Immigrant Ships
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RMS Europa

I, John Leitch, Master of the R.M.S. "Europa" do solemnly, sincerely and truly declare 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 vessel at Liverpool from which port said vessel 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 Leitch
Sworn to this 25 Jany 1858
Before me (Signed) ??offman DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the R.M.S. "Europa" whereof John Leitch is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1208 31/ 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. There were no deaths recorded on this voyage and this column has been omitted.

  1  M^r. Van Bergen             30y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
  2  M^r. Thomas Stewart         20y  Male   Serv^t    England   US       1^st Cabin
  3  M^r. William Whitfield      26y  Male   Mercht    England   US       1^st Cabin
  4  M^r. Fortune Hegle          18y  Male   Gent.     Brussels  US       1^st Cabin
  5  M^r. Heape                  33y  Male   Gent.     England   US       1^st Cabin
  6  M^s Hegle                   36y  Female           Brussels  US       1^st Cabin
  7  Madame laMarquis Martlehan  37y  Female           Brussels  US       1^st Cabin
  8  M^r. John S. Fenton         34y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
  9  M^r. Wilson                 32y  Male   Mercht    Ireland   US       1^st Cabin
 10  M^r. Wallace                37y  Male   Mercht    Ireland   US       1^st Cabin
 11  M^r. Ben?ian                38y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
 12  M^r. Wandell                38y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
 13* M^r. Dempster               ?8y  Male   Mercht    Ireland   US       1^st Cabin
 14* Julius N???? Sterel         ??y  Male   Mercht    Germany   US       1^st Cabin
 15* ?? ??                       ??y  Male   Mercht    Austria   US       1^st Cabin
 16* ?? ??ker                    ??y  ?      Mercht    Germany   US       1^st Cabin
 17  John McClure                31y  Male   Merchant  Scotland  US       1^st Cabin
 18  Henry Shaw                  35y  Male   Merchant  Ireland   Ireland  1^st Cabin
 19* Ha?^le W. T. Law            48y  Male   Gentleman England   England  1^st Cabin
 20* M^r. Hocks                  41y  Male   Mercht    England   England  1^st Cabin
 21* M^r. J. R. Walle?           18y  Male   Gent.     US        US       1^st Cabin
 22  M^r. A. G. Findlay          30y  Male   Mercht    Scotland  US       1^st Cabin
 23  M^r. L. C. Lyons            26y  Male   Mercht    Scotland  US       1^st Cabin
 24* M^r. Robert Wen????         32y  Male   Mercht    Scotland  US       1^st Cabin
 25  M^r. Daniel G. Coffen       27y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
 26* M^r. Ed S. Sher???          43y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
 27  M^r. A. G. Stoddard         59y  Male   Mercht    US        US       1^st Cabin
 28* M^r. ???????                61y  Male   Mercht    England   US       1^st Cabin
 29* M^r. Thomas L. R????        31y  Male   Mercht    Ireland   US       2^nd Cabin
 30* M^r. G. Henry Sa?es         27y  Male   Mariner   London             2^nd Cabin
 31* M^r. Robert Melless         26y  Male   Gent.     England   US       2^nd Cabin
 32  M^r. Jas. C. Nagle          42y  Male   Mercht    England   US       2^nd Cabin
 33  M^r. Thomas Williams        49y  Male   Mercht    England   US       2^nd Cabin
 34  M^r. George Booth           37y  Male   Mercht    England   US       2^nd Cabin
 35  M^rs.  Hesfre               22y  Female           England   US       1^st 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.

The handwriting of this manifest was very poor. Extra research should be undertaken 
to confirm genealogical findings.

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.

13  1st number of age not clear because of crease in manifest paper, could be 28y 
    or 38y.
14  Middle name illegible because of handwriting; Age illegible because of condition 
    of microfilm.
15-16  The recordings for these psgrs is virtually illegible because of darkening of 
    the adhesive tape repair.
19  End of first name, or title, illegible.
20  Occupation illegible because of handwriting.
21  Last letter of surname not clear because of handwriting and slight damage to 
    manifest paper, could be Waller or Wallet.
24  Ending of surname illegible.
26  Ending of surname illegible.
28  Surname illegible because of handwriting and overwriting, could be McGibben or 
    McHibben.
29  Surname illegible because of handwriting and stray mark on paper; 2nd letter 
    extends below the line ('y'?), remaining letters do not extend above or below 
    mid-line.
30  3rd letter of surname obscured by stray mark on manifest.
31  Occupation illegible.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 181, List 40.

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