Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Victoria

I, Hugh Young Master of the Steam-Ship Victoria do solemnly, sincerely, and truly Declare 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 of the said S.S. Victoria at Glasgow from which port said S.S. Victoria 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.

Sworn to this Feby 7, 1878 before me, signed ???, So help me God. Signed: H.Young.

List of Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the Steamship Victoria whereof H. Young is Master, from Glasgow burthen 3242 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age(years and months), Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
 1  Rev.I H Bryson      50     M  Gent^n     USA        USA  Nil  Cabin
 2  M.G. Demiew         50     M  Gent^n     USA        USA  Nil  Cabin
 3* Charlotte Affleck   27     F  Lady       Ireland    USA  Nil  F'd Cabin
 4* Wm Anderson         25     M  Gent^n     Ireland    USA  Nil  F'd Cabin
 5* Robt. Ford          55     M  Gent^n     Ireland    USA  Nil  F'd Cabin
 6* John McShea         50     M  Lab.       Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
 7* Mrs. McShea         45     F  Wife       Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
 8* Ann McShea          17     F  Ho Servt   Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
 9* Jno McShea           8     M  Child      Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
10* Katie McShea         6     F  Child      Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
11* Infant McShea          2m  M  Infant     Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
12  Pat McDonald        25     M  Lab.       Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
13  Michael Murphy      39     M  Lab.       Ireland    USA  Nil  Steerage
14  Mrs Jessie Marshall 27     F  Wife       Scotland   USA  Nil  Steerage
15* James Marshall        11m  M  Infant     Scotland   USA  Nil  Steerage
16  Janet Marshall       3     F  Child      Scotland   USA  Nil  Steerage
17  Hector McRae        27     M  Lab.       Scotland   USA  Nil  Steerage
18* Barbara Thomson     27     F  Ho keeper  Scotland   USA  Nil  Steerage
19  Daniel Mc Ewain     42     M  Lab.       USA        USA  Nil  Steerage
20  W.A. Robertson      20     M  Lab.       USA        USA  Nil  Steerage
21* Chas. Friney        21     M  Lab.       USA        USA  Nil  Steerage 


Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the quality
of the original document.
The use of a ^ indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.

This manifest is a pre-printed form with the heading that reads: "Passenger List, 
Anchor Line of Transatlantic Steam Packet Ships."

The signature of the port collector is illegible. The original recorder abbreviated 
February as "Feby" on the sworn statement.

3,4&5 F'd Cabin= Forward Cabin.

6-11 The family McShea: The original recorder's penmanship seems to have had a quirk in it.
   It seems that he failed to have a loop in his lower case "e" and close the top of his "a".
   A first look at the name as it's written on this manifest would look like McShiw. However,
   a close look reveals the tail of the "a" comes off the bottom where the "w" would come off
   the top. In addition, a search of Irish surnames at the local library did not reveal 
   "McShiw." It did however reveal McShea as a common Irish surname throughout history.
   Therefore, we believe it to be McShea.

 8 Ann McShea's occupation appears to be noted as Ho. Servt. as if the original recorder 
   intended it to be House Servant.  It seems odd that one with the family surname is listed 
   as a House Servant. However, the ditto marks under the family name are clear for all 
   apparent family members.

 9 This child's first name is listed as "Jno" as if the original recorder is trying to 
   abbreviate the first name of John or Jonathan.

11 The age was listed by the recorder as 2/12 and changed by the formatter to 2 months.

15 The age was listed by the recorder as 11/12 and changed by the formatter to 11 months.

18 Ms. Thomson's occupation is listed as "Ho.Keeper" apparently the original recorder is 
   abbreviating "House".

21 This passenger's name is quite faded and very difficult to read. However, when examined 
   under a magnifying glass, magnified many times, one can see that it is Friney even though 
   the tail in the "Y" is partially obliterated. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 411, List109.

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