Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Morro Castle

I, Rich^d Adams, Master of the S.S. "Morro Castle", 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 SS Morro Castle at Havana, from which Port the said Steamship 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. (Signature) R. Adams.

Sworn to this 5th March 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S.S. Morro Castle whereof Richard Adams is Master, from Havana, burthen 1680 tons.

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

 1* Marshall Fuinez      29   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
 2  Allex J Patterson    43   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
 3  Edw Manning          47   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
 4* Jne Perez            31   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin           
 5  Pablo Perez          37   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin    
 6  Charles Tora         43   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
 7  David Allen          22   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin
 8  Louis Loomis         31   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin
 9  Peter Samuels        40   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
10  Henry Rattenhorn     52   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
11* Francisco Palle?a    44   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
12  Laurence R. Edgar    30   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin
13* ??? Conners          42   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin  
14* Som?? de Viper       44   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
15  Henry de Viper       20   Male    Student    United States   United States   Cabin
16* Bernardo Gallott     59   Male    Planter    United States   United States   Cabin
17  Otto Mair            40   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
18* Samls C Comerse      37   Male    Circus B   United States   United States   Cabin
19* Saml de Vere         29   Male    Circus B   United States   United States   Cabin
20* Mrs Saml de Vere     19   Female  Circus B   United States   United States   Cabin
21* Mrs Henry T. Mapir   32   Female  Circus B   United States   United States   Cabin
22* Phato Nathan         29   Male    Circus B   United States   United States   Cabin
23  John Gilroy          20   Male    Circus C   United States   United States   Cabin
24* Nathan Childs        37   Male    Engineer   United States   United States   Cabin
25  Ed. Caldwell         37   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin
26  Edward H Whitney     29   Male    Clerk      United States   United States   Cabin
27* Antonio Lazary       43   Male    Merchant   United States   United States   Cabin
  
Transcriber's Notes:

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

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

   The transcriber numbered the passengers consecutively even though they are
   not numbered in the manifest.

 1  Surname is possibly "Fuinez", "Finnez" or "Fumez".
 4  Given name appears written as "Jne", but might actually be a poorly formed
    "Jose".
11  Sixth letter of surname is poorly formed and is overwritten by extention of
    a letter of the surname below making it difficult to decipher with
    certainty, but is either "r" or is a letter with a tail such as "g", "y" or
    "z".  Surname is possibly "Pallera", "Pallega", "Palleya" or "Palleza". 
13  Given name or title is written with an extreme flurish and impossible to
    decipher with any certainty.  First letter appears to possibly be an "M",
    but the remaining letters are not readable. Perhaps, it is simply the title
    "Mr".
14  First three letters of given name appear to be "Som" followed by one or two 
    letters which are completely indecipherable.  Name is possibly "Saml" for
    Samuel.
16  Surname appears to be "Gallott", "Gallolt", "Gallett" or "Gallelt".
18  Although written as "Samls", given name is likely "Saml" for Samuel.
    Surname is either "Comerse" or "Converse".
19-20  Surname is written as both "DeVere" and "Devere", and might possibly be
    "de Vere".
21  Surname appears to be "Mapir", but might possibly be "Massir".
22  Given name appears to be either "Phato" or "Pluto".
24  Surname appears to be either "Child" or "Childs".
27  Last letter of surname is poorly formed and could be "g", "y", "z" or "o",
    resulting in surname possibly being "Lazary", "Lazarg", "Lazarz" or even
    "Lazaro". 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 291, List 154.

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