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Ship Empire
I, E Coombs Master of the Ship Empire 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 ship at Liverpool from which port said ship 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 July 30c 1858
(Signed) ECoombs
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Empire whereof Edward Coombs is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1272 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. The destination for all passengers was U.S. America, no deaths were recorded on this voyage, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was Upper Deck; these columns have been omitted from the transcriptions.
1 John Fallow 19y Male Labourer Ireland
2 Joseph Geoghan 11y Male Servent Ireland
3 James Geoghan 9y Male Servent Ireland
4 Kate Bergin 15y Female Servent Ireland
5 Owen Sheridan 18y Male Servent Ireland
6 Mary Sheridan 14y Female Servent Ireland
7* ???? McArdle 21y Male Servent England
8 Mary Sullivan 20y Female Servent Ireland
9 Margt Lester 30y Female Servent Ireland
10* Mary Downing 26y ???? Matron England
11 John Downing 0y 11m Male England
12 Pat Conner 16y Male Servent Ireland
13 John Gosgrove 40y Male Labourer Ireland
14 Ellen Lester 31y Male Servent Ireland
15 Alicia Byrne 40y Female Matron Ireland
16 Pat Doyle 13y Male Servent Ireland
17* John Fogarty 50y Male ??????? Ireland
18 John Joyce 40y Male Clergyman Ireland
19 Ellen Lugnil 19y Female Servent Ireland
20 Julia Sullivan 18y Female Servent Ireland
21 Mary Sullivan 18y Female Servent Ireland
22 Dan^l Kelly 17y Male Servent Ireland
23 Honor Conner 20y Female Servent Ireland
24 Mary Conner 20y Female Servent Ireland
25 Mary O'Donohoe 40y Female Servent Ireland
26 John Downs 46y Male Farmer Ireland
27 Pat Downs 8y Male Farmer Ireland
28 Bridget Downs 8y Female Farmer Ireland
29 Pat McNamara 17y Male Farmer Ireland
30 Nancy Purtell 20y Female Matron Ireland
31 Mag^t Tully 20y Female Servent Ireland
32* Geo Ve?tere 31y Male Shoemaker England
33* Ann Ve?tere 31y Female Matron England
34* Ann Ve?tere 6y Female England
35* John Ve?tere 4y Male England
36* Geo Ve?tere 2y Male England
37* Frank Ve?tere 0y 11m Male England
38 Henry Royland 26y Male Shoemaker England
39 Wm Humphrey 17y Male Labourer England
40 Pat Higgins 20y Male Labourer England
41* Wol??an Krutzberg 33y Male Seaman Prussia
42 Joseph Waters 28y Male Musician England
43* M?ry Green 21y Female Servent Ireland
44 Mary Oniel 17y Female Servent Ireland
45 Margt Meskill 16y Female Servent Ireland
46 Pat Conner 28y Male Farmer Ireland
47 Susan Burke 16y Female Servent Ireland
48 Bridgt Fanley 14y Female Servent Ireland
49 John Haugh 25y Male Labourer Ireland
50 Mary Haugh 21y Female Matron Ireland
51 Mathew Kelly 21y Male Labourer Ireland
52 Bridg^t Kelly 18y Female Servent Ireland
53 Kate Eames 20y Female Servent Ireland
54 Bridg^t Eames 14y Female Servent Ireland
55 Mary Green 18y Female Servent Ireland
56 Bridgt Green 17y Female Servent Ireland
57 Ellen Green 16y Female Servent Ireland
58* John Hampton 20y Male Gardnier England
59* Edwin J Harris 18y Male Gardnier England
60 Mary A Wade 20y Female Servent England
61 Ann Hoare 40y Female Matron England
62* Geo Ti?e 23y Male Sadler England
63 Caroline Tice 20y Female Matron England
64 Jos Breed 21y Male Butcher England
65 Edw^d Breed 20y Male Butcher England
66 Henry Bennett 31y Male Labourer England
67 John Knight 18y Male Farmer England
68* Abram Rosthanthall 22y Male Shoemaker Prussia
69 W^m Scott 18y Male Butcher England
70 Donald McPherson 18y Male Labourer Scotland
71 Benj Stephens Dee 24y Male Servent England
72 Ebenezer Dee 18y Male Servent England
73 Charles Coombs 18y Male Gardener England
74 Emma J Coombs 22y Female Matron England
75 Nelly Coombs 2y Female England
76* Alice M Coombs ?y Female England
77 Robert White 31y Male Joiner England
78 James Meskill 25y Male Smith England
79 Mary A Meskill 20y Female Matron England
80* John Pope 28y Male Labourer Germany
81 Henry Griffin 21y Male Labourer Germany
82 Henry Baker 21y Male Labourer Germany
83 Henry Slocum 22y Male Labourer Germany
84 Martha Platts 35y Female Matron England
85 Mary A Platts 8y Female England
86 Geo Platts 6y Male England
87 Eliza Platts 4y Female England
88 Sam^l Platts 2y Male England
89 Alfred Platts 0y 12m Male England
90* Charles B Grimes 54y Male England
91* John McMahon 27y Male England
92 Mary McMahon 23y Female Matron England
93 Thomas G Goold 19y Male Farmer England
94* Jos Waterhause 33y Male Clothier England
95 Stephen Hergan 26y Male Labourer Ireland
96 John Dunn 29y Male Bootmaker Scotland
97 James Bernet 27y Male Bootmaker Scotland
98 W^m Ritchie 35y Male Painter Scotland
99 Dennis Donnelly 19y Male Labourer Ireland
100 Rose Donnelly 17y Female Servent Ireland
101 Cath Hartley 16y Female Servent Ireland
102 Mary Mulehan 10y Female Servent Ireland
103 John McKay 40y Male Labourer Ireland
104 Isabella McKay 30y Female Matron Ireland
105 Dan^l McKay 4y Male Ireland
106* Joseph Tomlinson 51y Male England
107 John McAleer 55y Male Painter England
108 Mary Mc????? 50y Female Matron England
109 Edward Mc????? 12y Male USAmerica
110 Sarah G. Mc????? 25y Female Spinster England
111* Eliza Clements 17y Female Milliner
112* W^m Do?ling 26y Male
113 Mary Gately 20y Female Servent Ireland
114 Ellen Gately 19y Female Servent Ireland
115 Ann Gately 18y Female Servent Ireland
116 Pat Donnelly 35y Male Labourer Ireland
117 John Oniel 27y Male Labourer Ireland
118* Brig^t Oniel 22y Female Sal??? Ireland
119 Mary Oniel 76y Female Servent Ireland
120 Jas McKay 20y Male Servent Ireland
121* John Davis 1?y Male Labourer Ireland
122 John Cornell 25y Male Labourer Ireland
123 Marg^t Doran 20y Female Servent Ireland
124 Charles Pope 37y Male Servent England
125 Richard Acker 36y Male Servent England
126 Geo Frampton 24y Male Servent Ireland
127* T?m Martland 24y Male Farmer Ireland
128 Edw^d Comerford 23y Male Farmer Ireland
129 Jas Larney 30y Male Farmer Ireland
130 Pat Smith 20y Male Farmer Ireland
131 Tho Shrolen 34y Male Farmer Ireland
132 Ann Smith 20y Female Matron Ireland
133 Thomas Lewis 34y Male Engineer England
134 Rob^t Hughes 32y Male Labourer Ireland
135 Rich^d Armstrong 26y Male Labourer Ireland
136 John McAllister 26y Male Labourer Ireland
137 John Wood 38y Male Labourer England
138 John Furnell 35y Male Labourer Ireland
139 James Wright 22y Male Labourer Ireland
140 Wm. Milligan 20y Male Labourer Ireland
141 J Hutchinson 17y Male Labourer Ireland
142 Sam^l Robinson 24y Male Labourer Ireland
143 Fran Gallagher 19y Male Labourer Ireland
144 John Kerrigan 20y Male Labourer Ireland
145* Mary Carrigan 50y Male Labourer Ireland
146 John Crystol 50y Male Farmer England
147 Thom Crystol 18y Male Farmer England
148 Patk King 35y Male Dyer Ireland
At end of manifest: (signed) Edward Coombs
Master
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.
* At some time after the arrival of the ship, an attempt to preserve a fading
manuscript was done by overcopying the manifest; extra research should be
undertaken to confirm findings.
* The manifest scribe numbered the passengers.
* All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual
words indicated.
* The Occupation 'servant' was consistently miswritten as 'servent'.
* The manifest for this ship can be found on Ancestry.com as scan pages 6-8
following the manifest for the Ship Empire State (arrival 26 July 1858).
* This ship is listed on Ancestry.com with a Port of Departure of Aspinwall,
Panama. The manifest testimonial clearly identifies Liverpool as the Port
of Departure.
7 First name heavily overwritten, illegible, could be James.
10 Occupation illegible because of ink smear.
17 Occupation heavily overwritten, could be Farmer or Clergyman.
32-37 3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Vertere.
41 3rd and 4th letters of first name illegible because of ink blot.
43 2nd letter of first name illegible because of ink blot, probably Mary.
58-59 Occupation probably Gardener.
62 3rd letter of surname illegible because of ink blot, could be Tice;
Occupation probably Saddler.
68 Surname could be miswritten Rosenthal.
76 Age omitted or faded out completely.
80 Country of origin was written by someone other than the manifest scribe.
90-91 Occupation omitted.
94 Surname could be miswritten Waterhouse.
106 Occupation omitted.
111 Country of origin illegible because of heavy stray mark.
112 3rd letter of surname not clear, could be Donling or Douling.
118 Ending of Occupation illegible.
121 2nd number of Age not clear, could be 17y or 19y.
127 2nd letter of first name illegible.
145 Based on first name, Sex is Female.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 186, List 719.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
1 August 2005
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