Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Minnesota


Liverpool, England to New York
15 February 1868

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James Price, Master of the SS Minnesota, 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 Vessel at Liverpool, from which Port the said Vessel 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) Jas Price. Sworn to this 15th February 1868, before me. (signed) ????????, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the SS Minnesota whereof James Price is Master, from Liverpool, burthen 1963 tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since all the passengers intend to become inhabitants of the "United States", and no one died during the voyage, these two columns are omitted in this transcription.
  
 
  1  James Connor            28   Male     Laborer    Great Britain   Steerage
  2  Catherine Connor        26   Female   Wife       Great Britain   Steerage
  3  Catherine Ellis         50   Female   Matron     Great Britain   Steerage
  4  Fergus Smith            27   Male     Laborer    United States   Steerage
  5  Phoebe Smith            26   Female   Wife       United States   Steerage
  6  William Orchard         20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
  7  Charles Benson          20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
  8  Michael McQuade         24   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
  9  Catherine McQuade       59   Female   Matron     Gt. Britain     Steerage
 10  Francis McGovern        25   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 11  Bridget McGovern        25   Female   Matron     Gt. Britain     Steerage
 12  Mary Martin             40   Female   Matron     Gt. Britain     Steerage
 13  Francis Martin          20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 14  Francis Carroll         20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 15  James Shahey            20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 16  James Coulter           26   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 17  Eliza Johnston          30   Female   Spinster   Gt. Britain     Steerage
 18  Robert Stead            30   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 19  Thomas Clinton          26   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 20  Henry Moore             19   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 21  Robert McKendrick       25   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 22* Samuel Murphy           28   Male     Laborer                    Steerage
 23  Edward McQuade          18   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 24* James ?ood              24   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 25  John Merrifield         30   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 26  Rachel Merrifield       33   Female   Wife       Gt. Britain     Steerage
 27  William Gatly           40   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 28  Mary Gatly              20   Female   Spinster   Gt. Britain     Steerage    
 29  Martin Graham           16   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 30  James Sutherland        30   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 31  Catherine Martin        25   Female   Spinster   Gt. Britain     Steerage    
 32  Robert Watkins          21   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 33  William Elliott         22   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 34  Eliza Elliott           20   Female   Wife       Gt. Britain     Steerage   
 35  John Whelan             20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 36  Bernard Duffy           20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 37  Mary Duffy              18   Female   Spinster   Gt. Britain     Steerage    
 38  Thomas Irving           35   Male     Laborer    United States   Steerage
 39  David Lynn              26   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 40  John Hagan              14   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 41  Patrick Connelly        24   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 42  Augustus O'Leary        18   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 43  Thomas Fitzpatrick      20   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage 
 44  Augustus Ehrman         36   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 45  Andrea Maladestor       25   Male     Laborer    United States   Steerage
 46  Henry Maladestor        20   Male     Laborer    United States   Steerage
 47* Achile Rossini          25   Male     Laborer                    Steerage
 48  Charlotte Fullove       48   Female   Matron     United States   Steerage
 49  Robert Ward             35   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 50  William McGuire         22   Male     Laborer    Gt. Britain     Steerage
 51  Alexander Roberts       27   Male     Merhant    Gr. Britain     Saloon
 52  Annie Roberts           26   Female   Wife       Gr. Britain     Saloon 
        
                                                   
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.


 22  No entry is recorded for this passenger's country of citizenship.
 24  First letter of surname is difficult to decipher with certainty, but surname is
     possibly "Wood", "Mood" or "Hood".
 47  No entry is recorded for this passenger's country of citizenship.
   
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 110.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley and Harry Green members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
29 July 2003



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