Immigrant Ships
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SS Bolivia

I, John J. Small, Master of the Steam-Ship Bolivia do solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare 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 S.S. Bolivia at Glasgow from which port said Str 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, John J. Small
Sworn before me this 2nd Feby 1878 (Signature is unreadable) D.C.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship Bolivia whereof J.J. Small, is master, from Glasgow burthen 2625 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, country in which they intend to become inhabants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage

  1  Julius Smith       21  M  Cook           United States  United States   Steerage
  2* Jessie Nicol       22  F  Hs Wfe         Scotland       United States   Steerage
  3  John Martin        22  M  Engineer       Scotland       United States   Steerage
  4  John Wilson        22  M  Laborer        Scotland       United States   Steerage
  5  W^m Clark          20  M  Weaver         Scotland       United States   Steerage
  6  W^m Douglas        24  M  Shoemaker      Scotland       United States   Steerage
  7  Samuel Marshall    24  M  Carpenter      Ireland        United States   Steerage
  8  Annie Marshall     25  F                 Ireland        United States   Steerage
  9* Alexander Gibson   59  M  Farmer         Ireland        United States   Steerage
 10  John Gardner       37  M  Painter        Sweden         United States   Steerage
 11* Charlotte Gardner  29  F                 Sweden         United States   Steerage
 12  Agnes Gardner       4  F                 Sweden         United States   Steerage
 13  Alfred Gardner      2  M                 Sweden         United States   Steerage
 14  Sara Bergstrom     65  F                 Sweden         United States   Steerage
 15  David Cohn         20  M  Laborer        Germany        United States   Steerage
 16  Anton Meyer        30  M  Laborer        Germany        United States   Steerage
 17  Jacob Frank        18  M  Laborer        Germany        United States   Steerage
 18  Sarah Frank        18  F                 Germany        United States   Steerage
 19  Emanuel Fleischer  24  M  Doctor         Austria        United States   Steerage
 20* John Rullersby     45  M  Laborer        Ireland        United States   Second Cabin
 21  David Jordan       30  M  Gardener       Ireland        United states   Second Cabin
 22  Geo. Pettigrew     26  M  Engineer       Scotland       United States   Second Cabin
 23* John Thomson       25  M  Farmer         Scotland       Canada          Second Cabin
 24* Walter Manuel      50  M  Farmer         Scotland       Canada          Second Cabin
 25* O. Murphy          40  M  Merchant       Nova Scotia    Nova Scotia     First Cabin
 26* James Wilson       30  M  Merchant       Scotland       United States   First Cabin
 27* Albert E. Ruff     25  M  Artist         Scotland       United States   First Cabin
 28* Tho^s. Adams       42  M  Clergyman      Ireland        United states   First Cabin



Transcriber's Notes:

* = Special attention to 'Transcriber's Notes'
? = Approximate number of letters which are unreadable with any accuracy
^ = Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.

There were no deaths on this voyage

Wherever 'United States of America' was written on the manifest it was shortened to
'United States' for ease in reading.

Where a blank appears in the 'Occupation' column, it was recorded with a wavy line.
This possibly meant 'No occupation', since it was only in women, children or elderly.

 2 - In Occupation 'Servant' is written under Hs Wfe. It is very poorly written.
 9 - Age is possibly 39
11 - Age is possibly 39
20 - Name is possibly 'Ruttersby'.
23 & 24 - After 'Canada' was written 'Prov. of Quebec'
25 - United States was written in 'Country to be Inhabitants of'. This was crossed out
     and 'Nova Scotia' was written in by a different handwriting.
26, 27 & 28 - United States was denoted by 'do' (ditto) marks from # 25 above. But these
     were not crossed out. It seems likely United States is correct because #26 & 27
     were from Scotland, # 28 was from Ireland while passenger # 25 was from Nova Scotia.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411 List 95.

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