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Steamer Europa


Liverpool, England to New York
8 March 1858

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J Leitch Master of the Europa 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 Steam?? at Liverpool from which port said Steamer 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) ????* Leitch
Sworn to this 8 March 1858
Before me (Signed) ??offm?? (partially illegible)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the St. Europa whereof Leitch is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1240 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. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and no Space Occupied was recorded; these columns have been omitted. The manifest scribe wrote "Yes" or "No" on the far-right column, probably signifying if the passenger had been to the US before.
  1  M^r. Walter Manton                32y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
  2  M^rs. E. Manton                   26y   F               US          US          Yes
  3  M^r. John Sykes Jr.               33y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
  4  M^r. W^m Brigg                    32y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
  5  M^r. R. Martin                    20y   M               Austria     Austria     No
  6  Mr^s. L. Martin                   20y   F               Austria     Austria     No
  7  Mr^s. Hermaldi de la Grange       30y   F               France      US          Yes
  8  Sadik Effendi                     32y   M Turkish Navy  Turkey      Turkey      No
  9* Vice Admiral H. E. Mahamut ?ech?? 41y   M Turkish Navy  Turkey      Turkey      No
 10  Cap^t Hassan Effendi              31y   M Turkish Navy  Turkey      Turkey      Yes
 11* Said Sale?man Effendi             28y   M Turkish Navy  Turkey      Turkey      No
 12  M^r. Ja^s. McCance                28y   M Mercht.       Ireland     Ireland     Yes
 13  M^r. W^m. Macfarlan               41y   M Mercht.       Scotland    Scotland    Yes
 14  M^r. George Goodyear              29y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 15  M^r. W. Whitesright Jr.           38y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 16  M^r. R. Bonowman                  35y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
 17  M^r. T. B. Hubbel                 29y   M Traveller     US          US          Yes
 18  M^r. Cha^s. Borgeand              23y   M Mercht.       Switzerland Switzerland No
 19  M^r. L. Krenelberg                30y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 20  M^r. Ja^s. Olernshaw              44y   M Watchmaker    England     England     Yes
 21  M^r. S. E. Turner                 24y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
 22  M^r. Andrew Smith                 46y   M Mercht.       England     US          Yes
 23  M^r. Edw^d. Schlottner            37y   M Mercht.       Germany     Germany     No
 24  Mr^. Cha^s. Broadhurst            34y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 25  M^r. D. Postlethwaite             38y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 26  Bishop M. Simpson                 46y   M Clergyman     US          US          Yes
 27  M^r. A. Fitz                      33y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 28  M^r. J. O. Heysmith               29y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 29  M^r. D. Negroponte                29y   M Mercht.       Greece      Greece      No
 30  M^r. John C. Kilgorer             28y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
 31  M^r. Cha^s. Lowsil                45y   M Mercht.       France      France      Yes
 32* M^r. Will^m Byl?                  50y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
 33  M^r. W. C. Corsan                 33y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 34  M^r. William Smith                33y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 35  M^r. E. Kingeford                 42y   M Mercht.       England     US          No
 36  M^r. R. Holloway                  30y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 37  M^r. C. H. Simpson                28y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 38  M^r. W. B. Lyles                  34y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 39  M^r. Sam^l. Richards              33y   M Mercht.       England     US          Yes
 40  M^r. Hector S. Haight             28y   M Mercht.       England     US          Yes
 41  M^r. Peter Horrocks               29y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 42  M^r. Tho^s. Hodgson               31y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes
 43  M^r. James Standing               24y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 44  Mr^s. Louisa Mowbray              27y   F               England     US          Yes
 45  Miss L. Mowbray                   10y   F               England     US          Yes
 46  M^r. A. Mark                      25y   M Mercht.       Prussia     Prussia     No
 47  M^r. James Russel                 35y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 48  M^r. Peter Goddon                 27y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 49  Cap^t S. Stewart                  33y   M Mariner       US          US          Yes
 50  Rev D. Senez                      29y   M Clergyman     Germany     Germany     Yes
 51  M^r. Tho^s. Banner                29y   M Mercht.       England     England     No
 52  M^r. Cork                         31y   M Mercht.       US          US          Yes
 53  M^r. Bennett                      34y   M Mercht.       England     England     Yes


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.

This manifest was difficult to read because of handwriting. Further research 
should be completed to confirm 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.

Captain's first name illegible in his signature.

 9  Most of surname is illegible because of handwriting.
11  5th letter of surname illegible.
32  Last letter of surname not clear, could be Byle or Byls, could be miswritten
    Blye.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 182, List 116.
Transcribed by Judy Caine and Reviewed by Ralph Barhorst, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
6 April 2005



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