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Ship Rajah


Liverpool, England via Cork, Ireland to New York
8 May 1851

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, John P Jones, Master of the Ship Rajah, 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 Ship at Liverpool via Cork, from which port said Ship 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.
John P Jones
Sworn to this May 8th 1851
Before Me ????????
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Rajah whereof John P Jones is Master, from Liverpool via Cork.
Burthen 511 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.
Columns eliminated and the reasons why.
    Country of origin---All from Ireland
    Destination---All bound for the United States
    Died on Voyage---No deaths
    Part of ship occupied during voyage---Not given
 1  Margaret Walsh     22 F Servant
 2  Mary Walsh         20 F Servant
 3  Thomas Walsh       40 M Farmer
 4  Joseph Walsh       19 M Farmer
 5  Maurice Coghlan    19 M Farmer
 6  Nicholas Walsh     16 M Farmer
 7  Thos Walsh         12 M Child
 8  Mary McCarthy      22 F Servant
 9  John Driscoll      35 M Farmer
10  Mary Driscoll      25 F Farmer
11  Mary Driscoll       4 F Child
12  Eliza Driscoll      2 F Child
13  Ellen Driscoll    2mo F Infant
14  Eliza McCarthy     60 F Farmer
15  Wm McCarthy        20 M Farmer
16  Johanna Donavan    20 F Servant
17  Joseph Hingan      25 M Laborer
18  Nicholas Walsh      9 M Child
19  Patrick Nagle      17 M Farmer
20  Maurice Foley      19 M Farmer
21  James Mulcahy      20 M Farmer
22  John Leahy         50 M Farmer
23  Mgt Leahy          50 F Farmer
24  Wm Leahy           45 M Farmer
25  Michael Riordan    21 M Farmer
26  Julia Riordan      14 F Farmer
27  Patk Walsh         20 M Farmer
28  Thos Roche         35 M Farmer
29  Margaret Mahony    15 F Servant
30  Margaret Barry     21 F Servant
31  Thos Foley         24 M Farmer
32  Johanna Foley      20 F Farmer
33  Patk Murray        30 M Farmer
34  Richd Fitzgerald   21 M Farmer
35  Ellen Crudon       20 F Farmer
36  Ellen Looney       20 F Farmer
37  Cornelius O'Leary  22 M Farmer
38  Catherine McNamara 24 F Farmer
39  John Barry         50 M Farmer
40  John Barry         23 M Farmer
41  Carberry Brennan   24 M Farmer
42  Thos Kelly         12 M Child
43  Ellen Neville      18 F Servant
44  Edward Shea        20 M Servant
45  Mary Guinea        17 F Servant
46  Ellen Reardon      20 F Servant
47  John Connell       25 M Servant
48  Wm O'Brien         33 M Merchant
49  Mary O'Brien       28 F Wife
50  Joseph O'Brien      7 M Child
51  Henry O'Brien       5 M Child
52  Wm O'Brien          3 M Child
53  Thomas O'Brien    8mo M Infant
54  Michael Gorman     25 M Clerk
55  Daniel Moore       54 M Farmer
56  Johanna Moore      54 F Farmer
57  Margaret Moore     13 F Child
58  Hannah Moore        9 F Child
59  Daniel Moore       25 M Farmer
60  Patrick Moore      23 M Farmer
61  Thos Moore         21 M Farmer
62  James Moore        18 M Farmer
63  Mary Hayes         22 F Farmer
64  Margaret Waters    24 F Wife
65  Eliza Coffey       25 F Wife
66  Bridget McGrath    21 F Servant
67  John Barry         19 M Servant
68  Ricd Duggan        15 M Servant
69  Robt Kelly         19 M Servant
70  Mary Herlihy       24 F Servant

STOWAWAYS

71  John Cary          20 M
72  Patk Drady         14 M 
 
 
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.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 99, List 499.
Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 April 2005



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