Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Oleander

I, Wm Pendelton, Master of the Brig Oleander, 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 Brig Oleander at st George Bermuda from which port said Brig Oleander 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 Wm Pendelton

Sworn to, the 17 dec 1863 Before Me (signature unreadable) JAH (initials Handwritten, and both signatures above are written.)

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the British Brig Oleander Whereof Wm Pendelton is master from St George Bermuda. Burthen 230 tons.

Columns represent: passengers number, name, age, sex, occupation, Country to which they severally belong, The country in which they intend to become inhabitants, the space in the ship which passenger occupied.

 1  J A     Lelanda     42 M Merchant   United States  United States  Cabin
 2  Fred A  Me??Ll      38 M Marine     United States  United States  Cabin
 3  Lewis   ?????????   38 M Merchant   Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Cabin
 4  F H     Chambers    26 M Gotten???  Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Cabin
 5  H F     Corbet      24 M Gotten???  Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Cabin
 6  L B     ?Arletes    20 M Gotten???  Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Cabin
 7  W^m     Gorham      35 M Farmer     United States  United States  Sec Cabin
 8  I       Armstrong   30 M Farmer     United States  United States  Sec Cabin
 9  Chls    Mckenna     40 M Marine     Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Sec Cabin
10  Geo     Nicholls    25 M ??ngien    Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Sec Cabin
11  Ches    Authnland   40 M Marine     Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Sec Cabin
12  John    Lanning     40 M Marine     France         France         Sec Cabin
13  Tho     Pentrers    42 M Marine     Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Sec Cabin
14  Robt    Maclelland  40 M Marine     Grt Britain    Grt Britain    Sec Cabin


Transcriber's Notes:

*  The use of an asterisk(*) indicateds an omission or error made by the
   original recorder.

?  The use of the question mark(?) indicates the film was too light to
   read.

^  The use of the carot(^) indicates the subsequent letter was raised.

*  No one died on the voyage so that column has been eliminated.


Passenger Notes:

# 2 - last name appears to be small letters missing.
# 3 - last name is completely unreadable.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 236, List 1235.

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