Immigrant Ships
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SS Elysia

I, Alex^r McRitchie, Master of the Steam-Ship Elysia, do solemnly, sincerely and truly affirm 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 S.S. Elysia at London from which port said ????* 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 June 9, 1876                                                         So help me God,
                                                                                                 (signed) Alex McRitchie
before me ________________(illegible signature

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the Steamship "Elysia" whereof Alx^r McRitchie is Master, from London burthen ??753* 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*   J. W. Craft             30   m   farmer          England    steerage
 2    A. Clark                26   m   grocer          England    steerage
 3    H. Roberts              35   m   publican        England    steerage
 4    Mrs. Warren             26   f   none            England    steerage
 5*   W^m Warren               8   m   none            England    steerage
 6*   Eliz Warren              6   f   none            England    steerage
 7*   A. Willsch              21   m   seaman          Germay     steerage
 8*   H. Mullet               25   m   clerk           Germay     steerage
 9*   Isaac Guthind           40   m   baker           Germay     steerage
10*   H. Becker               36   m   brick layer     U.S.A.     steerage
11    A. Ebneter              50   m   watch maker     Austria    steerage
12    Rev. T. J. Keith        33   m   minister        U.S.A.     steerage
13*   Mrs. Keith              ??   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
14    H. B. Keith              5   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
15    Miss  LeFevre           28   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
16*   Rev D^r Bissell         53   m   minister        U.S.A.     cabin
17    Mrs Bissell             49   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
18    E. Bissell              15   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
19    J. Bissell              14   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
20    H. Bissell              11   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
21    D. Bissell               8   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
22    H. Fairbanks            14   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
23    Miss  Hume              31   f   missionary      U.S.A.     cabin
24*   J. A. Cut?er            40   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
25*   Mrs. Cut?er             30   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
26*   A. Cut?er                9   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
27*   K. Cut?er                7   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
28*   J. Cut?er                5   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
29    A. Codman               45   m   farmer          U.S.A.     cabin
30    J.W.A. Wright           35   m   farmer          U.S.A.     cabin
31    Miss  Pegues            22   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
32    Miss  ?utweiller        23   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
33    Dr. B. Bing             36   m   doctor          U.S.A.     cabin
34    Mrs. L. E. Rider        36   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
35    F. Rider                17   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
36    A. Rider                11   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
37    V. Rider                 7   f   none            U.S.A.     cabin
38*   Jno Stephen             19   m   none            U.S.A.     cabin
39*   Mr. Watts               27   m   mcht            England    cabin
40    Mrs Watts               20   f   none            England    cabin
41    Rev J. T. Pettihone     50   m   minister        U.S.A.     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.

?  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.

* "which port said ????*" - an abbreviation has been used here which is illegible.
  burthen tons - there is a tear in the page and the first 2 numbers cannot be read.
  None died on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was omitted.
  All passengers stated that they intended to become inhabitants of the USA, therefore
  this coloumn was omitted as well. 

 1:      the last name could be Croft.
 5:      W^m could stand for William.
 6:      Eliz could be short for Elizabeth.
 7:      Surname might be Willset.
 8:      the last name could be Muller.
 9:      the last name could be Guttrind or Gutkind.
10:      the last name could be Beeker.
13:      the age cannot be read since it's covered by an ink spot.
16:      D^r might stand for Dr.
24 - 28: Surname may be Cutter or Cutler.
32:      the first letter of the last name could be D or G for Gutweiller 
         or Dutweiller.
38:      Jno might stand for John.
39:      Occupation may be abreviation for "merchant".

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