Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Erie

I, E.F. Sears, Master of the "Erie",s.s. do solemnly, sincerely and truly * 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 "Erie" ss at London from which port said S.S."Erie" 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.

Sworn to this 17th March 1871,
(Signature) E.F. Sears. *

Before me, (signature) Willencleer

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the "Erie" whereof E.F. Sears is Master, from London burthen 2900 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age-Yrs.Mos., Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on Voyage, Part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

    
 1  Julia A. Johnson  34   f  wife       England        Philadelphia Steerage
 2* John Johnson      13   m  none       England        New York     Steerage
 3  Luke Smith        18   m  none       England        New York     Steerage
 4  James Shoobridge  23   m  Builder    England        New York     Steerage
 5  Philip Sloan      30   m  Tailor     England        New York     Steerage
 6  Edward Eard       20   m  none       England        New York     Steerage
 7  Elizabeth Hobbs   39   f  wife       England        Washington   Steerage
 8  Julia Hobbs       11   f  child      England        Washington   Steerage
 9  Annie Hobbs        7   f  child      England        Washington   Steerage
10  Lilian Hobbs       6   f  child      England        Washington   Steerage
11  Agnes Hobbs        4   f  child      England        Washington   Steerage
12  Walter Hobbs       2   m  child      England        Washington   Steerage
13  William Hobbs      4m  m  inft       England        Washington   Steerage
14  William Warren    22   m  clerk      England        New York     Steerage
15  William Smith     35   m  Shoemaker  England        New York     Steerage
16  Francis Welton    24   m  none       England        New York     Steerage
17  Joseph Silvia     30   m  sailor     Portugal       New York     Steerage
18* ? L.  ?           31      none       England        New York     Steerage
19  Michael Mullaney  38   m  Polisher   Ireland        New York     Steerage
20  Silvester T. Wynn 20   m  settler    England        Nebraska     Steerage
21  Charles Griene    45   m  Grocer     Scotland       New York     Steerage
22* ? V. Sawyer       38      clerk      England        Chicago      Steerage
23  Louis Ujer        30   m  mercht     Hamburg        New York     Saloon
24  Clara Ujer        22   f  wife       Hamburg        New York     Saloon
25  Edward Ujer       18m  m  child      Hamburg        New York     Saloon
26  Clara Ujer         9m  f  child      Hamburg        New York     Saloon
27  Miss Harnes       17   f  lady       England        New York     Saloon
28  Chas Stokes       28   m  Baker      England        New York     Steerage
29* Geo Bryant        30   m  watch ?    England        New York     Steerage 
30* W ?  ?            25   m  sailor     America        America      Steerage
31  Mary Julia Doyle  29   f  wife       France         America      Saloon
32  John Doyle        10   m  child      France         America      Saloon
33  Mary Julia Doyle   6   f  child      France         America      Saloon
34  Madeline Doyle     3   f  child      France         America      Saloon
35  George Cuptill    35   m  Mariner    America        America      Saloon
36  Jim Trippe        30   m  Clerk      Orange Co. NY  America      Saloon
 

Transcriber's Notes:

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of an ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read, due to
 quality of the original document.
The original manifest was not numbered.
* Statement section: The word "swear" is missing.
* Signature section: There is a large handwritten set of initials "JAN" in the
  margin to the left of the witness signature area.


 2  Probably settling in Philadelphia.
18  Died enroute, entry "Left at St. Thomas" under "Died on the Voyage"
    column heading. No date Given. The name, occupation, and home country are
    crossed out, and the sex is left blank. Given name looks like T??, middle initial "L.",
    surname Tre????y?al"
22  Died enroute, entry "Left at St. Thomas" under "Died on the Voyage"
    column heading. No date Given. The name, occupation, and home country are
    crossed out, and the sex is left blank. Given name looks like S?????,
    middle initial "V." surname "Sawyer".
29  In the occupation column, a half line below "watch" is a word that seems
    to be part of the line 29 entry, "s?a?es". First missing letter is p,j, or q.
    Second is one or two letters.
30  Name writen over with a second handwriting. Initials "W. ?.", surname 12 letters,
    ????poja?l?? is a guess.


Correspondence added 29 March, 2007, passenger #22 SAWYER/GWYER
I believe that this passenger is an ancestor of mine whose name is 
Samuel V. Gwyer.  According to the transcriber's notes he died enroute and his 
body was left at "St. Thomas".  We are not sure which St. Thomas this could be and 
we are also hoping someone could tell us where the death would have been recorded.  Linda & Bryan

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 340, Volume 201.

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