Immigrant Ships
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Brig Sunny South
St. Martin's Island* to New York
9 January 1861
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J E Grones, Master of the Brig SUNNY SOUTH, 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 Brig at St Martin's Island*
from which port said Brig 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.
J E Grones
Sworn to this 9th January 1861
Before Me ???????
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Brig SUNNY SOUTH whereof Grones is Master, from St Martin's Island. Burthen 221 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. No deaths so that column has been eliminated.
1 A Rolland 40 M RC Priest France United States Cabin
See correspondence below.
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.
* According to the Getty Thesaurus there are two St. Martin's Islands: One
on the Isles of Scilly in the County of Cornwall, England and the other in
the West Indies. Either place could be the origination of a French priest.
There is also a St. Martin's Island in Bangladesh which is located 10 km south
of the southern tip of Teknaf Peninsula in the Cox's Bazar district.
Correspondence added August 8, 2008 Passenger #1 A ROLLAND
To whom it may concern – The Brig Sunny South port of departure was the West Indies
– the passenger Rev. A. Rolland (RC Priest) became the founding pastor of St. Ann’s Church
in Hampton, NJ. We have traced Fr. Rolland’s footsteps from his home in Brittany, to the
West Indies and his arrival in New York.
Rev. Michael Saharic, Pastor, St. Ann’s Church
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208.
Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of
the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers
Guild
18 May 2004
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