Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Bienville

I, J. B. Baker, Master of the St Ship Bienville, 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 the said St Ship Bienville at Havana, from which Port the said Steamship 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 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) J. B. Baker.

Sworn to this April 7th 1868,
Before me. (Signature) ? ? Murray, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the St Ship Bienville whereof J. B. Baker is Master, from Havana, burthen 1486 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since no one died during the voyage, this column is omitted in the transcription

  1  Capt J. Gordon       40   Male     Navy       Spain       United States   Cabin
  2  Mrs J. Gordon        27   Female   Lady       Spain       United States   Cabin
  3  Tho^s Carbassosa     26   Male     Merchant   Spain       United States   Cabin
  4* J. Graer             48   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
  5  A. Servana           33   Male     Merchant   Spain       United States   Cabin
  6* ?. H. Freland        23   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
  7  F. M. Geer           32   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
  8  Mrs G. Mathews       31   Female   Lady       U. States   United States   Cabin
  9  F. Hamlin            22   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 10  W. Hamlin            19   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 11  D. De Wolff          42   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 12  W. H. Cunningham     29   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 13  Ja^s Fowler          31   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 14  C. Williams          25   Male     Merchant   England     United States   Cabin
 15  E. Gutierrez         21   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 16  Tho^s H. Gaynor      40   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 17  F. E. De Wolff       25   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 18  Mrs F. E. De Wolff   24   Female   Lady       U. States   United States   Cabin
 19* C. G. de Garmendia   36   Male     Merchant   Spain       United States   Cabin
 20  J. Vega              35   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 21  W^m A Legg           45   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 22  M. Pons              26   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 23  C. W. Taylor         25   Male     Merchant   U. States   United States   Cabin
 24  Latisha Sequin       18   Female   Lady       France      United States   Cabin

 
Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  For most of the passengers, the recorder lists the initial of their given name, 
  but for some he abbreviates their given name by writing the first few letters of 
  the name, then skipping letters and then writing the final letter as 
  superscripted.  In these cases, the transcribers use the symbol (^) to indicate that 
  the following letter was superscripted, i.e., "Tho^s" for Thomas, "Ja^s" for James,
  "W^m for William, etc.

  4  Surname appears to be written as "Grear", but might possibly be "Grace".
  6  First initial of given name is not decipherable with certainty, but might
     possibly be "T" or "J".
 19  Surname is either "de Garmendia" or "de Garmendra".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 261.

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