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SS Arragon

I, Geo. Symons master of the S.S. Arragon 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 Arragon at Bristol from which Port said Steamship 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, Before me, Signed by ???, this 4th Feby 1878. Signed: Geo. Symons so help me God.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Arragon whereof Geo. Symons is Master, from Bristol Eng. Burthen 837 tons.

Columns represent: Passenger number, Names, Age, years and 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* ?                ? ? ?        Scotland US America Cabin
 2  Davies,Bertha   22 F Wife     Wales    US America Cabin
 3  Davies, Watkins  1 M Child    Wales    US America Cabin
 4* Blakeley, John   ? M ?        ?        US America Cabin
 5* Blakeley, Albert ? M ?        ?        US America Cabin
 6* Long, Frank     35 M ?        ?        US America Cabin
 7  Long, Edith      ? F ?        ?        US America Cabin
 8  Hartley, Sarah  35 F Spinster Ireland  US America Cabin
 9* J??ld?, John     ? ? ?        ?        ?          Cabin 
10* B???ley, Joseph 36 M ?        ?        US America Cabin
11* Lau, Robert      ? M ?        Germany  US America Cabin
12* Ja??s, Richard   ? ? ?        ?        ?          ?  

Captain Geo. Symons signature appears below the passenger listing.


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates and omission or error made by the original recorder 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 the quality of the
 original document.

This passenger list is a pre-printed form with a heading reading as follows:
"Passenger List of the Great Western Steamship Line S.S. Arragon, Geo. Symons Master."

*The signature of the port collector is illegible and February is abbreviated in the sworn
 statement as "Feby".

*Column number 8 (Died on the voyage) is void of notation and has been deleted from this
 transcription.

 1: Columns 2-5 are faded to the point of making them look as if there was never anything
    written there. However, as noted above, one can read that this passenger was from Scotland
    and intended to stay in the U.S. and occupied a cabin on the voyage.
 
 4: Columns 3, 5 & 6 are faded to the point of making them look blank.
 
 5: Columns 3, 5 & 6 are faded to the point of making them look blank.
 
 6: Columns 5 & 6 are faded to the point of making them look blank.
 
 9: The question marks in this passenger's surname indicate that the original letters have
    faded away and cannot be recognized. In addition, columns 3-7 have faded to the point of
    looking blank.

10: This passenger's surname has faded to the point of making the area of the question marks
    void of notation. Columns 5 & 6 are also faded away.

11: The original notation in columns 3 & 5 is faced away.

12: This passenger's name may be Richard James but it would be a guess due to the condition
    of the document.  The rest of the columns on this line are all faded away and look simply
    blank.

The bottom of this passenger list is also noted as follows:
"SS Arragon, Bristol, Feb. 4, 1878"
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 101.

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