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Steamer Africa
I, Neil Shannon Master of the "Africa" 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 of the said Stmr at Liverpool from which port said Stmr 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) N Shannon
Sworn to this 26 Novbr 1858
Before me (Signed) ??offm??? (partially illegible)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Stmr Africa whereof Shannon is Master, from Liverpool burthen ---- tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, Died on the Voyage, and Part of the Vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and the Space Occupied for all passengers was recorded as "Cabin"; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
1 M^r. Woodside 39y Male Mercht United States Pensylv^a
2 M^rs. Woodside 32y Female United States Pensylv^a
3* Miss Ellenlear 31y Female None England ???????? NJ
4 Miss Miller 24y Female None Ireland England
5 M^r. J. Avet 45y Male Mercht Sardinian States England
6 M^rs. Avet 32y Female None United States US
7 M^rs. Robertson 44y Female None England US
8 Miss Robertson 21y Female None England England
9 Miss Hobson 18y Female None Virginia England
10* and Maid Servant 42y Female Servant England US
11 Miss Gurney 52y Female Spinster England England
12 Joseph John Taylor 40y Male Merch^t New York England
13 M^r. W^m Firmstone 48y Male Merch^t New York US
14 M^rs. Firmstone 39y Female None New York US
15* M^r. Rose 62y Male Gentleman Charleston
16* M^rs. Rose 50y Female None Charleston
17* Lev? Daughers ??y Female Spinster Charleston
18* M^r. G H de la Grange 36y Male Secretary France
19* M^rs. G H de la Grange 24y Female None France
20 Major Warley 50y Male Planter South Carolina France
21 M^rs. Warley 26y Female None South Carolina France
22 M^r. J. C. Firmstone 72y Male Gentleman Portsmouth, Ohio US
23 M^r. Holert Taylor 30y Male Merchant England England
24 M^r. W L Grinnell 28y Male Merchant Mass US
25 M^r. J M Reid 40y Male Gentleman France US
26 M^r. J F Lahmann 30y Male Merchant Bremen US
27 M^r. T G de Estrado 24y Male Farmer Mexico Mexico
28 M^r. J M Castanos 32y Male Merchant Mexico Mexico
29 M^r. Rob^t Leslie 64y Male Merchant Scotland US
30 M^r. Lormean 20y Male Negociater France France
31* M^r. Peter Maxwel? 45y Male Mercht. Scotland England
32 M^r. H. A. Garratt 50y Male Mercht. US US
33 Rev^d J D Wells 63y Male Clergyman New York US
34 M^r. Alexander Row 28y Male Gent Charleston US
35 M^rs. Guerard 26y Female Widow Charleston US
36* and boy 7y Male None Charleston US
37 M^r. R. W. Becot 42y Male Merch^t US US
38* & son 19y Male None US US
39 M^r. C. A. Bulkley 48y Male Merch^t New York US
40* M^r. N. H. Olsin 63y Male Prive?? Ba?k Virginia US
41 M^r. C. P. Trant 46y Male Merch^t Providence England
42 M^r. R. Clark 17y Male None New York US
43 M^r. John B. Hall 37y Male Mercht. US US
44* M^r. William N Canby 38y Male Farmer Philadelphi US
45 M^r. C. A. Gorbisch 34y Male None Saxony US
46 M^r. Carlisle 40y Male Merch^t England England
47 M^r. Rob^t Leslie 56y Male Merch^t England US
48* M^r. Lecourt 45y Male Commision Gen? US US
49* M^r. Reichard 34y Male Commision Gen? US US
50 M^r. Henry B. Benners 25y Male Merch^t US US
51 M^r. D. Gans 35y Male Merch^t US US
52 M^r. A. Gans 17y Male Merch^t US US
53 M^r. Petrio 29y Male Merch^t Scotland England
54 M^r. O Connor 26y Male Merch^t Scotland England
55 M^r. Lara 60y Male Farmer Cuba Spain
56 M^rs. Lara 58y Female Farmer Cuba Spain
57* & maid servant 42y Female Cuba Spain
58 M^r. James 55y Male Merch^t New York US
59 M^r. G. E. Cartier 43y Male Attorney Genl Canada G Britain
60 M^r. Lockwood 37y Male Merch^t US US
61 M^r. B Morton 23y Male Clerk US US
62 M^r. L. W. Bickley 23y Male Clerk US US
63 M^r. J. C. Heyward 22y Male Clerk US US
64* M^r. J. W. Mut??bury 37y Male Barrister Austraila England
65* M^r. Tho^s Gr?nshaw 65y Male Farmer Canada England
66 M^r. C. W. Richards 33y Male Merch^t N York US
67* M^r. Jacob G???ey 29y Male Merch^t N York US
68 M^r. Howard Boyd 39y Male Clerk Albany US
69 M^r. Turner 43y Male Cotton Planter N York US
70 M^r. William Barry, Jn^r 24y Male Com Traveller Liverpool England
71 M^r. William T Wilcox 33y Male Merch^t Philadelphia US
72* M^r. William Salzbacker ?9y Male Merch^t N York US
73 M^r. Welsh 45y Male Merch^t N York England
74 M^r. Laird 25y Male Merch^t N York England
75 M^r. William Billing 20y Male Merch^t England England
76 M^r. H Gillilan 33y Male Merch^t England England
77* M^r. William Cannon 25y Male Cotton Buyer England England
78 M^r. J. H. Butterworth 29y Male Merch^t Manchester England
79 M^r. R Annean 33y Male Servant France France
80 M^r. V Verson 21y Male Student Spain Spain
81* Miss M Gor?k 26y Female prof^r Music London England
82 M^rs. Hassack 42y Female prof^r Music Scotland England
83 Miss Susan Hassack 15y Female Spinster Scotland England
84 James Hassack 13y 6m Male None Scotland England
85 Maggie Hassack 11y Female None Scotland England
86 Jemima Hassack 10y Female None Scotland England
87 M^r. Joseph Engleman 45y Male Gent Germany US
88 M^r. Rob^t Goodman 32y Male Servant England England
89 M^r. R K Bayley 20y Male Spinner England England
90* M^r. Horsefal? 33y Male Sales Man England England
91 M^r. J Ford 35y Male Cattle Dealer US US
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 scribe did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by
the transcriber.
All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.
3 Destination overwritten, illegible.
10 No name recorded.
15 Destination obscured by fold in manifest.
16-19 Destination a ditto of passenger 15.
17 Age illegible.
31 Last letter of surname not clear, could be Maxwele or Maxwell.
36 No first name recorded; not clear if "boy" is son of psgr 35.
38 No first name recorded.
40 Several letters in Occupation illegible.
44 Place of Origin as written on manifest.
48-49 Superscripted letter at end of 2nd word of Occupation illegible.
57 No name recorded.
64 3rd and 4th letters of surname illegible because of ink blot; Country of
Origin as written.
65 3rd letter of surname illegible.
67 Center letters of surname illegible because of ink smear.
72 1st number of Age illegible.
81 4th letter of surname not clear, could be Gorek, Gorck, or Gorsk.
90 Last letter of surname not clear, could be Horsefale or Horsefall.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 189, List 1105.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
16 April 2006
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