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Steamer St. Laurent
I, A Bocande, Master of the Stmr St. Laurent, 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 Stmr at Havre, from which Port the said Stmr 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) A Bocande.
Sworn to this 8 April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) Reyu????y, D.C..
List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Stmr St. Laurent whereof Bocande is Master, from Havre, burthen 2006 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 the transcription
1 William Church 40 M Merchant California U.S. Cabin
2 Mary Dean 50 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
3 Alice Dean 18 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
4 Elisa Wilson 28 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
5 Anna Wilson 8 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
6 Frank Dean 19 M Landlord New York U.S. Cabin
7 Vidal Yunco 22 M Doctor Havannah U.S. Cabin
8 Paul Hua 52 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
9 Philip Stevens 45 M Banker New York U.S. Cabin
10* Lue Stevens 35 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
11 Anna Stevens 15 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
12 Agnes Stoddard 23 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
13 Edouard Stern 45 M Merchant Russia U.S. Cabin
14 John Downing 56 M Merchant Boston U.S. Cabin
15 Charles Reed 44 M Merchant Boston U.S. Cabin
16 Eduard Hustace 36 M Merchant Philadelphia U.S. Cabin
17 Bertha Coolidge 32 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
18* Abbe Baile 55 M Clergyman Canada U.S. Cabin
19 George Marya 24 M Advocate California U.S. Cabin
20 Louis Grunbaum 38 M Merchant Prussia U.S. Cabin
21 Miguel d'Antas 43 M Minister Portuguese U.S. Cabin
22 Jenny Leech 34 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
23 Mary Leech 8 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
24 Francois Mayer 45 M Merchant New York U.S. Cabin
25 Edmond Schwartzweber 28 M Engineer France U.S. Cabin
26 Maria Platti 26 F Servant Italia U.S. Cabin
27 Nicolas Nief 28 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
28 Eugenie Steger 23 F Servant France U.S. Cabin
29 Pierre Languille 52 M Owner France U.S. Cabin
30* Michel Verges 4? M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
31* Cesarine Balny 52 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
32 Etienne Thaon 19 M Tailor France U.S. Cabin
33* Berthe Arone 18 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
34 Louis Chapperon 33 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
35 Ernest Loquet 18 M Merchant New Orleans U.S. Cabin
36 Charles Tolivet 42 M Missionary France U.S. Cabin
37 Lucie Ferdinand 38 F Lady Boston U.S. Cabin
38 Louis Maintrieu 31 M Gardener France U.S. Cabin
39 Irma Bruno 28 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
40 Charles Barillier 30 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
41 Caroline Barillier 25 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
42* Rowe Guilliueme 30 M Watchmaker France U.S. Cabin
43* Charles de Chavannes 3? M Engineer France U.S. Cabin
44* Benois Honore 31 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
45 John Thomas 30 M Servant France U.S. Cabin
46 Bertha Smith 45 F Lady New York U.S. Cabin
47* Edward Van Lov 35 M Merchant Belgium U.S. Cabin
48* Charles Van Lov 9 M Merchant Belgium U.S. Cabin
49 Emile Toussin 48 M Artist New York U.S. Cabin
50* Constant Loujard 34 M Gardener France U.S. Cabin
51* Frederique Schwarz 28 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
52* Jeanne Van Loo 28 F Lady Belgium U.S. Cabin
53 Jules Fougerat 32 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
54 Joseph Melinant 28 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
55* Jean Bougare 42 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
56 Stanislas Molie 38 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
57 Pierre Ramel 33 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
58* Celestin Urbain 50 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
59 Martin Mauborgne 50 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
60* Philippine Mauborgne 3? F Lady France U.S. Cabin
61 Jules Mauborgne 12 M France U.S. Cabin
62 Edouard Mauborgne 10 M France U.S. Cabin
63 Louis Mauborgne 7 M France U.S. Cabin
64 Joseph Dinet 45 M Merchant Chicago U.S. Cabin
65 Catherine Hammatt 25 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
66* Adele Cottet 72 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
67 Albert Wagner 26 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
68* Therese Gouget 32 F Lady France U.S. Cabin
69 Michel Faber 42 M Merchant France U.S. Cabin
The Captain (Signature) A Bocande The Purser (Signature) A. Ultz
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's Notes to which the reader should refer.
The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not
numbered in the original manifest.
10 Given name appears to be either "Lue" or "Luc".
18 There appears to be an acute accent mark above the final "e" in the given name
"Abbé". Passenger's Occupation is recorded as "Ecclesiastic" which the
transcriber replaced with "Clergyman" for formating reasons.
30 Second digit of passenger's Age is not clearly written and cannot be deciphered.
31 There appears to be an acute accent mark above the first "e" in the given name
"Césarine".
33 There appears to be an acute accent mark above the "e" in the surname "Aroné".
42 Given name appears to be either "Rowe" or "Rowl".
43 Second digit of passenger's Age is not clearly written and cannot be deciphered.
44 There appears to be an acute accent mark above the final "e" in the surname
"Honoré".
47-48 Surname appears to be "Van Lov", but might possibly be "Van Loo" or "Van Lou".
48 Passenger's Age is recorded as 9 years, yet his Occupation is lidted as
"Merchant", likely a recording error.
50 Surname appears to be written as "Loujard", but might possibly be "Lougard".
51 There appears to be acute accent marks above the first and second "e" in the
given name "Frédérique".
52 Surname appears to be written as "Van Loo", but might possibly be "Van "Lov"
or "Van Lou".
55 Surname is either "Bougare" or "Bougere".
58 There appears to be an acute accent mark above the first "e" in the given name
"Célestin".
60 Second digit of passenger's Age is not clearly written and cannot be deciphered.
66 There appears to be a grave accent mark above the first "e" in given name "Adèle".
68 There appears to be an acute accent mark above the first "e" and a grave accent
mark above the second "e" in given name "Thérèse".
Correspondence 08/06/2004 passenger #25 Schwartzweber
It is possible that this man is a member of my family.
If you have any information about him, his city of birth, the name of his father,
or where he had lived in US, please contact me. I have the traced the Schwartzweber
family back to 1675. Michel Schwartzweber
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 264.
Transcribed by Phil Buckley a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
25 April 2004
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