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Ship Rhine

I, Geo Moore, Master of the Ship Rhine, do solemnly, sincerely and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by 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 Rhine at London 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 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 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.
G Moore

Sworn to this 2 Jan 1861
Before Me ???????

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Ship Rhine whereof G Moore is Master, from London. Burthen 1037 35/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, the country they severally belong, the country to which they intend to become inhabitants, died on voyage, part of ship occupied by each during the voyage. All passengers are bound for the United States; there were no deaths during the voyage; and the 2nd Cabin is shown as the space occupied by all passengers; so all three of those columns have been eliminated.

    
 1  Eliza Dowd           24 F             Great Britain
 2  Geo Luke             21 M Tailor      Great Britain
 3  John Barker          21 M Engineer    Great Britain
 4  Richd Cannon         21 M Engineer    Great Britain
 5  Mary Sherriff        48 F             Great Britain
 6  George Sherriff      16 M             Great Britain
 7  James H Gill         32 M             Great Britain
 8  Howell Wahond        35 M             Great Britain
 9  Samuel Sharp         30 M Painter     Great Britain
10  James Powell         43 M Dyer        Great Britain
11  John Powell          23 M             Great Britain
12  Jane Powell          43 F             Great Britain
13  Elizh Powell         24 F             Great Britain
14  James Lynn           32 M Laborer     Great Britain
15  Elizh Butterworth    48 F             Great Britain
16  Henry Butterworth    14 M             Great Britain
17  Richd Butterworth     7 F             Great Britain 
18* John Costello        24 M Iron Turner Great Britain 
19  John Mitchell        34 M Laborer     Great Britain
20  Frank Lyons          30 M Tailor      Great Britain
21* ??? Ward             25 M Farmer      Great Britain
22  Anna Ward            31 F             Great Britain
23  John C Fritzle       30 M             Germany
24  H Schuckhard         44 M Shoemaker   Germany
25  Ann Schuckhard       43 F             Germany
26  Henrietta Schuckhard  1 F             Germany
27  Maria Plaff          32 F             Germany
28  Christian Plaff      28 M             Germany
29  Marianne Plaff       20 F             Germany
30  Carl Plaff          9mo M             Germany
31  Peter Barole         25 M Laborer     Germany
32  Heinrich Stubing     19 M             Germany
33  Peter Schmidt        44 M Farmer      Germany
34  Johanna Schmidt      53 F             Germany
35  John Bertwell        39 M Butcher     Germany
36  Michael Klien        45 M Carpenter   Germany
37  Margaret Klien       34 F             Germany
38  Maria B Klien         2 F             Germany
39  Susanna Klien      18mo F             Germany
40  Michael Klien       Inf M             Germany
41  Eva Klien           Inf F             Germany
42  Michael A Carl       30 M             Germany
43  Eva C Berringer      35 F             Germany
44  Valentine Berringer   1 M             Germany
45  Caroline Berringer    2 F             Germany

    
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
 quality of the original document.

18   Occupation is questionable ??
21   First name is either Geo for George or Jos for Joseph.

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

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