Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild
RMS Africa

Liverpool, England to New York
18 February 1861
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK

I, Theodore Cook, Master of the R M S 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 the said Africa at Liverpool, from which port said Africa has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, 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.
Theodore Cook

Sworn to this Feb 18 1861
Before Me ???????

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the R M S Africa whereof Theodore Cook is Master, from Liverpool.
Burthen 1216 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. No deaths so that column has been eliminated. All passengers were in 1st Cabin during the voyage so that column has been eliminated.

    
 1  Wm Scully           38  M  Merchant   United States  United States
 2  Wm McDowall         35  M  Merchant   United States  United States 
 3  Jas P Woodward      28  M  Merchant   United States  United States 
 4  Dr Hy M Humphry     39  M  Doctor     United States  United States 
 5  John Childe         40  M  Merchant   United States  United States
 6  Chas Parker         27  M  Merchant   United States  United States
 7  John McLean         30  M  Merchant   England        United States
 8  Fred L Olan         32  M  Merchant   United States  United States
 9  Neil A Pendleton    36  M  Merchant   United States  United States
10  Jas W Brown         28  M  Merchant   United States  United States
11* John C Me??doffer   38  M  Merchant   United States  United States
12  Geo O Warring       33  M  Merchant   United States  United States
13  Mrs J C Tooker      35  F             United States  United States
14  Hy Badger           27  M  Merchant   United States  United States
15  Peter Longis        25  M  Merchant   United States  United States
16  Hy H Fanshaw        35  M  Merchant   United States  United States
17  Alex Defflis        32  M  Merchant   United States  United States
18  Herman C Pratt      36  M  Merchant   United States  United States
19  Walter Tufts        37  M  Merchant   United States  United States
20  Jno M Taggart       31  M  Merchant   United States  United States
21  Geo M Miller        40  M  Merchant   England        England 
22  Arthur Shawcross    27  M  Merchant   United States  United States
23  Wm J Barbour        30  M  Merchant   United States  United States
24  Edward Proudfils    38  M  Merchant   United States  United States
25  George F Riggs      35  M  Merchant   United States  United States
26  John B Scoulter     41  M  Merchant   United States  United States
27  Jas Harbwright      32  M  Merchant   United States  United States
28  Wm Cook             42  M  Farmer     England        Canada
29  Hugot Warnekin      39  M  Merchant   United States  United States
30  Richd Clayborn      56  M  Merchant   United States  United States
31  Miss Eliza Clayborn 19  F             United States  United States
32  Mary Jenkins        28  F             United States  United States
33  Frances Jenkins     25  F             United States  United States
34  Rich Bernal         28  M             United States  United States
35  Jas Douglas         32  M  Merchant   England        England
36  Jas D Notts         30  M  Merchant   United States  United States
37  John Wilson         34  M  Merchant   England        Canada
38  Mrs Uno Griffin     28  F             England        Canada
39  Capt R Granger      35  M  Capt       England        England
40  Chas Poulter        31  M             United States  United States
41  Geo Harrison        25  M             United States  United States
42  Miss A Lefevre      23  F             England        Canada
43  Sir E W Head        47  M  Governor   England        Canada
44  Miss M Head         12  F             England        Canada
45  Miss E Head         12  F             England        Canada
46  Lady Head           40  F             England        Canada
47  Capt Retallach      37  M  ADC        England        Canada
48  Miss C Fewel        30  F  Governess  England        Canada
49  Miss Stewart        38  F  Lady Maid  England        Canada
50  Wm Billis           35  M  Stewart    England        Canada
51  Louis Fecus         30  M  Merchant   France         France
52  Robt Neal           37  M  Merchant   United States  United States
53  Geo Wertz           40  M  Merchant   United States  United States
54  Alex Parkinson      36  M  Merchant   United States  United States
55  Henry Taylor        43  M  Merchant   United States  United States
56  Alex Mandalink      33  M  Merchant   Germany        United States
57  Geo Jacoby          30  M  Merchant   Germany        Germany
58  Jas Mather          31  M  Merchant   England        United States
     

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
 condition of the original document.

11  A couple of letters in last name unreadable ??

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208.

Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
23 August 2004

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