Immigrant Ships
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British SS Chilian

Brit. S.S. Chilian, A. W. Bremner, Master, 2114 00/100 Tons, from Aspinwall.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Part of vessel occupied during the voyage.

 1  M. J. de Mier     56  Male    Merchant        Colombia       United States  Cabin
 2  J. de Mier        19  Male    Merchant        Colombia       United States
 3  G. Campbell       29  Male    Student         Colombia       Colombia
 4  O. G. Muller      35  Male    Merchant        Colombia       Colombia
 5  F. A. Fovar       14  Male    Student         Colombia       Colombia
 6  Capt Hotaling     45  Male    Captain         United States  United States
 7  Mrs Hotaling      43  Female  No. Occupation  United States  United States
 8  E. B. Davis       38  Male    Gent            Peru           Peru
 9  T. Buen           39  Male    Merchant        Peru           Peru
10  E. R. Mey         32  Male    Merchant        Peru           Peru
11* Mr. Smith         31  Male    Merchant        Panama         Parama
12* Lieut. Moo?e      29  Male    U. S. N.        United States  United States
13  Gen. T. Caldwell  44  Male    Minister        United States  United States
14* John Kieffer      33  Male    Gent            Parama         Parama
15* Miss S. Houston   23  Female  No Occupation   Columbia       Colombia

New Orleans, April 30, 1874


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder,
or is used to call your attention to additional information in the
Transcriber's Notes below.

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

Aspinwall was the name given to Colon, Panama during the last half of the
nineteenth century, from the building of the Panamanian Railway until the 
building of the Panama Canal. Joseph Aspinwall was one of the founders of the
railway.

No sworn statement was given on this document.

Colombia was spelled as both Colombia and Columbia. Panama was spelled as both
Panama and Parama. In all cases, the original spelling was retained.

Part of vessel occupied was completed only for the first passenger. It may be
assumed that all passengers were cabin passengers, although no ditto marks
were visible.

Sex was indicated on the document by a check mark in the appropriate column.
This has been changed to "Male" or "Female" for clarity.

#15 - Alternative spelling was used for Colombia.
#11,#14 - Alternative spelling was used for Panama.  
#12 Lieut. - Moo?e. Surname looks like Moore, might be Moose.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M272, Reel 17, List 2nd Quarter.

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