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Steamship Glasgow
I, James B Thomson do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest of passengers, subscribed with my name, and now delivered by me to the Collector of Customs for the District of New York, contains, to the best of my knowledge and belief, a just and true account of all the Passengers received on board the Steamship Glasgow whereof I am Master, from Glasgow.
So help me God.
Sworn to this March 10 1859 ??Thomson
Before me (signed) CS Mead DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship "Glasgow" whereof ??mes B. Thomson is Master, from Glasgow, burthen Nineteen hundred & Sixty Two tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Occupation, The country to which they severally belong, The country to which they intend to become inhabitants, and Died on the Voyage. No deaths were recorded on this voyage and this column has been omitted from the transcription.
1 John Erskine 22y Male Draper Scotland Canada 2 George Hunter 35y Male Farmer Scotland Canada 3 James Reid 60y Male Farmer Scotland Canada 4 John Train 29y Male Labourer Scotland Canada 5 Betsy Train 30y Female Wife Scotland Canada 6 David Reid 51y Male Merchant Scotland Canada 7 John Ferguson 20y Male Merchant Canada Canada 8 David Wanless 23y Male Merchant Scotland Canada 9 John Cairns 27y Male Warpper Scotland United States 10 David Dingwall 17y Male Weaver Scotland United States 11 Neil McDougall 38y Male Colorman Scotland United States 12 Daniel Brown 21y Male Printer Scotland United States 13 Alexander Allen 19y Male Merchant Scotland United States 14 James C Williams 33y Male Merchant Scotland United States 15 John McKee 2y Male None Scotland United States 16 Mary McKee 28y Female Wife Scotland United States 17 Janet Johnstone 30y Female Wife Scotland United States 18 Margaret Johnstone 8y Female None Scotland United States 19 Agnes Johnstone 4y Female None Scotland United States 20 John Johnstone 10y Male None Scotland United States 21 Alexander Johnstone 2y Male None Scotland United States 22 Thomas Everest 18y Male Draper England United States 23* William B?ddy 26y Male Farmer England United States 24 A. W. King 35y Male Printer England United States 25 D. McFarlane 27y Male Merchant England United States 26 Joseph Hunter 26y Male Labourer Ireland United States 27 Patrick McKernan 28y Male Labourer Ireland United States 28 Charles Stobo 11y Male None United States United States 29 Eliza Breyer 35y Female Spinster England United States 30 Margaret Watt 32y Female Wife Scotland United States 31* ?len Watt 30y Male Blacksmith Scotland United States 32 James Hutton 24y Male Watchmaker Scotland United States 33* David Go?e 20y Male Grocer Scotland United States 34 James Cowan 36y Male Merchant Scotland United States 35 James Lochead 19y Male Plumber Scotland United States 36 James Lyon 56y Male Farmer Scotland United States 37 John Lyon 26y Male Farmer Scotland United States 38* Alexander McEwan 21y Male Gardner Scotland United States 39 John Lorimer 38y Male Dyer Scotland United States 40 M^rs Lorimer 38y Female Wife Scotland United States 41 George Lorimer 11y Male None Scotland United States 42 James Lorimer 9y Male None Scotland United States 43 Hannah Scott 27y Female Spinster Scotland United States 44 J. W. Ross 14y Male None Scotland United States 45 Samuel Hyslop 29y Male Merchant Scotland United States 46 Andrew Wallace 24y Male Merchant Scotland Not certain 47 R. H. Playfair 23y Male Lieut. H.M.S. Scotland Not certain 48 R. G. Marshall 22y Male Lieut. H.M.S. Scotland Not certain 49 William Smith 28y Male Merchant Scotland Scotland 50 James B. Cason 32y Male Farmer U S of America United States 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 did not number the passengers; the numbers have been added by the transcriber to aid with referencing. All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated. 23 Surname could be Biddy or Boddy. 31 1st letter of first name obscured by lower extension of letter 'g' in first name above. 33 Surname could be Gore or Gove. 38 Occupation as written.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 132
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 July 2006
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