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Steamer Africa

I, William Harrison 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 the 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 Steamer Africa whereof I am Master, from Liverpool. So help me God (signed) Wm Harrison

Sworn to, this 31 January 1853
Before me (signed) ?????? D Coll

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the "Africa" whereof W. Harrison is Master, from Liverpool Burthen 222 Tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, and country in which they intend to become inhabitants. Last column is designated for those who died on voyage but the heading has been crossed out. No new heading is added and no explanation of what the "yes" and "no" in that column represent, could be if they have American citizenship.

 1  Mr. Gibb                45  male    merchant  America  America      yes
 2  Mrs. Gibb               40  female  --        America  America      yes
 3  Miss Gibb               19  female  --        America  America      yes
 4  Miss Gibb               18  female  --        America  America      yes
 5  Mr. P. Harris           27  male    merchant  America  America      yes
 6  Mr. P. I. Isachminson   32  male    merchant  America  America      yes
 7  Capt. Grafton           35  male    merchant  America  America      yes
 8  Mrs. Grafton            30  female  --        America  America      yes
 9  Miss Annette Goodrooke  26  female  --        France   America      no
10  Mr.  Higeman            23  male    merchant  America  America      yes
11  Mr. W. S. O'Conner      34  male    merchant  America  America      yes
12  Mr. Gillman             37  male    merchant  America  America      yes
13  Mrs. Gillman            35  female  --        America  America      yes
14  one child Gillman        5  male    --        America  America      yes
15  one child Gillman        3  male    --        America  America      yes
16  one child Gillman        1  male    --        America  America      yes
17  Miss Margt Leman        25  female  --        America  America      yes
18  Mr. Kahor               39  male    merchant  America  America      yes
19* Mr. Hy Herrian          30  male    merchant  America  America      yes
20  Mr. A. P. Forrest       40  male    merchant  America  America      yes
21  Mr. Hitchcock           39  male    merchant  America  America      yes
22  Mr. E. M. Benjamin      30  male    merchant  America  America      yes
23  Mr. J. E. Edwards       35  male    merchant  America  America      yes
24  Mr. Henriques           27  male    merchant  America  America      yes
25  Mr. Brussell            32  male    merchant  America  America      yes
26* Mr. Shelhorn            24  male    merchant  America  America      yes
27* Mr. Korbin              30  male    merchant  America  America      yes
28* Mr. R. Sucas            29  male    merchant  America  America      yes
29  Mr. J. Ingle            17  male    --        Britain  America      no
30  Mr. F. B. Muller        40  male    merchant  America  America      yes
31  Mr. G. Beattie          34  male    merchant  America  America      yes
32  Mr. H. Disdier          42  male    merchant  America  America      yes
33  Mr. Timony              37  male    merchant  America  America      yes
34* Mr. Dries               31  male    merchant  America  America      yes
35  Mr. Heidenheimer        39  male    merchant  America  America      yes
36  Mr. B. H. King          40  male    surgeon   Britain  West Indies  yes
37* Mr. Haviland            41  male    merchant  US       US           yes
38  Capt. T. Trott          46  male    merchant  US       US           yes
39* Mr. Schact              37  male    merchant  US       US           yes
40  Mr. A. Schall           31  male    merchant  US       US           yes
41  Mr. W. Becket           23  male    merchant  US       US           yes
42  Mr. Archer              33  male    merchant  US       US           yes
43  Mr. T. P. Petrochino    45  male    merchant  US       US           yes
44  Mrs. Hy Moss            40  female  --        Britain  US           no
45  Miss Harding            20  female  --        Britain  Britain      no
46  Mr. Watson              41  male    merchant  US       US           yes
47  Mr. J. Ashbridge        39          merchant  US       US           yes
48* Mr. Rempson             30          surgeon   Britain  US           no
49* Mrs. Rempson            26  --      --        Britain  US           no
50  Mr. Hensman             31  --      merchant  US       US           yes
51  Mr. E. Jones            27          merchant  US       US           yes
52  Miss Jane Bryan         21          --        Britain  US           no
53  Mr. Johnston            33          --        Britain  US           no
54  Capt. Vorshees          30          --        US       US           yes
55  Mr. Saville             27          merchant  US       US           yes
56  Mrs. Saville            26          merchant  US       US           yes
57  Mr. S. O. Budington     22          merchant  US       US           yes
58* Mr. E. Behrens          24          merchant  Germany  US           no
59  Mr. F. Johnston         30          merchant  US       US           yes
60  Mr. Lailey              33          merchant  Britain  US           no
61  Mrs. Lailey             29          --        Britain  US           no
62  Mr. James S. Kelly      27          merchant  US       US           yes
63  Mr. E. Kelly            25          --        US       US           yes
64  one child Kelly          8          --        US       US           yes
65  one child Kelly          4          --        US       US           yes
66  Mr. R. Viet             25  male    Servant   Germany  US           no 
67* Mr. Heimper             29  --      merchant  US       US           yes
68  Mr. Bryson              30  male    merchant  US       US           yes

Transcriber's notes:
 *  The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder, 
    or an indication of further information to be found in the transcriber's notes.

 ?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the 
    the condition of the original document.

19  surname could be Hernian or Herman
26  surname could be Skelhorn
27  surname could be Norbin
28  surname could be Lucas, many "L's" and "S's" look alike on this list
34  surname could be Dres or even Drew
37  surname appears to begin with K or H but does not match the H or K in the name
    above it.  Could be Hainland, Kainland, Kaviland
39  my first reaction was this surname was Schach or Schack but the ending "t" looks
    just like the ending t in #41 Becket
48 & 49  surname appears to start with R but is difficult to read, could be a K.  Also, 
    the p could be an f or even the script for ss, as in Remfson or Remsson, Kempson, 
    Kemsson
66  surname could be Weit, Wiet, Veit
67  surname could be Heimfer or Himper

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 123, List 46.

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