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SS Geo Washington


Halifax, Nova Scotia and St Johns, Newfoundland to New York
26 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 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,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
7 January 2006



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