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Ship Underwriter


Liverpool, England to New York
4 February 1861

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, John Pratt Roberts, Master of the Ship Underwriter, 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 Underwriter at Liverpool 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 Roberts
Sworn to this Feb 4th 1861
Before Me J White DC
List or Manifest of all passengers taken on board the Ship Underwriter whereof John P Roberts is Master, from Liverpool. Burthen 1168 32/95 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  William Wood      21  M  Butcher    England  USA  2nd Cabin
 2  Alfred Brady      16  M  Laborer    England  USA  2nd Cabin
 3  Edward Webb       18  M  Clerk      England  USA  2nd Cabin
 4* ????? Borus       18  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
 5  Eliza Kane        20  F  Servant    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
 6  Rosa Kane         18  F  Servant    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
 7  James McElkinan   31  M  Shoemaker  Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
 8  Margt McElkinan   26  F             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
 9  John McElkinan     4  M             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
10  James McElkinan    2  M             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
11  Mary McElkinan   6mo  F             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
12  John Cooper       28  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
13  Maria Cooper      28  F             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
14  Thomas Cooper      2  M             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
15  Francis Cooper   7mo  M             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
16  Robert Campbell   28  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
17  Catherine Ryan    20  F  Servant    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
18  John Hughes       24  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
19  Elizabeth Hughes  20  F  Servant    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
20  Patrick Courtney  41  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
21  Patrick Hogan     21  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
22  Thomas Benson     29  M  Miner      Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
23  Frank Walch       22  M  Saddler    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
24  John Carty        25  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
25  Morris Craddock   20  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
26  Hugh McCaffry     21  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
27  Patrick McQuirk   28  M  Baker      Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
28  Robert Martin     45  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
29  Betsy Martin      45  F             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
30  Ellen Martin      18  F  Servant    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
31  David Martin      16  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
32  Robert Martin     10  M             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
33  Betsy Martin       7  F             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
34  Richard Martin     5  M             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
35  Charlotte Martin   4  F             Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
36  James McGettigan  19  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
37  Hugh McBay        21  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
38  John Haggerty     21  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
39  John McKonley     25  M  Laborer    Ireland  USA  2nd Cabin
40  Johan Liehaus     30  M  Shoemaker  Prussia  USA  2nd Cabin
          

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.

4  First Name ?? Felix ?? Telis ??

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 208.
Transcribed by Al O'Brien a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 July 2004



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