Immigrant Ships
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SS Matanzas

I, W^m Liesegang, master of USM SS Matanzas do solemnly, sincerely, and truly affirm that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered 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 S. Ship at Matanzas from which port said S. Ship 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 voyage, 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) W^m Liesegang
Sworn to this day, 28 Mary 1861
Before me (signature illegible)

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the USM SS Matanzas whereof W^m Liesegang, is master, from Matanzas, burthen 862 tons.

Columns represent: name, age (in yrs. and mos.), sex, occupation, country to which they belong, country which they intend to inhabit, died on voyage, and part of the ship occupied by passenger during the voyage. As all intended to become U.S. inhabitants, no one died on the voyage and all were cabin passengers; those columns were eliminated.

    
 1  May L. Stewart      28y 3m  fem.   lady         U.S.
 2* Josephine Mai?hof   19y 2m  fem.   lady         Germany
 3  Margaret Elton      18y 3m  fem.   lady         U.S.
 4  Luis C. Perrier     35      masc.  Merchant     France
 5  Joseph Coles        39y 3m  masc.  Merchant     U.S.
 6  Wm Dorlan           30y 1m  masc.  Merchant     U.S.
 7  Chas Darling        35y 3m  masc.  Lawyer       U.S.
 8  Joseph Ruiz         21y 2m  masc.  Merchant     Spain
 9* Anth? Hortas        21y 2m  masc.  Merchant     Spain
10  John Rozille        20y 5m  masc.  Merchant     Spain
11  John W. Green       38y 4m  masc   Engineer     U.S. 
12  Chas. G. Mead       23y 5m	masc.  Engineer     U.S.
13  Joseph Bevort       32y 6m	masc.  Painter      Canada
14  Hy Henderson        25y 3m	masc.  Painter      Scotland
15  Benj Rivet          22y 1m  masc.  Painter      France
16  And. Sturgent       23y 4m  masc.  Painter      England
17  Henri Martin        40y 2m  masc.  Machinist    France  
18  Wm Hopfer           24y 5m  masc.  Merchant     Germany
19  Michael Freune      24y 6m	masc.  Tobacconist  Germany
20  Peter Pierce        24y 3m  masc.  Goldsmith    Germany
21  Peter Straneg       59y 6m	masc.  Boilermaker  Germany
22  John Hinckey        35y 3m  masc.  Engineer     Ireland
23* Asa Cooler          24y 3m  masc.  ??           U.S.
24  Thomas Iby          32y 3m  masc.  Stonecutter  U.S.
25  David Toro	        50y 3m  masc.  Mason        U.S.
26  Robert Smith        32y 2m  masc.  Machinist    Scotland
27  John Castille       32y 3m  masc.  Shoemaker    Cuba
    

Transcriber's Notes:  

The use of an * indicates an omission or error made by the original recorder.
The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to the
 condition of the original document.

   
 2  Fourth letter of surname could not be deciphered.  It could be a 'c' or an "e'.  
 9  Last 2 letters could not be deciphered.  Name could be abbreviated.    
23  The occupation was unreadable.    

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208, List 138.

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