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RMSS City of Chester
I, Robert Leitch, Master of the R.M.S.S. "City of Chester", 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 "City of Chester" at Liverpool & Queenstown from which port said SS "City of Chester" 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 3 Jan 1875So help me God,before me ________________(illegible signature)
(signed) Robert Leitch
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the R. M. S. S. City of Chester whereof Robert Leitch, is master, from Liverpool & Queenstown burthen 2712 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 Charlotte Spence 35 f wife Ireland United States steerage
2 Bertha Spence 4 f child Ireland United States steerage
3 Anastatia O'Ryan 35 f spinster Ireland United States steerage
4 Julia Buckley 20 f spinster Ireland United States steerage
5 Kate Dorlan 20 f spinster Ireland United States steerage
6 Elith Kelly 34 f wife Ireland United States steerage
7 Mary Kelly 8 f child Ireland United States steerage
8 William Kelly 6 m child Ireland United States steerage
9 John Kelly 5 m child Ireland United States steerage
10 Patrick Rudder 30 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
11 Mary Rudder 30 f wife Ireland United States steerage
12 W^m H. Stevens 30 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
13 David Larken Ross 20 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
14 Timothy Hanley 40 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
15 Maria Griffin 20 f spinster Ireland United States steerage
16 Michael Mahoney 32 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
17 Patrick Mullen 24 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
18 Patrick Gallaghan 30 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
19 Julia M^cDonell 30 f Ireland United States steerage
20 Magt Donegan 35 f wife Ireland United States steerage
21 Joseph M^cKeny 40 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
22 Andrew Brown 45 m farmer Scotland United States steerage
23 Robt Allan 26 m farmer Scotland United States steerage
24 Cha^s Kendall 40 m farmer England United States steerage
25 Herbert Kendall 11 m child England United States steerage
26* William Janes 21 m clerk England United States steerage
27* Tho^s M^cKeown? 36 m clerk Ireland United States steerage
28 Joseph Cope 21 m clerk England United States steerage
29* Samuel Hambuy 30 m clerk England United States steerage
30 James Davies 28 m miner Wales United States steerage
31 George Perkins 40 m farmer England United States steerage
32 Charlotte Perkins 30 f wife England United States steerage
33 William Mason 26 m laborer England United States steerage
34 Tho^s A Manett 30 m farmer England United States steerage
35 Bernard Garigan 25 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
36* Jask Thomas 18 m laborer Wales United States steerage
37 Dominick Lavin 4 m child United States United States steerage
38 Lizzie Lavin 24 f wife Ireland United States steerage
39 John Carroll 23 m laborer Ireland United States steerage
40 C. H. Luttig 49 m laborer Germany United States steerage
41 August Luttig 4 m child Germany United States steerage
42 Carl And Christianson 36 m laborer Denmark United States steerage
43* Emily Lems 26 f spinster Wales United States steerage
44* Charles Schovell 25 m clerk England United States steerage
45* Evelyn Schovell 22 f wife England United States steerage
46 Hans Olsen 39 m laborer Sweden United States steerage
47 Charles Gregory 25 m laborer England United States steerage
48 Thomas Barrett 18 m laborer England United States steerage
49 Johana M^cGrath 40 f wife Ireland United States steerage
50 Margt M^cGrath 6 f child Ireland United States steerage
51 Alexander Dougan 29 m gent Ireland United States cabin
52 Daniel Kirk 34 m gent Ireland United States cabin
53 Darill F Rank 36 m gent U. States United States cabin
54 Mary Rank 30 f wife U. States United States cabin
55 John Rank 1 m inft U. States United States cabin
56 Louis Henerman 30 m gent Germany United States cabin
57 Edward Vernon 36 m gent U. States United States cabin
58 E F Judge 34 m gent Ireland United States cabin
59 Julia Judge 29 f wife Ireland United States cabin
60 John Kershaw 34 m gent U. States United States cabin
61 James Bryson 40 m gent Scotland United States cabin
62 J. B. Martin 39 m gent U. States United States cabin
63 A. J. Whittaker 36 m gent U. States United States cabin
64 J. J. Woods 36 m gent U. States United States cabin
65 Mary Woods 34 f wife U. States United States cabin
66 John Holmes 38 m gent U. States United States cabin
67 Jane Holmes 37 f wife U. States United States cabin
68 Frederick Dodsworth 36 m gent U. States United States cabin
69 Cha^s B Harvey 40 m gent England United States cabin
70 Master A. Harvey 5 m child England United States cabin
71 Tho^s Smytherman 46 m gent England United States cabin
72 Governor Felch 49 m gent U. States United States cabin
73 A. H. Elliott 40 m gent U. States United States cabin
74 Julia Elliott 37 f wife U. States United States cabin
75 Rev^d F. Parker 29 m clergyman Ireland United States cabin
76 Martin Lowenstein 36 m gent England United States cabin
77 John Lane 34 m gent England United States cabin
78 Mary Lane 32 f wife England United States cabin
79 John Thomas 36 m gent England United States cabin
80 Frank Harvey 50 m gent England United States cabin
signed: Robert Leitch
SUMMARY
50 steerage passengers
30 cabin passengers
80 total
58 Citizens & paid here before
22 aliens to pay for
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.
* Passengers where numbered by the transcribers for ease of referencing.
* None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.
Arrival date: This voyage was filmed with the 1876 ships, the handwritten date at the end
of the sworn statement shows 1875.
26: Surname may be Jeanes.
27: Surname may be McKernn.
29: Surname may be Hambery.
36: the first name could be J?seh.
43: Surname may be Lewis.
44 & 45: Surname may be Schorell
Correspondence added 12/02/2006, passengers LUTTIG
Passenger #40, C. H. Luttig, is my great-grandfather. He was not
draftable into the German army because he had only one eye. He came to the U.S.,
became a citizen and lived in Nebraska on his homestead with his wife and
8 children. He spoke broken English. After his wife died in 1910, he moved
(with his 8 children) to Kansas to be near his brother and family. His brother
is passenger #41, August Luttig, an older child. Family legend is that
August wished to avoid being drafted by the Kaiser and so dressed as a girl.
To learn more about the City of Chester click this link RMSS City of Chester
Thank you so much. John B. Lester
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 401, List 5.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt,
members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
8 March 2006
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