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SS Grecian Monarch
I, K W Bristone, Master of the S S Grecian Monarch, do solemnly, sincerely and truly (blank) 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 the City of New York is a full and perfect list of all the Passengers taken on board of the said vessel at London from which port said vessel has now arrived; and that on said list is truly designated the age, the sex, and the calling of each of said passengers, the location of the compartments or spaces occupied by each during the passage, the country of citizenship of each, and also the destination or location intended by each, and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said passengers who have died on said voyage and the dates and causes of death, and the names and ages of those who died; also of the pieces of baggage of each; also a true statement so far as can be ascertained with reference to the intentions of each alien passenger, as to a protracted sojourn in the country. So help me God.
Sworn to this Apl 12 1886. (signature unreadable)
List or Manifest of all the Passengers taken on board the S S Grecian Monarch whereof K J W Brristone is Master, from London, burthen 2831 tons.
Columns represent: Name, Age, Sex, Calling, the County of which they are Citizens; Intended Destination or Location; Date and Cause of Death (none listed so column is deleted); Location of compartment or space Occupied; Number of pieces of baggage; Transient or ????????????????????.
1 M G Hilliard 29 M Farmer London Manitoba Cabin 18 In Transient
2 Mrs Hilliard 24 F Wife London Manitoba Cabin 18 In Transient
3 Miss Baslia 18 F None London Manitoba Cabin 18 In Transient
4 Mr W Ross 17 M Farmer Norfolk Manitoba Cabin 5 In Transient
5* Mr Cruston 22 M Farmer W????h Florida Cabin 4 In Transient
6 Mr Gidding 21 M None London Florida Cabin 3 In Transient
7 Mr J M C Fosham 26 M None London Oregon Cabin 5 In Transient
8 Mr Pritchard 20 M None Cornwall Florida Cabin 3 In Transient
9 Mrs McLean 24 F None London New York Cabin 3 Sojourn
10 Mr Wood 28 M None London New York Cabin 2 Sojourn
11 Mr Williamson 60 M None London New York Cabin 4 Sojourn
12 Mr Galleher 17 M None London New York Cabin 2 Sojourn
13 Howard Bedington 19 M None London Canada 2 Cabin 5 In Transient
14 Mr Hindgren 23 M None London New York 2 Cabin 18 Sojourn
15 Mrs Hindgren 27 F Wife London New York 2 Cabin 18 Sojourn
16 Mrs C Patterson 60 F Wife London New York 2 Cabin 18 Sojourn
17 Mr R G Bird 43 M None London Chicago 2 Cabin 12 In Transient
18 Mrs Bird 39 F Wife London Chicago 2 Cabin 12 In Transient
19 Andrew Nelson 23 M None London New York 2 Cabin 2 Sojourn
20 Mr Stevens 24 M None London New York 2 Cabin 1 Sojourn
21 Miss McKay 25 F None London New York 2 Cabin 2 Sojourn
22 Mrs Agnes Swenton 63 F None London New York 2 Cabin 2 Sojourn
23 Sarah Toshach 56 F None London Savannah 2 Cabin 5 In Transient
24 Miss Toshach 23 F None London Savannah 2 Cabin 5 In Transient
25 P F Marshall 21 M None Bedford Canada 2 Cabin 5 Sojourn
26 A B Marshall 30 M None Bedford Canada 2 Cabin 5 Sojourn
27 Samual Goldring 21 M None London Albany 2 Cabin 2 In Transient
28 Albert Lucas 20 M None London Albany 2 Cabin 3 In Transient
29 A S Cook 28 M Compositor London New York 2 Cabin 2 Sojourn
30 Mr R S Williams 22 M None London Canada 2 Cabin 6 In Transient
31* Mrs Cassgo?? 32 F None London New York 2 Cabin 4 Sojourn
32 Rosa Brown 11 F None London New York 2 Cabin 3 Sojourn
33* Peter Laposser 65 M Farmer London St Martin ? 1 In Transient
34* W Lawton 28 M Farmer London Iowa ? 1 In Transient
35 Miss A Hall 35 F None London Cleveland Steerage 3 In Transient
36 Ida Nantwich 27 F None London Canada Steerage 4 In Transient
37 Mr Winter 45 M None London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
38 Mrs Winter 40 F Wife London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
39 Florance Winter 16 F Wife London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
40 Fanny Winter 14 F None London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
41 Emily Winter 12 F None London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
42 Bessy Winter 11 F None London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
43* Allice Winter 9 F None London Minnesota Steerage 11 In Transient
44 Alfred Higgings 40 M Engineer London Detroit Steerage 5 In Transient
45 Mary Higgings 40 F Wife London Detroit Steerage 5 In Transient
46* El???? Higgings 16 F Child London Detroit Steerage 5 In Transient
47 Alban Higgings 14 M Child London Detroit Steerage 5 In Transient
48 Bernard Higgings 11 M Child London Detroit Steerage 5 In Transient
49* David Morris 30 M Tailor London Phil^a Steerage 2 Sojourn
50 Bernard Gordon 19 M Tailor London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
51 Phillip Alexander 27 M Tailor London New York Steerage 2 Sojourn
52 Hyman Sullivan 60 M Shoe Maker London New York Steerage 2 Sojourn
53 William Scott 29 M Shoe Maker London New York Steerage 2 Sojourn
54 Abraham Freidman 29 M Tailor London New York Steerage 2 Sojourn
55 Enoch Lymer 25 M Tailor London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
56 Samuel Isack 19 M Tailor London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
57 Jacob Marr 22 M Cigar maker London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
58 Samual Quoit 22 M Cigar Maker London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
59 John Hoffermann 40 M Laborer London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
60* Abraham Lewis 25 M Ma?hin??? London Chicago Steerage 2 In Transient
61 John Southgate 50 M Glass Cutter London New York Steerage 4 Sojourn
62 David Davidoff 19 M Watch Maker London Cincinanate Steerage 2 In Transient
63 Zacharia Jacin 35 M Watch Maker London New York Steerage 2 Sojourn
64 Moses Blan 19 M Tailor London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
65* Konter Zy??ra 27 M None London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
66* Leopold ?alter 17 M Engineer London New York Steerage 3 Sojourn
67 Sandal Haschkopwitz 19 M Tailor London Cincinanate Steerage 1 In Transient
68 Ellis Sommoff 18 M None London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
69 Isac Rich 19 M Farmer London Illinois Steerage 1 In Transient
70 Robert Bridgman 16 M None London New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
71 Martin Donaldson 18 M Farmer London Minnesota Steerage 1 In Transient
72 James Stow 29 M Farmer London Ontario Steerage 3 In Transient
73 W Webster 23 M Farmer London Connicticut Steerage 2 In Transient
74 John Hughes 29 M Gardener Buckingshire Connicticut Steerage 2 In Transient
75 S Hanson 30 M Cattleman New York New York Steerage 1 Sojourn
Transcriber's Notes:
* indicates an error on the part of the original record or is used to call your attention
to additional information in the Notes.
? indicates letters or words that cannot be read due to the quality of the original document,
and is clarified in the Notes.
This ship had few passengers as the Monarch Line had a severe slump in the mid-1880's and
went into liquidation in 1886.
5 Location is too blurred to read, missing letters are midline.
31 Surname ending is unreadable, but all letters stay within the midline.
33 No marks for location on ship.
34 No marks for location on ship.
43 The first name Allice is written on the manifest with two l's.
46 First name is possibly Elenor.
49 The final column has a small, unreadable word written above Sojourn.
60 Occupation is probably Machinist.
65 Surname is possibly Zysera; letters are both midline, but only a guess.
66 Surname is possibly Malter or Nalter, probably not a W as it would be unlike
the other W's.
Correspondence from Lynn Blazek, Passenger #36, Ida Nantwich
Ida Nantwich came to the United States to join her fiance, Gustav Edward Penner. After her
arrival on April 12, 1886 on this ship, she took the train to Seattle, Washington Territory,
where she was married on April 25, 1886. She was born to Johann Nantwich and Henrietta Tiessen
on 27 June 1861 in Dirschau, West Prussia. She had three siblings: Johann Ernst Armin Nantwich,
Johann Karl Emil Nantwich, and Matilda Marina Elizabeth Nantwich. Nantwich is an unusual
spelling of the surname (usually seen as Nentwich), but it is clearly written as such on
their church baptismal records. She left home at about age 14 and by 1886 was a cook in
London at the home of H. J. Bollman Condy. Gus and Ida had six children in Seattle: Ernst
Emil Penner, Margarethe Thelma Penner, Gustav Adolph Penner, Ida Marie Penner, Johannes David
Penner, and Ruth Lydia Penner. Ida died on August 30, 1948 in Seattle.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Roll 493, List 378.
Transcribed by Lynn Blazek a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
20 December 2005
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