Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Java

I, J. Macauly, Master of the Str. Java, 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 Str. at Liverpool from which Port the 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. (signed) John Macauly. Sworn to this 6 Feb'y 1868, before me. (signed) ?????????.

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str. Java whereof John Macauly is Master, from Liverpool, burthen (blank) tons.

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

  1* John R. Atkin         23     Male    Military      Ireland      B.N.A.    Chief Cabin
  2* George P. Brown       33     Male    Gent^n        Ireland      B.N.A.    Chief Cabin
  3  Udolph Alardi         40     Male    Merchant      Columbia     Columbia  Chief Cabin
  4* Henry S. Hovey        23     Male    Merchant      U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
  5* Anna B??on            22     Female  None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
  6* John G. H??ser        30     Male    Merchant      Switzerland  U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
  7  Henry W. Mali         23     Male    Merchant      U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
  8  Jane Fuller           55     Female  None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
  9  Mary Mulligan         30     Female  None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 10  Charles Nikers        33     Male    Manufacturer  England      U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 11  Mary Nikers           33     Female  None          England      U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 12  Mary Nikers            5     Female  None          England      U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 13  Richard Chater        32     Male    Gent^n        England      England   Chief Cabin
 14  William H. Murray     23     Male    None          England      England   Chief Cabin
 15  William Charles       48     Male    Gent^n        England      England   Chief Cabin
 16  Florence Charles      25     Female  None          England      England   Chief Cabin
 17  Charles Charles        1y4m  Male    None          England      England   Chief Cabin
 18* George A. Camar       38     Male    Merchant      B.N.A.       B.N.A.    Chief Cabin
 19  George G. Byron       37     Male    None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 20  George A. Haines      24     Male    Student       U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 21  Edward J. Morgan      39     Male    Engineer      U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 22  Nathan M. Nathan      34     Male    Clerk         England      U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 23  Moritz Zeigler        34     Male    Merchant      Russia       Russia    Chief Cabin      
 24  Thomas Maguire        45     Male    Theatrical    U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 25  Catherine Maguire     39     Female  None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 26* William Meakin        34     Male    Manuf^er      England      England   Chief Cabin
 27* Charles Praker        23     Male    None          England      England   Chief Cabin
 28  William Poole         42     Male    Importer      England      England   Chief Cabin
 29  Peter Wheelan         35     Male    Speculator    England      England   Chief Cabin
 30* Agatha State?         25     Female  Singer        U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 31* Beatrice State?        2     Female  None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 32* Rich^d Ra??f??t       29     Male    Gent          B.N.A.       B.N.A.    Chief Cabin
 33  Cath^e Meredith       21     Female  Servant       Wales        England   Chief Cabin
 34* James Farquharson     25     Male    Theatrical    U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 35  Rob^t H. Coombs       39     Male    Seafaring     U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 36  Jno. P. Shourds       37     Male    Seafaring     U.S.A.       U.S.A.    Chief Cabin
 37  Anna E. Allotte       35     Female  None          U.S.A.       U.S.A.    2nd Cabin
 38  James Pollock         35     Male    Seafaring     Scotland     U.S.A.    2nd Cabin  
 39  William Lovell        36     Male    Seafaring     England      U.S.A.    2nd Cabin
 40  James Farrell         39     Male    Seafaring     Ireland      U.S.A.    2nd Cabin  
 41  John Agnew            30     Male    Seafaring     Ireland      U.S.A.    2nd Cabin    
 42  James Agnew           25     Male    Seafaring     Ireland      U.S.A.    2nd Cabin  
 43  Joseph Burns          33     Male    Seafaring     Ireland      U.S.A.    2nd Cabin      
                                                   

Transcriber's Notes:

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

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

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letters in the word or name are superscripted.


  1-2  "B.N.A." entered in the column for country in which they intend to become 
     inhabitants likely refers to "British North America", which we know today as "Canada".
  4  Surname appears to be either "Hovey" or "Honey".
  5  Middle letters of surname are poorly formed and cannot be deciphered with certainty,
     but surname is possibly "Byron".
  6  Second and third letters of surname are unclear and cannot be deciphered with any
     confidence, but surname is possibly "Heeser", "Haeser" or "Hauser".
 18  Letters in surname are poorly formed and can not be deciphered with certainty. 
     Surname clearly begins "Cam" followed by "ar", "ast" or something similar.  Surname
     possibilities include "Camar", "Camast" and others. 
 26  Surname appears to be either "Meakin" or "Meatlin".
 27  First letter of surname is unclear, but is possibly "P" or "T" resulting in possible
     surname "Praker" or "Traker".
 30-31  Surname appears to be "State", "States" or "Stater".
 32  Letters in surname are poorly formed and cannot be deciphered with certainty.  
     Surname clearly begins "Ra" followed by either "mf" or "nsf" followed by one, two 
     or three letters impossible to decipher followed by either "d" or "t'.  Surname is 
     possibly "Ramfort", "Ransfort", "Ramford", "Ransford", or something similar.
     "B.N.A." entered in the columns for country of citizenship and country in which they 
     intend to become inhabitants likely refers to "British North America", which we 
     know today as "Canada".
 34  Letters in surname are poorly formed and cannot be deciphered with certainty.    
   

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 89.

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