ireland    US   Steerage
22  Mary Bennett        40   F   Wife       England    US   Steerage
23  Edwin Bennett        8   M   Child      England    US   Steerage
24  John Bennett         6   M   Child      England    US   Steerage
25  Mary Bennett         2   F   Child      England    US   Steerage
26  Wm. Geary           38   M   Merchant   US         US   Steerage
27  Margt Geary         36   F   Wife       England    US   Steerage
28  Thomas Fernald      22   M   Seaman     US         US   Steerage

(Signed)  Francis S. Laud
    
Transcriber's Notes:     
The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original
recorder.

 3  Wm. Clifford:  Occupation is probably steward.
 6  Edward Chambers:  Occupation may be miner.
10  Francis Oneil: Name may be O'Neil.
11  Mary Larkin should probably be listed as Female.
16  John Walters:  First two letters of occupation are unreadable.
20 & 21  Original recorder capitalized the "G" in Fitzgerald.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 407, List 18.

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