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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 Ship Margaret Evans at London from which port said Margaret 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 28 March 1859
Before me (Signature illegible)

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Margaret Evans whereof Selden C. Warner is Master, from London burthen 899 93/95tons.

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. Space Occupied was recorded in front of the passenger names and again in the Space Occupied column. The Destination for all passengers was recorded as "U S." and no deaths were recorded on the voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  Henry Stevens      34y  M  Musician     Germany  1^st Cabin
  2  Louise Stevens     34y  F               Germany  1^st Cabin
  3* Lenny Sochet       50y  M  Pedler       France   Upper Deck
  4  C Savois           29y  M  Stone cutter France   Upper Deck
  5* Adolph Bren?       24y  M  Carp^r       France   Upper Deck
  6  Antonia Yeojet     36y  M  Lab^r        France   Upper Deck
  7  Selena Yeojet      32y  F               France   Upper Deck
  8  Eugene Yeojet       3y  M               France   Upper Deck
  9  John T Anderson    38y  M  none         US       Upper Deck
 10  Emma Anderson      39y  F               US       Upper Deck
 11  John Anderson      11y  M               US       Upper Deck
 12  Rich^d Lovett      37y  M  Barber       US       Upper Deck
 13  Anna Lovett        37y  F               US       Upper Deck
 14  Rich^d Lovett       8y  M               US       Upper Deck
 15* John Francis       ??y  M  Book Keeper  Eng      Upper Deck
 16  John Jacobs        34y  M  Farmer       Eng      Upper Deck
 17* Geo Soreg?oo?l     42y  M  Sawyer       US       Upper Deck
 18* Fanny Soreg?oo?l   35y  F               US       Upper Deck
 19  Tho^s Heaver       25y  M  none         US       Upper Deck
 20  Henrich Wilhelm    21y  M  Clerk        Germany  Upper Deck
 21  W^m Snook          39y  M  Cigar Maker  Eng      Upper Deck
 22  Aaron Appel        22y  M  Tailor       Poland   Upper Deck
 23  Nicholas Leonhardt 24y  M  Lock Smith   Germany  Upper Deck
 24  James Linahan      22y  M  Last Maker   Ireland  Upper Deck
 25  Simon Hermanowski  21y  M  Tailor       Germany  Upper Deck
 26  Rob^t McLaren      29y  M  Shoe Maker   Eng      Upper Deck
 27* Hy H?ggett         20y  M  Lab^r        Eng      Upper Deck
 28  David Wood         24y  M  Lab^r        Eng      Upper Deck
 29  Rich^d Kelly       16y  M  Lab^r        Eng      Upper Deck
 30  Saul Shearman      16y  M  Lab^r        Eng      Upper Deck

                                               2 Cabin
                                              28 Steerage
                                              (signed) SCWarner


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 handwriting of this manifest was poor; additional research should be undertaken to 
confirm findings.

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.

    3 Occupation as written.
    5 Last letter of surname illegible.
   15 Age illegible because of ink smear.
17-18 5th and 8th letters of surname illegible.
   27 Surname could be Haggett or Huggett.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 185.

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