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RMS Arabia
Liverpool, England to New York
18 March 1861
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, James Stone, Master of RMS Arabia 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 said Ship RMS Arabia at Liverpool & Lucenstown* from which
port said Vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the
sex, and the occupation of each said 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. James Stone. Sworn to this March 18. 1861, before me (Name
unreadable)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the RMS Arabia whereof James
Stone, is Master, from Liverpool, burthen 1359 tons.
Columns represent: given name, surname, age, sex, occupation, country to which they
belong, country which they intend to inhabit, accommodation.
1 Mr J D Gibb 40 Male Merchant England Canada 1st Cabin
2 Mrs J D Gibb 25 Female England Canada 1st Cabin
3 Mr Jn Stanbury 47 Male Merchant England US 1st Cabin
4* Mr Robert Mea??el 23 Male Merchant Canada Canada 1st Cabin
5 Mr Charles Watson 25 Male Merchant England Canada 1st Cabin
6 Mr Adolph Rey 34 Male Merchant Canada Canada 1st Cabin
7 Wm Hissey 48 Male Farmer England Canada 1st Cabin
8* Mr E Cundell 37 Male Merch^t England England 1st Cabin
9 Mrs E Cundell 29 Female England England 1st Cabin
10 Mrs F Richards 31 Female England England 1st Cabib
11 Mr J A Fischer 36 Male Merch^t Prussia US 1st Cabin
12 Mrs J A Fischer 32 Female US US 1st Cabin
13 Frederick Fischer 6 Male US US 1st Cabin
14 John Fischer 4 Male US US 1st Cabin
15 Jane Fischer 1yr6mo Female US US 1st Cabin
16 Elizabeth King 29 Female Nurse England US 1st Cabin
17 Mrs Catherine Brock 28 Female England Canada 1st Cabin
18 Miss Bessie Schieber 33 Female England Canada 1st Cabin
19 Mr Hillyard Cameron 42 Male Lawyer Scotland Canada 1st Cabin
20 Mrs C S Brown 29 Female US US 1st Cabin
21 Miss Anne Brown 10 Female US US 1st Cabin
22 Mr A Tellier 59 Male Merchant Canada Canada 1st Cabin
23 Mr James Tyre 28 Male Merchant Canada Canada 1st Cabin
24 Mr James Brown 33 Male Merchant US US 1st Cabin
25 Mr C L Brown 21 Male none US US 1st Cabin
26 Mr J A Tracey 25 Male Merch^t US US 1st Cabin
27 Miss Tracey 18 Female US US 1st Cabin
28 MR J A Ogily 29 Male none US US 1st Cabin
29 Mr L J Oliver 32 Male Merch^t Canada Canada 1st Cabin
30 Mr O H Robertson 31 Male Merch^t Greece US 1st Cabin
31 Mr J Meirell 43 Male Merch^t Canada Canada 1st Cabin
32 Mr J Baillie 30 Male Merch^t Scotland Canada 1st Cabin
33 Mr J Green 27 Male Merch^t Scotland GB 1st Cabin
34 Mr Gunare 35 Male Merch^t Italy US 1st Cabin
35 Mr W Afles 53 Male none England England 1st Cabin
36 Mr A Heron 43 Male Merch^t Scotland GB 1st Cabin
37* Mr J A Mitchell 39 Male Gen^t US US 1st Cabin
38 Major Garnett 41 Male US Army US US 1st Cabin
39 Mr Felix Peine 64 Male Gen^t England England 1st Cabin
40 Mr W H Russell 39 Male D.C.L. Ireland GB 1st Cabin
41 Mr Henry Wilson 32 Male Merchant England US 2nd Cabin
42 Mr Tho Caldwell 39 Male Farmer Scotland US 2nd Cabin
43 Anne Caldwell 10 Female none England US 2nd Cabin
44 Alex Caldwell 9 Male none England US 2nd Cabin
45 Jane Caldwell 8 Female none England US 2nd Cabin
46 Thomas Caldwell 5 Male none England US 2nd Cabin
47 Margaret Heigket 24 Female Nurse Scotland US 2nd Cabin
48 Mr James Craik 30 Male Merch^t Scotland Canada 2nd Cabin
49 Mr John Barclay 36 Male Merch^t Canada Canada 2nd Cabin
50 Mr W A McKenze 40 Male Merch^t Scotland US 2nd Cabin
51 Mrs W A McKenze 33 Female Wife US US 2nd Cabin
52 Emma McKenze 9 Female US US 2nd Cabin
53 John P McKenze 7 Male US US 2nd Cabin
54 Robert McKenze 3 Male US US 2nd Cabin
55 Edward T McKenze 6mo Male US US 2nd Cabin
56 Mr James Lock 44 Male Agent England US 2nd Cabin
57* Mr J^n Miller 31 Male Farmer Scotland Canada 2nd Cabin
58 Mr Abram Parker 48 Male Merchant England US 2nd Cabin
59 Mr J A Muns 27 Male Merchant US US 2nd Cabin
60 Mr J E Burnham 25 Male Merchant US US 2nd Cabin
61 Mr F J de Magiare 25 Male Merchant Prussia US 2nd Cabin
62 Miss E Morse 23 Female none US US 1st Cabin
63 Mr J Hogg 32 Male Merch^t US US 1st Cabin
64 Mrs J Hogg 26 Female Wife US US 1st Cabin
65 Mr J B Steward 41 Male Merch^t US US 1st Cabin
66 Mr Geo F Jones 19 Male Student US US 1st Cabin
67* Mr D Olcott 22 Male Gen^t US US 1st Cabin
68 Mr A Lutz 21 Male Merch^t Switzerland US 1st Cabin
69 Mr H Hardorff 33 Male Merch^t France France 1St Cabin
70 Mrs Marlborough 33 Female none England Bahamas 1st Cabin
71 Mr Wm F Murray 42 Male Dentist Scotland Canada 1st Cabin
72* Mr Tho^s Davies 34 Male March^t England England 1st Cabin
73 Mr GL Duforest 22 Male none US US 1st Cabin
74 Mr A Grevenberg 34 Male Merch^t Germany US 1st Cabin
75 Mt Theodore Fay 65 Male Reporter US US 1st Cabin
76 Mr Travers 37 Male Merch^t England England 1st Cabin
77 Mr T Thomas 43 Male Merch^t England Canada 1st Cabin
78* Lieu^t Hall 31 Male British Army Scotland Nassau 1st Cabin
79 Miss Hall 25 Female Scotland Nassau 1st Cabin
80 Mr G Leclair 40 Male Merch^t Canada Canada 1st Cabin
81 Mr Robert Stewart 34 Male Merch^t Scotlang GB 1st Cabin
82 Mr L Herman 43 Male Merch^t Germany San Francisco 1st Cabin
83 Mr Hl Sviard 36 Male French Navy French France 1st Cabin
84 Asst Surgeon Poulten 23 Male British Army England Nassau 1st Cabin
85 Mr P Varaldi 41 Male Merch^t France US 1st Cabin
86 Mr Jose Upina 25 Male none Mexico Mexico 1st Cabin
87 Mr Acear Claude 35 Male Merch^t Prussia US 1st Cabin
88 Mr H Ackermann 33 Male Merch^t Germany US 1st Cabin
89* Lieu^t Rich^d Pledin 37 Male Gentleman Sweden Sweden 1st Cabin
90 Mr Wm McIntyre 40 Male Merch^t Scotland GB 1st Cabin
91 Mr Wm Brand 40 Male Merch^t Scotland GB 1st Cabin
92 Mr Wm Thomson 35 Male Merch^t Canada Canada 1st Cabin
93 Mr Robert Donald 30 Male Merch^t Scotland US 1st Cabin
94 Mr Isaac Walton 40 Male Merch^t US US 1st Cabin
95 Mr C Pratt 30 Male Merch^t US US 1st Cabin
96 Mr Smithet JR. 23 Male Merch^t England England 1st Cabin
97 Mr A W Hart 48 Male Merch^t England England 1st Cabin
98 Mr A de Clouet 23 Male Merch^t US US 2nd Cabin
99 Mr George Furnwall 29 Male Merch^t England Canada 2nd Cabin
100 Mrs Elizabeth Furnwall 24 Female England Canada 2nd Cabin
101 Mr Martinengo 37 Male Gen^t Germany US 2nd Cabin
102 Mrs Ann Spencer 40 Female England US 2nd Cabin
103 Mr L Cohen 37 Male Acnc Germany San Francisco 2nd Cabin
104 Mrs L Horner 27 Female England US 2nd Cabin
105 Mrs Caroline Lesset 29 Female England US 2nd Cabin
106 and Infant 4mo Female England US 2nd Cabin
107 Mr Wm Johnson 57 Male Merch^t England England 2nd Cabin
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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined due to the
condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ Indicates letters are omitted and the following letter is superscripted.
Some of the names above are written last name, followed by a comma.
Others are written first name followed by last name.
You should type your passenger names as they are written on your manifest.
Lucenstown not found on any Atlas map
4 Could not read the letters
8 Merch^t short for Merchant
37 Gen^t short for Gentleman
57 Jn may be short for John
72 Tho^s short for Thomas
78 Lieu^t short for Lieutenant
89 Rich^d short for Richard
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237,
Reel 209.
Transcribed by Michael
W. Nahlen a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
10 October 2004
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