Immigrant Ships
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Ship William Tell

I, James Funck Master of the Ship William Tell 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 Liverpool 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) James Funck

Sworn to this 9^th September 1858
Before me (Signed) JWhite DC

List or Manifest OF ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Ship Wiliam tell whereof James Funck is Master, from Liverpool burthen 1133 33/95 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. The Destination for all passengers was U.S.America, no deaths were recorded on the voyage, and the Space Occupied for all passengers was Upper between decks; these columns have been omitted from the transcription.

  1  Margaret Oneal      28y 03m  Female Spinster Ireland
  2  Mary Hend           18y 06m  Female Spinster Ireland
  3  Henry Bowman        16y 04m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
  4  Elizabeth Wilington 21y 02m  Female Spinster Ireland
  5  James Kneble        25y 05m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
  6* John Patton         40y 04m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
  7* Thomas McCaught     20y 02m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
  8  Thomas Stewart      27y 06m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
  9  Mary Hanell         20y 05m  Female Spinster Ireland
 10  Peter Fenly         26y 07m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 11  M^rs Ann Haley      24y 02m  Female          Ireland
 12  Thomas Longford     27y 09m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 13  Thomas Nighton      16y 04m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 14* John N?e            22y 05m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 15  Morris Reiley       21y 07m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 16* E?len Dwyer         1?y 03m  Female          Ireland
 17  James Dwyer         15y 04m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 18  Thomas Dwyer        10y 05m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 19  James McAnulty      32y 07m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 20  Margaret Lalley     21y 05m  Female Spinster Ireland
 21  John Collin         30y 04m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 22  Bridget Gammon      21y 05m  Female Spinster Ireland
 23  Margret McGaughy    56y 04m  Female          Ireland
 24  Andrew McGaughy     21y 05m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 25* Josep McGaughy      17y 03m  Male   Farmer   Ireland
 26  Mary McLaughlin     18y 04m  Female Spinster Ireland
 27  Kate McLaughlin     16y 05m  Female Spinster Ireland
 28  Mary Duffy          24y 07m  Female Spinster Ireland
 29* M^rs Ellen Wh??ter  24y 08m  Female Spinster England


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.

 6  "X" written in front of name.
 7  Name could be Thomas W Caught.
14  2nd letter of surname obscured by lower extension of letter 'g' in surname above.
16  2nd letter of first name is illegible because of fold/roll in manifest, probably Ellen;
    2nd number of Age illegible.
25  First name could be miswritten Joseph.
29  3rd and 4th letters of surname illegible.

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 187, List 852.

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