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SS Somerset

I, Wm Westin, Master of the SS Somerset, 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 Steamship at Bristol, Eng. from which port said Steamship 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 1^st June 1876

So help me God,
(signed) Wm Westin

before me ________________(illegible signature)

List or Manifest of all the passengers taken on board the SS Somerset whereof Westin is Master, from Bristol, Eng burthen 18?? tons.

Coloumns represent: Names, age in years and months, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country of which they intend to become inhabitants, *died on voyage, part of the vessel occupied by each passenger during the voyage.

 1*     Madian?, Jas              28      m   farmer           England   U.S.
 2      Tizzer, Jane              60      f   widow            England   U.S.
 3*     Shode, Rachael            66      f   widow            England   U.S.
 4      Jones, Chas               29      m   tutor            England   U.S.
 5      Mill, Mary-Anne           19      f   servant          England   U.S.
 6      Adams, Mary               28      f   wife             England   U.S.
 7      Oliver, Jane              39      f   wife             England   U.S.
 8      Oliver, John               7      m   child            England   U.S.
 9      Oliver, Colin-Campbell     5      m   child            England   U.S.
10      Jones, Thos W             29      m   collier          Wales     U.S.
11      Jones, Rosanna            26      f   wife             Wales     U.S.
12      Logan, Hy                 28      m   farmer           England   U.S.
13      Logan, Emily              26      f   wife             England   U.S.
14      Logan, Mary E.            infant  f   infant           England   U.S.
15*     Rouse, Hettie             21      f   wife             England   U.S.
16*     Rouse, Alfred                     m   infant           England   U.S.
17      Woolcock, Edw^d           31      m   miller           England   U.S.
18      Woolcock, Ellen           25      f   wife             England   U.S.
19      Woolcock, Mary                    f   infant           England   U.S.
20      Woolcock, Mary            30      f   wife             England   U.S.
21*     Richards, Tom             23      m   miner            England   U.S.
22      Richards, Jane            21      f   wife             England   U.S.
23      Curtis, Tho^s Hy          26      m   miner            England   U.S.
24      Curtis, Martha            28      f   wife             England   U.S.
25      Fowers, A.                36      m   laborer          England   U.S.
26      Partridge, George         36      m   blacksmith       England   U.S.
27      Manly, Tho^s              22      m   miner            England   U.S.
28      Jean, Jeremiah            21      m   miner            England   U.S.
29      Jenkins, John             36      m   miner            England   U.S.
30*     Billock, H                60      m   carpenter        England   U.S.
31      Eustace, Joseph           34      m   miner            England   U.S.
32*     ???yard, John             21      m   shepperd         England   U.S.
33*     Gory, William             23      m   miner            England   U.S.
34      Mocking, Tho^s            22      m   miner            England   U.S.
35*     Stebbens, John            23      m   miner            England   U.S.
36*     Blake, James              35      m   carpenter        England   U.S.
37*     Do?elly, W^m Anthony      58      m   farmer           England   U.S.
38      Clothier, Tho^s R         28      m   gardener         England   U.S.
39      Dark, Mary                28      f   spinster         England   U.S.
40      Ryall, George             30      m   farmer           England   U.S.
41      Baker, Chas R             32      m   farmer           England   U.S.
42*     Fry, John                 21      m   laborer          England   U.S.
43      West, B 2                  4      m   laborer          England   U.S.
44      Mitchell, John            25      m   laborer          England   U.S.
45*     Bainton, H?               46      m   farmer           England   U.S.
46      Pilot, Louis                      m   gentleman        England   U.S.
47*     Williams, George H?               m   accountant       England   U.S.
48*     Reid, Elizabeth           60      f   lady             England   U.S.
49      Ivens, Elizabeth          25      f   spinster         England   U.S.
50      Porch, Mary               50      f   lady             England   U.S.
51      Vanocle, Capt Peter       48      m   master mariner   England   U.S.
52      Fox, Capt E               52      m   master mariner   England   U.S.
53      Volck, Fredrick                   m   commis^er for  

                                              German Empire    Germany   Germany
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.

?  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.

*  None died during the voyage, therefore this coloumn was eliminated.

 1:      Surname may be Madman or Wadman.
 3:      Surname may be Shade.
15 & 16: Surnames may be Rowse.
21       Given name may be W^m.
27:      Surname may be Leay.
30:      Names may be Hi or Hy Bullock.
32:      the first name could be W^m, the last name could be ?innyard.
33:      Surname may be Gorg.
35:      the last name could be Stephens.
36:      the last name could be Clark.
37:      Surname may be Dorethy.
42:      Surname may be Firs.
45:      the first name could be Hy.
47:      the first name could be George Hy.

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