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Liverpool, England to New York
5 July 1862

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, John E Wells Master of the ship Universe 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 Ship Universe at Liverpool Eng^d from which port the said vessel 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. John E Wells.
Sworn to this 5 July 1862 Before me (Signature cannot be read)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Universe whereof John E Wells is Master from Liverpool Eng^d burthen 1297 tons.
Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants*, Died on the voyage*, Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the Voyage.
  1  Ann Oneil             22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
  2  Bridget Hanratty      30      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
  3  Patrick Cairns        25      Male   Barman         Ireland       Steerage
  4  Hugh McCuster         34      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
  5  Margaret McCuster     40      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
  6  Thomas McCuster       10      Male   Boy            Va S America  Steerage
  7  Catherine Pursell     18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
  8  Margaret Bannon       18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
  9  Catherine Fitzmorris  19      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 10  Mary Davis            27      Female Wife           Wales         2nd Cabin
 11  Sarah  N Davis         5      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
 12  Racheal Davis          3      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
 13  Evans Davis        Inf^t  10  Male   Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
 14  Thomas Morris         40      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
 15  William Pearson       23      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
 16  John Collins          22      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
 17  Daniel Griffiths      33      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
 18  Mary Donelly          20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 19  Patt Ryan             45      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 20  Ellen Ryan            40      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
 21  Dennis Ryan           16      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 22  Joseph Ryan           14      Male   Boy            Ireland       Steerage
 23  Margaret Ryan         11      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 24  John Ryan              7      Male   Boy            Ireland       Steerage
 25  Patt Ryan              5      Male   Boy            Ireland       Steerage
 26  John Walsh            24      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 27  Mary Walsh            18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 28  Mary Shanessy         35      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 29  Bridget Shanessy       7      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 30  Ellen Shanessy         6      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 31* John Shanessy          4      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 32  Catherine Cerney      20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 33  Owen Sullivan         23      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 34  Mary Sullivan         33      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
 35  Bridget Sullivan      18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 36  William Warren        27      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
 37  Bridget Manley        20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 38  Thomas Cavenegh       21      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 39  Edward Bannon         22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 40  Patt Kilmartin        18      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 41  Michael Kilmartin     16      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 42  Owen Kilmartin         7      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
 43  John Kirby            13      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 44  James Hickey          22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 45  John John             45      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 46  Bridget John          21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 47  John John             20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 48  James John            18      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 49  James Oneil           20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 50  William Oneil         18      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 51  Edward Healey         16      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 52  Edward Norton         22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 53  John Dyson            35      Male   Engineer       England       2nd Cabin
 54  Louisa Dyson          30      Female Wife           England       2nd Cabin
 55  Mary A Dickinson      30      Female Cook           England       2nd Cabin
 56  James Koot            26      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 57  James Green           40      Male   Weaver         England       2nd Cabin
 58  Richard Dunne         45      Male   Farmer         Ireland       Steerage
 59  Betty Dunne           45      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
 60  Richard Dunne         17      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 61  Charles Robinson      20      Male   Farmer         Ireland       2nd Cabin
 62  Catherine Butler      39      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 63  Margaret Butler       22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 64  Anne Butler           14      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 65  Annastasia Butler      7      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 66  Anna Layden           22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 67  Eliza Karney          22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 68  Helen Carrole         18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 69  Charles Murray        21      Male   Coachman       Ireland       Steerage
 70  Patrick Murphy        21      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 71* Mary Murphy           50      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
 72  Mary Murphy           10      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 73  Hugh Foy              26      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 74  Mary Foy              21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 75  Catherine McGuire     21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 76  John Brady            20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 77  Mary Shaneey          18      Female Milliner       Ireland       Steerage
 78  John Morgan           30      Male   Pudler         Wales         2nd Cabin
 79  David Hughes          28      Male   Pudler         Wales         2nd Cabin
 80  William Guy           25      Male   Pudler         Wales         2nd Cabin
 81  William Guinness      30      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
 82  William John          40      Male   Fireman        Wales         2nd Cabin
 83  Ann Curran            25      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 84  Bernard McKennons     20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 85  Ellen McKennons       18      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
 86  William Kees          28      Male   Miner          Wales         Steerage
 87  Mary Healey           40      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
 88  Patrick Monelley      25      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 89  Edward Gaughan        30      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 90  Bridget Gaughan       30      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
 91  Margaret Gaughan       5      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 92  Catherine Gaughan      3      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 93  Bridget Gaughan Inf^t  9      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
 94  Ann Gaughan           20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
 95  Patrick Nealon        29      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
 96  James Breen           11      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
 97  David Davies          44      Male   Farmer         Wales         2nd Cabin
 98  Ann Davies            40      Female Wife           Wales         2nd Cabin
 99  Jane Davies           11      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
100  Sarah Davies           7      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
101  Ann Davies             5      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
102  Martha Davies          3      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
103  Mary Davies  Inf^t    11      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
104  Thomas Parry          39      Male   Farmer         Wales         2nd Cabin
105  William Taylor        32      Male   Farmer         England       Steerage
106  Mary Mahon            32      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
107  Dennis Mahon          20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
108  Mary Mahon            18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
109  Robert Edmundson      41      Male   Tailor         Ireland       Steerage
110  James McCormack       36      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
111  Mary McCormack        23      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
112  Peter McCormack        2      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
113  Thomas Omalley        21      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
114  John Murphy           23      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
115  Mary Long             20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
116  John Long             21      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
117  Bridget Corcorans     20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
118  Jane An???            20      Female Dressmaker     Ireland       Steerage
119  Patrick Dalton        21      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
120  Peter Duggans         16      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
121  Ennis Longheed        20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
122  John Longheed         16      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
123  John Hore             30      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
124  Michael Quiley        20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
125  Ellen Tyne            20      Female House Keeper   Ireland       Steerage
126  Mary Manning          20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
127  James Kenny           26      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
128  John Keiley           26      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
129  John Kiljoy           22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
130  Catherine Hogan       30      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
131  Bridget Hogan         19      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
132  Johanna Hogan         21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
133  Honora Keiley         50      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
134  Catherine Reiley      20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage 
135* Mary Rooney           43      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
136  John Rooney           13      Male   Child          Wales         Steerage
137  James Rooney           6      Male   Child          Wales         Steerage
138  Luke Kabalon          22      Male   Shoemaker      Ireland       Steerage
139  Honora Kabalon        18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
140  Thomas Carley         20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
141  Patrick Carley        19      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
142* John Williams         20      Male   ?????          Wales         2nd Cabin
143  Barbara Williams      17      Female Servant        Wales         2nd Cabin
144  James Boucner         21      Male   Smith          Germany       Steerage
145  Neil P Loesser        22      Male   Soldier        Denmark       Steerage
146  Thomas Cronique       24      Male   Butcher        Ireland       Steerage
147  Honora Cronin         14      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
148  Helen Cronin          22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
149  Mary Cronin           28      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
150  John Mitchell         25      Male   Miner          Wales         2nd Cabin
151  Margaret Bowen        18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
152  Mary Hughes           18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
153  Margaret Ryan         11      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
154  Ann Fry               17      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
155  Patrick Morrison      20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
156  James C Donnell       20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
157  Mary Donnell          18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
158  Neil Donnell           5      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
159  Charles Donnell        3      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
160  Owen Caddens          25      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
161  Bridget Caddens       25      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
162  Mary Caddens           3      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
163  George Burdett        22      Male   Jeweller       England       Steerage
164  Mary Burdett          28      Female Wife           England       Steerage
165  Francis H Burdett  Inf^t      Male   Child          England       Steerage
166  John McCarty          22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
167  Ptrick Cremeen        20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
168  Michael Gilmor        30      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
169  Lawrence Lahiff       25      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
170  Michael Fleming       24      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
171  Bridget Foy           20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
172  John Halahon          20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
173  Patrick Clohnessey    21      Male   Corporal       Ireland       Steerage
174  Mary Power            22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
175  Ann Dwyre             21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
176  Patrick Dwyre         20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
177* Bridget ??aney        18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
178* Ann ??aney            16      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
179  Mary McAllaster       57      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
180  Honora Cullen         20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
181  Rose Donoghue         20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
182  Mary Ryan             21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
183  John Ryan             65      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
184  Patrick Keneddy       22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
185  Michael Gordon        28      Male   Cotton Spiner  Ireland       Steerage
186  William Gordon        29      Male   Cotton Spiner  Ireland       Steerage
187  John Fitzgerald       20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
188  Susan Fitzgerald      18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
189  Thomas Evans          20      Male   Pudler         Wales         2nd Cabin
190  Benjamin Jones        18      Male   Fireman        Wales         2nd Cabin
191  John McDreer          20      Male   Shopman        Ireland       Steerage
192  Patrick Sweeney       50      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
193  Mary Sweeney          20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
194  Catherine Sweeney     18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
195  Michael Manalion      20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
196  Catherine Manalion     6      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
197  John McGuire          20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
198  Bridget McGuire       56      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
199  Julia McGuire         20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
200  Catherine McGuire     17      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
201  John McMichael        22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
202  John McCarty          32      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
203  Bridget McCarty       32      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
204  Mary McCarty           7      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
205  Margaret McCarty       6      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
206  John McCarty           4      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
207  Jermiah McCarty    Inf^t  ll  Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
208  Jermiah Connor        21      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
209  Hanah McCarty          3      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
210  Thomas Warren         18      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
211  Michael Carney        11      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
212  Jermiah King          38      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
213  Malichy Hogan         24      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
214  Patrick Hogarty       24      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
215  John Cannon           25      Male   Labouerer      Ireland       Steerage
216  Ellen Jones           26      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
217  Ann Jones             17      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
218  Catherine Faheney     19      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
219  Catherine Houlahan    20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steeraage
220  Martin Faheney        22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
221  Catherine Faheney     23      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
222  Marshall Gleeson      20      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
223  Margaret Gleeson      40      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
224  Michael Gleeson       14      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
225  Margaret McLoughin    45      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
226  Michael Kenedy        23      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
227  Kate Tobin             2      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
228  Margaret Hayes        22      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
229  Cisey Oates           21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
230  Julia Garvin          19      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
231  Catherine Rourke      18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
232  Ellen McCallan        48      Female Widow          Ireland       Steerage
233  Hussey McCallan       11      Female Child          Ireland       Steerage
234  Ann OBrien            18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
235  Jane Cubitt           18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
236  Greg Cole             60      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
237  Margaret Cole         55      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
238  Margaret Cole         19      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
239  John Cole             19      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
240  Fanny Cole            24      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
241  Thomas Cole            6      Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
242  Bridget Hamey         20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
243  Mary Allen            18      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
244  Patrick Smyth         22      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
245  Elizabeth Jones       39      Female Wife           Wales         2nd Cabin
246  Margaret Jones         7      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
247  Mary Jones             4      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
248  Elizabeth Jones        2      Female Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
249  Honora Whythe         20      Female Servent        Ireland       Steerage
250  Martin Oneil          20      Male   Laborer        Ireland       Steerage
251  Ellen Oneil           26      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
252  Edward Costelloe      26      Male   Clerk          England       Steerage
253  John Gaddar           22      Male   Mariner        England       Steerage
254  Bridget McMan         20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
255  John Nelson           21      Male   Miller         England       Steerage
256  Matthew Hannon        30      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
257  Henry Kelly           21      Block  Printer        Ireland       Steerage
258  John Davis            30      Male   Fireman        Wales         2nd Cabin
259  Catherine Davis       32      Female Wife           Wales         2nd Cabin
260  David Davis            3      Male   Child          Wales         2nd Cabin
261* Andrew Taher          48      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage
262* Nancey Taher          47      Female Wife           England       Steerage
263* Henry Taher           18      Male   Labourer       England       Steerage
264* Francis Taher         16      Male   Labourer       England       Steerage
265* Andrew Taher          14      Male   Labourer       England       Steerage
266* Anne Taher             9      Female Child          England       Steerage
267  Martin Lowry          24      Male   Weaver         England       Steerage
268  John Larkins          19      Male   Weaver         England       Steerage
269  Bridget Larkins       24      Female Servant        England       Steerage
270  Mary Larkins          17      Female Servant        England       Sterrage
271  Ann Morgan            28      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
272  Alice McHuagh         20      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
273  Mary Karney           21      Female Servant        Ireland       Steerage
274  Sarah Lawrence        43      Female Widow          England       2nd Cabin
275  William Lawrence       7      Male   Child          England       2nd Cabin
276  Mary Kelly            25      Female Wife           Ireland       Steerage
277  Joseph Kelly       Inf^t  11  Male   Child          Ireland       Steerage
278  Thomas Mooney         24      Male   Labourer       Ireland       Steerage


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.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
   quality of original document.

^  Indicates the word may be abbreviated or that superscript was used for the
   following letter or letters.

*  All passengers were traveling to U.S. Americas so that column is not being
   repeated.

*  In this portion of the list, one passenger died

Passenger Notes:

# 31 - This child is listed as male
# 71 - Died Sunday June 15 Dysentry
#135 - It would seem logical that Mary was also from Wales as the two that
       follow, but this is recorded as it is shown.  
#142 - occupation could be Olbmer
#177,#178 - Surname seems to begin with a gea followed by an e or l, Could be
       Glan
#261-#266 - Surname could be Faber, Taber.

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National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 220, List 645.
Transcribed by Dorothy Wiland a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 February 2001



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