Immigrant Ships
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SS Quaker City

I, Robert W. Shufeldt, Master of the U S Mail Steamship Quaker City, 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 Steampship Quaker City at Havana, Cuba, 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 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. R W Schufeldt

Sworn to this March 11, 1861. Before me (unreadable) New York

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the U S Mail Steam Ship Quaker City whereof R W Shufeldt is Master, from Havana Cuba, burthen 1427 60/90 tons.

Columns represent: Name, age, sex, occupation, the country to which each belongs, the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant, died on the voyage (column not used), the part of the vessel occupied by each during the voyage.

    
 1  T A Salazar              19 male   Student    Spain         United States Cabin
 2  Mrs Ramona G di Alzamorn 32 female                          United States Cabin
 3  Mrs Merced Benitez       42 female            Spain         United States Cabin
 4  Mrs Francisca Aguirra    28 female            Spain         United States Cabin
 5  J Durand                 40 male   Merchant   France        United States Cabin
 6  Theodore Christ          37 male   Merchant   Germany       United States Cabin
 7  F Turban                 45 male   Merchant   France        United States Cabin
 8  Paul Dasse               29 male   Merchant                 United States Cabin
 9  F Barrcillier            57 male   Merchant   France        United States Cabin
10  James Knowland           36 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
11* Thomas Berwick           26 male   Mashinist  United States United States Cabin
12* John S Ward              26 male   Mashinist  United States United States Cabin
13* Miss Ballard             24 female Mashinist  United States United States Cabin
14* Miss Ada Clare           24 female Mashinist  United States United States Cabin
15  John J Thompson          26 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
16  Mrs J J Thompson         21 female Merchant   United States United States Cabin
17  Mrs Nixon                28 female            United States United States Cabin
18  James Nixon Jr            5 male              United States United States Cabin
19  Miss F Nixon              8 female            United States United States Cabin
20  L Nixon                  35 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
21  Wm M Smith               37 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
22  Manuel Torodara          33 male   Merchant   Spain         United States Cabin
23  Henry Waleris            29 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
24  A J Maguire              32 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
25  Capt Cheeseman           31 male   Mariner    United States United States Cabin
26  Eleads Rubira            40 male   Merchant   Spain         United States Cabin
27  C D Fredericks           42 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
28* ? Tuthile                29 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
29  Max Maritzik             34 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
30  C A Robert               41 male   Merchant   United States United States Cabin
31  Robert E Layturn         29 male   Laborer    United States United States Cabin
32  Thomas Doughty           37 male   Laborer    United States United States Cabin
    

Transcriber's Notes: 
    
* A * is used to call your attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes.
* A ? indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the original
  document, and is clarified in the Transcriber's Notes.


 11-12 Occupation is as spelled; probably Machinist.
 13-14 Occupation is as spelled; probably Machinist. These were indicated by ditto marks, and as they were females, 
       it is probably in error.
    28 Area for forename is blank.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208, List 156.

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