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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 L.pool Eng^d from which port the said vessil 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 belonged, 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. s/John E. Wells
Sworn to this 5 July, 1862, Before me ???????????????
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: Passenger Number, Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong and the Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
279  Arthur Smyth         20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
280* Margaret Darlin      20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
281  James Walsh          32     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
282  Mary Walsh           27     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
283  Mary Walsh            7     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
284  John Walsh            6     Male    Child          Ireland   Steerage
285  Thomas Walsh          5     Male    Child          Ireland   Steerage
286  Patk Walsh            3     Male    Child          Ireland   Steerage
287* Margaret Walsh        2     Male    Child          Ireland   Steerage
288  Ellen Hughes         21     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
289  Mary Neil            22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
290  Bridget Murphy       22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
291* Anthoney Gullagher   30     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
292  Anthoney Daley       30     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
293  Catherine Henaghan   20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
294  Michael Deveney      20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
295  Catherine Deveney    17     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
296  Margaret Carswell    40     Female  Wife           Scotland  Steerage
297  David Carswell       18     Male    Miner          Scotland  Steerage
298  Ellen Carswell       16     Female  Servant        Scotland  Steerage
299  Margaret Carswell     8     Female  Child          Scotland  Steerage
300  Elizabeth Carswell    4     Female  Child          Scotland  Steerage
301  John Carswell         2     Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
302* Robert Carswell      10     Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
303  David Mullens        24     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
304  Margaret Kooke       14     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
305  Bridget Carney       20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
306* Margaret Neulon      20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
307  Maggy Duggans        24     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
308  Margaret Allen       18     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
309  Mary Allen           10 mos Female  Infant         Ireland   Steerage
310  Bridget McBride      20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
311  Margaret Joyce       20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
312  Margaret Dasey       50     Female  Widow          Ireland   Steerage
313  Elizabeth Dasey      16     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
314  John Hart            20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
315  Eliza Hart           26     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
316  Bessy Byrne          28     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
317  Mary Byrne           30     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
318  Ellen Moore          18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
319  James Bairns         66     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
320  Margaret Bairns      53     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
321  Hay Grieve           35     Male    Engineer       Scotland  Steerage
322  Robert Dickson       27     Male    Shoe Maker     Scotland  Steerage
323  Hay Grieve           12     Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
324  John Grieve           9     Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
325  James Grieve          7     Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
326  William Grieve        6     Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
327  Jane Heaton          28     Female  Wife           England   Steerage
328  Thomas Heaton         5     Male    Child          England   Steerage
329  Hester Heaton         3     Female  Child          England   Steerage
330  Mary Heaton          11 mos Female  Infant         England   Steerage
331  Catherine McGarry    40     Female  Widow          Ireland   Steerage
332  Mary McGarry         21     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
333*
334* Alice McGarry        10     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
335* Catherine McGarry     7     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
336* Bessy McGarry         6     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
337  Ellen Betts          24     Female  Servant        England   Steerage
338  Dennis McGee         30     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
339  Ellen McGee          16     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
340  Jane Dwyre           18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
341  Mary Dwyre           16     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
342  William Nolan        45     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
343  John Nolan           19     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
344  Margaret McCarty     19     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
345  Elizabeth McCarty    18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
346  William Goff         43     Male    Fireman        Wales     2nd Cabin
347  Jonathan Hamilton    23     Male    Miner          Wales     2nd Cabin
348  Honora Flynn         20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
349  Luke Murphy          38     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
350  John Murphy           7     Male    Child          Ireland   Steerage
351  Hannah Murphy         4     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
352  Mary Conner          27     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
353  Sarah Keane          20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
354  William Gaddess      24     Male    Coachman       Ireland   Steerage
355  Mary Gaddess         23     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
356  Margaret Gaddess     22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
357  Robert Lougheed      20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
358  Robert McCarty       20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
359  Margaret Gafney      25     Female  Servant/Wife   Ireland   Steerage
360  John Gafney          11 mos Male    Child          Scotland  Steerage
361  Peter Gafney         22     Male    Blacksmith     Ireland   Steerage
362  Margaret Gilroy      19     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
363  Thomas Rielley       21     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
364  George Keane         19     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
365  Ann Kernan           22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
366  James Fox            36     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
367  Margaret McCarty     20     Female  Servant        Scotland  Steerage
368  John Flood           20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
369  Mary Flood           18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
370  Maria Ratigan        20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
371  Bridget McKeon       20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
372  Bridget Reilley      18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
373  Bridget Dorsey       18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
374* Catherine Healey     19     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
375  William Cosgrave     24     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
376* Winney Grape         18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
377  Mary Herney          20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
378  Mary Sullivan        20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
379  Bridget Gannon       18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
380  Bridget Shanger      18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
381  Mary Shanger         16     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
382  Jane Frye            18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
383* Bridget Ma??ney      18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
384* John Morgan          63     Male    Miner          Wales     2nd Cabin
385  Mary Morgan          26     Female  Spinster       Wales     2nd Cabin
386* Thomas Eg??          21     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
387  Honora Walden        18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
388  Marg^t Travour       22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
389  John Kelly           24     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
390  James Scanlon        20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
391  Richard Patten       20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
392  Ann Patten           22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
393  Sarah Patten         19     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
394  Mary Joyce            7     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
395  Ann Joyce             5     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
396* Mary McQueiff        25     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
397  David Powell         42     Male    Labourer       Wales     2nd Cabin
398  William Foskill      18     Male    Grocer         England   2nd Cabin
399  Edward Foskill       17     Male    Ironmonger     England   2nd Cabin
400  John Stapleton       21     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
401  John Jones           22     Male    Minister       Wales     2nd Cabin
402  Racheal Jones        20     Female  Wife           Wales     2nd Cabin
403  Margaret Horan       18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
404  Henry G Luster       24     Male    Machinist      England   2nd Cabin
405  James Davis          23     Male    Miner          Wales     2nd Cabin
406  Ann Davis            20     Female  Wife           Wales     2nd Cabin
407  Mary J???            1?     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
408  Eliza Minichan       50     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
409  Timothy Minichan     17     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
410  Henry Green          21     Male    Farmer         England   2nd Cabin
411  Richard Coachafal    21     Male    Butler         England   2nd Cabin
412  John Withan          34     Male    Weaver         England   2nd Cabin
413  Thomas Davis         27     Male    Miner          Wales     2nd Cabin
414  Margaret Davis       28     Female  Wife           Wales     2nd Cabin
415  Jenkin Davis          3     Male    Child          Wales     2nd Cabin
416  Benjamin Davis        7 mos Male    Infant         Wales     2nd Cabin
417  John Liscome         32     Male    Miner          Wales     2nd Cabin
418  Michael O'Conner     24     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
419  Rose O'Conner        21     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
420  Sarah O'Conner        6 mos Female  Infant         Ireland   Steerage
421  James Halloway       36     Male    Weaver         England   Steerage
422  Catherine Tuney      20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
423  Ellen Keaney         28     Female  Weaver         Ireland   Steerage
424* Agnes Gummig         28     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
425* Isabella Gummig      10 mos Female  Infant         Ireland   Steerage
426  Maria McKenny        18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
427  Michael Kelly        20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
428  Margaret Bermingham  20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
429  Margaret Keiley      17     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
430  Mary Tracy           18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
431  John Donoghue        21     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
432  Mary McConnell       18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
433* Sarah Rock           25     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
434  Patk Casey           21     Male    Miner          Ireland   Steerage
435  John Healey          30     Male    Labourer       England   Steerage
436  Bridget Fitzgerald   25     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
437* John McGarryn        19     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
438  Thomas Donelly       24     Male    Mariner        Ireland   Steerage
439* Catherine Donelly    24     Female  Wife           England   Steerage
440  Catherine Dillon     22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
441  Sarah E Fowler       18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
442  Patk Kinsella        35     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
443  Edward Newman        18     Male    Carpenter      England   Steerage
444  Harriet Newman       20     Female  Spinster       England   Steerage
445  John Gregon          15     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
446  Patk Dwyre           26     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
447  Michael Goff         25     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
448  Robert Gregg         24     Male    Comb Maker     England   Steerage
449  Owen Sullivan        18     Male    Servant        Ireland   Steerage
450  Judy Campion         22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
451  Patt Davitt          20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
452  Theodore Morgan      28     Male    Printer        France    2nd Cabin
453  Samuel Davison       31     Male    Grocer         England   2nd Cabin
454  Daniel Kelly         18     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
455  Michael Drone        20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
456  Bridget Lynch        18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
457  Owen Thomas          20     Male    Quarryman      Wales     2nd Cabin
458  Mary Allen           18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
459  Ann Allen             6     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
460  Catherine Conner     20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
461  Bridget McGovern     18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
462  Ann Dolan            18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
463  John Igo             22     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
464  Sally Igo            22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
465  Kate Murphy          22     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
466  Bridget Murphy       20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
467  John Morris          24     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
468  Jenkins McGee        30     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
469  John Winters         18     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
470* Catherine Korney     18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
471  John Hayden          20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
472  Mary Cryon           20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
473  Catherine Finn       20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
474  Mary O'Malley        23     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
475  Mary Farrell         22     Female  Lace Maker     Ireland   Steerage
476  Catherine Carroll    18     Female  Spinster       Ireland   Steerage
477* ???????? ????????    ??     Female  Spinster       Ireland   Steerage
478  Rose Tobin           18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
479  Bridget Keane        20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
480  Bridget King         21     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
481  Mary McGuire         21     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
482  Ellen Deveny         26     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
483  Mary Kelly           21     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
484  Mary Toher           30     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
485  Bridget Toher         9 mos Female  Infant         Ireland   Steerage
486  Johana Goff          20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
487  Joseph Cox           52     Male    Carpenter      England   2nd Cabin
488  Jane Cox             42     Female  Wife           England   2nd Cabin
489  Ann Cox              14     Female  Spinster       England   2nd Cabin
490  Jonathan Cox         11     Male    Child          England   2nd Cabin
491* Elizabeth Cox         7     Female  Child          England   2nd Cabin
492  Sarah Cox             5     Female  Child          England   2nd Cabin
493  Maria Cox             3     Female  Child          England   2nd Cabin
494  Thomas Cox            8 mos Male    Infant         England   2nd Cabin
495  Bridget Dillon       18     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
496  Bridget Walsh        30     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
497  Daniel Kelly         20     Male    Shopman        Ireland   Steerage
498  Richard Seward       36     Male    Shingler       England   Steerage
499  Matthew Conroy       27     Male    Engineer       Ireland   Steerage
500  Joseph Conroy        30     Male    Engineer       Ireland   Steerage
501  Bell Skinner         20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
502  Ann Smyth            20     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
503  Morris Campbell      35     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
504  Margaret Campbell    25     Female  Wife           Ireland   Steerage
505  Mary Campbell         6     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
506  Catherine Campbell    4     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
507  Joseph Rourke        30     Male    Shoemaker      Ireland   Steerage
508  Thomas Hanahan       18     Male    Labourer       England   Steerage
509  Thomas Smyth         22     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
510  Patk Ryan            21     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
511  James Mulmillan      20     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
512  James Keegan         14     Male    Carpenter Boy  Ireland   Steerage
513  William Hayes        45     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
514  Anastasia Hayes       7     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
515  Mary Hayes            5     Female  Child          Ireland   Steerage
516  Pat Hederman         29     Male    Labourer       Ireland   Steerage
517  Ellen Hederman       24     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
518  Harriet Blair        21     Female  Servant        Ireland   Steerage
519  Catherine Davis       2     Female  Child          Wales     2nd Cabin
520  Catherine Courtney    2     Female  Child          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 ??? indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of
   the original documents.

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

*  There was 1 death and 1 birth among the passengers listed below.  A 
   transcription of the Ship Master's statement appears in the Transcriber's
   Notes.

*  As all the passengers listed below intend to inhabit the United States, the
   country in which they intend to become inhabitants column has been
   eliminated.

* The Died on voyage column has also been eliminated.


Passenger Notes:

*  Regarding the Passengers listed above, the following statement was attached
   to the manifest:
        No.439 Catherine, the wife of Tho^s Donally, was delivered of a male
               child June 30th/62.
        No.491 Elizabeth Cox died of Bilious Fever, June 22, Aged 7 years
   s/ John E Wells, Master At Sea

#280 - Surname could be Darlins, Darbin, Darbins, Durbin, Durbins, Durlin or
       Durlins
#287 - Listed on manifest as male, probably an error and should be Female
#291 - Surname could be Gallagher
#302 - Ages of children were usually recorded in descending order and Robert
       could possible be 10 month old.
#306 - Surname could be Nealon or Pealon
#333 - There is no #333 on the Manifest
#334 - McGarry may not be surname.  There is no listing for Passenger #333 and
       Alice's surname is indicated by a "do" (ditto).
#335 - McGarry may not be surname.  There is no listing for Passenger #333 and
       Catherine's surname is indicated by a "do" (ditto).
#336 - McGarry may not be surname.  There is no listing for Passenger #333 and
       Bessy's surname is indicated by a "do" (ditto).
#374 - Surname could be Hedley
#376 - Surname could be Grupe
#383 - Surname could be Maloney or Mahoney
#384 - Age could be 65
#386 - Surname could be Egan
#396 - Surname could be McAuliff or McOuliff
#398 - Surname could be Foskitt
#399 - Surname could be Foskitt
#407 - Surname could be John as partial letters would be consistent with the
       name John and the age could be 18
#424 - Surname could be Gunning
#425 - Surname could be Gunning
#433 - Surname could be Roek
#437 - Surname could be McGarry
#439 - Catherine, the wife of Thos Donally was delivered of a male child June
       30th/62
#470 - Surname could be Kooney
#477 - This name is covered by an overlap of the pages.  One can only guess at
       the name.  For the given name, there are no letters extending below the
       line so, perhaps Anne, Bell, Catherine, Ellen or Sarah.  For the
       surname, one can see two letters extending below the line with a space
       between them as in Murphy or Gafney, both of which appear on the
       manifest in other places.
#491 - Died of Bilious fever June 22, Aged 7 years

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



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