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Steamer Africa

I, Neil Shannon Master of the Steamer 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 Steamer at Liverpool 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.

So help me God.
(Signed) NShannon

Sworn to this 22 February 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamer Africa whereof Neil Shannon is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1216 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 this column has been omitted from the transcription.

  1  C E Romaine      38y      Male    Gent.        G^t. Britain Canada         First Cabin
  2  James McCreery   33y 4m   Male    Mercht       G^t. Britain France         First Cabin
  3  J S Fischer      30y      Male    Mercht       Germany      New York       First Cabin
  4  W Fischer        32y 5m   Male    Mercht       Germany      Portsmouth, NH First Cabin
  5  Thomas McMullen  54y 6m   Male    Mercht       Ireland      New York       First Cabin
  6* W^m F Hansel?    43y 8m   Male    Clergyman    US           US             First Cabin
  7* M^rs Hansel?     28y      Female  Lady         US           US             First Cabin
  8  Miss Niles       20y      Female  Lady         US           US             First Cabin
  9  M^rs Tomlinson   21y      Female  Lady         US           US             First Cabin
 10  Ellen Tomlinson      9m   Female  Lady         US           US             First Cabin
 11  Mary Smith       19y      Female  Servant      Ireland      US             First Cabin
 12  Henry Appold     36y      Male    Mercht       Hamburg      France         First Cabin
 13  Pierre Vaillant  50y      Male    Mercht       France       France         First Cabin
 14  C W Brown        36y      Male    Mercht       US           US             First Cabin
 15  M^rs Brown       30y      Female  Lady         US           US             First Cabin
 16  T W Parmele      25y 4m   Male    Mercht       US           US             First Cabin
 17  Walter Spencer   29y 5m   Male    Manufact^r   England      Gt Britain     First Cabin
 18  William Parker   43y 2m   Male    Manufact^r   England      Gt Britain     First Cabin
 19  Alfred Sully     37y      Male    Officer Army US           US             First Cabin
 20  George King      27y      Male    Mercht       Prussia      US             First Cabin
 21  Fred^k Schloss   29y 4m   Male    Mercht       Prussia      US             First Cabin
 22* W^m F Murray     38y      Male    Mercht       Canada       Canada         First Cabin
 23  Henry Howison    28y      Male    Mercht       Canada       Quebec         First Cabin
 24  William Jackson  43y 9m   Male    Mercht       England      Quebec         First Cabin
 25  William Klein    34y      Male    Mercht       France       France         First Cabin
 26  A E Douglas      39y      Male    Gent.        US           New York       First Cabin
 27  Baron Von Grolt  48y 5m   Male    Gent.        Prussia      United States  First Cabin
 28  M^r Stake        20y      Male    Mercht       US           United States  First Cabin
 29  Fidele Fernandez 43y 6m   Male    Mercht       Spain        Havannah       First Cabin
 30  James S McMaster 28y      Male    Mercht       Gt. Britain  Canada         First Cabin
 31  C F Von Bason    40y      Male    Mercht       Prussia      Prussia        First Cabin
 32  Geo E Labatt     21y 5m   Male    Mercht       US           Hamburg        First Cabin
 33  Eugene Langston  28y      Male    Mercht       US           US             First Cabin
 34  Robert Nicol     28y      Male    Mercht       Scotland     US             First Cabin
 35  James Johnston   30y 7m   Male    Mercht       Scotland     US             First Cabin
 36  James Miller     39y      Male    Mercht       Scotland     G^t Britain    First Cabin
 37  W^m Brand        46y      Male    Mercht       Gt. Britain  New York       First Cabin
 38  W^m S Lewis      35y      Male    Mercht       UStates      New York       First Cabin
 39  W^m W Lewis       8y 6m   Male                 UStates      New York       First Cabin
 40  B G Walter       30y      Male    Mercht       Gt. Britain  New York       First Cabin
 41  C Roos           29y      Male    Mercht       U States     New York       First Cabin
 42* J Ca?lanot       38y      Male    Mercht       France       travelling     First Cabin
 43* N Ochsner        32y 5m   Male    Mercht       Germany      Cincinatti     2^nd Cabin
 44  Fred^k Kost      29y      Male    Mercht       Germany      US             2^nd Cabin
 45  Ernest Buckup    33y      Male    Machinist    Germany      US             2^nd Cabin
 46  M^rs Buckup      23y      Female               Ireland      US             2^nd Cabin
 47  M^r Rowlands     46y 5m   Male    Stone Fitter US           US             2^nd Cabin
 48  M^rs Rowlands    42y 5m   Female               US           US             2^nd Cabin
 49  A M Jones        38y      Female  Lady         England      US             2^nd Cabin
 50  Thomas Burnett   24y 5m   Male    Traveller    England      US             2^nd Cabin
 51  Charles W Frost  22y      Male    Warehouseman England      US             2^nd Cabin
 52  John Cook        29y      Male    Painter      England      US             2^nd Cabin
 53  W^m Livingstone  38y      Male    Consul       US           US             2^nd Cabin
 54* Charles Young    24y 4m   Male    ????         England      US             2^nd Cabin
 55  John Doggett     24y      Male    Mercht       US           US             2^nd Cabin
 56  Moses Dunnerbana 23y 5m   Male    Mercht       Germany      US             2^nd 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 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 to aid with referencing.

All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words 
indicated.

 6-7 Last letter of surname not clear, could be Hansele or Hansell.
22 Destination recorded originally as Gt. Britain, lined out.
42 3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Carlanot or Caslanot.
43 Destination as written.
54 Occupation illegible.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 100.

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