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Brig Napoleon
I, J. Kiely do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear, that the within list, subscribed with my name, contains to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account or report of all passengers who have been taken aboard the Brig Napoleon at Galway or at any other foriegn port, or at sea, and brought in said Brig into any district of the United States, since the departure from said port of Galway.
Sworn the 12 Feby 1849--John Kiely
BEFORE---????????
Schedule A Ships Name---Napoleon
Master's Name---John Kiely
Tons per Register---2033
Aggregated number of superficial feet in several compartments set aside for Steerage and Intermidiate Passengers---1480
Totally number of adults the ship can legally carry---107
Wherebound---Baltimore
I hereby certify that the provisions actually on board this ship, according to the Section of the Passengers Act are sufficient for 107 Passengers computed according to the Act. Signed--John Kiely--Master
Columns represent: Port of Departure*, Names of Passengers, Age, Sex, Profession, occupation, or calling of passengers, Port at which passengers have contracts to be landed*.
1 William Davin 30 M Laborer
2 Bridget Davin 28 F Wife
3 Thomas Geraghty 13 M Boy
4 Judy Newel 45 F Matron
5 John Mannion 17 M Laborer
6 Bridget Mullowny 12 F Child
7 Michael Burke 21 M Laborer
8 John Burke 19 M Laborer
9 Mary Burke 20 F Spinster
10 Bridget Burke 18 F Spinster
11* Sibby Burke 12 F Child
12 Michael Garrity 25 M Servant
13 Thomas Leetch 28 M Laborer
14 Martin Calanan 23 M Laborer
15 Michael Walsh 20 M Laborer
16 Patrick Mahon 28 M Laborer
17 Martin McMahon 30 M Laborer
18* Mary Howry 20 F Spinster
19 Thomas Walsh 20 M Laborer
20 Thomas Joyce 29 M Laborer
21 Patrick Burke 27 M Laborer
22 Pat Geraghty 28 M Laborer
23 Winny Geraghty 28 M Laborer
24* Sibby Griffin 24 F Spinster
25 Catherine Mahon 21 F Spinster
26 Michael Flaherty 16 M Laborer
27 Martin Joyce 20 M Laborer
28 Mary Joyce 20 F Spinster
29 Mathew Joyce 20 M Laborer
30 Mary Joyce 19 F Spinster
31 Winny Joyce 20 F Spinster
32 Martin McMahon 25 M Laborer
33 Martin Moylan 25 M Laborer
34 Bridget Killian 19 F Spinster
35 Judy Killian 19 F Spinster
36 Mary Shaughnessy 19 F Spinster
37* Barthy Fahey 32 M Laborer
38* Bridget Fahy 32 F Wife
39* Patrick Fahy 5 M Child
40* Mary Fahey 3 F Child
41* Martin Fahey 17 M Laborer
42 Mary Kaine 20 F Spinster
43 Biddy Dowd 22 F Matron
44 Thomas McGinney 30 M Laborer
45 Mary Mcginney 24 F Wife
46 Bridget McGinney 5 F Child
47 John Kaine 22 M Laborer
48* Barthy Kaine 18 M Laborer
49 Ellen Mannion 25 F Spinster
50* Honner Coolan 13 F Child
51 Michael Coolan 20 M Laborer
52 James Burke 24 M Laborer
53 Pat Fogarty 30 M Laborer
54 Mary Fogarty 32 F Wife
55 Bridget Fogarty 12 F Child
56 Patrick Quinn 25 M Laborer
57 Mary Quinn 22 F Spinster
58 Bridget Dowd 32 F Spinster
59 Barthy Dowd 32 M Laborer
60 Edmond Burke 28 M Laborer
61 Edwd Birmingham 22 M Laborer
62 Ellen Garvey 40 F Spinster
63 Biddy Garvey 14 F Spinster
64 Mary Garvey 16 F Spinster
65 John Walsh 33 M Tailor
66 Judy Walsh 27 F Wife
67 Michael Burke 30 M Laborer
68 Celia Kelly 28 F Spinster
69 Ellen Mitchel 36 F Spinster
70 Bridget Hynes 32 F Spinster
71 Bridget Burke 35 F Matron
72 Anne Burke 32 M Matron
73 James Geraghty 6 M Child
74 Pat Geraghty 4 M Child
75 Pat Sullivan 4 M Child
76 Mary Geraghty F Infant
77 John Flynn 30 M Laborer
78 Pat Kelly 23 M Farmer
79 Catherine Quinn 15 F Spinster
80 William Flemming 34 M Laborer
81 Mary Flemming 26 F Wife
82 Catherine Kaine 24 F Spinster
83 Rodger Killelea 30 M Laborer
84 John Killelea 40 M Laborer
85 Rodger Killelea 12 M Child
86 Mary Connor 35 F Matron
87 Margaret Connor 13 F Child
88 Julia Connor 10 F Child
89* Biddelia Connor 8 F Child
90 Michl Connor 1 M Child
91 Tom Kelly 25 M Laborer
92* Peggy Kelly 26 F Spinster
93 Mary Flanagan 16 F Spinster
94 Pat Newel 33 M Laborer
95 Mary Hare 20 F Spinster
96 Michael Donohoe 16 M Tailor
97 Margaret Monahan 20 F Spinster
98 Andrew Monahan 32 M Laborer
99 Myles Cahalan 30 M Laborer
100 Kathy Cahalan 26 F Wife
101 John Cahalan 20 M Laborer
102 William Killeen 30 M Laborer
103* Michael Quinn 18 M ??????
104* Denis Monahan 30 M
105* Catherine Monahan 28 F
106* Catherine McNamara 20 F
197* Mary Burke 25 F
Transcriber's Notes:
* The use of an * indicates an ommission or error made by the original
recorder.
? The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due
to the quality of the original document.
* Port of Departure and Port at which passengers have contracts to be
landed are eliminated because the Departure Port was Galway and the
Port of Arrival was Baltimore.
Passenger Notes:
# 11 - Sibby is probably the nickname for Sibohan
# 18 - Original name entered was-Michael Connolly 20 M Laborer-which was
crossed out and replaced by a Female Spinster. Age was not changed?
# 37-#38-#39-#40 - These four are obviously a family even though the last
name is spelled both Fahey and Fahy. Also, Barthy is probably the
nickname for Bartholemew
# 41 - For some reason Martin Fahey and Laborer were crossed out but
nothing was entered to replace them so I assume the crossing out
was a mistake and will go with the original entries
# 48 - Barthy - Bartholemew
# 50 - Honner - Honora
# 92 - Last name appears to be Killkelly but there is a crease in the
document and I suspect the name is really Kelly like passenger #91
#103 to #107 - These last five passengers are probably in intermediate
passenger space because their numbering was one to five. Illedgible
occupation for #103 and none given for the other four.
Correspondence 11/22/02 passengers #37-41 Fahey & #10 Burke
I came across this while doing research on the Fahey family. Listed are
a Martin Fahey #41 and a Bridget Burke #10, which are the names of my
gr grandparents, and the the ages listed of 17 and 18 respectively fits
in with the ages of my Martin and Bridget. In local records my Martin
spelled his name as both Fahey and Fahey. You list the five Faheys as
probably being a family, but Barthy and Bridget are 32 and have 2 children
5 and 3, Martin is 17, which would put his parents at the age of 15,
extremely rare in Ireland of the time where later marriages were more common.
I wonder if Martin was a cousin or something. I am also curious as to why
his name was crossed off. Anyway this was real exciting to me. Martin and
Bridget settled in Cleveland, Ohio and had several children, among them
were William, Lawrence, Beezer (female, how she got that name, and it was
not a nickname, I don't know), Evelyn Mortis, Fr. Thomas who was pastor
at St. John's cathedral in Cleveland for a few years and Michael (my grandfather).
Michael married Olive Grant and had 4 children Irene McChesney, Grant
(my father), Betty (Sr. Ursula) and Thomas. All deceased. Thanks for the info,
it gives me something more to go on in my family history inquiry. Tom Fahey
[note: when an ISTG member writes "could be family" that means extended family,
or "travelling together". This Martin could very well have been a cousin, brother,
nephew, etc., the note was just to let researchers know that he was apparently
part of this family group, travelling together and there was no error in the
reading of his age (note that he is 17 and put at the bottom of the family group
list. This is uncommon if he was a child of the couple, usually they are put
in age descending order). Sometimes the original manifest has a bracket or some
sort of clue that all listed are part of a family and ISTG members usually note
that for researchers. In general, when a name is crossed off of a manifest
it means the passenger did not board but had a ticket (on the list of potential
passengers given to the captain) or disembarked before the ship sailed. ISTG staff]
Additional Fahy correspondence 01/05/03
The plot thickens. Seventeen days after the brig Napoleon pulled into Baltimore,
the Cushla Macree also from Galway enterred New York harbor with a Martin Fahy
age 17 and a Brigit Burke (age unknown). I have seen the name Brigit Burke several
times and Martin Fahy a few also. Will the real Brigit and Martin please stand up.
Interesting! Tom Fahey
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M255, Reel 7, List 14.
Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 March 2002
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