Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Matanzas

I, Wm. Liesegnay Master of the Steamer Matanzas 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 of the said Steamer Matanzas at Matanzas from which port said Steamer 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] Wm. Liesegany

Sworn to this 28th April 1860
before me (illegible name)

List or Manifest Of All The Passengers taken on board the ???? Matanzas whereof Wm. Liesegany is Master, from Matanzas, burthen ???/95 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age [years, months], Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants (every entry for this column was U.S. so the column was eliminated), Died on the voyage (this column has been eliminated since there were no reported deaths) and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

 1  Dolores Ruiz           22  2  Female  Lady          Spain    First Cabin
 2  Luis Armstrong         22  3  Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
 3  Hellen Woolson         40  5  Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
 4  Hellen Cirila Woolson  14  3  Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
 5* Mary Woolson            ?     Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
 6* Clara Clark             ?  7  Female  Lady          ?        First Cabin
 7  Isabel Duffey           1  6  Female  Baby          Cuba     First Cabin
 8  Isabel Merrick Duffey  30  6  Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
 9* Kmira Norman           27  2  Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
10  Victoria Norman         1  7  Female  Baby          U.S.     First Cabin
11  Maria Lanigan          23  3  Female  Lady          England  First Cabin
12* Julia Lanigan          00  5  Female  Baby          Cuba     First Cabin
13* Margaret ?lfo???       21  ?  Female  Lady          U.S.     First Cabin
14* ?lfo???                 2  8  Male    Boy           U.S.     First Cabin
15* ?ertiego               38  5  Male    Doctor        Cuba     First Cabin
16  Rafael Aguilar         30  4  Male    Merchant      Spain    First Cabin
17* Fidel Ferajnavas       33  3  Male    School        Cuba     First Cabin
18  Elias Casada           25     Male    Engineer      Cuba     First Cabin
19* Pedro Prati            23  4  Male    Engineer      Cuba     First Cabin
20* Genusa Montolo         26  3  Male    Merchant      Cuba     First Cabin
21  Ricardo Osoria         16  4  Male    School        Cuba     First Cabin
22  Chas. Biopky           27  3  Male    Boilermaker   U.S.     First Cabin
23* Levi A. Brown          28     Male    Piano__maker  U.S.     First Cabin
24  Arthur Rachael         12  3  Male    School        U.S.     First Cabin
25* ?.W. Capes             38     Male    Shipbuilder   U.S.     First Cabin
26* ? Huntington           41  4  Male    Merchant      U.S.     First Cabin
27* ??  Elkins             42  3  Male    ?????         U.S.     First Cabin
28* W.G.W. Paeges          ?6  6  Male    Merchant      U.S.     First Cabin
29  A.C. Styles            36  2  Male    Merchant      U.S.     First Cabin
30  Thos Duffey            28  6  Male    Engineer      U.S.     First Cabin
31  Francis Hoane          28  5  Male    Soldier       U.S.     First Cabin
32  Edmund Slater          35     Male    Engineer      U.S.     First Cabin
33  Chas Orosio Woolson    11 11  Male    School        U.S.     First Cabin
34  Patrick Rolly          38  2  Male    Labourer      U.S.     Steerage
35  Bernard Samone         35  2  Male    Labourer      U.S.     Steerage


Transcriber's Notes:

 5  Her age was illegible; however, it appeared to be a single digit. So she
    was under 10 years of age (maybe 7)
 6  Clara's age was either 21, 31 or 51. The country from where she came was
    illegible; however, it appeared to end in "nd", perhaps Ireland or England.
 9  First letter was hard to read. Name was either Kmira or Hmira
12  The name was _ulia. Julia makes sense, but the first letter looked more
    like an I or P.
13  The last name was illegible. Perhaps Elford, Elfosn, Elfons, Elforn,
    Elfors.
14  Same last name as #13. First name was illigible. Maybe Edward or Edwardo
15  The last name was smudged. The ending appeared to be "eritiego". The lst
    letter of the name could have been "v". There was no first name, just
    initials.
17  Last name could have been Ferajnavas, Fuajnavas, Fuajnavan, Ferajnavan. 
19  Name could be Prati, Prats, or Prabi
20  First and last name difficult to read: Genusa Montato, Monlato, Monloto,
    Montalo
23  The occupation started with Piano and appeared to end with maker. 
    Piano-----maker.
25  Instead of a 1st name there were initials. They were either: I.W., P.W. or
    L.W. 
26  No first name, just an initial
27  No first name, just initials. Maybe Hm. or Wm. Occupation too light to read
28  The age was listed as 6, yet the occupation was shown as merchant?

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 200, List 319.

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