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SS Asia
I, E G Lott Master of the S. S. "Asia" do solemnly, sincerely and truly (omitted) 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 S. S. "Asia" at Liverpool from which port said "Asia" 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.Sworn to this Mar 19^c 1859 New York
(Signed) EGLott
Before me (Signed) ??off???? (illegible)
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the S S "Asia" whereof E. G. Lott is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1214 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 the voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription. The manifest scribe changed the title of the column for Space Occupied to "if ever in US before' and recorded 'Yes' or 'No' accordingly.
1 F. Cawlin 37y Male Mercht Ireland U. S. Yes 2 A. T. Rylands 28y Male Mercht England U. S. No 3 Jno. Maxwell 34y Male Mercht England U. S. Yes 4 K. Sherman 41y Male Mercht N. York U. S. Yes 5 Capt Oliver 39y Male Capt. America U. S. Yes 6 Hy. Nicholson 45y Male Nil Ireland U. S. Yes 7 M^rs D. Turnbull 30y Female England U. S. Yes 8 O. Andrea 37y Male Mercht U.S. U. S. Yes 9 R. Forstman 27y Male Mercht Germany U. S. Yes 10 M^rs Forstman 31y Female U. S. No 11 Geo. F. Adams 22y Male Nil U.S. U. S. Yes 12 W. H. Benjamin 22y Male Nil U.S. U. S. Yes 13 John Wylie 29y Male Mercht Scotland Scotland No 14 N Kahn 38y Male Mercht U.S. U. S. Yes 15 F. Morton 31y Male Mercht Germany U. S. Yes 16 P. Whitfield 27y Male Mercht Ireland U. S. Yes 17 C. Winkelman 30y Male Mercht Prussia U. S. Yes 18 G. Scherpenhausen 40y Male Mercht Prussia U. S. Yes 19 K. Lees 30y Male Engineer U.S. U. S. Yes 20 C. Cara 32y Male Mercht France U. S. No 21 L. Rickmer 24y Male Ship builder Prussia U. S. No 22 J. Plunkett 29y Male Nil U S U. S. Yes 23 F. Smith 38y Male Mercht U S U. S. Yes 24 Chas N. Phillips 35y Male Mercht England England Yes 25 Louis Hirschhorn 31y Male Mercht Germany U. S. Yes 26 J. C. Huber 36y Male Mercht Germany U. S. Yes 27* ? Nelson 35y Male Capt. U.S. U. S. Yes 28 Carlo Falconer 43y Male Nil France U. S. No 29 Terza Falconer 26y Female U. S. No 30 Don Falconer 6y 6m Male U. S. No 31 C W Vorwertk 50y Male Prussia U. S. Yes 32 Thomas Stuart 45y Male Farmer Scotland U. S. Yes 33 Alex^r McDonald 30y Male Farmer Scotland U. S. Yes 34 Joseph Neames 52y Male Engineer England U. S. Yes 35 John T. Blitchford 29y Male Mariner Jamaica U. S. Yes 36 J. B. Virolet 37y Male Mercht France U. S. Yes 37 Ed. C. Ganett 30y Male Engineer U.S. U. S. Yes 38 Thomas Terry 23y Male Mercht U.S. U. S. Yes 39 Geo. S. Baker 32y Male Mercht U.S. U. S. Yes 40 C. O. Skidmore 34y Male Mercht Egypt U. S. Yes 41* R. G. ?kidmore 44y Male Mercht Egypt U. S. Yes 42 J. D. Davis 35y Male Nil U.S. U. S. Yes 43 John P. Hunt 37y Male U.S. U. S. Yes 44 Bernard Wajner 29y Male Nil Ireland U. S. Yes 45 W. J. Tozer 38y Male Mercht England U. S. Yes 46 Russel S Burnham 30y Male Capt. U.S. U. S. Yes 47 F. Jackson 50y Male Nil France U. S. Yes 48 M^rs. Jackson 32y Female U. S. Yes 49 Carlo Jackson 15y Male U. S. Yes 50 Louis Jackson 11y Male Nil U. S. Yes 51 Albert Rand 27y Male Nil U.S. U. S. Yes 52 Isaac Levy 27y Male Mercht U.S. U. S. Yes 53 W^m A Connell 28y Male Engineer U.S. U. S. Yes 54 William Scully 33y Male Nil U.S. U. S. Yes 55 W Dawson 50y Male Mercht England U. S. Yes 56 J. Moskopp 21y Male Mercht Germany U. S. No 57 W^m Conway 26y Male Mercht England U. S. No 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 numbered the passengers. All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated. 27 First name not recorded. 41 First letter of surname appears as "K", could be miswritten Skidmore.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 161.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
19 June 2006
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