Immigrant Ships
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SS Africa

I, Miel* Shannon, Master of the Steamship Africa 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 of the said Steam ship at Liverpool from which port said Steam ship 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.
Sworn to this Feb 22 1858                                  New York (Signed) NShannon
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Africa whereof Shannon is Master, from LPool burthen (omitted) 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, and Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. There were no deaths recorded on this voyage and this column has been omitted.

  1  John Gonside        55y     Male   Manufack       United States  Newark        Cabin
  2  James Butterworth   30y     Male   Merchant       England        New Orleans   Cabin
  3  Alexander Gillispie 39y     Male   Merchant       Scotland       Canada        Cabin
  4  Julis von du Heydt  29y     Male   Merchant       Prussia        United States Cabin
  5  Maria von du Heydt  26y     Female                Prussia        United States Cabin
  6* Ellen H????on       20y     Female                England        United States Cabin
  7  Martin Levite       37y     Male   Manufacturer   England                      Cabin
  8  Fred^k W. Kintgen   29y     Male   Merchant       United States  New York      Cabin
  9  Edward Mott         34y     Male   Merchant       United States  New York      Cabin
 10  John Maw            37y     Male   Farmer         England                      Cabin
 11* Daniel C Wint??     20y     Male   Merchant       England                      Cabin
 12* Jaques Bo??din      30y     Male   Merchant       France         California    Cabin
 13  Oliver M Phillips   29y     Male   Merchant       United States                Cabin
 14  John Cook           32y     Male   Merchant       United States                Cabin
 15  Joseph Hoffman      37y     Male   Merchant       United States                Cabin
 16* ??sta? Diggleman    26y     Male   Merchant       United States                Cabin
 17* Ferdinand Kock      29y     Male   Merchant       Prussia         
 18  John Dennistonn     60y     Male   Merchant       England
 19  Charles Glatz       22y     Male   Merchant       Switzerland    New York
 20  Henry H Date        38y     Male   Merchant       England        Canada
 21  Henry F Wullack     50y     Male   Merchant       United States  New York
 22  W^m M Turnbull      27y     Male   Merchant       United States  New York
 23  William Henry       34y     Male   Manufacturer   United States  New York
 24  Francis Horton      22y     Male   Metal Broker   England
 25  James Baxter        52y     Male   Farmer         United States
 26  Ann Baxter          34y     Female                United States
 27  James Baxter         2y     Male                  United States
 28  Jane Baxter          1y 6m  Female                United States
 29  Roderick Ramford    32y     Male   Liquor Manuf^r Prussia
 30  John Francis        45y     Male   Agent          England        Canada
 31  Thomas Esterbrook   45y     Male   Farmer         England        Canada
 32  Jan Schilter        45y     Male   Artist         England        Havannah
 33* Edward Je????h?nn   38y     Male   Agent          England
 34  W^m M Foster        29y     Male   Manufacturer   England
 35  Henry Liddel        27y     Male   Manufacturer   England
 36  John Coblin         19y     Male   Labourer       England                      Found stowed away

Notation at end of manifest:

                                     (signed) N. Shannon


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 scribe used long vertical lines to probably indicate continuation of 
the last written word(s). These lines have been replaced with the actual word/words 
indicated.

The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

Captain's first name is probably Neil or Niel.

 6  Center letters of surname illegible.
11  Last 2 letters of surname not clear, could be Winter or Wintre.
11-12  Occupation "& agent" written between the Occupation for these two psgrs, not 
    clear which psgr it applies to.
12  3rd and 4th letters of surname not clear enough to determine surname.
16  First 2 letters and last letter of surname not clear enough to determine name.
17  Manifest scribe discontinued recording Space Occupied for the remainder of the
    manifest.
33  Most letters of surname illegible because of handwriting.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 84.

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