Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Alps


Colon, Panama to New York
26 June 1876

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, D. Williams, Master of the SS Alps, 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 Alps at Colon from which port said SS Alps 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 26th June 1876

So help me God,
(signed) D. Williams

before me ________________(illegible signature)
List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SS Alps whereof D. Williams is Master, from Colon burthen 1020 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.

Cabin Passengers:
 1    Lord R Grosvenor     38 yrs  2 mos   male     gentleman       England          England
 2    Mr. J. Austin        43 yrs  5 mos   male     gentleman       England          England
 3    Mr. I. Lamadriz      48 yrs  3 mos   male     planter         Venezuela        Venezuela
 4    Mrs. C. Lamadriz     40 yrs  1 mos   female                   Venezuela        Venezuela
 5    Miss C. Lamadriz     18 yrs  6 mos   female                   Venezuela        Venezuela
 6    Mr. C. Galan         36 yrs  4 mos   male     merchant        Venezuela        Venezuela
 7*   Mr. W. Chambers      42 yrs  6 mos   male     dentist         Bogota           US of America
 8    Miss D. Trivett      51 yrs  9 mos   female                   US of America    US of America
 9    Mr. N. Harrell       38 yrs  3 mos   male     engineer        US of America    US of America
10    Mrs. N. Harrell      36 yrs  2 mos   female                   US of America    US of America
11    Mr. N R. Dennison    40 yrs  7 mos   male     sea captain     US of America    US of America
12    Mr. J. Cespedes      45 yrs  5 mos   male     lawyer          Cuba             US of America
13    Mrs. J. Cespedes     35 yrs  3 mos   female                   Cuba             US of America
14*   Mr. A. Maass         29 yrs  8 mos   male     merchant        Venezuela        Venezuela
15    Mr. F. Hernandez     25 yrs  3 mos   male     merchant        Venezuela        Venezuela
16    Mr. A. Delfino       27 yrs  2 mos   male     merchant        Venezuela        Venezuela
17    Mr. A. Tiffany       23 yrs  5 mos   male     clerk           US of America    US of America
18*   Mr. D. Pinigna       28 yrs  3 mos   male     planter         US of Columbia   US of Columbia
19    Mr. R. Eckardt       25 yrs  7 mos   male     merchant        Germany          US of Columbia
20    Mr. J. E. Bartlett   35 yrs  7 mos   male     merchant        US of America    US of Columbia
21    Mr. C. Puffer        34 yrs  9 mos   male     miner           US of America    US of America
22    Mr. C. Bruce         43 yrs  5 mos   male     miner           US of America    US of America
23    Mr. J. Garvin        33 yrs  7 mos   male     miner           Ireland          US of America
24    Mr. N. Herrer        35 yrs  8 mos   male     planter         US of Columbia   US of Columbia
25    Mr. B. Galindo       18 yrs  5 mos   male     student         US of Columbia   US of Columbia
26    Mr. C. Stickney      60 yrs  3 mos   male     miner           US of America    US of America
27    Mr. P. Talbott       42 yrs  7 mos   male     seaman          US of America    US of America
28    Mr. G. Sta Maria     59 yrs  8 mos   male     planter         US of Columbia   US of Columbia
29    Mr. E. Mejias        60 yrs  4 mos   male     planter         US of Columbia   US of Columbia
30    Mr. Q. Alfaro        26 yrs  7 mos   male     merchant        US of Columbia   US of Columbia
31*   Mr. H. Sigue         23 yrs 10 mos   male     merchant        San Salvador     San Salvador
32    Mr. J. Interiano     28 yrs  9 mos   male     merchant        San Salvador     San Salvador
33    Mr. B. Livingstone   27 yrs  4 mos   male     doctor          US of America    US of America
34    Miss K. Harrell       8 yrs  3 mos   female                   US of America    US of America  


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.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

*  Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.

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

7:  the word Granada had been squeezed in beside Bogota.
14: A line had been drawn through this passengers information. Line may have 
    been caused by a fold crease in the manifest.
18: Surname may be Piniagua or Piniagrea.
31: Surname may be Sigur or Sigui.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 573.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
26 February 2006



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