SS Geo Cromwell
I, E. B. Bacen, Master of the SS Geo Cromwell, do solemnly, sincerely and truly (left blank) 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 SS Geo Crommwell at Halifax, NS from which port said Geo Crommwell 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.
Sworn to this Jany 3, 1876So help me God,
before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) *E. B. Bacen
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the SS Geo Cromwell whereof *E. B. Bacen, is master, from Halifax, NS burthen 978 65/100 tons.
Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
1 Mr. P. S. Ead 24 male merchant U.S. U.S. cabin
2* Mrs. B. Olsen 24 female U.S. U.S. cabin
3* Mr. F. M^cFergell 35 male mariner U.S. U.S. cabin
4 Mr. R. C. Woods 47 male merchant U.S. U.S. cabin
5* Mr.?. F. Hannen 84 male merchant U.S. U.S. steerage
6 Mr. Robert A. Robertson 26 male mariner U.S. U.S. steerage
7 Mr. J. Bodenhefer 30 male mariner U.S. U.S. steerage
8 M. Bodenhefer 28 female U.S. U.S. steerage
9* Henry Cale 24 male merchant U.S. U.S. steerage
10 Augusta Anderson 23 female servant U.S. U.S. steerage
11 Marg Heaten 20 female servant U.S. U.S. steerage
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.
? Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined
due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.
^ A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.
* Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
Captain's name: Lloyd's register gives the name as Bacon.
2: Surname may be Nulsen.
3: Names may be I. McDorgell.
5: the last name could be Harmen.
9: Surname may be Ogles.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 47.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 March 2006
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