Immigrant Ships
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Steamer Ariel

I, David Wilson, Master of the Steamer Ariel, 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 Steamer at Aspinwall, from which port said Steamer 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.
David Wilson

Sworn to this 26 Feby 1861
Before Me J White DC

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Steamer Ariel whereof Wilson is Master, from Aspinwall.
Burthen 1295 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.

The following columns have been eliminated and the reasons why:
Occupation & Part of ship occupied by each passenger during the voyage: Only two notations are made in each of these columns. Shown on the first line is "Gentleman" and "Cabin" apparently covering Passengers #1 Through #127, "Laborer" & "Steerage" are notations for #128 through #243.
Country of origin: All from the United States.
Country of destination: All to the United States.
Died on voyage: No deaths

    
  1  S Camp            35   M 
  2  I M Alden         40   M           
  3  Capt Ainsworth    40   M        
  4  Mrs Smith         30   F          
  5  Wm K Hudson       30   M         
  6  Mrs Hudson        30   F          
  7  John Hudson        3   M           
  8  Miss S A Hudson   18   F          
  9* Mrs Ish??         25   F           
 10* Mary Ish??         3   F           
 11  E E Rice          45   M           
 12  Mrs Jackson       30   F           
 13  I Page            30   M           
 14* Mr ????son        40   M          
 15* ? ? ????          ??   ?          
 16  N H Hassett       30   M          
 17* J C ?ranler       25   M          
 18  A Holbrook        40   M      
 19  Mrs Holdbrook     35   F           
 20  Mary Holdbrook    10   F          
 21  Susan Holdbrook   11   F        
 22  Mrs Dement        30   F       
 23  Mary Dement        5   F        
 24  Mrs Haskell       30   F        
 25  Mary Haskell       4   F         
 26  Susan Haskell      5   F           
 27  F H Rosenbaum     30   M          
 28  E Scott           32   M          
 29  C J Dearing       25   M           
 30  Mr Pinder         30   F           
 31  Mrs Pinder        25   F           
 32  Jane Pinder        2   F           
 33  Ellen Pinder      20   F           
 34  S M Socke         30   M          
 35  J H Crampton      35   M          
 36  R Duff            32   M         
 37  Capt Stein        40   M          
 38  Capt Huntly       40   M         
 39  Capt Wade         38   M          
 40  Mr Johnson        40   M         
 41  Mrs Johnson       30   F          
 42  Mary Johnson       1   F           
 43  Jane Johnson      20   F         
 44  E G Bough         30   M 
 45  Mr Saterlee       40   M          
 46  Dr Wooster        35   M           
 47  Mrs Babcock       30   F        
 48  W H Pratt         30   M    
 49  Mrs Lehman        35   F 
 50  John Lehman        3   M
 51  James Lehman       1   M
 52  G N Motte         38   M
 53  H B Gleason       50   M
 54  Mr Jones          35   M
 55  Wm Pike           36   M
 56  Dr McFarland      35   M
 57  Capt Harding      40   M
 58  Mrs Harding       35   F
 59  Chs Harding        5   M
 60  William Harding    3   M
 61  Ellen Harding     20   F
 62  Robinson Harding  20   M
 63* ???? Morrell      28   M
 64* ???? Baldwin      38   M
 65* ???? Herister     40   M
 66  Mr Alexander      35   M
 67  Mr Isaac          35   M
 68  Dr Hitchcock      40   M
 69  Capt Wilson       40   M
 70  Mrs Wilson        30   F
 71  Miss Lee          20   F
 72  Mary Wilson        5   F
 73  Susan Wilson       3   F
 74* ?? Rice            4   M
 75  John Rice          5   M
 76  Mr McIntosh       30   M
 77  Mr Husband        40   M
 78  G Green           32   M
 79  Mr Smith          30   M
 80* Mr ?????as        40   M
 81  Mrs Ferrar        30   F
 82  Mrs Bowie         30   F
 83  Susan Bowie        1   F
 84  E Langford        40   M
 85  Mrs Langford      35   F
 86  Susan Langford    20   F
 87  May Langford      22   F
 88  John Langford      8   M
 89  S Coffin          30   M
 90  H Coffin          28   M
 91  Mr Crawford       25   M
 92  I N P Huntington  30   M
 93  S J Summerall     32   M
 94  D O Bronson       35   M
 95* Miss Wil????      20   F
 96  M St Clair        28   M
 97  B S Bartlett      29   M
 98  E Griffith        30   M
 99* J P Con???        30   M
100  I S Bown          30   M
101  F S Hoyt          35   M
102  Mrs Hoyt          30   F
103  May Hoyt           4   F
104  Susan Hoyt         6   F
105  John Hoyt          8   M
106  S B Wilbur        30   M
107  Mrs Wilbur        25   F
108  Js Holman         35   M
109  Mrs Holman        30   F
110  Susan Holman      11   F
111  Ellen Holman       1   F
112  J Greenwood       30   M
113* A May?????        35   M
114  J S Sisk          30   M
115  R T Wade          35   M
116  H S Woodman       30   M
117  Mrs Woodman       26   F
118  J O Ratnan        35   M
119  H Brinton         40   M
120* L B Tho???        30   M
121  H Ferris          28   M
122* R W Hor??         32   M
123  S Taylor          25   M
124* J A Ca????        30   M
125* J Jones           ??   ?
126  Miss Small        20   M
127  Wm Nelson         30   M
128  F Sobke           30   M
129  J M Hess          28   M
130  G B Brown         30   M
131  Ths Luddy         40   M
132  Mrs Luddy         35   F
133  I Balisker        30   M
134  A Frank           32   M
135  I H Bennett       30   M
136  B F Campbell      32   M
137  I McKenna         40   M
138  Geo Strobridge    30   M
139  John Anderson     32   M
140  P C Fenner        33   M
141  A Guinn           34   M
142  O Knack           36   M
143  W Payday          38   M
144  O Ersmith         40   M
145  C H Manny         20   M
146  M Eberhardt       40   M
147  I F Lawrence      30   M
148  J P Rodgers       20   M
149  P Lissivan        30   M
150  Mrs Lissivan      26   F
151  Susan Lissivan     2   F
152  M Harris          30   M
153  Th Fairfield      33   M
154  P Hunter          35   M
155  Chs Walter        36   M
156  I Smith           38   M
157  J Jeffcoate       30   M
158  F Owen            32   M
159  J H Turner        30   M
160  Ths German        33   M
161  A McBride         35   M
162  N S Bachelor      40   M
163  F H Goplin        30   M
164  N Pitcher         38   M
165  John McCarthy     28   M
166  Chs Dowdy         24   M
167  F Goose           22   M
168  M Levy            20   M
169  J Reed            21   M
170  J Aubelson        23   M
171  F Lydale          30   M
172* P D?????          31   M
173* A Pa????          32   M
174  I Ruff            33   M
175* M Gu??            34   M
176  H S Pope          35   M
177  M Tann            37   M
178* Iris ???          30   F
179  Mary Joy           3   F
180  Alex Reed         30   M
181  Alex Crawford     28   M
182  R A Wilcox        24   M
183  G M Sander        26   M
184  D C Simmons       28   M
185  Js Duffy          20   M
186  D Allard          24   M
187  H H Chan          26   M
188  W H Babcock       28   M
189  W G Osborn        30   M
190  P Carlton         32   M
191* W S Ha?????       34   M
192  H Bye             36   M
193* I Bo?????         30   M
194  T Simmons         30   M
195  A Lopez           30   M
196  F Joseph          30   M
197* J Sil???          28   M
198  Wm Timmons        26   M
199  John Insas        28   M
200  Ths Selby         30   M
201  S Robinson        24   M
202  S T Langlade      22   M
203* Ths San?????      20   M
204  M B Flory         22   M
205  S B Morse         24   M
206  E Bowker          26   M
207  S H Thompson      28   M
208  P McManus         30   M
209  J Gessler         32   M
210* ?? Brizzel        34   M
211  D Bennett         36   M
212* ?? Harbaugh       38   M
213  E S Rich          40   M
214  Mrs Fish          22   F
215  J R Marshall      22   M
216  R Mosyit          22   M
217* ? Gallagher       22   M
218  T Harris           6   M
219  H Earle           20   M
220  M Kelly           24   M
221  John E Brown      26   M
222  Js Fluellen       28   M
223  Mrs Fluellen      24   F
224  J Downing         26   M
225  A Smith           30   M
226  Chs Good          32   M
227* ??? Grant         32   M
228  H Crocker         28   M
229  N D Givens        30   M
230  T A Chamberlain   28   M
231  G Glasing         30   M
232  F Becher          32   M
233  D F Abbott        30   M
234  J Good            31   M
235  S L Benson        32   M
236  H Faber           30   M
237  J Hagerman        32   M
238* J C Ash?????      34   M
239  W Hand            36   M
240* ? Marswell        38   M
241* ? Farnum          40   M
242* ? Ellwell         30   M
243* ? Basfield        30   M      
  

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.

   9-10   Looks like Ishum 
     14   Looks like Eherson 
     15   This is right at the joining of two pages so the information
         has been obliterated.
     17   Tranler or Franler 
  63-65   First names not given 
     74   First Initial 
     80   Unreadable last name 
     95   Wilman or Wilinaus 
     99   Conour 
    113   Maysisch 
    120   Thorsen or Thomas 
    122   Last name 
    124   Last name 
    125   Age & Sex unreadable 
    172   Last name 
    173   Last name 
    175   Last name looks like Gush 
    178   Joining of two papers so the last name is unclear. 
    191   Harriman or Hamman 
    193   Bohrman or Bohassen 
    197   Last name 
    203   Last name 
    210   No first name or initial 
    212   No first name or initial 
    217   First name not given
    227   No first name or initial 
    238   Last name unclear 
241-244   First names are not given.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208, List 132.

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