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SS Java

I, * Co?? Master of the Str Java, 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 Str at Liverpool, from which port said Str has now arrived; and that on the said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of the 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 have Died. So Help Me God.
(Signed) * F. Coch

Sworn to this Mch 30 1870 before me (Signed) J.H. Lyauer, Deputy Collector

List or Manifest of all Passengers taken on board the Str Java whereof (Illegible Scrawl) is Master, from Liverpool, burthen (Not filled in) tons

Columns represent: No., Names, Age (Years,Months), Sex, Occupation, The Country to which they severally belong, The Country of which they intend to become Inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, Part of the Vessel occupied by each Passenger during the Voyage.

  1* Joseph Chee              38  Male    Merchant   England      USA
  2  Patrick P. O'Brien       52  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
  3  Henry Chas. Ross Johnson 40  Male    Barrister  England      USA
  4  Henry Schoonmaker        50  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
  5  Nathan Bidwell           40  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
  6  Jessie Bidwell           30  Fmale   Wife       USA          USA
  7  James Napier             48  Male    Merchant   England      USA
  8  Jane Bowden              50  Fmale   Spinster   England      USA
  9  Mary Puliston            24  Fmale   Spinster   Canada       USA
 10  James Gale               24  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
 11  Frank Gale               30  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
 12  Charles Sargant          30  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
 13  James Platt              40  Male    Merchant   England      USA
 14* Richard H^n Glynn        28  Male    Merchant   Englsnd      USA
 15  Mary Anne Glynn          28  Fmale   Wife       England      USA
 16* Ch^s C. Wesrason         41  Male    Gent       Germany      USA
 17  William Walkie           43  Male    Gent       Scotland     USA
 18  William Conlan           55  Male    Merchant   USA          USA
 19  Fredrick May             27  Male    Merchant   England      USA
 20  James Ellis              41  Male    Merchant   England      USA
 21  Edward Appleginth        32  Male    Merchant   Canada       USA
 22* Thomas Jovamrick         55  Male    Merchant   England      USA
 23  Edward Lewis Ashworth    34  Male    Gent       England      USA
 24  Charles Lamson           53  Male    Gent       New York     USA
 25  Charles Morgan           30  Male    Gent       USA          USA
 26  Julia Morgan             26  Fmale   Wife       USA          USA
 27* Lika Bersum              24  Fmale   Servant    Germany      USA
 28  Louisa Peorot            35  Fmale   Lady       France       USA
 29  George H. Ely            45  Male    Mercht     USA          USA
 30  Anne Ely                 43  Fmale   Wife       USA          USA
 31  Charles Bright           37  Male    Spinster   England      USA
 32  Henry Field              36  Male    Gent       England      USA
 33  James Neidham            40  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 34  William Walsh            38  Male    Gent       England      USA
 35  James Moorhead           35  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 36  Robert Reid              55  Male    Mercht     Ireland      USA
 37  Henry H. Luzo            38  Male    Gent       Canada       USA
 38  Thomas Phillpott         45  Male    Gent       England      USA
 39  Henry Bucher             43  Male    Baronet    England      England
 40  Leopold Stauss           36  Male    Merchant   Saxony       USA
 41  Melcher Lopez            69  Male    Merchant   Spain        USA
 42* Freeman F. Auxhall       18  Male    Gent       England      USA
 43  Cath Cook                29  Fmale   Lady       England      USA
 44  Bessy Ridgeley           12  Fmale   Lady       England      USA
 45  William Ridgeley         12  Male    Gent       England      USA
 46  William Lee              29  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 47  Francis C. Garvey        19  Male    Gent       Ireland      USA
 48  Edward Boniager          42  Male    Mercht     Russia       USA
 49  Frank Preeve             26  Male    Gent       Holland      USA
 50  Chas. W. Scharp          23  Male    Gent       Holland      USA
 51* Chas. Jan Hall           20  Male    Gent       Holland      USA
 52  Robert Cartin            35  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 53  Jose Moreigo             29  Male    Gent       Mexico       USA
 54  Eliz Mureigo             23  Fmale   Wife       Mexico       USA
 55  George D. McClellan      70  Male    Mercht     USA          USA
 56  Charles Jones            30  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 57  Andrew Galb. Jamson      36  Male    Mercht     Scotland     USA
 58  Adam J. Bousfield        31  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 59  James K. Grouchy         33  Male    Gent       Jersey       USA
 60* George Branston          11  Male    Ch^d       USA          USA
 61  Annie Branston           50  Fmale   Wife       USA          USA
 62  John Branston            70  Male    Gent       USA          USA
 63* Rob^t O. Old             40  Male    Engineer   England      USA
 64* Mary Old                 33  Fmale   Wife       England      England
 65* Phillip J.S. Germain     28  Male    Mercht     Ireland      USA
 66  Joseph Wardell           25  Male    Mercht     England      USA
 67  Gonzalve Donke           28  Male    Gent       Canada       USA
 68  Elizabeth Galvin         25  Fmale   Lady       Ireland      USA
 69  Henry Willings           40  Male    Gent       England      USA
 70  Alice T.G. Willings      26  Fmale   Wife       England      USA
 71* Consilr R. Bass          23  Male    Gent       USA          USA
 72  Barkley Allardice        29  Male    Gent       Canada       USA
 73  David J. Kendrick        26  Male    Artist     USA          USA
 74  George Nostheranes       36  Male    Priest     Canada       USA
 75  Otto Lucius              24  Male    Merchant   Prussia      USA
 76  William Champion         59  Male    Gent       England      USA
 77  William Hersh            33  Male    Broker     USA          USA
 78* Nathan Dunbar            26  Male    Marion Sr. USA          USA
 79  Alexander Stephens       25  Male    Mercht     Scotland     USA
 80  James Johnston           23  Male    Mercht     England      USA    
  

Transcribers Notes:

? = Approximate number of letters that are unreadable due to fading, smears, torn 
    paper etc.
* = Attention to the Transcribers List below.
^ = The following letter is superscripted

Captain - His name is written in three places and are almost illegible in all 
 three. This is best estimate.
Original list taker often lifted his pen in the middle of words, making them seem 
 like two words.
All passengers were in a 'Cabin' so that column was left blank
There were no deaths so the column 'Died on Voyage' was left blank.
Any blank in the columns was that way on the original.
In the 'Occupation Column', sometimes 'Merchant' was spelled out and sometimes it 
 was 'Mercht'

  1 - Last name could also be 'Chel'.
 14 - Middle name is merely as shown 'H^n'. Could be anything.
 16 - First name is 'C^s', Possibly Charles.
 22 - Last name is very poorly written. It could also be Joranrick.
 27 - First name could also be 'Leka'.
 28 - The name given is as close as can be determined.
 42 - First name could also possibly be 'Feelman'.
 51 - Last name could also be 'Hull'.
 60 - Occupation is probably 'Child' due to his age.
 63 - First name is probably 'Robert'
 64 - In 'Country they intend to become inhabitants' - Mr. Old is listed clearly 
      as USA and Mrs. Old is clearly listed as 'England'. No explanation except 
      maybe an error by list taker.
 65 - Last name could possibly be 'St. Germain'.
 71 - First name is very badly written. This is nearest estimation.
 78 - in 'Occupation' - Marion Sr is fairly clear, but meaning is unknown. 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 325, List 211

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