SS Geo Washington
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 St Johns NF & Halifax NS 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 26 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 Mrs. Wallace 47 yrs 3 mos female lady Ireland U.S. cabin 2 Master M Wallace 6 yrs male child Brooklyn U.S. cabin 3 Miss Fitzpatrick 93 yrs female lady Ireland U.S. cabin 4 L. C. Belmuth 25 yrs 2 mos male artist England U.S. cabin 5 Mrs Catherine Naylor 63 yrs 4 mos female lady U.S. U.S. cabin 6* Miss Eva Doane 18 yrs female lady U.S. U.S. cabin 7 Dr. Helume 42 yrs male doctor St. Louis U.S. cabin 8 Jas D. McGregor 37 yrs 7 mos male merchant Nova Scotia U.S. cabin 9 F Deny 42 yrs male nurse Ireland U.S. cabin 10 Mrs Marooney 67 yrs 4 mos female lady Ireland U.S. 2nd cabin 11 L. G. Gad 40 yrs male seaman Denmark U.S. 2nd cabin 12* Charles Monks 33 yrs male farmer Sweden U.S. 2nd cabin 13* Mrs. C. Monks 33 yrs female and wife Sweden U.S. 2nd cabin 14 Charles Holman 22 yrs male farmer Sweden U.S. 2nd cabin 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. 6: Surname may be Drane. 12 & 13: the last name could be Manks.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 569.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
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7 January 2006
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