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Ship James Foster Jr

I, Andrew Armstrong, Master of the Ship James Foster Jr, 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 the said James Foster Jr at Liverpool, England, from which Port the said James Foster Jr 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. (Signature) A. Armstrong.

Sworn to this April 28 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W ? C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship James Foster Jr whereof Armstrong is Master, from Liverpool, burthen 1427 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage, and a notation if the passenger died during the voyage.

       
        
  1* James Develin          23     M  Butcher     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
  2  Mathew Wall            28     M  Laborer     England    U. States   Steerage
  3  Michael Craig          19     M  Miner       England    U. States   Steerage
  4  Joseph Blair           21     M  Rope Maker  Ireland    U. States   Steerage
  5* Edward Wheattey        28     M  Farmer      Ireland    U. States   Steerage
  6* Julia Wheattey         24     F  Wife        Ireland    U. States   Steerage
  7* Joseph Whealan         30     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
  8* James Whealan          15     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
  9  John Fitzpatrick       49     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 10  Catharine Fitzpatrick  49     F  Wife        Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 11  Catharine Fitzpatrick  15     F  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 12* Henry McCanly          32     M  Farmer      Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 13* Rose McCanly           30     F  Wife        Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 14* James McCanly           8     M  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 15* Henry McCanly           5     M  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 16* Margaret McCanly        3     F  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 17* Matilda McCanly         0y11m F  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 18* Jane McCanly           22     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 19  John Murphy            22     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 20* James Healey           22     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 21* Alvina Roek            26     M  Tailor      Germany    U. States   Steerage
 22* Bernardine Roek        24     F  Wife        Germany    U. States   Steerage
 23* Emil Raddigon          21     M  Hatter      Germany    U. States   Steerage
 24  Edward Sommersett      22     M  Machinist   England    U. States   Steerage
 25  Samuel Wood            22     M  Butcher     England    U. States   Steerage
 26  Chas Smith             20     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 27  George Wilkinson       18     M  Laborer     England    U. States   Steerage
 28* John Grecham           20     M  Laborer     England    U. States   Steerage
 29* Pat^k Touhey           20     M  Sawyer      Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 30  John Hanahan           20     M  Butcher     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 31  Mathew Monaghan        20     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 32* Rearman Severy         40     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 33* Margret Renwy          28     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 34  James Higgins          21     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 35  Pat^k Hyland           23     M  Cooper      Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 36  Mich^l Ottenburgh      35     M  Tailor      Germany    U. States   Steerage
 37* Mich^l Berne           25     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 38  Mathias Leidgen        41     M  Blacksmith  Germany    U. States   Steerage
 39  Pat^k Collins          24     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 40  Mathew Cain            20     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 41  Bridget Cain           18     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 42  Isaac Ba Rapskey       29     M  Tailor      Poland     U. States   Steerage
 43  Emily Tobson           20     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 44* Eliza Whealan          20     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 45* Winnie Touhey          22     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 46* Onny Touhey            20     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 47* Mary McGream           50     F  Widow       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 48* Francis McGream        12     M  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 49* Michael McGream         7     M  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 50* William McGream         3     M  Child       Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 51  Winifred Mally         24     F  Servant     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 52  James Campbell         24     M  Brush Maker Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 53  Michael Welsh          19     M  Laborer     Ireland    U. States   Steerage
 54  John Brennan           25     M  Joiner      England    U. States   Steerage
 55  Oregon Wilson          24     M  Artist      U. States  U. States   Cabin
 56  Mila A. Wilson         22     M  Doctor      U. States  U. States   Cabin
 57  Franz Wolf             26     M  Artist      Germany    U. States   Cabin
 58  Theodore Wust          25     M  Artist      Germany    U. States   Cabin

   
Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that cannot be transcribed 
  definitely. 

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  The entry "United States" in the native country and destination country columns
  is shortened to "U. States" for formatting reasons.  "Male" and "Female" in the
  Sex column is shortened to "M" and "F" for the same reason.

  The recorder of the manifest often abbreviates given names by writing the first few 
  letters of the name, then skipping letters and then writing the final letter as 
  superscripted.  In these cases, the transcriber uses the symbol (^) to indicate that 
  the following letter was superscripted, i.e., Pat^k for Patrick, Mich^l for Michael,
  etc.

  The recorder routinely substitutes "Mc" for "Mac" in the surnames of the Irish
  passengers.
  

  1     Surname is recorded as "Develin", but might possibly be "Devlin".
  5-6   Surname appears to be written as "Wheattey", but might possibly be "Wheatley".
  7-8   Surname is recorded as "Whealan", but might possibly be "Whelan".
 12-18  Surname is recorded as McCanly", but might possibly be "McCanley".
 20     Surname is recorded as "Healey", but might possibly be "Healy".
 21-22  Surname is possibly "Roek" or "Rock".
 23     Surname is possibly "Raddigon", "Roddigon", "Raddigor" or "Roddigor".
 28     Surname appears to be either "Grecham" or "Greaham" or possibly "Graham".
 29     Surname is recorded as "Touhey", but might possibly be "Touhy".
 32     Surname appears to be written as "Severy" or "Seveny", but might possibly
        be "Devery" or "Deveny".
 33     Surname is possibly "Renwy", "Renny", "Renney" or "Rennie".
 37     Surname is recorded as "Berne", but might possibly be "Byrne".
 44     Surname is recorded as "Whealan", but might possibly be "Whelan".
 45-46  Surname is recorded as "Touhey", but might possibly be "Touhy".
 47-50  Surname is recorded as "McGream", but might possibly be "McGrean",
        "McGreen" or "McGreene".

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 352.

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