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I, Edw Van Sice, Master of the S.S. Columbia, 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 S.S. Columbia at Havanna and Nassau, N.P., from which Ports the said S.S. Columbia 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) Edw Van Sice.
Sworn to this 10 April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W M C?????y, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Columbia whereof E. Van Sice is Master, from Havanna and Nassau, burthen 1271 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* Chas M. Common 35 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
2* Mary Common 30 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
3* Louse Common 28 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
4* John Common 10 Male U.S. U.S. Cabin
5* Lizzie Common 8 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
6 Bridget Burns 24 Female Servant U.S. U.S. Cabin
7* Jaquin Payriti 25 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
8 W^m K Brown 28 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
9 Jon Morales 40 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
10 Maria Morales 35 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
11 Antonio Morales 12 Male U.S. U.S. Cabin
12 Catalina Morales 10 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
13* Jon A. Morales 6 Male U.S. U.S. Cabin
14 Luis Barton 31 Male Clerk U.S. U.S. Cabin
15 Francisco Ferrera 35 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
16 Ruitez Victorera 30 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
17 Felipe Quintanna 30 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
18 Catalina Caroujal 36 Female Wife Spain Spain Cabin
19 Helen Walsh 34 Female Nurse U.S. U.S. Cabin
20 Jane L Agden 40 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
21 Chas Agden 14 Male U.S. U.S. Cabin
22 Catherine Winters 21 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
23 Jacob McNab 34 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
24 Jane McNab 30 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
25 Kate McNab 18 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
26 Richard Smith 40 Male Farmer U.S. U.S. Cabin
27 Andrew Claussen 28 Male Hatter U.S. U.S. Cabin
28* Fred Whibauch 33 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
29 Chas H. Chapin 38 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
30 Minnie Chapin 10 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
31 Elvira Calatruged 30 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
32 Elice Ragner 20 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
33 Josefa Ragner 21 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
34* Edwin P. Euard 35 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
35* Elain Euard 31 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
36 Richard Munchinger 40 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
37 Alfred Willalmill 36 Male Phisician U.S. U.S. Cabin
38 John Mason 45 Male USA U.S. U.S. Cabin
39 Peter Bell 27 Male Agent U.S. U.S. Cabin
40* Edward L Libby 35 Male ?????? U.S. U.S. Cabin
41 Kate Libby 28 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
42* Jose Galindez 30 Male Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
43 Anna Dixon 24 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
44* Mo??? Runna 34 Male ????? Spain Spain Cabin
45 W^m Fulton 50 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
46* Mary Mazling 39 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
47 Louis Mayo 38 Male Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
48 James Croney 50 Male Taylor U.S. U.S. Cabin
49 W^m Croney 19 Male Clerk U.S. U.S. Cabin
50* W^m H. Riths 40 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
51* Mary Riths 36 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
52 Solomon Hasse 38 Male Druggist U.S. U.S. Cabin
53 Antonio Garcie 24 Male Salesman U.S. U.S. Cabin
54 Manuel Valls 30 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
55* Son?? Jose Marin 36 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
56 Luis D. Castro 26 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
57 Cayelano Corragon 30 Male Watchmaker Spain Spain Cabin
58 August Perry 40 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
59 Sarah Perry 31 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
60 Charlott Coak 31 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
61* Martin Buisly 38 Male Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
62* Catherine Buisly 37 Female Circus U.S. U.S. Cabin
63* Chas Buisly 12 Male U.S. U.S. Cabin
64* Antonio Campas 34 Male Livery U.S. U.S. Cabin
65 James H. Wyatt 60 Male Mariner U.S. U.S. Cabin
66 Maria Wyatt 55 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
67 John Church 62 Male Mariner U.S. U.S. Cabin
68 John Noxen 31 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
69 James Howes 35 Male Dentist U.S. U.S. Cabin
70 Grace Howes 31 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
71 Carrie Fisher 28 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
72 Mary M. Butler 34 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
73 Jane Huntington 36 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
74 Elizabeth Huntington 19 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
75 James H Ennep 28 Male Engineer U.S. U.S. Cabin
76 Elen H. Darling 28 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
77 Lena Darling 5 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
78 Luis Hayman 28 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
79* Jane Mussy 36 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
80 Sophia Murray 18 Female Lady U.S. U.S. Cabin
81* Jane Lambsar 28 Female Nurse U.S. U.S. Cabin
82* Strien W. Dana 40 Male Broker U.S. U.S. Cabin
83 Martin Isaacs 31 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
84 John Turnbull 36 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
85 George Roberts 39 Male Servant U.S. U.S. Cabin
86 Thomas Pragert 36 Male Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin
87 John Ross 40 Male USN U.S. U.S. Cabin
88 Michael Gordon 28 Male Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
89 Gardala Antmoin 40 Male Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
90 John Martina 36 Male Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
91 Catalina Carrera 35 Female Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
92 Rosa Carrera 38 Female Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
93 Catalina Carrera 36 Female Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
94 Rosa Carrera 14 Female Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
95 W^m Martinez 10 Male Musician U.S. U.S. Cabin
96 Caroline Martinez 3 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
97 Maria Martinez 1 Femake U.S. U.S. Cabin
98 Kitty Martinez 6 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
99 Sarah Smith 33 Female Wife U.S. U.S. Cabin
100 Carrie Perry 6 Female U.S. U.S. Cabin
New York April 10th 1868
(Signature) J. S. Safford, Purser
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.
In the Captain's sworn statement at the top of the manifest, the port "Nassua, N.P."
is the town of Nassua, New Providence in the Bahamas Islands.
1-5 Surname appears to be "Common", "Cammon", "Comman or "Camman".
3 Given name is recorded as "Louse", but might possibly be "Louise".
7 Given name is recorded as "Jaquin", but might possibly be "Joaquin".
Surname is possibly "Payriti", "Payrits", "Payrets" or "Payrds".
13 Given name appears to be written as "Jon", but might possibly be "Jose".
28 Surname is either "Whibauch" or "Whibunch".
34-35 Surname appears to be either "Euard" or "Enard".
40 Passenger's Occupation is not clearly written, but appears to begin with "C"
followed by either "uren" or "urew". Perhaps the word is "Crew".
42 Surname is either "Galindez" or "Galendez".
44 Given name is not clearly written and cannot be deciphered with certainty.
The nmae begins with "Mo" but the remaining three or four letters cannot be
deciphered. The transcriber's guess is that the given name might be "Manuel".
Passenger's Occupation is not clearly written, but appears to be "Kontes".
46 Surname appears to be either "Mazling" or "Magling".
50-51 Surname is possibly "Riths", "Ritts", "Rittz, "Riltz" or "Rilts".
55 Given name begins with "Son" followed by what appears to be a superscripted "y".
61-63 Surname appears to be written as "Buisly", but might possibly be "Binsly"
or "Binsley".
64 Passenger's complete Occupation is recorded as "Livery Stable".
79 Surname is not clearly written and cannot be deciphered with certainty, but
name appears to be "Mussy" or "Musey", or perhaps "Murray".
81 Surname appears to be written as "Lambsar" or "Lambsor", but might possibly
be "Lampson".
82 Given name appears to be written as "Strien", but might actually be "Steven".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 276.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 May 2004
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