Immigrant Ships
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SS City of New York


Havana, Cuba to New York
5 June 1876

New York, Havana and Mexican Steam Ship Line

DISTRICT OF NEW YORK - PORT OF NEW YORK
I, L. F. Timmermann, Master of the Steamship City of New York, 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 the said Vessel at Havana from which port said Vessel 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.
Sworn to this June 5, 1876  (illegible signature)                    So help me God,
                                                                                               (signed) L.F. Timmermann
List of all the passengers taken on board the Steamship City of New York whereof L. F. Timmermann is Master, from Havana burthen 1715.73 tons.
Coloumns represent: names, ages (years and months), sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on the voage, the part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.
 1  George W. Boyer         34      male    merchant        United States  United States  cabin
 2  Cristobal Madan         67      male    planter         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
 3  Henry Bell              31      male    merchant        U.S.           United States  2nd cabin
 4  Julio Maier             17      male    none            U.S.           United States  cabin
 5  Fransico G. Perez       23      male    merchant        U.S.           United States  cabin
 6  Jose Lucas Perez        21      male    merchant        U.S.           United States  cabin
 7* Federico Bridal         31      male    merchant        U.S.           United States  cabin
 8  Peter J. Smith          36      male    engineer        U.S.           United States  cabin
 9  Calvin D. Ludwig        36      male    engineer        U.S.           United States  cabin
10  James W. Mellor         40      male    engineer        U.S.           United States  cabin
11* Jose M. Duran           49      male    merchant        Mexico         Cuba           cabin
12  Ernest A. Brooks        40      male    merchant        Great Britain  Cuba           cabin
13  Mary D. Brooks          34      female  none            Great Britain  Cuba           cabin
14  Alice Brooks             3      female  none            Great Britain  Cuba           cabin
15  Mary D. Brooks           6 mos. female  none            Great Britain  Cuba           cabin
16  Mister Douglass         50      male    merchant        Great Britain  Cuba           cabin
17  Mary  Douglass          17      female  none            Great Britain  Cuba           cabin
18  Fritz Berndes           34      male    merchant        Germany        Germany        cabin
19  Virginia Ladendorff     25      female  none            United States  U.S.           cabin
20  Carlos Ladendorff       31      male    merchant        Germany        Germany        cabin
21  Virginia Ladendorff      6 mos. female  none            Germany        Germany        cabin
22  Maria E. Borda          22      female  seamstress      France         Cuba           cabin
23  John M. Debornes        31      male    baker           France         Cuba           cabin
24* Jose Gener              43      male    cigar manufacturer
                                                            Spain          Cuba           cabin
25  Francisca L. Gener      35      female  none            Spain          Cuba           cabin
26  Lugarda Gener           17      female  none            Spain          Cuba           cabin
27  Vicente Lopez           30      male    merchant        Spain          Cuba           cabin
28  Juan Arbos Cabot        35      male    merchant        Spain          Cuba           cabin
29* Felipe Pelaez           31      male    clerk           Spain          Cuba           cabin
30  Felix Lopez de Calle    29      male    clerk           Spain          Cuba           cabin
31  Manuel Martinez         46      male    merchant        Spain          Cuba           cabin
32* Miga Jane               50      male    planter         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
33* Jose Lonibillo          49      male    planter         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
34* Conception Lonibillo    33      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
35  Belen G. de Mestre      51      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
36  Berta  de Mestre        20      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
37  Joaquin de Mestre       24      male    none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
38  Alfonzo de Mestre       17      male    none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
39  Francisco Morales       42      male    landed proprietor               
                                                            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
40  Francisca Morales       36      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
41  Eduardo Morales         12      male    none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
42  Manuel J. Morales       20      male    student         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
43  Mariano Escobar         41      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
44  Josefa Escobar          32      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
45  Margarita F. de Trotcha 33      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
46  Margarita  de Trotcha   13      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
47  Josefa de Trotcha       10      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
48  Carlos Mercenet         29      male    lawyer          Cuba           Cuba           cabin
49  Belen Mercenet          32      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
50* Josefa Brito            57      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
51* Maria G. de Oserna      29      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
52* Josefa de Oserna         8      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
53* Juana de Oserna          5      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
54  Maria J. Portuondo      23      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
55  Rosa Portuondo          15      female  none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
56  Antonio V. Portuondo     5      male    none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
57  Liberata Portuondo      52      female  servant         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
58  Francisco de Portundo   17      male    student         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
59  Edmundo de Mestre       50      male    planter         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
60  Gabriel S. Arguedin     36      male    planter         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
61  Florentine Blanco       29      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
62  Lorenzo Jimenez         36      male    carpenter       Cuba           Cuba           cabin
63  Cristobal Alverez       50      male    planter         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
64  Arturo Alvarez          12      male    none            Cuba           Cuba           cabin
65  Luis Martinez           28      male    lawyer          Cuba           Cuba           cabin
66  Pedro Mediavilla        24      male    student         Cuba           Cuba           cabin
67  Francisco G Mediavilla  37      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
68  Carlos Rueda            38      male    engineer        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
69  Felipe Ribero           24      male    machinist       Cuba           Cuba           cabin
70  Francisco Cambo         19      male    engineer        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
71  Celia Amabile           25      female  servant         Cuba           China          2nd cabin
72  Lorenza Gely            30      female  servant         Cuba           China          2nd cabin
73  Ramon Lopez             30      male    laborer         China          China          2nd cabin
74  Rosento Costa           33      male    laborer         China          China          2nd cabin
75  Pedro Huncan            45      male    cook            China          China          2nd cabin
76  Magin Chiong            36      male    cigar maker     China          China          2nd cabin
77  Sebastian Petit         37      male    laborer         China          Spain          2nd cabin
78  Luis Sang Sing          44      male    laborer         China          Spain          cabin
79  Ramon Menendez          38      male    waiter          Spain          Cuba           cabin
80  Francisco Villoslada    38      male    merchant        Spain          Cuba           cabin
81  Florentino Isla         36      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
82  Eugenio Isla            33      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
83* Jose Perez              38      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
84  Andres  Lopez           35      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
85  Jacito Bueno            37      male    merchant        Cuba           Cuba           cabin
86  Enrique Avantave        40      male    Supt.Telegraph  Spain          Cuba           cabin
87  Mariana Avantave        28      female  none            Spain          Cuba           cabin
88  Manuela Avantave         7      female  none            Spain          Cuba           cabin
89  Maria Avantave           5      female  none            Spain          Cuba           cabin
90  Eugenia Avantave         6 mos. female  none            Spain          Cuba           cabin
91  Francisco Castanegra    31      male    servant         Spain          Cuba           cabin


Transcriber's Notes:   

Nobody died on the voyage, therefore this coloumn was omitted.

*  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.

?  Indicates a letter or number which could not be determined 
   due to the condition of the manifest or handwriting of the original recorder.

^  A ^ followed by a letter indicates that the letter was superscripted.

*  Names were transcribed as seen regardless of spelling.

007        the last name could be Bredal with an accent on the e.  
011        the first name, Jose, has an accent on the e.   
024        the first name, Jose, is spelled with an accent on the e.       
029        the last name could be Peluez.          
032        the last name, Jane, has an accent on the e.    
033        the first name, Jose, has an accent on the e.   
033 & 034  the last name could be Lombillo.                        
050        the last name, Brito, is spelled with an accent on the o.       
051 - 053  the last name could be de Osuna.                        
083        the first name, Jose, is spelled with an accent on the e.
National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 404, List 520.
Transcribed by Harry Green and Ines Mannhardt, members of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
31 October 2005



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