Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Brig Louisa


Amsterdam, Netherlands to New York
6 December 1827

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK – PORT OF NEW YORK
I W. Kelly* do solemnly, sincerely and truly Swear that the following List or Manifest of Passengers subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs for the District of New-York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Brig Louisa whereof I am Master, from Amsterdam So help me God. [signed:] Walter Kelley
Sworn to, the 6^th Dec^r 1827
       Before me ?????????? DC
List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Brig Louisa whereof W. Kelly* is Master, from Amsterdam Burthen 238 8/95 Tons.
Columns represent: Names; Age [Years; Months]; Sex; Occupation; The Country to which they severally belong; The Country to which they intend to become inhabitants; Died on the Voyage. The column "Months" has no entries and "Died on the Voyage" has one entry: "None"; both columns have been omitted
1  J L Schneller      27   Male     Merchant   Austria    New York
2* Theor Prosch       32   Male     Doctor     Germany    New York
3* Josophina Trosch   22   Female              Germany    New York
                                   [signed] Walter Kelley


Transcriberıs Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made in the original document
or a clarification by this transcriber.

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

The use of a caret "^" indicates the following letter has been superscripted.

The signature attesting to the sworn statement is indecipherable; it is
followed by "DC" which indicates the Deputy Collector of Customs

Original captain"s name "Nicholas Brewer" (non-signature) has been lined out
and replaced by "W. Kelly"; note that the captain"s signatures have a second
"e": Kelley

Passenger Notes:
2  Surname may be Trosch
3  Surname may be Prosch
LDS FHL Film #0002256, Passenger lists of vessels arriving at New York from Nov 21, 1827 to Jun 30, 1828
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 11.
Transcribed by Carolyn "Cari" McQuaid Thomas a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
30 November 2001



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