Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
SS Africa
Liverpool, England to New York
17 February 1851
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, A Ryne, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following
List or Manifest of Passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to
the Collector of Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of
my knowledge and belief a just and true account of all the Passengers received
on board the Steamship Africa whereof I am Master, from Liverpool.
So help me God.
(Signed) A. Ryne
Sworn to this 17 Feb^y 1851
Before me (signed) G Ehninger, DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steam Ship
Africa whereof Alexander Ryne is Master, from Lpool burthen 2087* tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they
severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the
Voyage. The column Died on the Voyage was changed to the handwritten title of
'Landed in the Port of New York before'.
1 Lewis Adler 32y Male Merchant Germany U S A Yes
2 Marie Adler 25y Female Germany U S A No
3 Walt Werman 30y Male U S A U S A Yes
4* S MacKech?ne 36y Male G^t Britain Canada Yes
5 Ann Triggs 26y Female G^t Britain Canada Yes
6 Mary Gilbert 36y Female G^t Britain Canada No
7 Mary Gilbert 9y Female G^t Britain Canada No
8 John Gilbert 7y Male G^t Britain Canada No
9 Jane Gilbert 5y Female G^t Britain Canada No
10 Ellen Gleason 40y Female U S A U S A Yes
11 R L Smith 30y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
12 J Herman 31y Female U S A U S A Yes
13 Rob^t Sutters 43y Male Merchant GB U S A Yes
14 G S Phillips 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
15 J Graham 36y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
16 R Gwinger 24y Male Merchant Prussia U S A No
17 R Desdier 30y Male Merchant France U S A Yes
18 John Fraser 26y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
19 R Lawrie 32y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
20 H P Walker 22y Male Merchant GB Yes
21* Henry Suit?ser 33y Male Merchant GB U S A Yes
22 H Walker 24y Male Merchant GB Yes
23 R Stein 30y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
24 Edw^d Berry 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
25 I T Durand 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
26* S F Ibbot?on 30y Male Merchant GB Yes
27 J Connal Jr 32y Male Merchant GB Yes
28 C Vonnegut 29y Male Merchant Germany No
29 A Bain 36y Male Engineer GB Yes
30 W Phillips 21y Male Merchant GB Yes
31 M A Brown 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
32 R Newman 34y Male Merchant U S A Yes
33 J Treweek 29y Male Merchant GB Yes
34 J J Loring 41y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
35 Geo A Curtis 43y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
36* J H ?atler 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
37 D Laguinazable 26y Male Merchant St. Domingo Yes
38 R H Harris 30y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
39 J H Pottinger 32y Male Physician U S A U S A Yes
40 Ja^s Bluntath 28y Male GB U S A No
41 John Rainey 44y Male Seaman GB No
42 J W Miller 21y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
43 A Hald 30y Male Merchant Germany Yes
44 R W Hogg 34y Male Merchant Canada Canada Yes
45 Geo Wood 29y Male Merchant GB Yes
46 J Shurfeldt 33y Male Seaman U S A U S A Yes
Steerage Passengers
47 Jane Rohl 59y Female GB Canada No
48 Mary Smith 22y Female GB Canada No
49 A Rolerick 36y Male Merchant France No
50 M O'Connor 38y Male Merchant GB Yes
51* John Le????? 29y Male Merchant GB Yes
52 J W Richardson 36y Male Farmer GB Yes
53* Alexander Cha?te?y 28y Male Engineer GB U S A No
54 T Wilson 30y Male Merchant GB Yes
55 J S Roles 36y Male Merchant GB Canada No
56 J Herman 8y Female U S A U S A Yes
57 J R Delion 25y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
58 Mary Delion 22y Female U S A U S A Yes
59 Adam Delion 19y Female U S A U S A Yes
60 W E Case 26y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
61 Jane Case 21y Female U S A U S A Yes
62 W A Wheelick 28y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
63 M. T. Wheelick 23y Female U S A U S A Yes
64 G D Bruce 46y Male Physician U S A U S A Yes
65 R L Bruce 23y Female U S A U S A Yes
66 C C Hatch 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
67* ? D Hatch 24y Female U S A U S A Yes
68 Rob^t Maier 36y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
69 E L S Benzon 40y Male Merchant Germany U S A Yes
70 E Benzon 12y Male Merchant Germany U S A No
71 J W Aitken 29y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
72 Geo McKenzie 42y Male Seaman GB Yes
73 H Schleiman 31y Male Merchant Germany No
74* J R Kla???? 24y Male Merchant Germany U S A Yes
75* R Belusfaut? 31y Male Merchant Spain Yes
76 E H Groffen 21y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
77* J W Shaw ??y Male Merchant GB Yes
78* T Schubar? 22y Male Merchant Belgium Belgium Yes
79 R Herring 40y Male Merchant GB U S A No
80 C Schweder 36y Male Merchant Germany U S A Yes
81 A W Alexander 30y Male Merchant GB Yes
82 W Benjamin Jr 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
83 H Escabeda 36y Male Merchant Spain U S A Yes
84 J S Lowrey 31y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
85 P Rankin 24y Male Merchant GB Canada Yes
86 G B Reese 36y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
87* T H?ba?lt 29y Male Merchant France U S A No
88 Geo Russell 22y Male Merchant GB No
89 John Anderson 26y Male Merchant GB Yes
90 H^y Thomas 30y Male Merchant GB Yes
91 J N Platt 40y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
92 R Macdonald 29y Male Merchant GB Yes
93 T Walker 26y Male Merchant GB No
94 T G Gregor 32y Male GB No
95 Henry Howell 22y Male B^r Army GB Canada No
96 Edward Poore 28y Male GB Canada Yes
97 H S Wadsworth 36y Male U S A U S A Yes
98 J Butterfield 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
99 A Laurence 22y Male U S A U S A Yes
100 Ann Roles 30y Female U S A U S A No
101 Eliza Roles 10y Female U S A U S A No
102 Francis Roles 3y Female U S A U S A No
103 Thomas Roles 1y Male U S A U S A No
104 Jane Russell 25y Female U S A U S A No
105 Ann Bonilet 24y Female U S A U S A Yes
106 J W Bonilet 2y Male U S A U S A Yes
107 David Stevenson 38y Male Seaman GB Yes
108 John Foley 30y Male U S A U S A Yes
109 J B Isaacs 38y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
110 S B Gaad 30y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
111 H Leon 21y Male Merchant France U S A No
112* T C Dei?fsey 29y Male Farmer GB U S A No
113 W S Mackenzie 36y Male Merchant GB Yes
114 S Burrows 32y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
115 J F Bray 29y Male Merchant U S A U S A Yes
116 J W Little 27y Male Merchant GB U S A No
117 John Laidby 30y Male Merchant GB Yes
118 J McKean 25y Male Merchant GB Yes
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 below.
? The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to
quality of the original document.
^ The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.
* The transcription preserves the original spelling.
* All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.
* The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by this transcriber.
* The entry 1216 tons was scratched out and replaced with 2087 tons.
4 8th letter of surname not clear, could be MacKechene or MacKechine.
26 Ending of surname not clear, could be Ibbotson or Ibbotton.
36 First letter of surname not clear, could be Eatler or Gatler.
51 Ending of surname illegible, no unknown letters extend above or below the line.
53 4th and 7th letters of surname not clear, could be Chartery, Chastery, Chartesy, or Chastesy.
74 Ending of surname not clear, could be Klauer or Klauss.
75 Last letter of surname not clear, could be Belusfaute or Belusfauti.
77 First number of age not clear, could be 26y or 36y.
78 Last letter of surname not clear, could be Schubad or Schubart.
87 2nd and 5th letters of surname not clear, could be Hubault or Hubanlt.
112 Center letters of surname illegible, no unknown letters extend above or below the line.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 95, List 135.
Transcribed by Judy Caine and Reviewed by
Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 January 2005
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