Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Northern Light

I, E L Linklepaugh, Master of the Steamship Northern Light, 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 Steamship at Aspinwall from which port said Steamship has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each passenger, 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. E L Linklepaugh

Sworn to this Feb 4th, 1861
Before Me ???????

List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Steamship Northern Light whereof E L Linklepaugh is Master, from Aspinwall. Burthen 1768 tons

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, Country to which they severally belong, Country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on voyage, Part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. No deaths so that column has been eliminated. The country of origin and the country of destination are both denoted as USA so those two columns have been eliminated.

    
   
  1  Judge Norton     52 M Lawyer   1st Cabin
  2  N A Wallace      35 M Merchant 1st Cabin    
  3  Mrs Wallace      35 F None     1st Cabin    
  4  John Wallace     13 M None     1st Cabin      
  5* Edwd F????       27 M Merchant 1st Cabin    
  6  John Downey      29 M Merchant 1st Cabin        
  7  B Platt          38 M Merchant 1st Cabin        
  8  Mrs Platt        37 F None     1st Cabin    
  9  Isaac Frederich  39 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 10  Mrs Frederich    36 F None     1st Cabin    
 11  Mary Frederich   12 F None     1st Cabin      
 12  P Sansovain      35 M Merchant 1st Cabin    
 13  Mrs Kowalsky     41 F None     1st Cabin    
 14*  John C Bird??yr 36 M Merchant 1st Cabin    
 15  John Temple      39 M Merchant 1st Cabin        
 16* Phil Ca????      37 M Merchant 1st Cabin
 17  J D Harren       42 M Merchant 1st Cabin       
 18  Mrs Harren       40 F None     1st Cabin   
 19  Mary Harren      15 F None     1st Cabin      
 20  Jas Harren       12 M None     1st Cabin      
 21  M Fabin          37 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 22* C D??ric         39 M Merchant 1st Cabin        
 23* M D??ric         38 M Merchant 1st Cabin       
 24  George Adams     45 M Merchant 1st Cabin        
 25* O ???son         37 M Merchant 1st Cabin    
 26  L A Ehrman       36 M Merchant 1st Cabin       
 27  W Thurnauer      29 M Merchant 1st Cabin       
 28  Chas E Hattery   37 M Merchant 1st Cabin 
 29* R J Ste???       38 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 30* Mrs Ste???       37 F None     1st Cabin    
 31* Fanny Ste???     11 F None     1st Cabin
 32* Thos Ste???       9 M None     1st Cabin
 33  Jane Black       39 F None     1st Cabin      
 34  Mrs Carey        35 F None     1st Cabin      
 35  Mrs Scholtz      32 F None     1st Cabin
 36  Thos Fitch       25 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 37  B F Kendall      39 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 38  S T Henry        42 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 39  W H Daugherty    51 M Merchant 1st Cabin 
 40  H Craft          37 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 41  H S Stone        37 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 42  R Matheson       39 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 43  G O McMullen     45 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 44  G M Dwyer        47 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 45  F B Folger       39 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 46  W M Gadcomb      28 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 47  D Samuels        32 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 48  Major Henley     39 M Merchant 1st Cabin   
 49  Jos J Blakely    41 M Merchant 1st Cabin  
 50  G McDonald       37 M Agent    1st Cabin    
 51  N C Fischer      56 M Merchant 1st Cabin     
 52  N C Fischer      39 M Merchant 1st Cabin 
 53  Col Totter       43 M Mariner  1st Cabin     
 54  Capt Rathburn    37 M Mariner  1st Cabin 
 55  J H Eckle        36 M Mariner  2nd Cabin
 56  Mrs Eckle        35 F None     2nd Cabin    
 57  A LeCompt        39 M Merchant 2nd Cabin   
 58  M Reed           42 M Merchant 2nd Cabin 
 59  John Caruthers   37 M Merchant 2nd Cabin 
 60  Mr Fisher        29 M Clerk    2nd Cabin    
 61  Mrs Fisher       28 F None     2nd Cabin    
 62  J W Sutter       36 M Farmer   2nd Cabin    
 63  Mrs McDonald     37 F None     2nd Cabin    
 64  J Feller         35 M Merchant 2nd Cabin    
 65  Aug Stoneum      22 M Merchant 2nd Cabin 
 66  Andrew Meyer     37 M Merchant 2nd Cabin 
 67  Mrs L Locks      35 F None     2nd Cabin   
 68  Isaac F Brown    37 M Merchant 2nd Cabin    
 69  J L Neale        36 M Merchant 2nd Cabin  
 70  Le Baron George  41 M Merchant 2nd Cabin  
 71  M Hannington     45 M Clerk    2nd Cabin    
 72  Chas H Williams  37 M Clerk    2nd Cabin
 73  Mary Hudson      39 F None     2nd Cabin    
 74  Jane Hudson      23 F None     2nd Cabin
 75  C Williams       37 M Farmer   2nd Cabin    
 76  J J Clark        25 M Farmer   2nd Cabin
 77  C W Harlan       32 M Farmer   2nd Cabin
 78  Alonzo Davis     36 M Farmer   2nd Cabin
 79  Jos W Morton     31 M Merchant 2nd Cabin    
 80  W D Aldrich      35 M Merchant 2nd Cabin  
 81  Julius Caro      42 M Merchant 2nd Cabin  
 82* John ?????       37 M Merchant 2nd Cabin 
 83  M Paschel        34 M Merchant 2nd Cabin  
 84  L Abrams         30 M Merchant 2nd Cabin 
 85  E S Darling      27 M Clerk    2nd Cabin    
 86  G B Merriman     38 M Clerk    2nd Cabin
 87  M Olliver        45 M Clerk    Steerage
 88  John Lamer       41 M Farmer   Steerage    
 89  E Kegl           37 M Farmer   Steerage
 90  C Palmer         36 M Farmer   Steerage
 91  Samuel Tippin    35 M Farmer   Steerage
 92  H Lint           30 M Miner    Steerage  
 93  Rudolph Schultz  32 M Miner    Steerage
 94  H Gilspencer     39 M Miner    Steerage
 95  G H Murphy       42 M Miner    Steerage
 96  W Morton         31 M Miner    Steerage
 97  Henry Pless      26 M Miner    Steerage
 98  D Knight         37 M Miner    Steerage
 99* W G ???er        34 M Miner    Steerage
100* G H L????        40 M Miner    Steerage
101  P Hays           35 M Miner    Steerage
102  Mrs Hays         33 F None     Steerage   
103  Mary Hays        10 F None     Steerage
104  Thomas Hays       8 M None     Steerage
105  H Beyer          37 M Laborer  Steerage    
106  J Mitler         36 M Laborer  Steerage
107  G Joseph         48 M Laborer  Steerage 
108  F Lima           39 M Laborer  Steerage 
109  John Reed        37 M Miner    Steerage    
110  Edwin Thompson   29 M Miner    Steerage
111  Jacob Getzelman  35 M Miner    Steerage
112  E Wood           42 M Miner    Steerage
113* W Lo????         37 M Laborer  Steerage   
114  Wm Leeper        46 M Laborer  Steerage
115  Silas Peirsol    37 M Laborer  Steerage 
116  Saml Stevenson   65 M Laborer  Steerage
117* Lewis Man??      39 M Laborer  Steerage
118  Manuel King      43 M Laborer  Steerage
119* M ?aper          40 M Laborer  Steerage
120  John Carr        31 M Laborer  Steerage
121  Mrs Carr         29 F None     Steerage   
122  Jas McDonald     37 M Laborer  Steerage    
123  Mrs McDonald     38 F None     Steerage    
124  Mary McDonald    12 F None     Steerage
125  Michl McDonald   40 M Miner    Steerage    
126  J F Bein         37 M Miner    Steerage
127  L B Lawrence     36 M Miner    Steerage
128  O Smith          35 M Miner    Steerage
129  Wm Evans         37 M Laborer  Steerage    
130* Wm Ca??          39 M Laborer  Steerage 
131  L Hitchcock      30 M Laborer  Steerage
132  J Laurence       41 M Laborer  Steerage 
133  Wm Stewart       40 M Laborer  Steerage 
134* Louis S????      37 M Clerk    Steerage   
135* Chas E ??an      46 M Miner    Steerage    
136  Jos H Cline      35 M Laborer  Steerage   
137  F Bath           42 M Laborer  Steerage 
138  P Curly          33 M Laborer  Steerage 
139  L Rowe           37 M Laborer  Steerage 
140  Geo Matting      35 M Laborer  Steerage
141  P L Richardson   39 M Laborer  Steerage 
142  F B Bridgeman    31 M Miner    Steerage    
143  C M Wilson       28 M Miner    Steerage
144  W Tibbetts       32 M Miner    Steerage
145  A Mete           45 M Miner    Steerage
146* F Ca?????        37 M Miner    Steerage
147  M Mijone         32 M Laborer  Steerage   
148  G Martini        37 M Laborer  Steerage
149  F Odom           25 M Laborer  Steerage
150  M Murphy         46 M Laborer  Steerage
151  John Jackan      39 M Laborer  Steerage
152  Emanuel Lang     37 M Laborer  Steerage 
153  J Pendleburg     25 M Laborer  Steerage
154  Saml L Wright    34 M Laborer  Steerage
155  M Petit          35 M Laborer  Steerage 
156  D C Lohman       40 M Laborer  Steerage   
157  John Conroy      31 M Laborer  Steerage 
158  Wm M Bailey      38 M Laborer  Steerage 
159  M LaFontain      30 M Laborer  Steerage 
160* C Burs?t         31 M Laborer  Steerage
161  L Boyer          36 M Laborer  Steerage 
162  T K Middleworth  37 M Laborer  Steerage
163  A Smith          32 M Laborer  Steerage 
164  L C Oglesby      41 M Laborer  Steerage
165  J M Fawks        43 M Laborer  Steerage
166  Jas E Ball       27 M Laborer  Steerage 
167  H D Knox         39 M Laborer  Steerage
168  E A Morse        36 M Laborer  Steerage
169  Pierre Bryes     38 M Laborer  Steerage
170  J Negbaur        35 M Laborer  Steerage 
171  P M Potter       27 M Laborer  Steerage 
172  M Frichant       29 M Laborer  Steerage
173  G Molinaux       31 M Laborer  Steerage
174  J Molineaux      42 M Laborer  Steerage 
175  Edw Stephens     37 M Laborer  Steerage 
176  John Mayne       36 M Laborer  Steerage 
177  John Nicholas    35 M Laborer  Steerage 
178  Antonia Franchet 40 M Laborer  Steerage 
179  Manuel Franchet  38 M Laborer  Steerage 
180  John Brown       29 M Laborer  Steerage 
181  David Jones      31 M Laborer  Steerage
182  Peter Williams   51 M Laborer  Steerage
183  Thos Smith       37 M Laborer  Steerage 
    

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.


  5        Last Name ?? Furste Fulste Funte 
 14        Last Name ?? Birdsayr
 16        Last Name ?? Cadric Caric
 22-23     Last Name ?? Dutroc Dietric
 25        Last Name ?? Nelson Wilson
 29 to 32  Last Name ?? Stennes Sternes
 82        Last Name ?? Krons Hons
 99        Stisser Grisler ??
100        Last Name unreadable ??
113        Lollar Loolay Lottey ??
117        Manet or Manel ??
119        Laper or Taper ??
130        Carr or Case ??
134        Last Name unreadable ??
135        Last Name is Juan or Kean ??
146        Last Name unreadable ??
160        Burset or Bursot ??   

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

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