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SS Oceanic

I, Digby Murray Master of the S.S. Oceanic 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 Steamer, Oceanic at Liverpool from which Port said Steamer, Oceanic 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 siad List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said Passengers who have died on said vessel, and the names and ages of those who have died.

Sworn to this March 30 1871 (signed)Digby Murray So help me God.
before me (signature cannot be read)WW ????

List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the "S.S. Oceanic" whereof Digby Murray is Master, from Liverpool burthen 2349 tons.

Columns represent: Names, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country of which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage and Part of the vessel occupied by each Passenger.

 1  William Coles          25 Male     Clerk        England   United States   Steerage     
 2  Charles Coles          21 Male     Clerk        England   United States   Steerage 
 3  David Morgan           25 Male     Farmer       England   United States   Steerage
 4  Joseph Williams        40 Male     Tailor       England   United States   Steerage
 5  Joseph  Thomas         23 Male     Tailor       England   United States   Steerage
 6  John Thornton          37 Male     Farmer       England   United States   Steerage
 7  Cath Thornton          37 Female   Wife         England   United States   Steerage
 8  John Thornton           7 Male     Child        England   United States   Steerage
 9  James Thornton          6 Male     Child        England   United States   Steerage
l0  Thomas Thornton         1 Male     Infant       England   United States   Steerage
11  Roger Halliwell        22 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
12* Th? Swift              25 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
13* ?eo Cooper             46 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
14  Laurl Wilconson        27 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
15  William Davis          26 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
16* Thomas ???son          34 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
17  Edward Kelly           18 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
18  William Powell         23 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
19  Thomas Raftery         31 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
20  Catherine Raftery      16 Female   Spinster     Ireland   United States   Steerage
21* John ?hea?             24 Male     Tailor       Ireland   United States   Steerage
22  John W. Hooks          30 Male     Tailor       England   United States   Steerage 
23  Thomas Hawthorne       35 Male     Farmer       England   United States   Steerage
24  Mary Hawthorne         35 Female   Wife         England   United States   Steerage
25  Sarah Hawthorne        12 Female   Spinster     England   United States   Steerage
26  Alexander Hawthorne    19 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
27  Robert Hawthorne        7 Male     Child        England   United States   Steerage
28  Thomas Hawthorne        4 Male     Child        England   United States   Steerage
29  John Morgan            20 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
30  Robert Jordan          24 Male     Laborer      England   United States   Steerage
31  John McFurston         34 Male     Painter      Ireland   United States   Steerage
32* Adam Cann???           24 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage 
33  William Connolly       25 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage 
34  Thomas Lee             20 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
35  James Kelly            58 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
36  J?h?? Longhram         25 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
37  James  Smith           21 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
38* J???as Cottenett       17 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
39* ??t?uk Grimby          26 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
40  John Rimes             23 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
41  John Rush              21 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
42  Jerimiah Dooley        25 Male     Laborer      Ireland   United States   Steerage
43* Thomas H. ???ray       33 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
44  John Haddock           46 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
45  Gustan W. Wolff        36 Male     Gentleman    Germany   England         Cabin
46* William  Ai??ger       25 Male     Gentleman    England   America         Cabin
47  William H. Reah        44 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
48  Alexander Wilson       25 Male     Gentleman    Scotland  England         Cabin
49  Henry Wilke            32 Male     Gentleman    Germany   England         Cabin
50  Fredk. W. Harrold      25 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin 
51  John Douglas           24 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
52  Jos. Wm. Lepre         22 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
53* George Ka?             31 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
54  Thomas Rilson          21 Male     Gentleman    England   England         Cabin
55* James E. H???den       21 Male     Gentleman    England   Canada          Cabin
56* Many Ann Ch?mbers      32 Female   Lady         England   United States   Cabin       


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.

? The use of a ? indicates a letter or letters that could not be read because of the 
  quality of the document or the handwriting of the original lister.  Every attempt 
 is made to list possibilities when feasible.
 
There were no deaths on this passage, therefore the death column has been eliminated.
 
12  Looks like s or o, possibly abreviation for Thomas.
13  Could be a G, J, L or T, possibly Geo. or Leo
16  Looks like N or W, possibly Wilson or Nelson
21  First letter could be an S or W.   Last letter could be an n or w.  possibly Shean or Wean
32  Last 3 letters could be ing or ery
38  Cannot discern exact number of missing letters. 
39  First letter is possibly an L
43  First letter could be a J or an I
46  Looks like two letters but cannot determine either
53  Letter looks like i or e, possibly Kai
55  Cannot decipher letters
56  Could be either a or u, Chambers or Chumbers

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