Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Tappahannock

I, Wm. N. Cooksey, Master of S.S. Tappahannock, do solemnly swear to the best of my knowledge and belief that this list contains a true account of the Passengers taken on board the S.S. Tappahannock at Havana & Fla. Ports and bound for New Orleans together with their nationality, etc., as designated. So Help Me God. (Signed) Wm. N. Cooksey, Master. Sworn and Subscribed, before me, this 26th day of April 1876. (Signed) T. V. Coupland, D'y Collector.

(Missing ?) Passengers taken on board the S.S. Tappahannock whereof Wm. Cooksey is Master, from burthen 433 & 18/100 tons, bound from the Port of Havana for New Orleans.

Columns represent: name, age, sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.

    
  1* J. W.          Venta?a      30  male    merchant    Cuba           Cuba           cabin
  2  A.             Sobrier      30  male    none        Spain          Louisiana      deck
  3  J. N.          Swarez       35  male    none        Spain          Louisiana      deck
  4* N.             Mei?         35  male    merchant    Spain          Louisiana      deck
  5* C. S.          Fre??an      35  male    merchant    United States  United States  cabin
  6  P. H.          Eagan        50  male    merchant    United States  United States  cabin
  7  Mrs. P. N.     Eagan        40  female  none        United States  United States  cabin
  8  Miss           Eagan        10  female  none        United States  United States  cabin
  9  S. C.          Jones        27  male    farmer      United States  United States  cabin
 10  W. H.          Stead        28  male    merchant    England        England        cabin
 11* J. A.          Dow??        50  male    physician   United States  United States  cabin
 12  John           Fitz         20  male    laborer     United States  United States  deck
 13* F.             Dow??        19  male    laborer     United States  United States  deck
 14  Jas.           Holland      26  male    laborer     United States  United States  deck
 15* Isabella       Dow??        45  female  laborer     United States  United States  deck
 16* Elizabeth      Dow??        17  female  laborer     United States  United States  deck
 17* Jenny          Dow??        10  female  laborer     United States  United States  deck
 18  W.             May          30  male    farmer      United States  United States  deck
 19  G. C.          Younglove    55  male    engineer    United States  United States  deck
 20* John           Kni?er       46  male    tailor      United States  United States  deck

(Signed) Wm. N. Cooksey
April 24, 1876
    

Transcriber's Notes:     

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not
   the transcriber, or is used to call your attention to additional information
   in the transcriber's notes.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
   condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

 1  surname looks like Ventala or Ventaba perhaps.
 4  surname possibly spelled Meis or Meir.
 5  surname looks like Frennan or Freunan perhaps.
11  surname possibly spelled Downis or Dowan or Dowim or Downi.
13  same as #11.
15-17   same as #11.
20  surname could be spelled Kniqer or Kniger or possibly Kreiger.
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M259, Reel 59.

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