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SS State of Georgia

I, S. Cooper, Master of the S.S. State of Georgia 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 Steamship at Glasgow & Larne, from which port said steamship has now arrived; and 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. S. Cooper
Sworn to this 2nd Feby 1878 before me (Signature cannot be read)D.C.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S.S. "State of Georgia" whereof S. Cooper, is master, from Glasgow via Larne burthen 2500 tons.

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

  1* S. Knutsson           28  Male    Med'l Student  Germany  United States Am   2nd Cabin
  2* C. Schultz            29  Male    Med'l Student  Germany  United States Am   2nd Cabin
  3* John Murray           46  Male    Merchant       Scotland United States Am   2nd Cabin
  4  Eliza Shaw            60  Female  Spinster       Ireland  United States Am   2nd Cabin
  5* Moses Buschodowicz    53  Male    Farmer         Germany  United States Am   Steerage
  6* Joseph Buschodowicz   24  Male    Farmer         Germany  United States Am   Steerage
  7* Samuel Schudowicz     46  Male    Merchant       Germany  United States Am   Steerage
  8* Samuel Schudowicz     16  Male    Carpenter      Germany  United States Am   Steerage
  9* Peter C.H. Andersen   24  Male    Farmer         Sweden   United States Am   Steerage
 10  John C. Diamond       38  Male    Moulder        Ireland  United States Am   Steerage
 11  Sarah Kelly           19  Female  Spinster       Ireland  United States Am   Steerage
 12  Margaret Devlin       54  Female  Widow          Ireland  United States Am   Steerage
 13  John Templeton        21  Male    Farmer         Ireland  United States Am   Steerage
 14  John H. M^cCullough   20  Male    Farmer         Ireland  United States Am   Steerage
 15* Catherine Scilly      19  Female  Spinster       Ireland  United States Am   Steerage
 16* Thomas Kew            25  Male    Farmer         Ireland  United States Am   Steerage


Transcriber's Notes:

* = Special notice to be taken in 'Transcriber's Notes'
? = Approximate number of letters which are unreadable with any accuracy
There were no deaths on this voyage

  1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 - Above the word 'Germany' in the 'Country to which they belong',
                     was writen 'Prussia'
  1, 2 - Occupation is probably 'Medical Student'
  3 - Occupation could also be 'Mechanic'. Writing is very poor.
  5 to 8 - Ending of surname could also be 'witz'
  9 - Surname could also be 'Anderson'
 15 - Surname couls also be 'Scolly' or 'Scully'
 16 - Last name is very hard to read. Could possibly be 'Kew' or 'Ken'.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 94.

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