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SS Geo Washington


Halifax, Nova Scotia and St Johns, Newfoundland to New York
6 June 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, J. Whitehead, Master of the SS Geo Washington, 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 SS Geo Washington at Halifax and St Johns from which port said Steamer 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 June 6 1876                                                          So help me God,
                                                                                                 (signed) J Whitehead
before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SS Geo Washington whereof J. Whitehead is Master, from St Johns via Halifax burthen 989 41/100 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*   ?eni Doran         23   male     telegraph operator   New Brunswick   New York   cabin
 2    Mrs. Doran         57   female   lady                 Ireland         New York   cabin
 3    Miss Halloren      21   female   lady                 Halifax         U.S.       cabin
 4    Rev. D. Kennedy    35   male     minister             Ontario         Ontario    cabin
 5    A. E. Kennedy      18   male     student              Ontario         Ontario    cabin
 6    J. R. M. Alpine    20   male     student              Ontario         Ontario    2nd cabin
 7    Mrs M. Allen       45   female                        Ireland         Canada     2nd cabin
 8    Miss M. A. Allen   22   female                        New Foundland   Canada     2nd cabin
 9    Richard Hart       53   male     miner                England         U.S.       2nd cabin
10    Jessie Hart        58   female                        Scotland        U.S.       2nd cabin
11    Pat Malone         20   male     tinsmith             Halifax         U.S.       2nd cabin
12    John Morrissey     23   male     plumber              Halifax         U.S.       2nd cabin
13*   Miss Doran         12   female   child                New Brunswick   U.S.       1st cabin

                                                           (signed) J. Whitehead, Master


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.

*  None died on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

1:     the first letter of the first name could be Y for Yeni or the name could be Yem.
1 & 2: the last name could be Daran.
13:    the last name could be Daran.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 569.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 January 2006



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