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RMS Asia
I, EG Lott Master of the RM Asia 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 Steamship "Asia" at Liverpool via Queenstown from which port said Steamship Asia has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the county to which each belonged and also the county of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the names and ages of those who died.
Sworn to this 11 May 1860 EG Lott So Help me God. Before me (unreadable.)
List or Manifest of All The Passengers taken on board the R.Ms. "Asia" whereof Edward George Lott is Master; from Liverpool via Queenstown burthen 1214 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Mr Allen 42 M Mercht US US 1st Cabin
2 Mrs Allen 37 F US US 1st Cabin
3* Miss Hunt 20 F US US 1st Cabin
4* Miss Lemmon 18 F US US 1st Cabin
5 Mr IB Hunt 49 M Mercht US US 1st Cabin
6 Mrs Hunt 40 US US 1st Cabin
7* Msf E Grinnelt 20 F US US 1st Cabin
8* Msf E Manreay 26 F US US 1st Cabin
9 Mr D Mackay 42 M Broker US US 1st Cabin
10 Mrs D Mackay 29 F England Havanna 1st Cabin
11 Mr Barreda 28 M Mercht Spain Havanna 1st Cabin
12 Mr DP Barreda 16 M Mercht Spain Havanna 1st Cabin
13* Msf Barreda 24 F Spain Havanna 1st Cabin
14* Msf Barreda 20 F Spain Havanna 1st Cabin
15 Capt Turner 41 M US Navy US US 1st Cabin
16 Mr E Geowski 42 M Mercht England Canada 1st Cabin
17 Mrs Turner 36 F US US 1st Cabin
18* Mr W Noel 35 M Mercht France US 1st Cabin
19 Mr Fredk Esckman 24 M Merhht Prussia Prussia 1st cabin
20 Mr Joseph Hecker 17 M Mercht Prussia Prussia 1st Cabin
21 Mr I Datin 22 M Mercht US US 1st Cabin
22 Mr Francis Clemintson 41 M Mercht England England 1st Cabin
23 Mr B di Aleazar 35 M Gentleman Spain Haramor? 1st Cabin
24 Mr Gustav Stellmay 22 M Mercht Germany Germany 1st Cabin
25 Mr Sam^l Bridgwood 39 M Mercht England England 1st Cabin
26 Mr Peter D Deans 30 M Farmer England England 1st Cabin
27 Mr Lippmanon 33 M Mercht Prussia US 1st Cabin
28 Mr Rothschild 39 M Mercht Prussia Us 1st Cabin
29 Mr E.I. Heyer 30 M Mercht Germany Germany 1st Cabin
30 Mr Gilpeko 34 M Mercht Prussia Prussia 1st Cabin
31 Mr Morris Arnold 40 M Mercht Germany Germany 1st Cabin
32 Mr E Meyer 21 M Importer US US 1st Cabin
33 Mr Francis 34 M Mercht US US 1st Cabin
34 Mr Orr Bird 32 M Mercht US US 1st Cabin
35 Mr W Maitland 46 M Mercht England England 1st Cabin
36 Mr I C Cropper 30 M Importer England England 1st Cabin
37 Mr LW Roop 4o M Mercht US US 1st Cabin
38* Msf Roop 37 F US US 1st Cabin
39 Mr D L Crain 29 M Lawyer US US 1st Cabin
40* Msf Crain 26 F US US 1st Cabin
41* Mr E Sutherland 40 M Birt Army England England 1st Cabin
42 Mr Joseph Young 32 M Mercht England England 1st Cabin
43* Mr I Welsh ?9 M Mercht England England 1st Cabin
44 Mr LD Hynemann 31 M Merchant Germany Germany 1st Cabin
45* Msf Louise Ischel 24 F Merchant Germnay Germany 2nd Cabin
46* Msf M Hortman 19 F Merchant Germany Germany 2nd Cabin
47 Mr R Coesta 46 M Farmer Prussia Prussia 2nd Cabin
48 Mr W Whipple 59 M Merchant US US 2nd Cabin
49* Msf Austin 34 F England England 2nd Cabin
49* Msf John Ganndon 34 F England Englanb 2nd Cabin
50 Master George Bernett 11 M Famrner England England 2nd Cabin
51 Mr J L Ganter 25 M Attorney England England 2nd Cabin
52* M Edw^ Raisbeck 56 M Manufacture England England 2nd Cabin
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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ Indicates the word may be abbreviated or that superscript was used for the
subsequent letter or letters.
The Miss is written with the M then s and and f the old way of writing two
sess together.
Merhcant is spelled this way through out the entire manifest it is not the
misspelling of the transcriber.
18 Some may read this as Moel or Nocl
19 This would probably be Fredrick
25 Sam^l would probably be Samuel
41 The occupation would be Britich Army
44 This first part of the age is not readable it is blacked out.
44 It is hard to believe that a lady would be a merchant but that is what they
had dittoed it as.
52 The ^ would mean Edward or Edwin
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M 237, Reel 200, List 368.
Transcribed by Bette Dew a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 August 2003
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