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SS City of Montreal
I, Samuel Brooks, Master of SS City of Montreal 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 City of Montreal at Liverpool from which Port the said City of Montreal 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 the said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said Passengers who have died on the voyage, and the names and ages of those who died. So help me God. (signed) Sam Brooks. Sworn before me this 11th Feby 1878 (signed) ????????
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the SS City of Montreal whereof Sam'l Brooks, is Master, from Liverpool, burthen 2928 tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country to 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.
Saloon Passengers
1 Frank Speake 40 M Merchant US US Saloon
2 Jane Speake 22 F Wife US US Saloon
3 Annie Gore 27 F US US Saloon
4 George Gore 2 M Child US US Saloon
5 Fanny Crosbie 22 F Spinster US US Saloon
6 Thomas Emerson 32 M Merchant US US Saloon
7* Joseph Co?? 41 M Merchant US US Saloon
8* Basil He?hcote 21 M Merchant England US Saloon
9 Paul Holden 42 M Merchant US US Saloon
10 Sidney Lawrence 26 M Merchant US US Saloon
11 Walter Leighton 36 M Merchant US US Saloon
12 Sam'l McKennon 42 M Merchant US US Saloon
13 Frean Morcom 30 M Merchant US US Saloon
14 Edward Peaslie 27 M Merchant US US Saloon
15 John Thompson 50 M Merchant US US Saloon
16 James Walker 50 M Merchant US US Saloon
17 Charles Webber 34 M Merchant US US Saloon
18* Charles ?aw 27 M Merchant US US Saloon
Steerage Passengers
1 Peter Morton 20 M Miner US US Steerage
2 James Shaw 50 M Miner US US Steerage
3 William Burstead 21 M Miner US US Steerage
4* John Ca?thorpe 26 M Miner US US Steerage
5 Robert McKnight 20 M Smith US US Steerage
6* John Be??ick 55 M Smith US US Steerage
7 Peter Cain 30 M Miner US US Steerage
8 William Marsland 27 M Miner US US Steerage
9 Jacob Strehler 39 M Laborer US US Steerage
10 Gustav Anton 20 M Laborer US US Steerage
11 Anton Streker 28 M Laborer US US Steerage
12* Mary J??son 26 F Wife US US Steerage
13* Mary J??son 1 F Child US US Steerage
14 Arthur Kennedy 44 M Joiner US US Steerage
15 Barbara Kennedy 45 F Wife US US Steerage
16* Henry Fra?e 36 M ????er US US Steerage
17* Mary Fra?e 18 F Spinster US US Steerage
18 Martin Kelly 25 M Painter US US Steerage
19 Ann Kelly 27 F Wife US US Steerage
20 Ellen Kelly 9 F Child US US Steerage
21 John Kelly 7 M Child US US Steerage
22 James Kelly 3 M Child Ireland US Steerage
23 Mary Taylor 22 F Wife US US Steerage
24 Joseph Taylor 1 M Child US US Steerage
25* Francis Je?ly 31 M Laborer England US Steerage
26 John Walker 52 M Laborer England US Steerage
27 John McGeorge 45 M Laborer England US Steerage
28 William Evans 28 M Laborer England US Steerage
29 Andrew Brady 18 M Laborer Ireland US Steerage
30 Daniel Connor 22 M Laborer Ireland US Steerage
31* ?enis Lynch 26 M Laborer Ireland US Steerage
32* Michael ?ullan 27 M Laborer Ireland US Steerage
33 Timothy Callaghan 23 M Laborer Ireland US Steerage
34* Johana Don??ll 24 F Spinster Ireland US Steerage
35 Ellen McNamara 19 F Spinster Ireland US Steerage
36 Ellen Reilly 22 F Spinster Ireland US Steerage
37* Hermann Da???? 24 M Laborer Germany US Steerage
38 Eward Damaran 20 M Laborer Germany US Steerage
39 Herman Markins 25 M Laborer Germany US Steerage
40 James Dennett 40 M Miner England US Steerage
Transcriber's Notes:
An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting
of the manifest or something that the reader should note.
A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be
transcribed definitely.
Saloon Passenger:
7 Surname is possibly "Cove", "Cone" or "Cord".
8 Surname could be either "Heshcote" or "Hethcote".
18 First letter of surname appears to be an "L" or "C" making the surname
"Law" or "Caw".
Steerage Passenger:
4 Surname could be "Catthorpe" or "Calthorpe".
6 Surname could be "Bessick" or "Berrick".
12 and 13 Surname appears to be "Jnsson" or "Jusson".
16 Surname could be "Frame" or "Frane", and occupation may be "Center",
"Lender" or "Dealer".
17 Surname could be "Frame" or "Frane".
25 Surname could be "Jelly" or "Jetly".
31 Given name could be "Denis" or "Cenis".
32 Surname could be "Cullan" or "Dullan".
34 Surname could be "Donnell", Donsell" or "Consell".
37 Surname could be "Dazefen", "Dazefer", "Dazifer", "Danzer", "Danziger", "Dazger", "Daziger", or "Dazeger".
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List 123.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley and Harry Green members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 December 2002
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