Immigrant Ships
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SS City of Merida

I, J. W. Reynolds, Master of the above-named Steamship City of Merida, from the Ports of New York, Havana, and Mexico do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the above List contains the names and descriptions of all the Passengers who were on board the said Steamship City of Merida at the time of or since her last departure from the said Ports of New York, Havana, and Mexico, or that have been taken on board the said vessel at any foreign port or place, and that none have died on the voyage. (Signed) J. W. Reynolds. Collector's Office, Port of New Orleans, Mch 2, 1876. Subscribed and sworn to before (signed) T. V. Coupland, Collector.

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship City of Merida whereof J. W. Reynolds is Master, from New York, Havana, & Mexico; burden Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-Two & 45/100 tons.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.

    
  1  Howard           Ives            30  male    importer      United States  United States  cabin
  2  Edward S.        Ely             25  male    physician     United States  United States
  3  Lewis D.         Stanford        26  male    clerk         United States  United States
  4* Theodore         Lazurte???      28  male    clerk         United States  United States
  5  Edward C.        Adams           26  male    merchant      United States  United States
  6  William W.       Eastman         48  male    merchant      United States  United States
  7  John             Martin          52  male    merchant      United States  United States
  8  Sam'l N.         Ruggles         41  male    merchant      United States  United States
  9  Webster L.       Griffins        31  male    clerk         United States  United States
 10  Solomon          Mosbucher       38  male    trader        United States  United States
 11* Robert           Ka?tz           36  male    trader        United States  United States
 12  James            Mowatt          58  male    manufacturer  United States  United States
 13  Mary             Mowatt          45  female  none          United States  United States
 14* Alexander        Spy?en          35  male    merchant      Mexico         Mexico
 15  Armand           Weil            32  male    merchant      United States  United States
 16  Ramon            Contadero       46  male    merchant      Mexico         Mexico
 17  Maria            Contadero       38  female  none          Mexico         Mexico
 18* Ang????a         Contadero        8  female  none          Mexico         Mexico
 19  Maryanna         Contadero        6  female  none          Mexico         Mexico
 20  Josefina         Contadero        4  female  none          Mexico         Mexico
 21  Jose             Contadero        2  male    none          Mexico         Mexico
 22* William          Nelson          3?  male    planter       United States  United States
 23  Mary             Nelson          22  female  none          United States  United States
 24* Mrs. Rita        Seaba?k         44  female  none          United States  United States
 25  Augustin         Cabarecha       26  male    merchant      Mexico         Mexico
 26* Gottlieb         Ne?eli          44  male    trader        Germany        Germany
 27  Ezra C.          Bradley         38  male    banker        United States  United States
 28  Charles E.       Kamp            40  male    merchant      United States  United States  steerage
 29  Lazan V.         Muralore        55  male    merchant      United States  United States
 30  Vaida            de Gutierez     28  female  none          Mexico         Mexico
 31  Juana            de Gutierez      3  female  none          Mexico         Mexico
 32* ?ensa            Gomez           22  female  servant       Mexico         Mexico
 33  Josel            Reyes           42  male    merchant      United States  United States
 34  Jose             Aischman        22  male    merchant      United States  United States
 35  John H.          Vandeventer     27  male    student       United States  United States
 36  Mrs. Henrietta   Lipper          26  female  none          United States  United States


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.

 4  surname something like Lazurtesie or Lazurteper or Lazurteger.
11  surname could be Kantz or Kautz.
14  surname something like Spygen or Spyren or Spyzen.
18  first name seems to be something like Angelina or Angelicia, but very light.
22  age could be 30 or 36 perhaps.
24  surname could be Seaback or Seabark.
26  surname very light but something like Neseli or Nereli.
32  first name could be something like Rensa or Sensa.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 59.

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