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Ship Mary Bradford

I, J B Thompson Master of the Ship Mary Bradford 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 at London 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.
(Signed) J B Thompson

Sworn to this 2?* Jan 1859
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship M Bradford whereof (omitted) is Master, from London burthen 801 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 recorded as "United States" and no deaths were recorded on the voyage; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  John Butler        32y  Male    Clerk         England  Fore part Lower Deck
  2  Elsie Brown        31y  Female  Wife          England  Fore part Lower Deck
  3* George Brown        ?y  Male    Son           England  Fore part Lower Deck
  4  Harriet Brown       5y  Female  Daughter      England  Fore part Lower Deck
  5  Anne Brown          4y  Female  Daughter      England  Fore part Lower Deck
  6  John Lee           42y  Male    Laborer       England  Fore part Lower Deck
  7  Ellen Broderick    27y  Female  Servant       England  Fore part Lower Deck
  8  Honora O'Conner    34y  Female  Wife          England  Fore part Lower Deck
  9  John O'Conner       4y  Male    Son           England  Fore part Lower Deck
 10  Conrad Noss        21y  Male    No Occupation Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 11  Jacob Wallrich     38y  Male    Blacksmith    Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 12  Carolina Wallrich  38y  Female  Wife          Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 13  Christina Wallrich 10y  Female  Daughter      Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 14  Carolina Wallrich   8y  Female  Daughter      Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 15  Catharina Wallrich  6y  Female  Daughter      Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 16  John Wallrich       3y  Male    Son           Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 17* Jacob Wallrich          Male    Son           Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 18  Johanne Ross       47y  Male    Farmer        Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 19  Johannette Ross    17y  Female  Daughter      Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 20* Johanne Ross        9y  Male    Son           Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 21  Francis Gerhardt   30y  Male    Cook          Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 22  Peter Frank        22y  Male    Carpenter     Germany  Fore part Lower Deck
 23* ????? ???????      1?y  Female  Servant       England  Cabin

                                                   (Signed) J B Thompson


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 day of arrival is not clear, could be 23 January 1859 or 25 January 1859. NARA has
assigned the arrival date of 23 January as The ship listed by NARA as having arrived 22 January
is listed sequentially (List No.) immediately preceding the Mary Bradford; the ship immediately 
following arrived 24 January 1859.

 3 Age not clear, could be 7y or 8y.
17 Age omitted.
20 First name could be Johannes.
23 First name, surname, and 2nd number of Age illegible because 
   of damage to manifest.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 190, List 41.

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