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SS Leon
I, Fr. ?vanoe, Master of the SS Leon 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 Port of Boston, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Port Antonio from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, calling, country of citizenship, native country, intended destination or location, number of pieces of baggage, location of compartment or space occupied, and date and cause of death of passengers, as required by the "Passenger Act of 1882"; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in this country. So Help Me God. Fr. ?vanoe Master
Sworn to this 3rd day June 1891
Before me (Unreadable) Collector.
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the SS Leon whereof Fr. ?vanoe is Master from Port Antonio burthen 481 tons
Columns represent: Passenger number, name, age, sex, calling, the country of which they were citizens, native country, intended destination or location, visitor or intended permanent resident.
1 J. B. Welcome ?1 M Braeller U.S. Permanent
2 George Massy ?5 M Planter Jamaica Visitor
3 James Derner 70 M none England
4 Lusicia Derner 6? F none England
5 Mariana Derner ? F none England
6 Ida Derner 9 F none England
7 Ethel Derner 8 F none England
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.
* All passengers occupied the cabin.
* There were no deaths during the voyage.
Passenger Notes:
#1 - ? pieces of luggage; No information listed in the native country and
destination columns.
#2 - 2 pieces of luggage; No information listed in the native country and
destination columns.
#3-#7 - 12 pieces of luggage. No information listed in the last three columns.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M277, Reel 115, List 157.
Transcribed by Curtis Roorda a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 January 2002
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