Immigrant Ships
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Ship Ceres

This list is incomplete, written from the narration by Ernest de Massey.

Captain Henry Nicolas Messmaker

The Ship Ceres was designed for about thirty passengers but it embarks 58* of them, namely:
- 16 in 1st class,
- 10 in 2nd class,
- 32 in 3rd class.

Columns represent: Number, name, age, origin*, function*. (Passengers 1-16 were listed in First Class; Passengers 17-52 were all in steerage, but some were individually designated as steerage 2nd class or steerage 3rd class. The "origin" column indicates from where the passengers came. The "function" column lists titles, occupations, relationship to others on board, destination, or other miscellaneous comments.)

FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS
 1  Mr Allaire                                  Stayed in Rio
 2  Mr Barlet
 3* Mr Blanc               23  Chambery
 4  Mr Fichaux                 Paris            Ex-trader in silk trade
 5  Jules de France                             Viscount
 6* Mr Gabard                  Paris            Hairdresser; stayed in Lima
 7* Mr Gosselin                Le Havre         Cafe owner
 8* Mr de Lamoller         50
 9  Mr Langlet
10  Ernest de Massey       37  Passavant        Businessman
11* Mr Naudet                  Northern France  Ex-employee of the railways
12* Mr Tirel               30  Paris            Stayed in Lima
13* Mr Vallet                  Chambery
14* Alexandre Veron            Haute-Saone
15
16

STEERAGE PASSENGERS
17  Mr Abadie
18* Mr Barreau      young man                   Son of a wine merchant of Chalon-sur-Saone; Commercial in Besancon; accompany Mrs Perret 
19  Mr de Bedoux               Bordeaux
20* Mr Bernot                  Besancon         3rd class; Son of a cafe owner
21  Mr Blondeau     young man  Doubs            3rd class; Son of an ironmaster and former deputy of Doubs
22  Mr Boillon                 St Hyppolite
23  Mr Bonvalet                Coiffy-le-Haut   Cousin of Doctor Briot
24  Mr Bourdin                                  Farmer
25  Mr Breton                  Paris            3rd class; Architect 
26* Doctor Briot               Besancon
27* ADA Champion               Seveux
28  Mr Charbonnel              Marseille        Manufacturer
29  Doctor Daing               Grenoble         3rd class
30  Mr Denys                   Lille            Hatter
31  Mr David                   Savoie           Carpenter
32  Mr Desloges                                 3rd class
33* Mr Durand
34  Mr Adolphe de Finance                       3rd class   
35* Estelle Ivelin                              2nd class; Partner of Mr de France 
36  Mr Lacour
37  Mr Lebouteux                                2nd class
38  Mr Lieppe       young man                   2nd class
39* Nemorin
40  Mr Parisot                 Quers
41  Pastor                     Holland
42* Mrs Perret             45  Besancon         Ex-engraver; widow
43  Mr Peupin              23                   2nd class
44* Francois Pidancet          Haute-Saone      Engaged by de Massey as carpenter and odd-job man
45  Mr Rivolan                 Paris            Lawyer 
46* Mr Schultz                 Germany     
47  Marx Schultz           20  Germany     
48  boy Schultz            13  Germany     
49  Anna Schultz           18  Germany     
50  Theodora Schultz       14  Germany     
51* Mr Serans         
52* Theologne         
53
54
55
56
57
58

CREW 
59  Henry Nicolas Messmaker                     Captain 
60* Mr Rey                     Geneva           First mate 
61* Mr Simon               24                   Lieutenant 
62* Felix                  20  Rouen            Charged with the canteen 
63* Mr Leller                                   Chief steward 
64* La Bazin               24                   Chambermaid, stayed in Rio then replaced by Mrs. Perret, passenger 
65* Sailor                 15                   Ship's boy 
66  Mr Fortin                  Soissons         Sailor


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.

*  There were 58 passengers stated as on board, but the names and information
   for some of the passengers (as shown by passenger numbers followed by
   no information) were not listed in the narration by Ernest de Massey.
   There were 8 crew members, making a total of 66 on board.

   The following French accents were used by the author:
      Grave (L'accent grave): (`);
      Acute (L'accent aigu):  (as the "e" in été);
      Circumflex (L'accent circumflex): (^).
   The cedilla (La cedille) (as the "c" in Français)is only used under the
   letter "c", indicating that letter is pronounced as an "s".

   The ship's name, Ceres, had an acute accent over the first "e" and a grave
   accent over the second "e": Cérès.

   Possible updates to this ship, as well as additional information, may be
   found at: Ship Ceres.

 3  Mr Blanc was called "the Pirat". There is an acute accent over the "e" in
    Chambery.
 6  Age thought to be between 22 and 24. Stayed in Lima, Peru.
 7  Acute accent over "e" in Cafe.
 8  Age thought to be about 50
11  Mr Naudet was called de Courcelle.
12  Stayed in Lima, Peru
13  Acute accent over "e" in Chambery.
14  Acute accent over "e" in Veron. Circumflex (^) above the "o" in
    "Haute-Saone". Possible cousin and associate of Ernest de Massey
16  Circumflex (^) above the "o" in "Haute-Saone"; The "c" in "Besancon" has a
    cedilla.
26  The "c" in "Besancon" has a cedilla.
27  Possibly from Seveux.
31  Possibly ADA Champion's close friend.   
35  Passenger was from Le Havre or surroundings.
39  Acute accent over "e" in Nemorin.
42  The "c" in "Besancon" has a cedilla. Prior to living in Besancon this
    passenger was from Switzerland.
44  The "c" in "Francois" has a cedilla. Circumflex (^) above the "o" in
    "Haute-Saone", the place the passenger probably lived.
46  Age thought to be between 50 and 60.       
51  Acute accent over "e" in Serans.        
52  Acute accent over "e" in Theologne.
60  From Geneva, Switzerland.
61  Age thought to be 24.
62  Acute accent over "e" in Felix. Surname unknown. Age thought to be greater
    than 20. Possible Second Lieutenant.
63  Mr Leller was called "Bibelot" which translates to "trinket".
64  Written in quotes: "La Bazin".  
65  Age thought to be about 15.

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