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Ship Devonshire

I, William B Moore Master of the Ship Devonshire 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 London from which port said (omitted) 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) WMoore

Sworn to this 20 March 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Devonshire whereof W^m B Moore is Master, from London burthen 11?9 91/95* 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 most passengers was U S A and any exception is noted in the Transcriber's Notes. One death was recorded on this voyage and is noted in the Transcriber's Notes. These two columns have been omitted.

  1  Jane Hall          26y      Female                  U S A    Cabin
  2* Augusta Elia       27y      Male    Mariner         Italy    Cabin
  3  Stephen Crawford   38y      Male    Mariner         U S A    Cabin
  4* Louis Chenbry      27y      Male    Sol?ier         France   Second Cabin
  5* Eug?ne Monist      33y      Male    Labourer        France   Second Cabin
  6* ??eal Posson       21y      Male    Distiller       France   Second Cabin
  7  Epotihe Pala       39y      Male    Carpenter       France   Second Cabin
  8  Morris Carey       40y      Male    Carpenter       Ireland  Second Cabin
  9  Catherine Carey    40y      Female  Carpenter       Ireland  Second Cabin
 10  Catherine Carey     8y      Female  Carpenter       Ireland  Second Cabin
 11  Morris Carey        4y      Male    Carpenter       Ireland  Second Cabin
 12  Patrick Carey       0y  6m  Male    Carpenter       Ireland  Second Cabin
 13  Michael Demisher   28y      Male    Shoe Maker      Prussia  Second Cabin
 14  Dedrich Carn       30y      Male    Cigar Maker     Prussia  Second Cabin
 15* William ?il?       27y      Male    Mariner         England  Second Cabin
 16  Benjamin Oakley    20y      Male    Mariner         England  Second Cabin
 17  David Fitzgerald   25y      Male    Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 18  Charles Swingler   23y      Male    Civil Engineer  England  Second Cabin
 19  Charles Morris     24y      Male    Baker           England  Second Cabin
 20  John Cox           22y      Male    Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 21  John Wilson        21y      Male    Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 22  Thomas Barrow      25y      Male    Dyer            U S A    Second Cabin
 23  Thomas Blenngton   28y      Male    Labourer        U S A    Second Cabin
 24* William Feil?      24y      Male    Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 25* Harriett Feil?     19y      Female  Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 26* Mary Jane Feil?     0y  4m  Female                  England  Second Cabin
 27* Ma?h??a Golbach    30y      Female                  Germany  Second Cabin
 28  Hannah Golbach      2y      Female                  Germany  Second Cabin
 29  Mark Golbach        0y 11m  Male                    Germany  Second Cabin
 30  Mary Braley        21y      Female                  England  Second Cabin
 31  Kate Braley         2y      Female                  England  Second Cabin
 32  Mary Braley         0y  5m  Female                  England  Second Cabin
 33  Thomas Kemp        25y      Male    Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 34  Robert Hudson      40y      Male    Carpenter       U S A    Second Cabin
 35  Alfred Briant      18y      Male    Coach Maker     England  Second Cabin
 36  James Nye          38y      Male    Labourer        England  Second Cabin
 37  Thomas Blank       29y      Male    Mariner         U S A    Second Cabin
 38* William Gworet?    28y      Male    Mariner         U S A    Second Cabin
 39* James Freeman      36y      Male    ?oler Bro??er   U S A    Second Cabin
 40  John Marett        21y      Male    Clerk           England  Second Cabin
 41  George St. Clair   17y      Male    Mariner         U S A    Second Cabin
 42* William Lye        23y                              England  Second 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 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 did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

It is difficult to distinguish the manifest scribe's handwritten "L" and "S"; 
further research should be done to confirm findings.

Ship's burthen tonnage is 1149 91/95 or 1179 91/95.

 2  Destination was Italy.
 4  Occupation is probably Soldier.
 5  4th letter of first name not clear, could be Eugene or Eugune.
 6  First letters of first name illegible.
15  First letter of surname could be "L" or "S"; ending of surname is
    overwritten and illegible.
24-26  Last letter(s) of surname not clear, could be Feilds or Feilder.
27  2nd, 4th, 5th letters illegible, probably Mathilda.
38  Last letter of surname not clear, could be Gworett or Gworeth.
39  Occupation illegible because of handwriting.
42  This passenger died on the voyage, no other information was recorded.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 159.

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