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SS Dorset

I, William Stamper Master of the S/S Dorset 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 District of the City of New York, is a full and perfect list of all the passengers taken on board the said vessel at Swansea from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartment or space occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each; and that said list or manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage, and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement, so far as it can be ascertained with reference to the intention of each alien passenger as to a protracted sojourn in the country. So help me God. (signed) Wm Stamper

Sworn before me this August 28, 1885 (signed)

List or manifest of all the passengers taken on board the S/S Dorset, whereof Stamper is Master, from Swansea, burthen ______ tons.

Columns represent: passenger number, name (surname first), age, sex, calling, the country of which they are citizens, intended destination or location, date and cause of death, location of compartment or space occupied, number of pieces of baggage, transient, or in transit, or intending protracted sojourn.

Steerage

 1  Smith Agnes        17 Female Spinster          England  New York      Steerage  1
 2  Smith Ellen        15 Female Spinster          England  New York      Steerage
 3  Smith Ada          26 Female Domestic servant  England  New York      Steerage  1
 4  Flagal Mary        17 Female Domestic servant  England  New York      Steerage  1
 5  Beard Maria        26 Female Domestic servant  England  Pennsylvania  Steerage  3
 6  Boucher Emily      29 Female Spinster          England  Illinois      Steerage  5
 7  Boucher Frank      24 Male   None              England  Illinois      Steerage
 8  Elsion William     18 Male   Labourer          England  Illinois      Steerage  1
 9  Mitchell Jane      43 Female Wife              England  Chicago       Steerage  6
10  Mitchell Anne      12 Female Child             England  Chicago       Steerage
11  Mitchell Maud      10 Female Child             England  Chicago       Steerage
12  Mitchell Alice      8 Female Child             England  Chicago       Steerage
13  Mitchell Hector     6 Male   Child             England  Chicago       Steerage
14  Mitchell Mabel      3 Female Child             England  Chicago       Steerage
15  McCarthy Ellen     20 Female Domestic servant  England  New York      Steerage  1
16  Clements Jane      18 Female Domestic servant  England  New York      Steerage  1
17  Gray Florence      19 Female Domestic servant  England  New York      Steerage  1
18  Stralford Florence 16 Female Domestic servant  England  New York      Steerage  1
19  Colter Elizabeth   72 Female Wife              England  New York      Steerage  2
20  Colter Susan       33 Female Wife              England  New York      Steerage  4 
21  Colter Henry       11 Male   Child             England  New York      Steerage
22  Colter Sarah       10 Female Child             England  New York      Steerage
23  Colter David James  9 Male   Child             England  New York      Steerage
24  Colter Susan        8 Female Child             England  New York      Steerage
25  Colter Polly        7 Female Child             England  New York      Steerage
26  Colter Alice        5 Female Child             England  New York      Steerage
27  Colter Isabella     3 Female Child             England  New York      Steerage
28  Austin Sidney      15 Male   Labourer          England  Toronto       Steerage  2
29  Barrin Frank       13 Male   Labourer          England  New York      Steerage  1

Cabin

30  Marriott Georgina  52 Female Lady              England  California    Cabin    27
31  Marriott Nina      21 Female Lady              England  California    Cabin
32  Marriott Eveline   19 Female Lady              England  California    Cabin
33  Marriott Florence  15 Female Lady              England  California    Cabin
34  Marriott Willy     11 Male   Child             England  California    Cabin
35  Diri Charles       45 Male   Gentleman         England  California    Cabin     
36  Oldman Louise      44 Female Lady              England  Carolina      Cabin      7 & 1 piano
37  Oldman Eva         10 Female Child             England  Carolina      Cabin
38  Watts Lucy         24 Female Lady              England  California    Cabin      7
39  Watts Annie        21 Female Lady              England  California    Cabin
40  Cuckow S. J.       60 Male   Gentleman         England  Winsconsin    Cabin      3


Transcriber's Notes:

This list is actually two lists. In the captain's statement, the first list reads, 
"List or Manifest of all the Steerage passengers taken on board the S/S Dorset 
whereof Stamper is Master, from Swansea burthen ___ tons."  The word 'Steerage' is 
hand written above the line between the words 'the passengers'. The second list has 
the word 'Cabin' written above the line in the same place, and the passengers are 
numbered 1-11. I have renumbered them as though the two lists were one, because it is 
just one voyage.

Passengers whose baggage is grouped together, indicated with braces '}':

2-3
6-7
9-14
20-27
30-35
36-37
38-39

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 489, List 1072.

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