Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Arragon


Bristol, England to New York, New York
4 February 1878

Another transcription of this manifest is in Volume 5

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

Passenger List of the Great Western Steamship Line S.S. Arragon Geo. Lymons Master
I, Geo. Lymons 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 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.
So help me God. (signature) Geo. Lymons
Sworn to this 4th day of February 1878, before me, (signature)
Columns represent: Number, No of Certificate*, Name, Age, Occupation, Last Place of Residence, Destination and Cabin Type.
 1* Ma???ck       Jonah         ?   Clerk         Scotland      US America      2nd Cabin
 2  Davies        Bartha   22   F   Wife          Wales         US America      2nd Cabin
 3  Davies        Watkins   1   M   Child         Wales         US America      2nd Cabin
 4  Blakesley     John          M   Engraver      England       US America      2nd Cabin
 5  Blakesley     Albert    1   M   Child         England       US America      2nd Cabin
 6  Ling          Frank    35   M                               US America      2nd Cabin
 7  Ling          Edith    28   F   Wife                        US America      2nd Cabin
 8  Hartley       Sarah    25   F   Spinster      Ireland       US America      2nd Cabin
 9  Bailey        Joseph   26   M   Clerk                       US America      2nd Cabin
10  Field         John          M   ??            England       US America      2nd Cabin
11* Lau           Robert   2?   M   Tailor        Germany       US America      2nd Cabin
12* Jam?ll        Richard  2?   ?                 Wales         US America      2nd Cabin                                               


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber,
   or calls attention to additional information in the transcriber notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the condition of the 
   manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

 1   Last name could end in ch.  First name could be Isiah or Joseph                                                                      
11   Occupation could be Sailor									
12   Last name starts with J, I  or  W and ends in ll.  Country ends in "les".                                                                     Country ends in "les"
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 101.
Transcribed by Janice Peterson & Bob Joyce, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
13 March 2003



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