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Steamer City of Para
I, Levi Dexter, Master of the Steamer City of Para, 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 the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Aspinwall from which Port the said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, sex, and calling of each of the said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained, with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a projected sojourn in this country. So help me God. (signed) Levi Dexter, Master. Sworn to this July 14, 1884, Before me. (signed) ?????????.
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamer City of Para whereof Levi Dexter is Master, from Aspinwall, burthen 2504 and 88/100 tons.
Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, calling, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, location of compartment or space occupied, number of pieces of baggage and whether a transient or in transit or intending a protracted sojourn. Since no one died during the voyage, that column was omitted in this transcription.
1 Jay Romer 46 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
2 Mrs. A.L. Mason 40 F None U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
3 C.S. Newman 54 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 2 Sojourn
4 Mrs. Josephine Newman 34 F None U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
5 Miss Martha Newman 10 F None U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
6 Miss C. Devlin 29 F None U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
7 R. Speyer 38 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
8 Juan Canalino 43 M Teacher Italy Italy Cabin Transit
9* Miss E. Canalino 3? F None Italy Italy Cabin 5 Transit
10 C. Cesar 42 M Merchant Italy Italy Cabin 1 Transit
11 E. Tritropp 40 M Merchant Nicagagua Europe Cabin 1 Transit
12 E. Balanchano 39 M Merchant Italy Italy Cabin 1 Transit
13 J.J. Lindaner 26 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 3 Sojourn
14 Geo. Hand 32 M Engineer U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
15 D.O. King 30 M Engineer U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
16 H.D.B. Morris 48 M Contractor U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
17* H.?. Morris 28 M Contractor U.S. U.S. Cabin 4 Sojourn
18* J. Montrjo 32 M Merchant Columbia Europe Cabin 1 Transit
19 T. Sotto 29 M Merchant Columbia Europe Cabin 1 Transit
20 A. Acevedo 42 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 3 Sojourn
21 J.A. de Mier 31 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
22 Henry Favre 35 M Servant U.S. U.S. Cabin 3 Sojourn
23 W. Douglass 30 M Contractor U.S. U.S. Cabin 2 Sojourn
24 C. Dry 42 M Engineer France France Cabin 1 Transit
25 Geo. Erzinger 40 M Engineer Germany Germany Cabin 1 Transit
26 H. Jacquenlier 35 M Merchant Germany Germany Cabin 1 Transit
27 W'm Becker 39 M Merchant Germany Germany Cabin 1 Transit
28 G. Naoborg 38 M Merchant Germany Germany Cabin 1 Transit
29 J. Piza Jr. 41 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
30 Mrs. J. Eneas 37 F None U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
31 Miss Josephine Eneas 17 F U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
32* C.O. de Causse 32 M Doctor U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
33* E.H. Wallis 29 M Clerk U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
34* P. Anger 40 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
35 Domingo Velez 38 M Merchant Columbia Europe Cabin 1 Transit
36 Juan Sagarde 37 M Merchant Columbia Europe Cabin 1 Transit
37 A. Conn 48 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
38 G.A. Foster 41 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
39 E. Girard 40 M Doctor U.S. France Cabin Transit
40 M. Boyle 37 M Engineer U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
41 R. Wylie 36 M Agent U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
42 T. D. Shaw 29 M Oil Operator U.S. U.S. Cabin 2 Sojourn
43 D. H. Brandon 40 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
44 Mrs. D. H. Brandon 30 F None U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
45 Levi Brandon 10 M U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
46 Jules Brandon 8 M U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
47 Henry Brandon 6 M U.S. U.S. Cabin Sojourn
48* Emma ?ask??? 25 F Servant U.S. U.S. Cabin 2 Sojourn
49* C. E. Seegar 33 M S??ly Germany Europe Cabin 3 Transit
50 Jas. Harney 32 M Oiler U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
51 W. Pitts 43 M Seaman U.S. U.S. Cabin 1 Sojourn
52 Geo. Douglas 40 M Clerk U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 2 Sojourn
53 H. H. Kendrick 43 M Porter U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
54* D. Da????ss 27 M Clerk U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
55 Mrs. D. Buchanan 41 F None U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
56* John McCar?y 34 M Laborer U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
57 John Marley 37 M Laborer U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
58 C. Domineque 23 M Clerk Italy Europe Forward Cabin 1 Transit
59 Joseph Johnson 21 M Carpenter U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
60* Emil Dar?? 32 M Clerk U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
61 H. Quartfastel 42 M Merchant France France Forward Cabin 1 Transit
62 T. Tobin 39 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
63* F. Colomb ?? M Merchant Italy Italy Forward Cabin 1 Transit
64 Chas. Locke 20 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
65 Jean Armand 31 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
66 S. Cabalzar 42 M Merchant Colombia Europe Forward Cabin 1 Transit
67* Santiago ??? 38 M Merchant Colombia Europe Forward Cabin 1 Transit
68 William Kane 27 M Engineer U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
69 J. Cherve 34 M Clerk France Europe Forward Cabin 1 Transit
70 Joseph Roberts 41 M Clerk U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
71 Lewis Felts 32 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
72 C. D. Larre 33 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
73 S. D. Abrahams 41 M Merchant U.S. U.S. Forward Cabin 1 Sojourn
74* Mich'l McGee 29 M Mariner U.S. U.S. ??????? 0 Sojourn
75* Frank McLaughlin 31 M Mariner U.S. U.S. ??????? 0 Sojourn
76* John Nolan 30 M Mariner U.S. U.S. ??????? 0 Sojourn
77* Michel A??? 42 M Laborer ??????? ??????? ??????? 1 ???????
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.
The recorder wrote braces that grouped the names of passengers traveling together,
which included the following passengers: {3,4,5}, {8,9}, {16,17}, {21,22}, {30,31},
and {43-48}.
The recorder wrote "Male" or "Female" for the Sex of the passenger, which the
transcribers have abbreviated as "M" or "F" for formatting reasons.
The recorder often abbreviated passenger's Calling by writing "Mcnt" or "Mercht"
for "Merchant" and "Servt" for "Servant, but the transcribers have included the
unabbreviated Calling for clarity.
9 Second digit of Age is only partially visible, but Age is likely 30 or 31.
17 Initials and surname are both very faint and only partially visible, but surname
appears to begin "Mor". Since the recorder has drawn a brace to combine passengers
Nos. 16 and 17, one might conclude that these passengers were related, as were all
the other passengers combined by braces drawn by the recorder.
18 Surname appears to be either "Montrjo" or "Montyo".
32 Calling is very faint, but is likely "Doctor".
33 Calling is very faint, but is likely though not definitely "Clerk".
34 Surname appears to be written as "Anger", but might possibly be "Auger".
48 Surname is too faint to decipher with certainty, but might possibly be Jackson.
Calling is faint, but might be "Servt", implying "Servant".
49 Calling is too faint to decipher, but first letter is "S" followed by one
or two letters too faint to decipher, followed by "ly".
54 Surname is too faint to decipher definitely, but might possibly be "Dal?ress"
or "Dabruss".
56 Surname is possibly "McCarty", "McCarpy" or "McCarky".
60 Surname is too faint to decipher, but the first letters are "Dar" followed by
two letters which are not decipherable. Surname is possibly "Darty", "Darby"
or "Darth".
63 Age is obliterated by an ink blot.
67 Surname is too faint to decipher or even to count the number of letters.
74-76 These persons were likely to be crew members as they had no luggage and were
from the U.S.A.. Compartment occupied is not clear, but there might be very
faint ditto marks indicating "Forward Cabin", or as possible crew memmbers, they
might have been berthed elsewhere and the location not recorded.
77 An entirely different script was used for this entry likely made by a second
recorder. Surname is not clear. First letters of surname are definitely "Ai"
followed by two letters which might be "rd" or "ri" or something similar.
Surname is possibly "Aird" or "Airi". Entries, if any were recorded for this
passenger's native country, destination, location of compartment and whether a
transient, in transit or intending a protracted sojourn, are too faint to decipher.
Although it is not recorded, it is possible that this person was a stowaway.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 478, List 881.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley and Harry Green members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
9 June 2003
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