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Ship Yorktown

I, Fred R. Meyer Master of the ship Yorktown do solemnly, sincerely and truly (omitted) 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 of the said ship at (omitted) from which port said (omitted) 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.
(Signed) FRMeyer

Sworn to this 10 May 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the ship Yorktown whereof Fred R. Meyer is Master, from London burthen 1156 56/95 tons.

Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants and Died on the Voyage. The destination for all passengers was U.S., no deaths were recorded on this voyage, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was "Between Decks"; these columns have been omitted from this transcription.

  1  Mich. Buckley     55y   M  Labourer    England
  2  Mich. Burns       26y   M  Labourer    England
  3  W^m. Keefe        30y   M  Labourer    England
  4  Marg. Keefe       32y   f              England
  5  Lewis Shanahan    30y   M  Labourer    England
  6  Sarah Shanahan     3y   f              England
  7  Ch^s. Hughes      15y   M  Clerk       England
  8* Ch^s. S??iswood   28y   M  Labourer    England
  9  Jos. Campfield    38y   M  Carpenter   England
 10  Harriet Campfield 38y   f              England
 11  Rich Humphries    37y   M  Cutter      England
 12  Pat Griffin       29y   M  Bootmaker   England
 13* George Warren     3?y   M  Labourer    England
 14  Eliz Warren       35y   f              England
 15  Ann Lalfey        26y   f  Servant     England
 16  Caroline Need     17y   f  Milliner    England
 17  Rich. Smith       24y   M  Plasterer   England
 18  Eliza Smith       21y   f              England
 19  Th^s Ince         22y   M  Bootmaker   England
 20  John Farney       20y   M  Bootmaker   England
 21  Jos. S^t. John    40y   M  Seaman      U. S.
 22  Hurry Missel      25y   M  Labourer    Germany
 23  John Rask         38y   M  farmer      Germany
 24  Eliza Rask        31y   f  farmer      Germany
 25  Elizabeth Rask     9y   f  farmer      Germany
 26  Mary Rask          7y   f  farmer      Germany
 27  James Miller      22y   M  Labourer    England
 28  Jonus Miller      22y   M  Labourer    England
 29  Rich Grosby       15y   M  Labourer    England
 30  Th^s Chamberlain  16y   M  Labourer    England
 31  Ben Grimes        21y   M  Labourer    England
 32  Rob^t Grimes      18y   M  Labourer    England
 33  Mary Ann Grimes   20y   f  Servant     England
 34  Henry Borey       21y   M  Labourer    England
 35  James Grimes      21y   M  Labourer    England
 36  Ezra Howard       25y   M  Labourer    England
 37  Th^s Grimes       30y   M  Labourer    England
 38  Haries Grimes     27y   f  Labourer    England
 39* Adolph Ch?olu?    17y   M  Clerk       Germany
 40  Elias Taylor      25y   M  Seaman      U. S.
 41  Rich Crosby       18y   M  Bootmaker   England
 42* Th^s St?o?e       18y   M  Bootmaker   England
 43  James Higgins     42y   M  Dealer      England
 44  Ch^s. Higgins     14y   M  Dealer      England
 45  James McSealfs    15y   M  Dealer      England
 46  James Dudley      48y   M  Millwright  England
 47  Sarah Dudley      46y   f  Millwright  England
 48  Betsey Dudley     20y   f  Millwright  England
 49  Hanah Dudley      15y   f  Millwright  England
 50  James Dudley       7y   M  Millwright  England
 51  Emily Dudley       5y   f  Millwright  England
 52  Sarah Dudley      22y   f  Millwright  England
 53  Martha Pearson    26y   f  Dressmaker  England


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk indicates an error on the part of the original recorder, not the transcriber, or
   is used to call your attention to additional information in the Transcriber's Notes below.

?  The use of a ? indicates a word or letters that could not be read due to quality of the
   original document.

^  The use of a ^ indicates that the letter/letters following are superscripted.

The transcription preserves the original spelling.

The manifest did not include psgr #s; they have been added by the transcriber.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.

The manifest scribe used long vertical lines to probably indicate continuation of the last 
written word(s). These lines have been replaced with the actual word/words indicated.

The manifest scribe used a Germanic letter resembling 'fs'; to aid in reading, these have been 
transcribed to 'ss'.

 8  2nd and 3rd letters of surname illegible.
13  2nd number of Age illegible.
39  3rd and last letters of surname not clear enough to decipher.
42  Most of surname illegible, could be Strone.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 183, List 333.

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