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Ship Aurora

I, John Peteran, Master of the Ship Aurora 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 Ship at Lpool from which port said 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.

(Signed) John Peteran
Sworn to this Jan 15^th 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Aurora whereof Peteran 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. The destination for all passengers was United States, there were no deaths recorded on this voyage, and all passengers occupied Second Cabin; these columns have been omitted.

  1  Michael Smith     19y  Male   Farmer      Ireland
  2  Martin Muller     33y  Male   Farmer      Scotland
  3  John Brown        39y  Male   Merchant    Scotland
  4  John Waters       40y  Male   Merchant    Scotland
  5  Alexander Carson  19y  Male   Clerk       Ireland
  6  Charles Devlin    20y  Male   Coalminer   Ireland
  7* William Dreyor    24y  Male   Carpenter   Prusia        
  8* Francis Schuner   24y  Male   Sadler      Scotland
  9  William Lencate   19y  Male   Joiner      Scotland
 10  John Miller       30y  Male   Farmer      Scotland
 11* Benjamin Hart     37y  Male   Farmer      England
 12  Owen Rogers       18y  Male   Farmer      Ireland
 13* James Workman     ??y  Male   Cook        United States
 14* Margret Corrigan  ??y  Female Servant     Ireland
 15  Mary Matthews     22y  Female Servant     United States
 16  Michael Shultery  30y  Male   Farmer      Ireland
 17  Mary Shultery     50y  Female Wife        Ireland
 18* Thomas Shultery   2?y  Male   Farmer      Ireland
 19  Bridget Shultery  22y  Female Dress Maker Ireland
 20  Thomas Dalton     30y  Male              
 21  Thomas Shultery   20y  Male   Farmer      Ireland
 22* William Robinson  28y  Male   Farmer      United States
 23* William Spencer   27y  Male   Seaman      United States
 24  John Cummings     24y  Male   Coalminer   England
 25  James Sulth       25y  Male   Miller      Scotland
 26  John Browley      19y  Male   Shoemaker   England
 27  James Lee         32y  Male   Shoemaker   England
 28  Samuel Lee        30y  Male   Barber      England
 29* Patrick McKe?n    30y  Male   Labourer    Ireland
 30  Luke Reilly       18y  Male   Cooper      Ireland


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.

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

 7  Country of origin is Prussia.
 8  Occupation is "Saddler".
11  'x' written after surname.
13  'x' written after surname; age illegible because darkening and smearing under
    adhesive tape repair to the manifest page, could be 23y or 33y.
14  Age illegible because darkening and smearing under adhesive tape repair to the
    manifest page, could be 22y.
18  2nd number of Age not clear because of crease in manifest page, could be 21y or 26y.
22-23  'x' written after surname.
29  5th letter surname not clear, could be McKeen or McKern.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 181, List 24.

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