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Ship Margaret Evans
I, Selden C. Warner Master of the Ship Margaret Evans 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 of the said Margaret Evans at London from which port said Mgt Evans 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.
(Signed) S C Warner
Sworn to this 24 Sept 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC
List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Margaret Evans whereof Selden C Warner is Master, from London burthen 899 93/95 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. Unless otherwise noted in the Transcriber's Notes following, the Destination for all passengers was US, and no deaths were recorded on this voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.
1 Walter Benwell 24y Male US 1^st Cabin
2* W^m B Gibbs 22y Male Eng 1^st Cabin
3* Cha^s Shaw 28y Male Eng 1^st Cabin
4 John Woods 42y Male Butcher Eng Upper Deck
5 Charlotte Woods 42y Female Eng Upper Deck
6 Jane Woods 7y Female Eng Upper Deck
7 William Spencer 34y Male Cabinet Maker US Upper Deck
8 Penelope Spencer 28y Female Eng Upper Deck
9 Penelope Spencer 2y Female Eng Upper Deck
10 William Spencer 0y 7m Male Eng Upper Deck
11 Ellen Connelly 24y Female Eng Upper Deck
12* Mary A. ?oo?y 22y Female Eng Upper Deck
13* James ?oo?y 3y Male Eng Upper Deck
14* William ?oo?y 0y 8m Male Eng Upper Deck
15 Hester Dyer 21y Female Eng Upper Deck
16 Doller Dyer 3y Female Eng Upper Deck
17 Catherine Stack 22y Female Ireland Upper Deck
18 Mary Welsh 18y Female Ireland Upper Deck
19 Ann Mason 32y Female Eng Upper Deck
20 Ann Sullivan 22y Female Ireland Upper Deck
21 Brittania Ostic 23y Female Eng Upper Deck
22 Charlotte Aneling 50y Female Eng Upper Deck
23 Charles P Aneling 18y Male Eng Upper Deck
24* Thomas J Riley 31y Male Actor Eng Upper Deck
25* James Williams 23y Male Labr Eng Upper Deck
26 Ann Hescotte 58y Female Eng Upper Deck
27 Ellen Cadsman 36y Female Eng Upper Deck
28 George J Cadsman 7y Male Eng Upper Deck
29 William S Cadsman 0y 10m Male Eng Upper Deck
30 Mary Brooks 31y Female Eng Upper Deck
31 Mary Brooks 3y Female Eng Upper Deck
32 Marianne Horn 33y Female Germany Upper Deck
33 Joseph Horn 0y 5m Male Germany Upper Deck
34 Helena Horn 32y Female Germany Upper Deck
35 Michael Kowtoski 22y Male Shoe Maker Poland Upper Deck
36 Hannah Kowtoski 22y Female Eng Upper Deck
37 Michael Hanifes 59y Male Labr Ireland Upper Deck
38 Mary Hanifes 24y Female Ireland Upper Deck
39 Julia Hanifes 20y Female Ireland Upper Deck
40 Johanna Kennedy 40y Female Ireland Upper Deck
41 James Kennedy 3y Male Ireland Upper Deck
42 Morris O'Donald 28y Male Labr Ireland Upper Deck
43 Margaret Connor 68y Female Ireland Upper Deck
44 Edward Dayly 38y Male Cabinet Maker Ireland Upper Deck
45* William Canelie? 18y Male Eng Upper Deck
46 George Hughes 14y Male Eng Upper Deck
47 Tho^s Kennedy 30y Male Printer US Upper Deck
48 John Francis 32y Male Seaman US Upper Deck
49 John R Stettin 23y Male none Eng Upper Deck
50 Tho^s Jamestown 25y Male none Ireland Upper Deck
51 Stephen Loveland 28y Male none Eng Upper Deck
52 Mark Neustatt 16y Male none Germany Upper Deck
53 Joseph W Wright 28y Male Carp^r Eng Upper Deck
54 David E Cronin 19y Male Artist US Upper Deck
55 Francis Piretti 23y Male Cap Maker Belgium Upper Deck
56 August Carlini 32y Male Tailor Austria Upper Deck
57 Ferdinando Broni 25y Male Tailor Austria Upper Deck
58 Perre Rasso 28y Male Tailor Austria Upper Deck
59 Brozy Lepagi 24y Male Tailor Austria Upper Deck
60* Joseph Vita?er 30y Male Cabinet Maker France Upper Deck
61 Antonia Soldia 35y Male Tailor Austria Upper Deck
62 Amelia Soldia 19y Female Austria Upper Deck
63 Carlo Basoni 20y Male none Greece Upper Deck
64 Marco Palma 36y Male Boat Maker Gibraltar Upper Deck
65 Bartolema Bonaldi 36y Male Doct Italy Upper Deck
66 Martin Craeni 34y Male Tailor Germany Upper Deck
67 Leanori Craeni 24y Female Germany Upper Deck
68 Theo^d Craeni 2y Male Germany Upper Deck
69 Berthe Craeni 4y Female Germany Upper Deck
70 Corlini Craeni 0y 5m Female Germany Upper Deck
71* Octavi? Petroni 30y Male Tailor Switzerland Upper Deck
72 Christine Petroni 22y Female Switzerland Upper Deck
73* Christi?? Petroni 0y 8m Female Switzerland Upper Deck
At end of manifest: 58 adults
9 children
6 fts
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Total 73
(signed) S C Warner
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.
All ditto marks on the original manifest have been replaced with the actual words indicated.
The manifest scribe used vertical lines probably to indicate continuation/duplication of the
last written word(s).
2-3 Destination Eng.
12-14 1st and 4th letters of surname not clear, 1st letter could be 'L' or 'T', 4th letter(s)
could be 'm' or 'rn'; Loomy, Loorny, Toomy, or Toorny.
24-25 Destination Canada.
45 End of surname illegible.
60 5th letter of surname not clear, could be Vitater or Vitaler.
71 Last letter of first name obscured by fold/crease in manifest.
73 Ending of first name illegible, probably Christine.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 187, List 918.
Transcribed by Judy Caine a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
17 October 2005
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