Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

Steamer South America

I, E L Tinklepaugh, Master of the Str "South America", 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 Str South America at Rio de Janeiro, from which Port the said Str South America 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. (Signature) E L Tinklepaugh.

Sworn to this 21st of April 1868,
Before me. (Signature) W M C?????y, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Str South America whereof E L Tinklepaugh is Master, from Rio de Janeiro, burthen 2150 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, and the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage. Since all the passengers' Occupations are listed as "Unknown" and no one died during the voyage, these two columns are omitted in the transcription.

  1  John Hayes        24   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  2  Mary Hayes        28   Female    US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  3  John Hayes         3   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  4  S O Moodie        27   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  5  H F A Meyers      32   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  6  A S Simpson       25   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  7  T Tindell         36   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  8  W A Shapleigh     39   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
  9  Ezra S Allen      41   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 10  Ja^s Allen        48   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 11* John Daley        32   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 12  G Amos            37   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 13  Geo Mackie        26   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 14  F Rotzlebohen     35   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 15  Benj Page         27   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 16  John Watts        41   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 17  M Doyle           39   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 18  H A Webster       38   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 19  J Ruggeiro        22   Male      US of A    US of A    Steerage
 20  H M Lane          43   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 21* Ja^s Mackay       37   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 22  G J Releiro       29   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 23* R M F Menuda      38   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 24* M J da Silvia     22   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 25  F C Bryan         31   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 26  E Dulerceau       35   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 27  A D Morgan        42   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 28  Mrs E B Morgan    61   Female    US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 29  Mrs Wood          40   Female    US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 30* Elias Berlisa     38   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 31  Miss A Lesour     27   Female    US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 32* H E Thorne        39   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 33  Jo^s Bickins      42   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 34  E J Bladen        31   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin
 35  D Field           25   Male      US of A    US of A    1st Cabin                                       


 Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that can not be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.


 11  Surname is recorded as "Daley", but might possibly be "Daly".
 21  Given name is recorded either as "Ja^s" for James or "Jo^s" for Joseph.
     Surname is recorded as "MacKay" or "Mackay".
 23  Surname appears to be written as "Mennda", but might possibly be "Menuda".
 24  Surname is recorded as "da Silvia", but might possibly be "da Silva". 
 30  Surname appears to be written as "Berlisa" or "Bedisa".
 32  Surname is either "Thorne" or "Thome".
 

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 292, List 318.

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